10 Things We Learnt From The 2025 Golden Globes

1. Some things are an art form.

For example:

a. How to overshadow one of the biggest nights 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 Wicked’s Ariana 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 (I’m Still Here) shaped curveball at the favourites.

4. A Culkin (Kieran for A Real Pain) is going to put the family name in the film history books over the next couple of months and it isn’t Home Alone Macaulay, while Guy Pearce may be left wondering how many more incredible performances does he need to give to get a gong, unless BAFTA gives him the nod.

5. After being ostracised for being Trump, Bucky AKA Sebastian Stan is bringing sexy back by being A Different Man.

6. After being ostracised for being Trump’s mentor, Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice) is bringing Bill and Ben the Flower Pot men back by wearing a green felt pot on his head. (Look up Bill and Ben and Jeremy’s sartorial Globes effort. It’s what the Internet is made for)

7. When your sandworm flows over 3 parts it can give you Lord of the Rings syndrome and everyone thinks, ‘aah, let’s wait until the saga ends before we acknowledge him’ and before you know it, Brady (Is the T silent?) Corbet (The Brutalist) gets in on his first attempt and you Denis (is the S silent?) Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two) have to wait another year for your flowers.

8. If a 3 hour film about scientists talking (Oppenheimer) 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 massive wins.

9. The Globes can certainly pick their funny girl hosts. Tina Fey alongside 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. Yet he’ll be hoping at the BAFTAs, Conclave is considered more ‘popepular’.