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Awards season is officially in full swing. Many of the biggest faces in Hollywood will gather at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sunday night for the Golden Globe Awards. The high-wattage ceremony, hosted by Nikki Glaser for the second year in a row, will kick off at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET, with red carpet arrivals beginning around 3 p.m PT/ 6 p.m. ET.
The ceremony will broadcast live on CBS, but the best way for cable-cutters to tune into the event live is through Paramount+. Those without cable can also access CBS for the full live broadcast on live TV streamers such as DirecTV and Hulu + Live TV.
“One Battle After Another,” a blisteringly funny look at a repressive society riven by political violence, dominates this year’s lineup, heading into the ceremony with nine nominations. It’s followed closely behind by “Sentimental Value,” a drama about a filmmaker’s dysfunctional family, and “Sinners,” a vampire movie set in the segregated South, which earned eight nods and seven nods, respectively.
On the series front, “The White Lotus,” a satire set in a posh Thailand resort, and “Adolescence,” the story of a criminal investigation told in one continuous shot, led with six and five nominations, respectively. They were followed closely behind by the comedy-mystery show “Only Murders in the Building” and the sci-fi thriller “Severance,” which earned four nods apiece.
Variety will also kick off the anticipated night with a Golden Globes Red Carpet Pre-Show, this year presented by Fire TV. Hosted by Variety’s Angelique Jackson and Marc Malkin, the pre-show will deliver exclusive access, must-see interviews and real-time coverage from the red carpet.
Customers can watch the live pre-show for free, directly from their Fire TV home screens. It will also be available on Echo Show and Fire Tablet devices, Variety’s YouTube channel, plus Variety.com, starting at 3:30 p.m. PT, 6:30 p.m. ET.
Afterwards, tune into the Golden Globes on Paramount+.
The week-long lead-up to the Golden Globes is always one of the starriest times of the year. From recurring soirees like the BAFTA Tea Party to new events, like SiriusXM’s celebration of its nominees in the newly added Globes podcast category, here’s what went down as guests readied for the 83rd annual ceremony on Jan. 11.
Vanity Fair x Amazon MGM Studios
Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard Credit: Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Vanity Fair
For the second year, Amazon MGM and Vanity Fair took over Bar Marmont the night before the Globes for a starry industry celebration. The lively fete on Saturday, Jan. 10, brought together actors, filmmakers and cultural figures, who mingled over passed bites like pigs in a blanket and crab cakes, and specialty drinks.
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After walking the red carpet, guests could proceed right into a tent area, which included a bread and cheese station and a Carving Block caviar bar offering four types of caviar bites (including caviar-marshmallow and chocolate creations).
Michael B. Jordan and LaKeith Stanfield Credit: Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Vanity Fair
Guests including Justin Hartley, Keegan-Michael Key, Kumail Nanjiani and Minnie Driver held court in the tent, while Lisa Ann Walter socialized in the front area and Jameela Jamil made rounds through the smaller sections.
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Other guests in attendance included Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Kate Beckinsale, Kristen Bell, Quinta Brunson, Dove Cameron, Miles Caton, Chace Crawford, Zooey Deschanel, Janelle James, Jenna Dewan, Josh Gad, Aldis Hodge, Michael B. Jordan, Katherine LaNasa, Michael B. Jordan, Nastasha Lyonne, Shaboozey, Dax Shepard, William Stanford Davis, LaKeith Stanfield, Connor Storrie, Tessa Thompson, Robin Wright, Noah Wyle and Rachel Zoe.
BAFTA Tea Party
Courtney LaBarge Bell, Executive Director, BAFTA North America, Jane Millichip, CEO, BAFTA, Leonardo DiCaprio and Joyce Pierpoline, North America Board Chair, BAFTACredit: Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for BAFTA
A staple event of awards season, BAFTA North America hosted its annual Tea Party at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles in Beverly Hills on Saturday, Jan. 11. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., industry talent, professionals and creatives from the U.S., U.K. and globally gathered to enjoy tea sandwiches (cucumber, smoked salmon, chicken, egg salad and roast beef), scones, pastries and, of course, tea — which came in about four varieties.
A water station from Maison Perrier enabled guests to add vitamins to their flavored sparkling water cans, and guests lined up to try the claw game to win a flight credit from Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic.
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The event also celebrated the EE BAFTA Film Awards Longlist, announced Friday. “We look forward to welcoming this community to London next month to honor this year’s outstanding filmmakers,” said BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip.
Teyana Taylor and Leonardo DiCaprio Credit: Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for BAFTA
Kate Hudson and Teyana Taylor greeted each other on the carpet. The Chronology of Water‘s Kristen Stewart and Imogen Poots reunited. Leonardo DiCaprio caused a stir in the room — and happy posed for photos with fans. Rose Byrne jovially made the rounds, and The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood was another crowd favorite party-goers stopped for photos.
Chase InfinitiCredit: Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for BAFTA
Other attendees included Gwyneth Paltrow, Ethan Hawke, Joel Edgerton, Chase Infiniti, Eva Victor, Mia Cioffi Henry, Miles Caton, Jane Levy, Mark Hamill, Rashida Jones, Ryan Coogler and Stephen Graham.
SiriusXM Presents “Before The Buzz”
Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Alex Cooper, Sean Hayes and Mel Robbins Credit: Photo by Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SiriusXM
For the first time, the Golden Globes added a podcast category. And, given its three nominees out of six — SmartLess, Call Her Daddy and The Mel Robbins Podcast — SiriusXM decided to host a celebration at Phil Rosenthal’s new hot spot, Max & Helen’s.
Dax Shepard, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, and Mel Robbins Credit: Photo by Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
The intimate daytime shindig congregated guests including SmartLess‘ Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman; Call Her Daddy‘s Alex Cooper; The Mel Robbins Podcast‘s Mel Robbins; Conan O’Brien; Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen; Irving Azoff; Armchair Expert‘s Dax Shepherd and Monica Padman; Sebastian Maniscalco; Pod Save America‘s Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett; Tig Notaro; Alex Edelman; Sway in the Morning‘s Sway Calloway; Scam Goddess‘ Laci Mosley; Tom Papa; NPR Up First‘s A Martinez and Ayesha Rascoe.
