The best and worst moments of the Golden Globes 2025
All that glitters is golden.
The 2025 Golden Globes were held on Sunday, Jan. 5 – marking the annual “fun” awards show, where celebs enjoy drinks and let their hair down in between winning trophies.
The 82nd annual Golden Globes, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, aired on CBS (8 p.m.) and streamed on Paramount+.
All eyes were on movies like “Conclave” and “A Complete Unknown” and TV shows like “The Bear.” It was a big night for “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Perez,” and for Zoe Saldaña and Demi Moore, who both won Globes for the first time in their long careers. “Shōgun” also took home several trophies.
Here are the best and worst moments of the night.
Nikki Glaser hosting the 2025 Golden Globes. Penske Media via Getty Images
Nikki Glaser during the 2025 Golden Globes. Penske Media via Getty Images
Best – Nikki Glaser’s monologue
Glaser, 40, was a first-time Globes host, and she was far more successful than last year’s disastrous host, Jo Koy.
Glaser got in amusing zingers at several celebs — “You have the most gorgeous eyelashes on your upper lip, this is such a good look,” she told Timothée Chalamet about his mustache.
She also made jabs at TV in general, quipping that in Eddie Redmayne’s Peacock show “The Day of the Jackal,” he plays “a top-secret elite sniper that no one can find… because he’s on Peacock.”
All in all, Glaser did everything a monologue should do: She got laughs, she went in for the kill, she got in some raunchy jokes to prove that the Globes is the “edgy” awards show (“Wicked. Queer. Nightbitch. These are not just words Ben Affleck yells after he orgasms,” she quipped), and she didn’t overstay her welcome or make everyone cringe.
Zoe Saldana winning at the 2025 Golden Globes. Penske Media via Getty Images
Worst – Zoe Saldana gets played off
Saldaña, 46, took home the trophy for “best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in a motion picture” for “Emilia Pérez.” It was her first Golden Globe in her career, which has spanned over 25 years.
The “Avatar” actress got emotional, bursting into tears as soon as her name was announced. “My heart is full of gratitude,” she said in her speech. The music soon started playing her off, forcing her to speedily shout out her “thank yous” to her family. She was rambling a little, but it was her first win in a long career. Let her speak!
Jennifer Coolidge during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes, held at the Beverly Hilton on January 5, 2025. Penske Media via Getty Images
Best – Jennifer Coolidge’s kooky speech
“The White Lotus” actress, 63, presented the award for “best male actor in a TV series – musical or comedy.” During her introduction, she gave an amusing anecdote about how she knows that lead actors get “very special treatment on the set.”
Coolidge added, “I don’t wanna seem petty or anything, but I remember being on this other job. It was with Billy Bob Thornton. He was allowed to bring his pet coyote, and I wasn’t even allowed to bring my overweight triplets.” It was a bizarre joke, but she gave it her trademark loopy charm.
Jeremy Allen White in “The Bear.” AP
Worst – Jeremy Allen White wins for “The Bear”
White won the Golden Globe for “best actor in a comedy or musical” TV series. It bears repeating: “The Bear” isn’t a comedy. This year’s category was especially stacked — his fellow nominees included Ted Danson for “A Man on the Inside,” Adam Brody for “Nobody Wants This,” Steve Martin for “Only Murderers in the Building,” Jason Segel for “Shrinking” and Martin Short for “Only Murders in the Building.”
Any of those actors deserved to win with their real comedic performances. Season 3 was the “The Bear’s” worst outing, too. To add insult to injury, White wasn’t even there to accept the award, whereas all the other nominated actors were in attendance. It’s not White’s fault, but nevertheless, it is becoming a problem that his noncomedic performance is shutting actors out of this category at awards shows.
Colin Farrell winning a 2025 Golden Globe for “The Penguin.” Penske Media via Getty Images
Best – Colin Farrell doesn’t forget the little people
Farrell, 48, won the Golden Globe for his role in “The Penguin” for “best male actor in a limited series, anthology series, or made for TV movie.”
The Irish movie star, who famously buried his face under makeup and prosthetics for the role, joked, “No one to thank on this one, I did it all by myself. Just a raw, paired-away performance!”
Showing that he’s both a superstar and a class act, Farrell sweetly gave a shout-out to the underappreciated people on a movie set. “Whoever else I forgot to thank,” he began, before interrupting himself. “Oh, craft services! Carolina would be there with coconut water!” he said, showing that he doesn’t forget the little people. Whoever Carolina is, he’s probably the first celebrity to thank her on a global stage.
Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara at the 2025 Golden Globes. CBS
Worst – Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara’s weird porn joke
Rogen and O’Hara came out on the stage together to present the award for “best female actor in a limited series, anthology series, or made for TV movie.”
Rogen opened with a joke about how the camera angle makes half of the room see his bald spot. “I would have filled that in, I said no, I regret that completely,” he began. That was amusing, but then he spun out into the type of time-wasting joke that overstays its welcome.
Rogen and O’Hara, who are both Canadian, went on a tangent about their “Canadian work,” which Rogen said included his “Canadian adult work” like “Logriders” and the “Mooseknuckles trilogy,” for which he won the adult film award “The Beaver,” he claimed. Behind them, Dwayne Johnson, who was attending the Globes with his daughter, Simone Garcia, looked unamused.
Demi Moore giving her acceptance speech at the 2025 Golden Globes. Penske Media via Getty Images
Best – Demi Moore‘s speech
Moore, 62, took home her first trophy, for her performance in “The Substance.”
“I’ve been doing this a long time, over 45 years, and this is the first time I’ve ever won anything as an actor,” she said in her acceptance speech. She proceeded to tell a story about how, 30 years ago, “I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress.”
Moore said she believed that an award like a Golden Globe “wasn’t something I was allowed to have.”
She added, “I had a woman say to me….’You can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.’ And so today I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness…and being reminded that I do belong.”
The room gave her an enthusiastic applause. Kerry Washington, who had presented the category, quipped about how Moore’s speech brought down the house: “Wow, good luck to the next person.”
Elton John and Brandi Carlile during the 2025 Golden Globes. Penske Media via Getty Images
Best – Elton John’s joke about his eyesight
Sir Elton John, 77, came out on the stage with Brandi Carlile.
The music superstar made a joke at his own expense and took a moment to address rumors about his health.
“It’s a very special night for me to be here because, I don’t know if you know, but there’s been stories going around about my regressive eyesight,” John said. “I just want to reassure everybody — it’s not as bad as it seems. I’m so pleased to be here with my co-host, Rihanna,” he said, pointing to Carlile.
Vin Diesel giving a shout-out to Dwayne Johnson at the Golden Globes. CBS
Dwayne Johnson laughing at Vin Diesel at the 2025 Golden Globes. CBS
Worst – Vin Diesel nods to his feud with The Rock
Vin Diesel came out onstage to present the award for “best cinematic and box office achievement,” which went to “Wicked.” Before talking about the nominated films, Diesel, 57, turned to Dwayne Johnson, who was sitting in the audience. Diesel pointedly said, “Hey, Dwayne.” It came across as a random moment for those who aren’t in the know. For those who are aware, this was Diesel giving a nod to the rumored feud he had with his former “Fast & Furious” co-star. Is an awards show really the place to do that? This was a messy moment for Diesel.
