Golden Globes 2025 recap: Biggest moments from the 82nd annual awards show

Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the ceremony.

Golden Globes 2025 recap: Biggest moments from the 82nd annual awards show
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Last Updated: January 6, 2025, 12:01 AM EST

The 2025 Golden Globes kicked off awards season Sunday night as the best in film and television were honored.

Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist" and Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez" were big winners of the night on the film side, winning best motion picture (drama) and best motion picture (musical or comedy), respectively. "Wicked" took home the award for cinematic and box office achievement.

On the television side, "Shōgun," "Hacks" and "Baby Reindeer" won the top prizes.

Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the ceremony, which was held at Los Angeles' famed Beverly Hilton.

Check out a recap of how the night unfolded below.

Jan 05, 2025, 9:50 PM EST

'Flow' wins best motion picture (animated)

"Flow" won the Golden Globe for best motion picture (animated).

Other nominees in the category included "Inside Out 2," "Memoir of a Snail," "Moana 2," "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl" and "The Wild Robot."

Jan 05, 2025, 9:43 PM EST

Demi Moore wins best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy)

Demi Moore won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy) for "The Substance."

This is Moore's first Golden Globe win.

"I'm just in shock right now," Moore said in her speech. "I've been doing this a long time … and this is the first time I've ever won anything as an actor."

Demi Moore arrives for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, Jan. 5, 2025, Beverly Hills, Calif.
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"Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress, and at that time, I made that mean that this wasn't something I was allowed to have. That I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn't be acknowledged, and I bought in, and I believed that," Moore said. "That corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it, maybe I was complete, maybe I'd done what I was supposed to do."

"As I was at kind of a low point, I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called 'The Substance,' and the universe told me that you're not done," she continued.

Moore expressed her thanks to her director, Coralie Fargeat, and her co-star, Margaret Qualley, for supporting her on the project.

Demi Moore appears in the official trailer for Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance."
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"I'll just leave you with one thing that I think this movie is imparting. In those moments when we don't think we are smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough or basically just not enough, I had a woman say to me, 'Just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick,'" she said. "So today, I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me and the gift of doing something I love and being reminded that I do belong. Thank you so much."

Other nominees in the category included Amy Adams for "Nightbitch," Cynthia Erivo for "Wicked," Karla Sofía Gascón for "Emilia Pérez," Mikey Madison for "Anora" and Zendaya for "Challengers."

Jan 05, 2025, 9:31 PM EST

Jodie Foster wins best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for television

Jodie Foster won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for television for "True Detective: Night Country."

In her acceptance speech, Foster expressed gratitude for the show's entire cast and crew, as well as the Indigenous people who shared their stories for the series. She also addressed her children, saying, "Hopefully you understand the joy, such joy, that comes from doing really hard, meaningful, good work."

Jodie Foster attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, Jan. 5, 2025, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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This is Foster's fourth Golden Globe win, having previously won for "The Accused," "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Mauritanian."

Other nominees in the category included Cate Blanchett for "Disclaimer," Cristin Milioti for "The Penguin," Sofía Vergara for "Griselda," Naomi Watts for "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans" and Kate Winslet for "The Regime."

Jan 05, 2025, 9:20 PM EST

'Emilia Pérez' wins best motion picture (non-English language)

"Emilia Pérez" won the Golden Globe for best motion picture (non-English language).

Director Jacques Audiard accepted the award, saying through an interpreter that he doesn't have any sisters, but that it "might be the reason why I made this film about sisterhood."

(L-R) Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez and Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro in "Emilia Pérez."
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He then thanked "all the sisters at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association" and "all my sisters at Netflix," giving a special shoutout to "Emilia Pérez" star Karla Sofía Gascón.

Audiard added, "In these troubled times, I hope 'Emilia Pérez' will be a beacon of light."

Other nominees in the category included "All We Imagine as Light," "The Girl with the Needle," "I'm Still Here," "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" and "Vermiglio."