Conan O’Brien and Phil Rosenthal Credit: Photo by Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
SiriusXM executives Jennifer Witz (CEO) and Scott Greenstein (President and Chief Content Officer) were also among the brunch-goers, who enjoyed a spread of the diner’s signatures — such as Nancy Silverton’s famed waffle with maple butter; bacon, egg and cheese sandwich; pancakes; hot dogs; and, of course, Lily Rosenthal’s viral hot chocolate.
Variety x Aman Beverly Hills’ Official Pre-Golden Globes Party
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In a glamorous affair that felt like being transported back in time to Old Hollywood, Variety joined forces with the forthcoming Aman Beverly Hills and Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment for a posh soiree on Friday, Jan. 9 at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge.
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The event served to celebrate Aman’s arrival on the U.S.’ West Coast at the One Beverly Hills development, which will be home to Aman Beverly Hills (opening in 2027) and the newly reimagined Beverly Hilton, the home of the Golden Globe Awards.
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Inside, guests featured in Variety and CNN’s recent Actors on Actors series and from the entertainment world — including Ethan Hawke, Adrien Brody, Connor Storrie, Dwayne Johnson, Kate Hudson, Stellan Skarsgard, Teyana Taylor and more — hob-nobbed over passed hors d’oeuvres and themed cocktails.
Teyana TaylorCredit: Courtesy Aman
THR x Spotify’s Nominees Night
Janelle James, Quinta Brunson, Evan Ross and Natasha Lyonne Janelle James, Quinta Brunson, Evan Ross and Natasha LyonneCredit: Photo by Stefanie Keenan/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images
On Thursday, Jan. 8, Spotify teamed up with The Hollywood Reporter for a first-time official Golden Week event with a musical bent. The fete, taking over the Lot at Formosa, featured sushi, Pink’s Hot Dogs and Trejo’s Taco’s stations — enjoyed by gusts including Amy Poehler, Kumail Nanjani, Natasha Lyonne, Quinta Brunson, Jackie Tohn, Rita Wilson, Keegan-Michael Key, Nina Dobrev, Jameela Jamil, Chrissy Teigen and Jane Seymour.
John Legend and Miles CatonCredit: Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images
DJ Mark Ronson headlined, Miles Caton performing his Globe-nominated song “I Lied to You” from Sinners, and 10-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan belted “I’m Every Woman” and “Tell Me Something Good.” Later, EGOT-winner John Legend energized the crowd with his beloved hits “Tonight (Best You’ve Ever Had),” “Ordinary People,” “Greenlight” and “All of Me.”
Mark Ronson spins during Nominees Night, an official Golden Week eventCredit: Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images
The 83rd annual Golden Globes will occur at the event’s usual venue, The Beverly Hilton, on Sunday, January 11. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
Who’s hosting the Golden Globes?
For the second year in a row, Nikki Glaserwill host the ceremony. A veteran comedian, Glaser knocked her first hosting gig out of the park last year, ending a streak of so-so and straight-up bad hosts at the Golden Globes. In an interview for Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue, Glaser revealed how much preparation she puts into high-profile gigs like hosting the Golden Globes. “There are people that can pull these things off with little to no preparation and are just that talented. I am not that person,” she said. “I need the training. I treat them like the Olympics. You only get one shot.”
How can I watch the Golden Globes?
Traditionalists can watch the Golden Globes live on CBS. Cord-cutters can stream the awards ceremony live on Paramount+.
Who’s nominated this year?
As always, there’s a host of glittering stars nominated at this year’s Golden Globes. Going into the ceremony, the film with the most momentum is Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, leading the pack with nine nominations and multiple acting nominees in stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor,Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, and newcomer Chase Infiniti.Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value follows close behind with eight nominations, including for Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Renate Reinsve, and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas.
Elsewhere, Ariana Grande represents theater kids worldwide with a best-supporting-actress nomination for her work in Wicked: For Good.Jennifer Lawrence scored a lead-actress nod for Die My Love,Julia Roberts is back in the mix with After the Hunt, and Kate Hudson made the cut for her Neil Diamond tribute-band biopic, Song Sung Blue.Michael B. Jordan scored a nod for his dual roles in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, while Critics Choice Award winners Jacob Elordi and Timothée Chalamet have the chance to win two weeks in a row for Frankenstein and Marty Supreme, respectively. Adam Sandler and George Clooney are recognized for Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, and The Smashing Machine’s Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are in contention as well.
And don’t forget that the Golden Globes also honor TV. In the supporting-actor categories, White Lotus stars Walton Goggins,Parker Posey,Jason Isaacs, Aimee Lou Wood, and Carrie Coon are all nominated. The Studio’s Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara scored noms in lead actor and supporting actress as well. And in the limited-series category, Netflix’s Adolescence has the opportunity to extend its winning streak, as Emmy winners Owen Cooper,Stephen Graham, and Erin Doherty are all nominated. For the first time ever, the Golden Globes will also give out a statuette for best podcast, which could go to, among others, a celebrity like Amy Poehler, for her Good Hang podcast, or Dax Shepard, for his Armchair Expert podcast.
There’s something about looking in the rearview mirror—even season after season in fashion—that gives us a bit of clarity. And it’s about that time: on Sunday, the biggest celebrity names will turn out on the Golden Globes red carpet and set the tone for many of our choices in the year. My hope is that if style in 2025 revolved around a breakneck speed competition for virality and the repackaging of self into a new kind of perfection (was it a coincidence that The Substance was a major player last awards year?), that in 2026 the fashion on the red carpet kicks off a quest for individuality.
