Film awards: Selena Gomez’s Emilia Perez leads Golden Globes film nominations
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association unveiled its nominations for the 2025 Golden Globes on Monday with Emilia Perez, starring Selene Gomez leading the way in film.
The Brutalist, Conclave and Anora all fared well in the nominations list for the first major night of awards season.
Film News Blitz’s David Bason breaks down the list of Golden Globes nominations.
Netflix acquired Emilia Perez after it received widespread acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival and the crime musical takes top billing at the Golden Globes with 10 nominations in total.
The film features in the Best Picture, Musical or Comedy category and Director Jacques Audiard was nominated for helming the feature and penning the screenplay.
It also takes nominations in Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language, Best Original Score and Best Original Song twice.
Moreover, Karla Sofía Gascón (lead actress, Musical or Comedy), Selena Gomez (supporting actress, Musical or Comedy) and Zoe Saldana (supporting actress, Musical or Comedy) each picked up acting nominations.
Bradey Corbet’s The Brutalist is next up with seven nominations in total, ahead of Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes (six), the lauded Anora (five) and Demi Moore’s comeback The Substance (five).
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A new category for films in the Golden Globes is Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.
This type of award shouldn’t be overlooked given that awards season tends to cater to more niche offerings and seldom does mainstream cinema get celebrated, despite being what pays for keeping the whole industry afloat.
Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Deadpool & Wolverine, Gladiator II, Inside Out 2, Twisters, Wicked and The Wild Robot feature in the box office category.
The 82nd Annual Golden Globes will air live on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
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The 82nd Golden Globes film nominations
Best film – drama
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5
Best film – musical or comedy
Anora
Challengers
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked
Best female actor in a film – drama
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Kate Winslet, Lee
Best male actor in a film – drama
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best female actor in a film – musical or comedy
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Zendaya, Challengers
Best male actor in a film – musical or comedy
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Gabriel LaBelle, Saturday Night
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell, Hit Man
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Best film – animated
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best film – non-English language
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Pérez
The Girl With the Needle
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Vermiglio
Best female actor in a supporting role in a film
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best male actor in a supporting role in a film
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Best director – film
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine As Light
Best screenplay – film
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Best original score – film
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
The Wild Robot
Best original song – film
Beautiful That Way, The Last Showgirl
Compress/Repress, Challengers
El Mal, Emilia Pérez
Forbidden Road, Better Man
Kiss the Sky, The Wild Robot
Mi Camino, Emilia Pérez
Cinematic and box office achievement
Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Twisters
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Cecil B DeMille award
Viola Davis
