HOLLYWOOD—Awards Season is upon us cinema lovers. On Monday, December 9, the nominees for the 2025 Golden Globes Awards were announced. Leading the pack of all contenders is the musical “Emilia Perez” which picked up 10 nominations including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Director and nominations for its stars Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and Kala Sofia Gascon.
“The Brutalist” picked up seven nominations, while “Conclave” earned 6 nominations, with “Anora” and “The Substance” picking up 5 nods each. When it comes to TV, “The Bear” earned 5 nominations, with “Shogun” and “Only Murders in the Building” picking up 4 nominations apiece.
There were some surprises, Pamela Anderson earning a Best Actress nomination, not much love for “Wicked” in the Best Director race. Seems “Gladiator II” is only seeing love for its scene stealer Denzel Washington.” Also earlier buzzier films of the year, “Civil War” missed the cut, but “Challengers” got plenty of love to my surprise. The most competitive category has to be Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. That is a stacked race, and it’s going to be a dogfight all awards season long.
The nominees were announced by actors Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut. A partial list of this year’s nominees can be viewed below:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
-“The Brutalist”
-“A Complete Unknown”
-“Conclave”
-“Dune: Part Two”
-“Nickel Boys”
-“September 5”
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
-“Anora”
-“Challengers”
-“Emilia Perez”
-“A Real Pain”
-“The Substance”
-“Wicked”
Best Director
-Jacques Audiard “Emilia Perez”
-Sean Baker “Anora”
-Edward Beger “Conclave”
-Brady Corbet “The Brutalist”
-Coralie Fargeat “The Substance”
-Payal Kapadia “All We Imagine as Light”
Best Screenplay
-Jacques Audiard “Emilia Perez”
-Sean Baker “Anora”
-Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold “The Brutalist”
-Jesse Eisenberg “A Real Pain”
-Coralie Fargeat “The Substance”
-Peter Straughan “Conclave”
Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
-Adrien Brody “The Brutalist”
-Timothee Chalamet “A Complete Unknown”
-Daniel Craig “Queer”
-Colman Domingo “Sing Sing”
-Ralph Fiennes “Conclave”
-Sebastian Stan “The Apprentice”
Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
-Pamela Anderson “The Last Showgirl”
-Angelia Jolie “Maria”
-Nicole Kidman “Babygirl”
-Tilda Swinton “The Room Next Door”
-Fernanda Torrest “I’m Still Here”
-Kate Winslet “Lee”
Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
-Amy Adams “Nightbitch”
-Cynthia Erivo “Wicked”
-Karla Sofia Gascon “Emilia Perez”
-Mikey Madison “Anora”
-Demi Moore “The Substance”
-Zendaya “Challengers”
Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
-Jesse Eisenberg “A Real Pain”
-Hugh Grant “Heretic”
-Gabriel Labelle “Saturday Night”
-Jesse Plemmons “Kinds of Kindness”
-Glen Powell “Hit Man”
-Sebastian Stan “A Different Man”
Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
-Selena Gomez “Emilia Perez”
-Ariana Grande “Wicked”
-Felicity Jones “The Brutalist”
-Margaret Qualley “The Substance”
-Isabella Rossellini “Conclave”
-Zoe Saldana “Emilia Perez”
Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
-Yura Boisov “Anora”
-Kieran Culkin “A Real Pain”
-Edward Norton “A Complete Unknown”
-Guy Pearce “The Brutalist”
-Jeremy Strong “The Apprentice”
-Denzel Washington “Gladiator II”
Best Television Series – Drama
-“The Day of the Jackal”
-“The Diplomat”
-“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
-“Shogun”
-“Slow Horses”
-“Squid Game”
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
-“Abbott Elementary”
-“The Bear”
-“The Gentlemen”
-“Hacks”
-“Nobody Wants This”
-“Only Murders in the Building”
Best TV Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
-“Baby Reindeer”
-“Disclaimer”
-“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
-“The Penguin”
-“Ripley”
-“True Detective: Night Country”
Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Series – Drama
-Kathy Bates “Matlock”
-Emma D’arcey “House of the Dragon”
-Maya Erskine “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
-Keira Knightley “Black Doves”
-Keri Russell “The Diplomat”
-Anna Sawai “Shogun”
Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Series – Drama
-Donald Glover “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
-Jake Gyllenhaal “Presumed Innocent”
-Gary Oldman “Slow Horses”
-Eddie Redmayne “The Day of the Jackal”
-Hiroyuki Sanada “Shogun”
-Billy Bob Thornton “Landman”
Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Series – Comedy
-Adam Brody “Nobody Wants This”
-Ted Danson “A Man on the Inside”
-Steve Martin “Only Murders in the Building”
-Jason Segal “Shrinking”
-Martin Short “Only Murders in the Building”
-Jeremy Allen White “The Bear”
Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Series – Comedy
-Kristen Bell “Nobody Wants This”
-Quinta Brunson “Abbott Elementary”
-Ayo Edebiri “The Bear”
-Selena Gomez “Only Murders in the Building”
-Kathryn Hahn “Agatha All Along”
-Jean Smart “Hacks”
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
-“All We Imagine as Light
-“Emilia Perez”
-“The Girl With the Needle”
-“I’m Still Here”
-“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
-“Vemiglio”
Cinematic And Box-Office Achievement
-“Alien: Romulus”
-“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
-“Deadpool & Wolverine”
-“Gladiator II”
-“Inside Out 2”
-“Twisters”
-“Wicked”
-“The Wild Robot”
Comedian Nikki Glasser will host the festivities on Sunday, January 5, 2025 live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The ceremony will air on CBS at 8 p.m. EST and will stream on Paramount +. Actress Viola Davis will receive the Cecil B. DeMille award.
