Everything that happened at the 2025 Golden Globes

During any awards show, all eyes are on the telecast. Or almost all eyes.

On the red carpet heading into the event, inside the ballroom at the Beverly Hilton and in the media center backstage, The Times team at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards fanned out to find the most memorable moments from the night that you didn’t see on TV. Here are six of their favorites.

The world may be falling apart around us, but we have somehow survived into 2025 and — yes — another awards season. First but also least is the Golden Globes, which through sheer determination and persistence has insinuated itself into cultural consciousness as something to set (nearly) next to the Oscars and the Emmys — from which it is, after all, indistinguishable as an overlong television broadcast on a major network, peopled with A-list celebrities in clothes they will wear once and dedicated to Hollywood self-celebration, of which there can never be too little.

That the Golden Globe Awards, whose 82nd edition aired Sunday night on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ from the Beverly Hilton, has a checkered past, and, indeed, a checkered present, does set it apart from other awards. The fact that its current proprietors, who bought the brand after the dissolution of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, also own major trade magazines and a production company with films up for awards — might suggest to some the old term “conflict of interest.” (“Vertical integration” is the preferred euphemism, I believe.)

In the only real upset of the night, Fernanda Torres won for lead actress in a motion picture drama for her role in “I’m Still Here.” The Brazilian actress beat out higher-profile stars Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, Tilda Swinton and Pamela Anderson.

“My God, I didn’t prepare anything,” Torres said, scanning the audience from the stage. “This is such an amazing year for female performances. So many actresses here that I admire so much.”

Demi Moore’s emotional acceptance speech on Sunday seemed to jolt awake a sleepy Golden Globes ceremony. Moore’s first win — after three career nominations, including one for “Ghost” back in 1991 — came for female lead actor in a motion picture musical or comedy for “The Substance.”

The darkly satiric film, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, has captured something in the moment about women, aging and media, inspiring memes, conversations and countless Halloween costumes. In the film, Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle, an actress turned television fitness guru who is unceremoniously dismissed for being too old. She turns to an underground drug, known only as “the substance,” to create a younger, more perfect version of herself, played by Margaret Qualley. Elisabeth and her double soon find themselves locked into a battle for control of their life.

Zendaya, who made her way to her seat with five minutes to spare before the telecast began, entered the ballroom amid a slew of other A-listers, including Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Garfield, who helped her carry her train down the stairs so she wouldn’t trip.

We also spotted a massive diamond on her left ring finger, which was noticeably not highlighted in a Bvlgari press release touting the rest of the jewelry she wore this evening.

A rep could not immediately be reached, but as Zendaya exited the ballroom, a recently engaged Times reporter held up her left ring finger and pointed at it. The actor responded by flashing her own bling on her left hand, doing a sort of jazz-fingers motion. “Are you engaged?” The Times asked. She kept showing her ring, smiled coyly and shrugged her shoulders mysteriously. Judge for yourselves, dear readers.

The 82nd Golden Globe Awards, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, aired Sunday at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills — or on CBS and Paramount+, if you weren’t lucky enough to score a ticket.

The three-hour broadcast was filled with funny, stunning and memorable moments, from Glaser’s extra-spicy roast jokes to heartfelt speeches from the world’s biggest actors, writers and directors of the shows and films we were obsessed with throughout 2024. Among the big winners Sunday night were the bewitching musical film “Wicked,” the Hulu series “Shōgun” and the Netflix film “Emilia Pérez” as well as the Emmy-winning “Baby Reindeer” and Max’s well-established runaway comedy hit “Hacks.”

Below is the list of all the 2025 Golden Globe winners.

8:20 p.m. Up: Demi Moore, Fernanda Torres, Adrien Brody, Nikki Glaser, Jeremy Strong’s green bucket hat, “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Pérez.” Down: “Anora,” any TV show that didn’t win an Emmy in 2024, viewers who tuned in for the “year’s wildest awards show.” — G.W.

8:17 p.m. I guess it goes to show you: The Globes may be more respectable these days, but they can still be massively disappointing. — M.B.

8:14 p.m. Ooooof. “Emilia Pérez” takes it. So “Anora,” a vastly superior movie, comes away with nothing this evening. At least Audiard turned the mic over to Gascón, wisely. This uneven movie has taken some lumps on social media, but voters across the board have been with it all the way. Don’t underestimate it. — G.W.

8:11 p.m. Brady Corbet is giving a 3½-hour acceptance speech. — M.B.

Arrivals are underway at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, and The Times’ photo team is out in force on the red carpet (and beyond). Whether you’re following along live in the lead-up to Sunday’s telecast, hosted by Nikki Glaser, or bookmarking our gallery to peruse over coffee Monday morning, we have the full rundown of the evening’s best fashions below. Happy browsing!

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Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”).

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”).

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Comedian, actress, writer, musician, podcaster, and roast master mommy Nikki Glaser has had an eventful year. Treasured in comedy for her unfiltered takes on sex, relationships and personal insecurities, Glaser’s fearlessness has earned her a dedicated fan following. But this year has been somewhat different for several roasty reasons.

“Winning” Netflix’s live “Roast of Tom Brady” catapulted Glaser‘s reputation worldwide as a sharp-tongued killer, opening doors that had been shut tight. On Jan. 5, she will make history as the first woman to host solo at the 82nd Golden Globes, and there is no telling who will find themselves in her comedic crosshairs.

Golden Globes voters may not be known as the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. anymore, but Monday’s nominations for the 82nd edition of the awards certainly had an international flavor.

“Emilia Pérez” — a Mexico-set, Spanish-language musical by a French director — and “The Brutalist” — about a Hungarian emigré architect in America — led the field on the motion picture side with 10 and seven nominations, respectively.

Awards season is upon us once again, with this Sunday’s 82nd Golden Globe Awards kicking off the televised awards race that will consume Hollywood through the Academy Awards in March.

Here’s what you need to know about the star-studded bash, which touts itself as Hollywood’s party of the year: