10 things we learnt from the Golden Globes 2025
- Some things are an art form.
For example:
a. How to overshadow one of the biggest night’s in Hollywood when you’re not going to win Best Actress – wear a stunning gown in a gorgeous colour and strategically splay your fingers across the waist of said gown to display what looks suspiciously like an engagement ring – step forward Zendaya
b. How to propel yourself to the front of the queue to take the Best Actress Oscar when just a few days ago pundits were predicting you’d be lucky to snag the 5th slot – look a million dollars and make a moving, honest, inspiring winning speech and capture the hearts of the world like you did in the ‘90s – step forward Demi Moore.
c. How to tell the internet you love your girl and are not going to hide her away to satisfy the trolls who think she’s not ‘good enough’ to be with you during an Oscar campaign – step forward Timothee Chalamet.
2. Best Supporting Actress is not quite in the bag for Arianna Grande at her first attempt – Zoe Saldana is coming to justify all the multiple nominations love for Emilia Perez.
3. A clean sweep in the acting categories is unlikely – any guild, Academy, Critics Circle could throw a Fernanda Torres shaped curveball at the favourites.
4. A Culkin is going to put the family name in the film history books over the next couple of months and it aint Home Alone Macauley, while Guy Pearce may be left wondering how more incredible does he need to be to get a gong unless Bafta gives him the nod.
5. After being ostracised for being Trump, Bucky (Sebastian Stan) is bringing sexy back by being a Different Man.
6. After being ostracised for being Trump’s mentor, Jeremy Strong is bringing Bill and Ben the Flower Pot men back by wearing a green one on his head. (Look up Bill and Ben and Jeremy’s sartorial Globes effort. It’s what the Internet is for.
7. When your sandworm flows over 3 parts it can give you Lord of the Rings syndrome and everyone thingks, ‘aah, let’s wait until the saga ends before we acknowledge him’ and before you know it, Brady (Is the T silent) Corbet gets in on his first attempt and you Denis (is the S silent) Villeneuve have to wait another year for your flowers.
8. If a 3 hour film about scientists talking can make a billion and win all the prizes, a 3.5 hour film about an architect is going to fancy its chances and it paid off. The Brutalist woke up and chose violence with big winning.
9. The Globes can pick their funny girls hosts. Tina Fey, Amy Poehler brought the sass twice and Nikki Glaser gleefully picked up the baton. To her star studded audience: “ i’m not here to roast you. You’re all so famous, so talented, so powerful. You can really do anything, except tell the country who to vote for.” Ouch!
10. Like Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes must be wondering what more he needs to do to get the white smoke of winning blazing for him but he’ll be hoping the Bafta Conclave make his film more popepular.
