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Ricky Gervais was feeling a little FOMO ahead of the 2025 Golden Globes, so he went ahead and shared some of the jokes he would’ve told had he hosted the ceremony — and unsurprisingly, he didn’t mince words when it came to roasting the likes of Sean “Diddy” Combs and Justin Timberlake.
The famously crass comedian shared a goofy selfie from his bathtub and wrote on X, “Wondering about what I would say if I were hosting The Golden Globes on Sunday,” noting, “It’s been a pretty good year for material.”
The After Life star went on to let it rip with a few digs at two of the biggest stories in the entertainment industry this past year: the *NSYNC alum’s June DWI arrest and the Bad Boy Records founder’s ongoing legal battle surrounding allegations of sexual misconduct and racketeering. Starting with Timberlake, Gervais wrote, “If he’d have gone to jail he’d have heard the words ‘Sexy Back’ a lot more often,” referencing the musician’s 2006 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit.
Timberlake was pulled over in the Hamptons and arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated June 17, 2024. He pleaded guilty to impaired driving in September and was sentenced to a $500 fine with a $260 surcharge, 25 hours of community service at a nonprofit of his choosing and the requirement to make a public safety announcement.
As for Combs, Gervais suggested a joke poking fun at the music mogul’s so-called “freak-offs” — sexually charged parties Diddy allegedly hosted that have spawned multiple accusations of abuse carried out by the producer. “Kevin Hart said that being at one of Diddy’s parties was uncomfortable, as he wouldn’t leave him alone,” Gervais tweeted. “Eventually he had to shout ‘Imma Midget, not a child.’”
Gervais hosted the Globes for three years back-to-back in 2010 and 2012, and then again in 2016 and 2020. This year, Nikki Glaser led the program; and while the U.K. Office star wasn’t there to make a crack at Combs, the Someday You’ll Die stand-up did the job herself. Shouting out Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, Glaser quipped, “That movie was more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card.”
“The afterparty isn’t going to be as good this year, but we have to move on,” she’d continued, joking that Italian-American actor Stanley Tucci would be hosting instead. “No baby oil this year; just lots of olive oil.”
Combs is currently being held in prison — having been denied bail multiple times — while he awaits trial for alleged crimes that federal prosecutors have described as a “pervasive pattern of abuse toward women.” The musician has repeatedly denied all accusations against him.
Glaser’s joke about the disgraced hip-hop titan was met with some backlash. Ariel Mitchell, an attorney representing several people accusing Diddy of sexual assault, told TMZ after the ceremony that she “hopes Nikki herself has never been sexually assaulted or mocked for it,” and that “making light of this ugly situation is exactly why so many sexual assault victims never come forward and report their abuse.”
See Gervais’ tweets below.
Kevin Hart said that being at one of Diddy’s parties was uncomfortable, as he wouldn’t leave him alone.Eventually he had to shout “Imma Midget, not a child.” https://t.co/SwFijcB4EW— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) January 3, 2025
Benny Blanco was the biggest winner of the night at the 2025 Golden Globes! The producer was in attendance at the Jan. 5 ceremony, where his fiancée Selena Gomez was nominated for best supporting actress motion picture for Emilia Pérez and best actress in a television series for Only Murders in the Building. After the […]
Nikki Glaser, who hosted the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night (Jan. 5), is facing criticism after poking fun at the allegations against Diddy during her opening monologue. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Attorney Ariel Mitchell, who represents a number of clients accusing Diddy of sexual assault, […]
On Sunday (Jan. 5), Netflix’s Emilia Pérez won big at the 2025 Golden Globes. The musical crime comedy – starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón – took awards for best performance by an actress in a supporting role (Saldaña); best motion picture — non-English language; best original song — motion picture for […]
Two-time Grammy winner Dennis Scott is the 15th recipient of The ASCAP Foundation’s Joe Raposo Children’s Music Award. Honoring the best in children’s music since 2010, the award is presented by the family of Joe Raposo, one of the co-creators of Sesame Street and the show’s longtime musical director. “I feel honored to be among […]
Nominees: André3000’s New Blue Sun, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, Charli XCX’s BRAT, Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department
Analysis: All of these contenders were nominated in their “genre album” categories except for Collier’s album, which was passed over for a nod for best pop vocal album. That’s not a good sign: No album has won album of the year without at least being nominated in its genre album category since the introduction of genre album categories in the mid-1990s.
Cowboy Carter, which is nominated for best country album, would be the first country album to win album of the year since Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour six years ago. BRAT, nominated for best dance/electronic album, would be the first album from that genre to win album of the year since Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories in 2014. New Blue Sun, nominated for best alternative jazz album, would be the first jazz album to win album of the year since Herbie Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters in 2008.