We’ve already started to see some of the most interesting characters in Hollywood dressing the part: Teyana Taylor in a vertiginously cut Tom Ford dress by Haider Ackermann to the Time 100 Next gala late last year—the kind of sartorial irreverence only she could propose as black tie. And Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner in ping-pong ball-orange, upped the ante of how stars can leverage fashion to promote a film by way of a viral look. These two know well how to be famous, and understand how many eyes are on them when they step out together—why not embrace the circus? (There’s also Meg Stalter and Paul W. Downs, who meme-fied Chalamet and Jenner at the Critics Choice Awards earlier this week—yes, please, more fun!)
Jacob Elordi in Bottega Veneta at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.
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Paul Mescal in Gucci at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.
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Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner in custom Chrome Hearts.
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Paul W. Downs and Meg Staler recreate Chalamet and Jenner’s looks.
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Alternatively, Jessie Buckley is embodying the movie star in her own, subtle and sophisticated way by wearing mostly black and white and offering resistance, in a sense, to the sartorial spectacle of the red carpet. Buckley, who is styled by Goldberg this season, has been wearing custom Dior and Chanel and The Row—the most coveted of labels. She looks great, but most of all looks like herself. How fabulous. The same could be said of Jacob Elordi and Paul Mescal, who look every bit the leading man without the gimmick of the internet boyfriend—no red carpet thirst traps or attempts at standing out for no reason at all. They look good, sexy; Elordi in a leather tie and Mescal in tuxedos worn over silky knit v-necks, both at the Critics Choice Awards. Even those behind the camera are coming as they are: see Chloé Zhao, in witchy and ethereal Lanvin and Rodarte frocks.
Jessie Buckley in Chanel at the 35th Annual Gotham Film Awards in December, 2025.
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Chloé Zhao at the 2026 Crtiics Choice Awards.
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In the last year, the conversation around fashion could be neatly packaged into two separate bundles.
Within the industry, it was a time of disruption: close to two dozens of luxury fashion houses, including giants like Christian Dior, Chanel, and Gucci and small-but-mighty favorites like Loewe and Dries Van Noten changed their creative leads, altering the fashion landscape and the way in which we will dress moving forward. Giorgio Armani, one of the industry’s last-remaining working patriarchs, died in September at 91; and the Prada Group, which owns the Prada brand and Miu Miu, purchased Versace after Donatella Versace’s exit from the helm of the label she safeguarded and spearheaded for close to three decades following her brother Gianni’s murder in 1997. Fashion, in an emotional sense, is moving into 2026 without the work of two of its guiding lights.
From the outside looking in, fashion grappled with the rise of newly ever shrinking bodies. Thinness, now commandeered by Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs, refashioned the style landscape as models, actors, influencers, and even athletes were downsizing to new extremes. Clothes on the runways mostly shrank to accommodate to these standards of yore, which had been challenged by the body positivity movement of the late 2010s but were now being resurrected and revitalized. The number on the scales and measuring tapes seemingly mattered more than ever before, and if that wasn’t enough, but the adage “age is just a number” took literal meaning: The popularization of deep plane facelifts, and the conversation around the wealthy looking decades younger, took a toll on fashion, too. The new luxury is not just what’s in one’s closet, but how youthful and tiny that one can pay to look.
The 83rd annual Golden Globes are being handed out Sunday night.
Nikki Glaser is returning as host of the show, which will air live from 8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. (Find out more details on how to stream the show here.)
Glaser recently told The Hollywood Reporterthat she watched last year’s show, which she also hosted, for the first time only a few days ago. She said she felt like she had set a high bar for herself for this year’s show. “I kind of nailed it,” she said. “And it scares me, because that was kind of lightning in a bottle. I got really lucky with some of the nominees. Everything worked out. So it’s a high bar. I’m kind of screwed.”
Heading into the show, One Battle After Another leads the nominations. Paul Thomas Anderson’s film scored a total of nine noms, including best picture, director and screenwriter. Sentimental Value landed eight noms, followed by Sinners with seven, Hamnet with six and Frankenstein and Wicked: For Good with five apiece.
In the TV categories, The White Lotus is tops with six noms, followed by Adolescence with five and Only Murders in the Building and Severance with four each.
Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions has lined up a star-studded list of presenters for Sunday’s show. They include Amanda Seyfried, Ana de Armas, Ayo Edebiri, Charli xcx, Chris Pine, Colman Domingo, Connor Storrie, Dakota Fanning, Dave Franco, Diane Lane, George Clooney, Hailee Steinfeld, Hudson Williams, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Joe Keery, Judd Apatow, Julia Roberts, Justin Hartley, Kathryn Hahn and Keegan-Michael Key.
Also set to present are Kevin Bacon, Kevin Hart, Kyra Sedgwick, Lalisa Manobal, Luke Grimes, Macaulay Culkin, Marlon Wayans, Melissa McCarthy, Mila Kunis, Miley Cyrus, Minnie Driver, Orlando Bloom, Pamela Anderson, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, Sean Hayes, Snoop Dogg, Wanda Sykes, Will Arnett and Zoë Kravitz.
Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment will return as executive producing showrunners for the 2026 Golden Globes. Dick Clark Productions will plan, host and produce event, which has been viewed in more than 185 countries and territories worldwide.
This year, the Golden Globes introduced a new category, for best podcast. The nominees are Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, Good Hang With Amy Poehler, The Mel Robbins Podcast, SmartLess and NPR’s Up First.
“There are so many podcasts out there, I think it’s really appropriate, actually, to open up that category,” Weiss recently told THR. “People are getting their content and their entertainment in many different forms.”
Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge that also owns The Hollywood Reporter.
THR will be posting the winners as they are announced live Sunday. Check back for all the results in real time.
Yeah, I did. I think one of the most iconic looks is the Giambattista Valli at the Grammys [2020], which was kind of the last time [we worked together]. And so for us to come back and it’s just like, wow, bam, we’re back doing this.
How do you choose what happens when or which dress goes where?
For me, the best dress always wins. No matter what it is, no matter who made it, it’s always the best dress that will, for me, always win. I love the goosebumps. And when that happens, that is my drug. It’s like when that dress goes on and you get those goosebumps, you know that that’s the one and that’s the dress and that’s what we’re wearing to this place at this time.
