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The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2025 Golden Globes
HIGH: Nikki Glaser’s lightly searing opening monologue. LOW: Not getting to hear “Pope-u-lar” in full.
But this year, despite the heroic efforts of Nikki Glaser as a sort of lighthearted big sister to the drama kids around her (she announced she had not seen the Wicked stage musical before the film came out because she had friends in high school), the Golden Globes pivoted into self-seriousness and, well, accidental mess. To be fair, it’s a great gag to bring out a giant prop Glinda wand and pope hat and start to do a song about mashing up Wicked and Conclave before faking getting a phone call and going “Wait… this sucks?” But we’d also be happy to see someone ( not Robe Lowe) commit to a dumb awards show musical number. Colin Farrell was pretty much a shoo-in to win for The Penguin(movie star doing TV, buzzy HBO project, three hours of prosthetics each day, and that wacky gabagool voice), although Andrew Scott arguably did more nuanced and ferocious work In Ripley.
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