Swift has won four times in this category. She won most recently just last year for Midnights. If she wins again, she’ll become the first five-time winner in this category and just the third act in Grammy history to win back-to-back awards in this category, following Frank Sinatra (1966-67) and Stevie Wonder (1974-75).
Eilish and André 3000 have each won once in this category, André 3000 as a member of OutKast. If he wins, he’ll become the third former member of a group or duo to win for a solo debut album, following George Michael (Faith, 1989) and Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1999).
Roan would be the first artist to win for their first studio album since Billie Eilish won five years ago for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Cowboy Carter features a large and diverse cast of featured artists, including pop legends Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder and country greats Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. Other artists featured on the album include Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Jon Batiste, Gary Clark Jr., The-Dream, Rhiannon Giddens, Pharrell, Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq. If those artists, and people in their camps, vote for Cowboy Carter, that could help make the difference in a close race.
On Christmas Day, midway through the final-round voting period (Dec. 12-Jan. 3), Bey headlined the halftime show at a Texans-Ravens NFL game in her hometown of Houston, Texas. This marked the first time she had performed songs from Cowboy Carter in front of a live audience. Millions watched the performance live on Netflix and millions more streamed it afterwards.
This is the second time Swift and Beyoncé have gone head-to-head in this category. In 2010, Swift’s Fearless beat Bey’s I Am…Sasha Fierce. For the record, Bey’s subsequent losses in this category were to Beck, Adele and Harry Styles.
Few consider Cowboy Carter to be Beyoncé’s best album, but she’s overdue for a win in this category. Many would howl if Swift won a record-extending fifth award in this category before Beyoncé won her first. It would probably be in Swift’s best interest to lose this year and to be seen graciously applauding and cheering for Beyoncé. Eight years ago, Adele probably would have been better just off winning record and song of the year for “Hello” (as she did) and losing album of the year to Beyoncé’s Lemonade. When she swept all three awards for the second time, while Bey was passed over for album of the year for the third time, it was an uncomfortable moment – though Adele’s graciousness and generosity in that moment was heartening to see.
If Swift loses on Feb. 2, she just might have dodged a bullet. Would a record-extending fifth win be worth the aggravation of a thousand pieces saying “Beyoncé was robbed – again”?
Prediction: Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter
Emilia Pérez was the biggest winner on the film side at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday (Jan. 5). The film won four awards: best motion picture, drama; best motion picture – non-English language; best original song – motion picture for “El Mal” (co-written by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard); and best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture for Zoe Saldaña.
Shōgun was the biggest winner on the TV side, with four awards: best television series – drama, plus acting awards for Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano.
The 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted for the first time by Nikki Glaser, were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Anora was the night’s biggest shutout on the film side; it went 0-5 for the night. Only Murders in the Building was the biggest shutout on the TV side; it went 0-4 for the night.
Wicked won the Golden Globe for cinematic and box office achievement. Barbie won the award last year in the category’s inaugural year. Barbie went on to receive eight Oscar nominations, including best picture. This year’s Oscar nods will be announced on Jan. 17. Wicked and Barbie are both music-driven hits. The soundtracks to both films reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (though Wicked may yet reach No. 1).
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won for best original score for Challengers. This is their third win in the category, following The Social Network (2011) and Soul (a collab with Jon Batiste, 2021). This puts the Nine Inch Nails members in a tie with Justin Hurwitz as the only three-time winners for best original score this century at the Globes. Hurwitz won for La La Land, First Man and Babylon.
Demi Moore won her first Golden Globe – best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy – for The Substance, 34 years after she landed her first nomination in the same category for the box-office smash Ghost.
Ali Wong won best performance in stand-up comedy on television for her Netflix special Ali Wong: Single Lady. This was a bit of a surprise. Many figured the Globes’ host, Glaser, would win for her HBO/Max special, Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die. Ricky Gervais, a five-time Globes host, was the inaugural winner in the category last year for his Netflix special, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon.
Flow won best animated feature, beating The Wild Robot and sequels to Inside Out and Moana, among others.
All of the winners were present to receive their awards except Jeremy Allen White, the star of The Bear, who won for best performance by a male actor in a television series – musical or comedy.
At a ceremony on Friday, EGOT recipient Viola Davis received the Cecil B. DeMille Award, a career honor for film work. Ted Danson won the Carol Burnett Award, the equivalent award for work in television. The awards were briefly mentioned on the telecast, but were not given the extended airtime they were afforded in the past.
Multi-Emmy-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment served as executive producers and showrunners for the 82nd Golden Globes.