More generally about your career, how now do you approach styling different people for different things? You have Zendaya, you have Ariana. What’s the Law playbook that differentiates them?
Them. I think one of the greatest compliments I’ve always gotten throughout my career is that none of my clients look the same. I believe in never changing anyone, but just aiding them and becoming the best version of themselves when it comes to fashion. And that’s been my goal, to always listen, to pay attention and to make it known that it’s a collaboration. Everything that Ariana’s worn is still very Ariana, and it’s not Zendaya, and it’s not Celine Dion, and it’s not this person or that person. And I’ve always taken a lot of pride in that and it’s a lot of work because every single dress is chosen because there’s something about it that reminds me of the client. And it makes the job harder because a lot of people can just go and just get a lot of clothes, and there’s a lot of people whose clients all look the same. Whether it’s good or bad, it’s just like, oh, you can see that person’s hand in it. And I don’t think that’s fair. I think women are so dynamic and amazing and they need to shine as their individual selves and not become a part of this thing.
Zendaya dresses the part in a spiderweb dress at the premiere of Spiderman: No Way Home.
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Zendaya in a tennis-ball green frock accentuated with a tennis ball while promoting Challengers.
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This idea of “method dressing,” of dressing an actor in relation to the character and film, is something you, I think, helped define. I think of Zendaya with Challengers, Dune, and Spiderman—those moments are the blueprint for method dressing. What do you make of that becoming so popular?
You know what? I think we’ve always done that. Even back with The Greatest Showman. It’s just recently gotten a name, but again, it’s entertainment, it’s fun. It’s showmanship. It’s more than just picking out a pretty dress. It’s telling the story. Again, it’s the only way I can communicate. And it’s just fucking fun.
Back to Ariana, Glinda, and the color pink. How do you negotiate with having a short brief and playing with it when it comes to dressing someone?
Comedian Nikki Glaser will return to host the 83rd Golden Globes on Jan. 11, but many people are unfamiliar with the comedian’s work. After hosting the 82nd Golden Globes, Glaser was promptly asked to return after the success she had.The comedian got the hosting gig last year after showing her skill at ruthlessly roasting celebrities. She got raves for her monologue. She brought out the knives, but they weren’t overly sharp. She was promptly asked back.Glaser, the first woman to host the show solo, successfully shepherded a ceremony she called “Ozempic’s biggest night.””Hosting the Golden Globes this year was without a doubt the most fun I have ever had in my career,” said Glaser in a statement. “I can’t wait to do it again, and this time in front of the team from ‘The White Lotus’ who will finally recognize my talent and cast me in Season Four as a Scandinavian Pilates instructor with a shadowy past.”Glaser has been a comedian for nearly two decades, performing on stage, on podcasts, and most notably on celebrity roasts. Glaser has made appearances on the roasts of Alec Baldwin, Bruce Willis, and Rob Lowe. More recently, Glaser is known for her performance during “The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady,” where she gave one of the most memorable performances of the night. Glaser has also hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and the “2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted.” She has also appeared in several movies and TV shows throughout her career.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Comedian Nikki Glaser will return to host the 83rd Golden Globes on Jan. 11, but many people are unfamiliar with the comedian’s work.
After hosting the 82nd Golden Globes, Glaser was promptly asked to return after the success she had.
The comedian got the hosting gig last year after showing her skill at ruthlessly roasting celebrities. She got raves for her monologue. She brought out the knives, but they weren’t overly sharp. She was promptly asked back.
Glaser, the first woman to host the show solo, successfully shepherded a ceremony she called “Ozempic’s biggest night.”
“Hosting the Golden Globes this year was without a doubt the most fun I have ever had in my career,” said Glaser in a statement. “I can’t wait to do it again, and this time in front of the team from ‘The White Lotus’ who will finally recognize my talent and cast me in Season Four as a Scandinavian Pilates instructor with a shadowy past.”
Glaser has been a comedian for nearly two decades, performing on stage, on podcasts, and most notably on celebrity roasts.
Glaser has made appearances on the roasts of Alec Baldwin, Bruce Willis, and Rob Lowe. More recently, Glaser is known for her performance during “The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady,” where she gave one of the most memorable performances of the night.
Glaser has also hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and the “2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted.” She has also appeared in several movies and TV shows throughout her career.
Documentary filmmakers Eugene Jarecki and Ross McElwee, winners of the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary, were feted at a cocktail reception in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening.
The prize, founded by the Golden Globes and Artemis Rising Foundation, honors a non-fiction filmmaker whose work “demonstrates both exceptional creative merit and keen potential to inspire positive social change.”
Jarecki and McElwee each received a bespoke Golden Globes half-statuette with an inscription from Artemis Rising Foundation.
Artemis Rising Foundation founder and CEO Regina K. Scully said, “There is an urgent need for non-fiction stories to be made, recognized and seen. This prize is an extension of the work Artemis Rising Foundation has engaged in for decades to champion powerful stories about some of the most challenging social justice issues of our time; I hope it helps to push these incredible creative works further into the spotlight.”
Jarecki won the inaugural edition of the prize at Cannes Film Festival, where his documentary on Julian Assange, “The 6 Billion Dollar Man,” won the festival’s L’Œil d’or. At the Venice Film Festival, the prize was awarded to McElwee’s “Remake,” a deeply personal film exploring his journey as a filmmaker alongside the life of his son, Adrian, who was tragically lost to substance abuse.
A further key collaborator is Think-Film Impact Production, which has been central to the prize’s beginnings and the spotlights at Cannes and Venice film festivals, within its overall mission to “ensure powerful independent films resonate widely to change society for the better.”
Nikki Glaser revealed the one A-Lister that she doesn’t dare to roast when she returns as host of the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
The 41-year-old comedian, who became the first woman to host the awards ceremony solo last year, was tapped as emcee again after earning overwhelmingly positive reviews for her debut.
