The 2025 Golden Globes have come and gone and with them we now get our first real indication as to who the frontrunners for the Oscars could be! With such a wide open field this year, consisting of a wide variery of acclaimed films that have been winning this award and that award elsewhere, the Globes proved to be a diverse mix of winners (in both film AND television) with no one project being a major dominating force. Let's get more into it, shall we?

Despite the variety of winners in the film categories, it seems clear that Emilia Pérez is the one to beat at the Oscars, coming away with 4 Globes last night, including the big one, Best Comedy/Musical Film, beating out the almighty Wicked. The film's victory in the main category seemed to be foreshadowed when the ceremony's first award of the night went to Zoe Saldaña for Best Supporting Actress (on her first nomination), followed by wins for Non-English Language Film (which was a no-brainer, let's be honest) and Best Original Song ("El Mal").

Even still, Emilia Pérez far from dominated. Coming up close on its heels was the epic, 3.5-hour post-war drama The Brutalist, which reigned supreme as Best Drama Film as well as wins for Best Director (Brady Corbet) and Best Actor (Adrien Brody). The only other time Brody was nominated for a Globe was 22 years ago for The Pianist, which he lost, but he went on to win the Oscar for that role, so it'll be interesting to see how this shakes out for him in the coming weeks/months. As for the movie itself, it appears that it and Emilia Peréz will be the two big contenders for the Oscar.

Another heavy hitter in the film categories was Conclave, yet it only came away with 1 win out of 6 nominations (for Best Screenplay).

We were all pleased to see the iconic Demi Moore finally get her flowers when she won for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy for her game-changing role in The Substance. While it is her first major award win, contrary to reports it is not the ONLY award she has ever won in the course of her career -- she won a Saturn Award in 1991 for Ghost, an MTV Movie Award in 1994 for Best Kiss (in Indecent Proposal), and 2 People's Choice Awards (in 1993 and 1996). So... you know... not nothing. At any rate, she is now in the running for an award she has never been in the conversation for -- the Oscar!

Kieran Culkin officially graduated from award-winning TV actor to award-winning film actor thanks to his win for Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain.

Best Actress in a Drama Film proved to perhaps be the biggest surprise of the night, with Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres beating out the likes of Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winset, Tilda Swinton, and film festival fave Pamela Anderson for her role in period drama I'm Still Here, making her a bona fide contender for the Oscar. Fun fact, 26 years ago, Torres's mother, Fernanda Montenegro, was nominated in this same category for the film Central Station!

Last but not least, double-nominee Sebastian Stan ended up 1 for 2, nabbing Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy for his work in A Different Man. (Out of all the double-nominees of the night -- and there were several -- he is the only one who got anything.)

A notably absent title from any of these winners was arguably the biggest film of the past year, Wicked. Indeed, if not for the new Box Office Achievement award that the Globes implemented last year, the epic musical would have come away with a big goose egg. But thanks to this new category, it got to have a little glory.

So while the film categories gave us a glimpse into the possible future, the television categories were more a throwback to the past, with many of the winners from the Emmys last Fall coming back for some more, including FX's "Shogun" repeating its Emmys dominance, plus one: the series won Best Drama Series, Best Actress in a Drama Series (Anna Sawai), and Best Actor in a Drama Series (Hiroyuki Sanada), but it added a new face to the champions podium with Tadanobu Asano winning Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, thus tying Emilia Pérez for the most awards won for the night. Meanwhile, just like at the Emmys, "Hacks" was named Best Comedy Series and star Jean Smart won Best Actress in a Comedy Series, "Baby Reindeer" won Best Limited Series and Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series (Jessica Gunning), Jodie Foster won Best Actress in a Limited Series for "True Detective: Night Country", and Jeremy Allen White won Best Actor in a Comedy Series for the HILARIOUS "The Bear". But it wasn't all deja vu, as we got a at least one new face (no pun intended... I think?) when Colin Farrell replaced Emmy winner Richard Gadd as Best Actor in a Limited Series for his transformative role in "The Penguin".

Elsewhere -- the irreverant and charming (and dialogue-less) European animated film Flow beat out Disney/Pixar heavy-hitters Inside Out 2 and Moana 2, and the critically-acclaimed The Wild Robot, to take home Best Animated Feature; Ali Wong beat reigned supreme in a male-dominated category to win Best Standup Comedy Special; and the award-winning duo of Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor put Challengers on the winners board for their Best Original Score victory.

So yeah, the Oscars race is about to get super interesting!