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Among two songs nominated from the Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez, “El Mal” was declared the best original song – motion picture at Sunday’s (Jan. 5) 2025 Golden Globe Awards. The award went to the French married couple of singer/songwriter Camille and composer Clement Ducol, along with Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard. “This is such an […]
Kinda like a cloud they were up, way up in the sky with their latest win. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross took home the win for best original score for their work on Challengers at the 2025 Golden Globes Sunday (Jan. 5).
And it wasn’t just the musical duo who was delighted by the win. Elton John, who co-presented the award alongside Brandi Carlile, lifted both fists in celebration as Reznor and Ross’ names were announced, and delivered an exhilarated “Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!” as the two rockers made their way to the stage to accept the award.
At the mic, Ross delivered a short and sweet speech. “I’d like to thank my best friend, my musical partner, the great talent, Trent Reznor,” he said, gesturing to the beaming Nine Inch Nails frontman beside him, before delivering his thoughts on the film’s dance-music score. “The music that revealed itself as the voice of the Challengers never felt like a safe choice, but it always felt like the right one.”
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Ross also thanked director Luca Guadagnino as well as the “fabulous Zendaya” (who was nominated for best actress in a musical or comedy for her portray as Tashi in the film) before sharing appreciation for their families. “We want to thank the most important people in our lives, our wives and our children. Mariqueen, Trent loves you,” he concluded. “Claudia, I love you. And all the kids, we love you.”
The duo’s win for Challengers marked their third Golden Globe victory. They previously won in the same category for The Social Network in 2011 and Soul in 2021; the latter is shared with Jon Batiste.
Reznor and Ross were also nominated in the best original song category for “Compress/Repress,” also from Challengers. “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez won that award.
The show was hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, who herself was nominated for an award — best performance in a stand-up comedy on television, which went to Ali Wong.
The Golden Globes are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Corporation. PMC is also the parent company of Billboard.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Golden Globe Award for best original score for Challengers on Sunday (Jan. 5). “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez won for best original song. The song was written by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard. The awards were presented at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif and televised on CBS.
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This is Reznor and Ross’ third win for best original score, following The Social Network (2011) and Soul (a collab with Jon Batiste, 2021). This puts the Nine Inch Nails members in a tie with Justin Hurwitz as the only three-time winners for best original score this century at the Globes. Hurwitz won for La La Land, First Man and Babylon.
The other nominees for best original score were Volker Bertelmann (Conclave), Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist), Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot), Clément Ducol and Camille (Emilia Pérez) and Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two).
The award was presented by Elton John and Brandi Carlile, who are among the co-writers of “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late. The song is shortlisted for an Oscar for best original song but was passed over for a Golden Globe nod. Before presenting the award, John made reference to his vision problems and assured the audience they weren’t as bad as has been reported, before playing it off with a joke, referring to his co-presenter as Rihanna.
All of these scores except Dune: Part Two are shortlisted for Oscar consideration as best original score. Dune: Part Two was ruled ineligible by the Oscars because it leans too heavily on Zimmer’s Oscar-winning score for the first Dune. The Oscar shortlist of 20 scores was announced on Dec. 17. Oscar nominations are set to be announced on Jan. 17.
“El Mal” is the first Golden Globe-winning song that was co-written by the director of the film (Jacques Audiard in this case) since “Masterpiece” from W.E. in 2012. That film’s director, Madonna, co-wrote “Masterpiece.” An earlier Globe-winning song, “You Light Up My Life” from the film of the same name, was solely written by the film’s director, Joe Brooks. That ballad, which went on to win an Oscar, won in 1978.
To win best original song, “El Mal” beat another song from Emilia Pérez, “Mi Camino” (written by Ducol and Camille), as well as “Beautiful That Way” from The Last Showgirl (by Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus and Lykke Zachrisson), “Compress / Repress” from Challengers (by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Luca Guadagnino), “Forbidden Road” from Better Man (by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek) and “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot (by Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack and Ali Tamposi).
All but two of these songs are shortlisted for Oscar consideration as best original song. “Beautiful That Way” didn’t make the Oscar shortlist of 15 songs. “Forbidden Road” did, initially, but was removed from the shortlist when it was discovered that the song bears similarities to a 51-year-old film song, “I Got a Name” from The Last American Hero. That song, a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for the late Jim Croce, was cowritten by Charles Fox, who is one of three people representing the music branch on the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Last year’s Golden Globe winner for best original score, Ludwig Göransson for Oppenheimer, went on to win the Oscar in that category, as have the last three Globe winners for best original song, “No Time to Die” from the James Bond movie of the same name (by Billie Eilish and Finneas), “Naatu Naatu” from RRR (by M. M. Keeravani & Chandrabose) and “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (also by Eilish and Finneas).
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