During a Tuesday appearance on “CBS Mornings,” Glaser shed some light on what the awards attendees and viewers can expect from her performance this year. She explained that she has been testing her material for the upcoming show at some of her stand-up gigs and admitted that there was one star that she would avoid mocking.
“I’m trying out my monologue around LA at the clubs here and just even any joke about Julia Roberts, they are not there for,” she said.
Nikki Glaser revealed the one celebrity that she won’t roast at the 2026 Golden Globes(Rich Polk/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images)
“You cannot make fun of America’s sweetheart,” she continued. “Whatever I end up saying about her, that is the most fine-tuned joke that I’ve worked on so hard, because it is very delicate.”
“I mean, they were booing, and I was like, ‘Is she here?’” Glaser added. “It’s insane.”
“Nikki, Julia is everywhere,” “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King said.
The comedian said her stand-up audiences responded poorly to jokes about Julia Roberts.(Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
“Yeah, she’s all around us always,” Glaser agreed.
King noted that Glaser had contacted some celebrities last year for their input regarding jokes she planned to make about them and asked if she had reached out to anyone this year.
“Not yet, but I was wondering if anyone there had Sean Penn’s number because I would like to get his approval,” she said with a laugh. “Last year I was able to reach out to Benny Blanco. I had a friend of a friend who knew him and he seemed like someone I could kind of cold text, but I don’t even know if Leo [DiCaprio] has a phone.”
“There’s certain people that I don’t even know what I would say,” Glaser continued. “It’s almost like some of these jokes you think about, ‘OK, if I got their number, would I write them and ask them?’ And then I go, ‘You know what, they might say no.’ And I know the joke isn’t that mean. I would rather ask for forgiveness later at the after party when they’re drunk.”
Glaser is returning to host the Golden Globes for the second year in a row. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
The “Trainwreck” actress explained that she viewed the Golden Globes hosting gig as a “covert mission” since she has to please both the viewers at home and the stars in the audience at the ceremony.
“You have to be very delicate about making jokes that aren’t going to ruin anyone’s night, but you also want to give the people at home something to laugh at, and you want to poke fun at the people that they’re dying for you to make fun of,” she said. “Like people at home want you to make fun of the A-listers.”
“They want you to make them feel a little bit uncomfortable,” Glaser added. “So, it’s covert in the sense that I want to get away with those jokes without just ruining the vibe in the room. So, it’s really strategic, and it’s one of the most difficult jobs I’ve ever had is picking the perfect jokes.”
Glaser was deemed one of the standout performers at Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady.” (Getty Images)
Glaser has previously participated in several celebrity roasts, including those of Rob Lowe, Bruce Willis and Tom Brady and she has become known for her scathing jabs and fearless takedowns. The comedian was hailed as one of the standout performers at Brady’s roast in May 2024, which significantly raised her profile and led to her selection as the Golden Globes host for the 2025 awards show.
During her appearance on “CBS Mornings,” Glaser noted that her approach to performing at a roast differed from how she handles Golden Globes hosting duties.
Glaser said that she was taking a “different approach” to emceeing the awards ceremony this year. (Rich Polk)
“I leave the mean for the roast,” she said. “I think people have known me as like, ‘Wow, she tells really mean jokes.’ I really save that for the roast because that’s the place to do them. People have signed up for that.”
“This, I feel like, I don’t know, I am a huge fan of these people, and this year’s a little bit different because we have so like many huge A-listers that I grew up kind of really admiring, and it’s easy for me to take down the newer batch of actresses and actors who are younger than me,” Glaser explained.
The front-runner for the Oscars is also likely to go home with the prize in this category. It’s notable that two actual musicals were not even nominated here this year, though: Wicked: For Good and The Testament of Ann Lee. The only real competition for One Battle in this category is Marty Supreme, another comedy that is tonally similar to Paul Thomas Anderson’s film. But the overwhelming popularity of the Leo DiCaprio drama should help it bring home the big prize of the night. —John Ross
Best Director, Motion Picture
PREDICTED WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler, Sinners Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
It would be very Globesy (and kind of electrifying, frankly) for a less expected candidate like Ryan Coogler or Jafar Panahi to take this category. But One Battle and PTA feel undeniable—not only because Anderson made the most zeitgeisty movie of the year, but also because his Globe narrative is a lot like his Oscar narrative. That’s right: Paul Thomas Anderson has, somehow, never actually won a Golden Globe. Hell, until Licorice Pizza, he hadn’t even been nominated for one. Especially as Globe voters strive to prove their cinematic bona fides and legitimacy, it seems very unlikely that they’ll pass up the opportunity to reward a more-than-worthy auteur who’s long overdue for this sort of recognition. —Hillary Busis
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine Michael B. Jordan, Sinners PREDICTED WINNER: Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
This is a close race between two worthy actors: Michael B. Jordan, for playing twins Smoke and Stack in the blockbuster Sinners, and Wagner Moura, for playing a professor on the run in the Brazilian film The Secret Agent. Will Globe voters do a repeat of last year and reward a Brazilian actor over more popular or widely seen performances? Fernanda Torres’s win for I’m Still Here was a total surprise on Globes night 2025—but now we know just how large a Brazilian contingent there is amongst Globe voters. On the one hand, voters might not want to look like they are repeating themselves by giving another acting award to a Brazilian lead. On the other hand, it’s tough to deny the magnitude of Moura’s performance, which already won him best actor in Cannes. I’m betting on Moura to take this one, but it’s a close race! —J.R.
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama
PREDICTED WINNER: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value Julia Roberts, After the Hunt Tessa Thompson, Hedda Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
This category hasn’t matched up with the eventual Oscar winner since 2020, when Renée Zellweger won for Judy. Instead, in recent years, it’s been sort of all over the place. (Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos? Really?) Then again, in the past two years, the eventual Oscar winners—Emma Stone for Poor Things and Mikey Madison for Anora—were competing in the comedy-musical category at the Globes. Jessie Buckley has been a very clear Oscar front-runner for her raw performance in Hamnet, so we’re guessing the Globe voters will align with that choice. But there’s always a chance they’ll want to shake things up by instead crowning a first-time nominee like Renate Reinsve or Eva Victor—or maybe giving some love to a movie star like three-time Globe winner Jennifer Lawrence. —R.F.
