Hollywood awards season formally kicks off Sunday with the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, a looser different to the Oscars that acknowledges achievement in each movie and tv.
Here’s a have a look at what to anticipate from a present that payments itself as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year.”
How to observe
The Globes will happen on the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday and air stay on CBS beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The telecast will stream on the Paramount+ platform within the U.S. (CBS acquired broadcast rights to the Globes in November 2023, stepping in for NBC.)
NBC News staffers will even be live-blogging updates Sunday on NBCNews.com.
Who is internet hosting?
Emmy- and Grammy-nominated slapstick comedian Nikki Glaser will make her debut as Globes emcee. She is the primary girl to host the ceremony solo. In latest years, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted collectively 4 instances, whereas Sandra Oh cut up internet hosting duties with Andy Samberg in 2019.
In an interview with the Globes’ official web site, Glaser mentioned headlining the present was “scary,” however she was excited in regards to the problem.
“It’s a well-lit room, which isn’t conducive to comedy; there are lots of people I love, which additionally shouldn’t be conducive to comedy. It’s stay, so you’ll be able to’t do retakes,” Glaser mentioned. “The stage of problem is thru the roof, and that’s thrilling to me.”
Glaser is coming off a high-profile yr. “Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die,” her second HBO stand-up particular, debuted on the community in May. She additionally appeared in Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady.”
What are the movie front-runners?
The Globes, not like the Academy Awards, splits the perfect movie prize into two classes: drama and musical/comedy. It’s a mannequin that enables voters to acknowledge a wider array of movie initiatives, with six entrants in every race.
The editors of Gold Derby, an awards prediction web site, say the drama films with the perfect odds are “The Brutalist,” an epic saga of the postwar immigrant expertise, and “Conclave,” a thriller in regards to the top-secret battle for the papacy. The different drama nominees are “A Complete Unknown,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Nickel Boys” and “September 5.”
In the musical/comedy class, Gold Derby editors say the percentages favor “Anora,” a madcap portrait of a Brooklyn intercourse employee, and “Wicked,” an adaptation of the favored Broadway musical. The different contenders are “Challengers,” “Emilia Pérez,” “A Real Pain” and “The Substance.”
“Conclave” and “Wicked” had been each launched by items of NBCUniversal, the dad or mum firm of NBC News.
Gold Derby predictions apart, the movie that goes into the evening with probably the most nominations is “Emilia Pérez,” a genre-busting song-and-dance spectacle a few Mexican drug cartel boss who undergoes gender-affirming surgical procedure and makes an attempt to begin a brand new life as an anti-violence humanitarian. The film, distributed by Netflix, nabbed 10 nominations.
What about blockbusters?
The group behind the Globes launched a brand new class final yr: Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. It’s a discipline that enables voters to acknowledge films which have “garnered in depth world viewers assist” (learn: ticket gross sales); final yr, the prize went to “Barbie.”
Eight hit films are within the working this yr: “Alien: Romulus,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Gladiator II,” “Inside Out 2,” “Twisters,” “Wicked” and “The Wild Robot.”
“Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine” had been the 2 highest-grossing titles of 2024, every raking in additional than $600 million on the home field workplace. But don’t be stunned if the award goes to the third highest-grossing launch: “Wicked.”
What are the tv front-runners?
Globes voters additionally acknowledge achievement in TV. In the drama collection race, Gold Derby offers the perfect odds to “Shōgun,” a saga set in feudal Japan. (The acclaimed collection received the equal prize at the latest Emmys.) The different nominees within the drama collection class are “The Day of the Jackal,” “The Diplomat,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Slow Horses” and “Squid Game.”
In the comedy collection discipline, “Hacks” seems to have momentum after claiming the equal trophy at the latest Emmys. The different contenders within the class are “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “The Gentlemen,” “Nobody Wants This” and “Only Murders within the Building.”
Any historic nominations?
Karla Sofía Gascón, who performs the title character in “Emilia Pérez,” made historical past as the primary brazenly transgender girl to be nominated for a Globe for a number one movie function. Gascón’s victory can be an LGBTQ+ milestone for the ceremony.
The different performers in the perfect musical/comedy actress class are Amy Adams for “Nightbitch,” Cynthia Erivo for “Wicked,” Mikey Madison for “Anora,” Demi Moore for “The Substance” and Zendaya for “Challengers.”
Denzel Washington, nominated for his supporting flip in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” goes into the present because the most-nominated Black performer in Globes historical past, with 11 profession nods to his title.
Who is presenting?
This yr’s strong listing of A-list presenters contains Andrew Garfield, Anthony Mackie, Anthony Ramos, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ariana DeBose, Aubrey Plaza, Auliʻi Cravalho, Awkwafina, Brandi Carlile, Catherine O’Hara, Colin Farrell, Colman Domingo, Demi Moore, Dwayne Johnson, Édgar Ramírez, Elton John, Gal Gadot, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Coolidge, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Hudson, Kathy Bates, Ke Huy Quan, Kerry Washington, Margaret Qualley, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Keaton, Michelle Yeoh, Miles Teller, Mindy Kaling, Morris Chestnut, Nate Bargatze, Nicolas Cage, Rachel Brosnahan, Rob McElhenney, Salma Hayek Pinault, Sarah Paulson, Seth Rogen, Sharon Stone, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis and Zoë Kravitz.
Who will get particular recognition?
Two leisure industries luminaries are set to obtain particular awards. Ted Danson will likely be acknowledged with the Carol Burnett Award recognizing “excellent contributions to tv on or off the display.” The prize has beforehand gone to Ryan Murphy, Norman Lear, Ellen DeGeneres and — sure — Carol Burnett.
Viola Davis, a part of an elite group of artists who’ve received the 4 trophies making up an “EGOT” (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), will likely be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award recognizing “excellent contributions to the world of leisure.” In latest years, the identical prize has gone to Eddie Murphy, Jane Fonda, Tom Hanks, Jeff Bridges and Oprah Winfrey.