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
PREDICTED WINNER: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme George Clooney, Jay Kelly Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon Lee Byung-hun, No Other Choice Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
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Turns out, Roberts is willing to loan the suit outside the bounds of her family, upping the ante for her co-star, saying, “I’m going to bring it to work tomorrow and I want you to wear it.”
The suit isn’t just on offer for friends and family: Roberts herself wore a similar look this week, donning a dark two-piece ensemble for her guest slot on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on October 1.
Elizabeth Stewart, Roberts’ longtime stylist, told Vanity Fair that the star’s latest menswear moment was the result of a collision of nostalgic sartorial and personal influences.
“The suit is from Salon 1884 and they were inspired by Julia’s wardrobe in My Best Friend’s Wedding and I was inspired by Julia in the ’90s, so it was the perfect storm,” she said via email.
Decades later, the dapper silhouette—paired Wednesday with a steely top and skinny floral-embellished necktie—still suits her.
Julia Roberts is seen leaving “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” at Ed Sullivan Theater on October 1, 2025 in New York City.Gilbert Carrasquillo
Originally published on Vanity Fair Italia with additional reporting by Kase Wickman.
Yes, the line to get into the party was long. But the process was efficient, and once inside, the venue was spacious enough to allow schmoozing with relative ease. At the party, Sydney Sweeney told me that the Christy premiere on Friday was the most emotional of her career. She sat behind former professional boxer, Christy Martin, whom she plays in the film, and couldn’t help but cry as the credits rolled. Sweeney felt a deep connection to the whole cast as they made their way onto the stage for their Q&A. Whatever online drama she had experienced in the last couple of weeks seemed behind her as she looked forward to the release of this film—and its potential awards season campaign.
Richard E. Grant and John Slattery at the 2025 Road to the Golden Globes Party.
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Nina Hoss, co-star of the Amazon film Hedda—based on the play Hedda Gabler, and set to premiere Sunday night—was excited to finally see the film with an audience. At the party, Hoss (who was spotted chatting with Hedda costar Tessa Thompson) said that when she read the script, she was excited by the idea the idea of changing the gender of her character; she was interested to see what audiences thought about the decision, made by director Nia DaCosta.
Nina Hoss, Nicholas Pinnock, Tessa Thompson at the 2025 Road to the Golden Globes Party.
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat’s darkly funny film about an aging Hollywood movie star, who is played unforgettably by Demi Moore, has been submitted for Golden Globes consideration as a musical/comedy, rather than a drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Ahead of the Globes’ Nov. 4 submission deadline, the classification of the MUBI release was the last remaining question mark among top-tier contenders. (Last week, THR shared the classifications for all of the others.) This is because there was debate even within the film’s and Moore’s camps about how the film should be entered.
On the one hand, The Substance a very disturbing horror flick, with levels of blood and gore that would make David Cronenberg blush. On the other hand, though, it’s a biting satire of a business in which youth and beauty are often prioritized above all else.
In the end, a deciding consideration may well have been where Moore will stand the strongest shot at a nomination, or even a win. Had the film been pushed as a drama, Moore would have been pitted against — among others — well-established veterans such as Maria’s Angelina Jolie, Babygirl’s Nicole Kidman, The Outrun’s Saoirse Ronan and The Room Next Door’s Tilda Swinton.
On the comedy side, however, Moore’s strongest competition will come from a pair relative newcomers, Anora’s Mikey Madison and Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón, as well as, perhaps, Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, Nightbitch’s Amy Adams and Challengers’ Zendaya.
The 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on January 5, 2025, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET (5 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT) on CBS. They will also be available to stream on Paramount+ in the United States.
Who is hosting the 2025 Golden Globe Awards?
Per Variety, comedian Nikki Glaser has been tapped to host the 2025 awards show.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes,” Glaser said. “It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front row seat (actually, I think I have to host from the stage). The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film, but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows, but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so). (God I hope so). It’s an exciting, yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable, and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes).
“Some of my favorite jokes of all time have come from past Golden Globes opening monologues when Tina, Amy, or Ricky have said exactly what we all didn’t know we desperately needed to hear. I just hope to continue in that time honored tradition (that might also get me canceled). This is truly a dream job. Plus, I no longer have to feel guilty for every TV show and movie I’ve binged over the past year. It was all worth it. (‘Below Deck: Sailing Yacht’ Season Four will be nominated, right?).”
Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne added, “Nikki Glaser is a comedic powerhouse whose daring and unfiltered humor is the perfect match for the Golden Globes. She is sure to bring a unique energy and spontaneity to the show that will keep the audience entertained all night.”
Glaser — who previously released stand-up specials such as 2022’s Good Clean Filth and 2024’s Someday You’ll Die — follows Jo Koy, who hosted the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.
Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner will executive produce the awards show, while Dick Clark Productions will plan, host, and produce the event.
Celebrities, prepare to be roasted. Variety has announced that comedian Nikki Glaser will host the 82nd Golden Globes Awards.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes,” Glaser told Variety. “It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front row seat (actually, I think I have to host from the stage).”
A veteran comic and host of Max’s Fboy Island, Glaser ascended to new heights this year with her viral roast of football legend Tom Brady on Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady a.k.a The Greatest Roast of All Time. “I didn’t know how big it was until it was over because, obviously, it was live,” Glaser told VF earlier this year. “Text messages were rolling in like someone in my life had died.” Glaser followed up her roast with an HBO comedy special called Someday You’ll Die, nominated for outstanding variety special at this year’s Emmys.
Now she’s taking on one of the least sought-after gigs in town: award show host. Four-time Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel recently turned down the opportunity to return to that show in 2025, saying that taking on the gig “was just too much.” Last year’s Governor Awards host, JohnMulaney, also reportedly turned down the gig. As of writing, the 2025 Oscars still do not have a host.
The Golden Globes—dubbed Hollywood’s Party of the Year for the ceremony’s more laid-back feel and sometimes tipsy acceptance speeches—also has a spotty track record with hosts. Ricky Gervais was the go-to emcee in the 2010s, hosting for the fifth and final time in 2020. But after the longtime Golden Globes voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was rocked by multiple scandals in 2021—which returning hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler had no trouble making light of—the awards regrouped, dissolving the HFPA and canceling the telecast in 2022.
Since returning to television, the Globes have been hosted by Emmy-winning comedian Jerrod Carmichael in 2023, and, most recently, comedian Jo Koy in 2024. Koy notoriously flopped as host, lobbing punchlines that earned weak laughs and causing celebrity guests like Taylor Swift to visibly turn on him as the night wore on. It wasn’t all bad news for Koy, though: the 2024 Golden Globes ceremony averaged 10 million viewers, up nearly 50% from the previous year, and reached its largest audience since 2020. Still, after the ceremony, Koy told ABC program GMA 3 that it had been a rough night.“It’s a tough room,” he said. “And it was a hard job, I’m not going to lie.”
Glaser, however, sounds up for the challenge. “The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film, but also for comedy,” she said in a statement. “It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows, but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so). (God I hope so). It’s an exciting, yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable, and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes).”
The 2025 Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 5th, 2025, airing live on CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+. Unlike Koy, who said he only had a week and a half to prepare material for his hosting stint, Glaser’s got ample time to get ready—and after her Brady roast, it’s clear that she thrives in live situations. Nominees, you might want to start thickening your skin now.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that on Tuesday, the Globes will be launching an official streaming platform — compatible with all major digital media providers including AppleTV, iOS, Roku and Amazon Fire — through which film and television companies will be able to make their content available directly to Globes voters in their homes.
Indee advertises itself as a highly secure go-between for content providers and awards voters — “with multiple security options for video assets, including forensic and visible watermarking and multi-DRM” — and a much more eco-friendly option than hard-copy screeners.
All uploads will come with a $5000 non-refundable “Golden Globe administrative fee,” which includes one email blast to members. Beyond that, pricing will depend on whether an upload is episodic (up to 60 minutes) or feature-length (61 to 999 minutes), and the level of security desired: no security, with no watermarks ($100 for episodic, $250 for feature-length), medium security, with overlay watermarks ($200 for episodic or $1000 for feature-length) or high security, with forensic watermarks ($350 for episodic or $2000 for feature-length).
The former Fox News host Megyn Kelly is speaking out to slam the “classless” Jimmy Kimmel for the way he hosted the Oscars on Sunday night after he used the show to shamelessly bash Donald Trump. Kelly fired back by torching Kimmel and bringing up his documented history of blackface.
Kelly Eviscerates Kimmel
Though Kimmel initially avoided politics while hosting the Oscars, he took a shot at Trump at the end of the show after the former president bashed his hosting style on social media.
“Thank you, President Trump,” Kimmel said, according to CBS News. “Thank you for watching. I’m surprised you’re still up. Isn’t it past jail time?”
This didn’t sit well with Kelly, who fired back at Kimmel on her eponymous SiriusXM talk show.
“He found time to take a shot at Trump, he found time to take a shot at Katie Britt, he did not find any time to make fun of Joe Biden who is the sitting president of the United—I just guess there’s no fodder there, nothing to joke about,” Kelly said.
Kelly’s guest Andrew Klavan, a conservative political commentator, responded by saying that Kimmel “just following what the news media is doing.” He added that he was surprised that Kimmel never mentioned President Joe Biden, who had just given “the worst State of the Union address in my lifetime,” which he called “ugly and divisive.”
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Earlier in the show, Kelly criticized the Oscars audience, “who laughed and curried favor with the man who wore blackface so many times, he’s second only to Justin Trudeau in his fondness for the practice.”
Kelly went on to say that the Hollywood stars “absolutely ate up the performance by Hollywood darling Mr. Kimmel” even though “some of the very same celebrities who wanted you to believe they were horrified — horrified — after yours truly said in 2018 that people used to don dark makeup to imitate well-known black celebrities and it wasn’t a big deal.”
The New York Post reported that this was a reference to Kimmel wearing blackface to portray the black Utah Jazz star Karl Malone in a skit on “The Man Show” back in the 1990s. He also wore dark makeup to portray Oprah Winfrey in another skit. In contrast, Kelly was fired by NBC in 2018 after she simply weighed in on those wearing blackface, saying that “in the 70s/80s, it used to be viewed differently.”
“Obviously Kimmel’s love of blackface was not a deal-breaker for ABC — which already employs him as a late-night host and which, in addition to its many blackface awards shows, also produced and promoted many shows and stars in blackface,” Kelly lamented.
“It appears the real sin with blackface, you see, is talking about how standards on it have changed, not actually wearing it,” she continued. “You can still win Oscars and host the Oscars after doing that.”
Check out her full comments on this in the video below.
Kelly also ripped into Kimmel for a joke he made at the expense of Robert Downey Jr., who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar on Sunday night for his work in Oppenheimer.
“This is the highest point of Robert Downey Jr’s career… well, one of the highest points,” Kimmel said during the opening monologue. When Downey Jr. responded by tapping his nose in a sign of recognition, Kimmel asked: “Was that too on the nose or a drug motion you made?”
A visibly annoyed Downey Jr. reacted to this by signaling Kimmel to move on from the joke.
“What Kimmel did last night, was he tried to mock people’s weaknesses and things they had genuinely fought hard to overcome, like he did to Robert Downey Jr, who wound up being a favorite of the night,” Kelly said.
“But before he won Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer, Kimmel, in his opening monologue, decided to take a shot at—everyone knows about Robert Downey Jr’s long history with drugs and alcohol,” she continued. “It’s something no one celebrates but he needs to be given credit for overcoming.”
After Kelly played a clip of the exchange, she added, “What was that? That was just classless.”
Kelly concluded by comparing the way Kimmel hosted the Oscars to the way the British comedian Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globes on five separate occasions in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2020, according to Newsweek.
“Last night, one of the things I think stood out about Kimmel’s hosting was, he didn’t get it. The reason Ricky Gervais did so well when he hosted those Golden Globes and just eviscerated everyone in that room is because he was making fun of them on things that we knew were true,” Kelly explained.
“Y’know kind of, their abuse of their own power, their self-importance and that kind of thing and he was punching up, which is okay,” she stated.
Check out Kelly’s full comments on this in the video below.
George Stephanopoulos’ Gross Hypocrisy, and Kate Middleton Fake Photo Controversy, with @andrewklavan and @DM_Maureen_ Callahan
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The hypocrisy of Kimmel and the rest of Hollywood never ceases to amaze, and good for Kelly for calling them all out. No wonder the Oscars has been struggling to get anyone to watch for years!
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph is on the hunt for a few more tickets to the Oscars. “They’re telling me I may only have one extra ticket, so that’s my mission,” the Holdovers star tells me. “Can you imagine the people in your life that are like, ‘I want to come!’ And you’re like, ‘And you should come because you’ve helped me significantly in my life.’” The first-time nominee shares this conundrum on this week’s Little Gold Men (listen below) with both firm conviction and good humor—after all, this is a moment that doesn’t come around even once for most in her profession. “If I can get five—I don’t care if my people are back there [on the balcony], I don’t need five people in my row,” she says. “Get Oscar tickets, or buy Oscar tickets, whatever we’ve got to do—I have some family members that would be very upset, so I’ve got to figure that out.”
Call it a new kind of problem for Randolph, a Tony nominee turned Hollywood utility player now on the cusp of Oscar gold. (She’s already won the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for best supporting actress.) Her turn in The Holdovers as Mary Lamb—cafeteria manager of the boarding school where she, classics teacher Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), and misanthropic student Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa) get holed up together during the Christmas break—showcases deft range. Randolph somehow serves as both the film’s comic relief, mediating tense standoffs between the two men, and its tragic heart. As Mary grieves the death of her son over the lonely holiday, Randolph’s work is devastating—bringing an emotional depth that allows The Holdovers’ explorations of connection and kindness to land all the more potently.
The role was awards-tipped the moment The Holdovers bowed in Telluride over Labor Day, during the SAG-AFTRA strike. The film is distributed by Focus Features, the specialty studio under Universal’s umbrella, which meant the cast did not complete any promotion until the studios and the guild reached an agreement more than two months later. Randolph was thrust into the campaigning machine at that point, racing between interviews and red carpets and tastemaker events, and hasn’t stopped since.
The closer she gets to the actual Oscars, the more she thinks back to her childhood watching the show every year with her family. “The Oscars were like the Olympics…I remember that as a kid being like, ‘Wow, this is everything to these people’—which is so unique, especially, as you start to experience it,” she says. “All of this is very out of body. None of this stuff has processed.”
It can be easy to get swept up in the circus. There’s so much noise around you, you’re meeting so many people, your work is being recognized like never before. Randolph’s presence on the trail, though, has stood out for its authenticity. “I’m just trying to be true to myself,” she says. This goes even for the acceptance speeches. Randolph has already delivered a few on national television, writing each out in advance. She’ll start thinking about the speech’s shape while on the plane ride over to the show, the “forced timeout” of being tens of thousands of feet up in the air. Then she writes it out while in hair-and-makeup, just before hitting the red carpet. “It feels raw—doing it any other time just doesn’t hit the same way,” she says.
Randolph approaches this part of the season as she does everything else: considered, careful, open-hearted. “It’s a wild thing to be sitting there and then people are screaming and yelling and clapping and cheering—it’s one of the most beautiful sounds, but it can be intimidating, it can be overwhelming, and then you have to calm your nervous system and go up there and deliver this beautiful speech,” Randolph says. “It’s an intense feeling. You just try to steady yourself in the midst of it.” So far, she’s done a pretty good job of that.
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Every year, Awards Season is special for one reason: we all come together in outrage against a very specific group of voters, and publicly shame them until we grow bored. The Golden Globes and Emmys are great predictors of who will be ultimately nominated for an Oscar…but this year, it appears that the Academy stopped watching movies altogether.
When I woke up yesterday, I was bombarded by thousands of Tweets calling for the evisceration of the Academy after the 2024 Oscar Nominee list was revealed. It’s your modern-day mob mentality — and get your pitchforks ready, because there were quite a few notable snubs.
Okay, so I was already up in arms about the lack of nominations for Jacob Elordi and Charles Melton. But nothing was more offensive than the glaringly obvious Barbie irony: the Academy chose to honor “I’m Just Ken” by Ryan Gosling in a movie created by women, for women, about the struggles of feminism in a male-dominated society.
This is no hate to Ryan Gosling, who has owned his Ken-ergy in the best, candid way possible. He has supported his cast and uplifted its women during every single press event, red carpet, and personal statement. But the fact that they chose to nominate the one song about men taking over is laughable. Commenting on the lack of nominations himself, Gosling took to social media to say:
“ But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film…To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement,”
Sure, Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For” was nominated considering it’s a beautiful, haunting ballad that perfectly fits the film. But the Oscars have proven they’re Billie stans before by honoring her James Bond ballad. What about the two women who made Barbie possible? Who revived cinema and brought millions of moviegoers to the theaters dressed in pink? Who created a whole movement surrounding celebrating women after years of being told we should bring each other down?
Barbie was a statistically bigger first-week success story than its release-day twin, Oppenheimer, and the biggest film of the year. Yet, no nomination for the director and face of the film. It’s almost like the Academy realized this movie was about them…
Here’s the worst part: you don’t have to let them win if you don’t want to. To not even recognize Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s work and impact on the 2023 cinemascape is like saying Taylor Swift didn’t dominate the music industry this year. It’s just a lie.
So I will end this the way Taylor Swift would, with lyrics from “The Man”:
