Is Zendaya engaged? And eight other highlights from the Golden Globes
2025-01-06
Category: entertainment

The Golden Globes were a night to celebrate film, TV, and... love.Last year, Timotheé Chalamet sent the internet into a frenzy as he piled on the PDA with his girlfriend Kylie Jenner at the ceremony, and this year it was date night again as the pair cosied up throughout the evening. There was even more love in the air as A Different Man star Sebastian Stan is now officially officially dating Annabelle Wallis. He shouted out that he loved her during his acceptance speech for best actor in a musical or comedy film. And if that isn't enough romance for you then Zendaya has stolen the show with rumours of a potential engagement. Here's more on that and eight other highlights from the awards ceremony that you may have missed. 
1. Is Zendaya engaged? 
Zendaya brought her usual effortlessly sleek style to the red carpet but the internet seemed less interested in her burnt orange gown and more about what was on her finger. The Challengers star was sporting a large diamond ring on the fourth finger of her left hand and some thought it might be a sign that she's engaged.The 28-year-old has been dating Spider-Man actor Tom Holland for the past four years. Fans immediately started speculating about their possible engagement, but one pointed out on X: "They're very protective about their relationship, so would she actually wear the ring on the red carpet?"
2. Nikki Glaser is a one-woman fashion show
If you're hosting the Golden Globes, naturally you've got to look the part. For Nikki Glaser that meant a whopping a 10 dresses across the three hour ceremony. The comedian started off the night wearing a strapless metallic dress on the red carpet before switching to a halter neck silver sequined gown to kick the ceremony off. Host Nikki Glaser's best jokes at the Golden GlobesThe 40-year-old seemed to use every advert break across the show to switch into something different backstage and some of her other outfits included a sparkly purple dress, a high-slit red gown and a tight-fitting black plunge number. Our personal favourite outfit? A Wicked-inspired bright pink sequined dress that she wore with a pope's hat as she sang "you're going to be pope-ular".
3. What's it like at The Beverly Hilton? 
If you even go to the bathroom at The Beverly Hilton, you're likely to run into a celebrity. Turn the corner, bam - Melissa McCarthy. Turn another - Jean Smart and the rest of the cast of Hacks.The hotel in the heart of swanky Beverly Hills had a large security perimeter with barriers, armed guards and patrols, but once a person is inside - it's like a playground for Hollywood's A-list. Some hunted for drinks, others were wrangled by publicists to interviews and photo shoots with eager journalists.Roaming around the hotel, Selena Gomez, hot off her film Emilia Pérez winning four awards, was seen with her new fiancé Benny Blanco. He kissed her shoulder as he trailed behind her in an intimate moment.
4. A message to Japanese actors 
Shōgun, a series set in 17th century Japan, was a big winner at the Globes, taking home four awards. Star Hiroyuki Sanada won best male actor in a drama TV series and backstage told the BBC that he hopes the show and their wins could "could break the wall of language" and open "doors much wider" not only for Japanese actors and projects but those across the globe.His co-star Tadanobu Asano won best male supporting actor in a TV series and clearly shocked, jumped out of his seat and, in Japanese custom, bowed repeatedly - first to those at his table then everyone in the audience and then to the cameras, which had panned to him."Wow!" he said when handed the award on stage. He acknowledged that he's a new talent in the US and started off by introducing himself to the crowd."Maybe you don't know me, so I'm an actor from Japan and my name is Tadanobu Asano," he said as the crowd laughed."I'm very happy!" he shouted through excited laughter, concluding his acceptance speech.Backstage, he said his message to other Japanese actors: "If I can do this, anyone can."
5. Colin Farrell has fond memories of Andrew Scott
Irish actor Colin Farrell picked up his third Golden Globe, for playing the Batman villain in the HBO series Penguin.Accepting his speech he mentioned some of the other nominees in his category including fellow Irishman Andrew Scott.He recalled their first movie together, Drinking Crude, and said: "[Andrew] who I did my first film with 25, 30 years ago. You can't even find it on Betamax. It doesn't exist. But we go back that far."
He added to Scottish actor Richard Gadd, whose experience of stalking and sexual assault inspired the Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer, that "you broke my heart with your work this year".In his speech, Farrell also spoke about the three hours it took to be fitted with prosthetics to make him the bloated villain in Penguin. "In the morning, I drank black coffee, listened to 80s music, and I became a canvas for that team's brilliance."Farrell also said: "Thank you for employing me. And yeah, I guess it's prosthetics from here on out."Backstage, Mr Farrell acknowledged his lengthy Hollywood career and said despite his win, "I certainly don't consider myself at the top of any pile".He said after his nearly 30 years acting, he doesn't feel a sense of pride, but rather, just feels "very grateful".
7. Wicked stars try to speak Gen Z
We've all been holding space for Wicked this year and Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum were providing us with our Wizard of Oz fix in classic boomer style. "People have been calling me Zaddy but I don't know what that means," Goldblum said while Yeoh added that she was just as confused by people telling her that she's been "serving mother". Despite being clueless to the meaning of the Gen Z language and looking even more baffled as Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande tried to explain the meaning behind these words, they both said they love it. "Let's see who ate," Goldblum said as he introduced the nominees for a category.
Backstage the cast of Wicked spoke to the BBC about whether there was a future for the Land of Oz in a TV series. The film's producer Marc Platt joked that the film "is already a show" - on Broadway. Beyond that, though, he said: "It's hard to predict."Asked by the BBC about the film transcending into a culture phenomenon with countless memes and viral clips, Platt said it speaks to the "timeless" material the film is based on."When something becomes a cultural phenomenon, you can't really predict that. It's very exhilarating," he said.
8. Elton's eye sight 'not as bad as it seems'
Sir Elton John joked about his sight loss as he presented the award for best original film score with Brandi Carlile, who he sang the track Never Too Late withThe 77-year-old singer revealed in September that his vision has been affected in his right eye after contracting an infection in the summer.In December he said he had been unable to watch his own musical, The Devil Wears Prada, due to the infection. But, on stage he told the audience: "There has been a lot of stories going around about my regressive eyesight, and I just want to reassure everyone it is not as bad as it seems.""I'm so pleased to be here with my co-host, Rihanna," he joked. Sir Elton cheered as it was announced that US musician Trent Reznor and English composer Atticus Ross won the award for the musical score for erotic tennis film challengers. 
9. 'Brazil is celebrating'
Fernanda Torres's surprise win for best drama actress in the Brazilian political thriller I'm Still Here even surprised her.She called the win over Hollywood heavyweights - including Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet - both "strange" and "weird"."I never thought I would win", she said, because there were "so many great performances in English, so this tells so much about the difference in cinema nowadays."She was asked about the celebrations happening back in her home country of Brazil, with one reporter remarking that it was like she'd won the country the World Cup."It is something very patriotic that's happening in Brazil with this film," she said, noting the country was "very happy" thanks to the Golden Globes.In her acceptance speech she noted that the only other Brazilian actor to be nominated at the Globes was her mother, Fernanda Montenegro.
10. 'Being in your 60s is a golden age'
Several winning actresses tackled the topic of age at the awards.Demi Moore, 62, noted in her acceptance speech for best film actress in The Substance that she'd spent much of her career believing that while she was successful, she would never receive any major Hollywood accolades.She said the award reflected the message of the film, a body horror about a woman who trades her body for a younger, more beautiful version of herself. "I'll just leave you with one thing that I think this movie is imparting is in those moments when we don't think we're smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough, or basically just not enough," Moore said."I had a woman say to me, just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.After winning her award, she told journalists backstage about how many women spend much of their lives as caretakers and don't get to spend their energy outward. And now, at 62, she is and "it feels really damn good".Jodie Foster, who is the same age as Moore, won the award for best actress in a limited series and said the 60s are a "golden age" because there's like "a hormone that happens when suddenly you go, 'Oh, I don't really care about all the stupid things anymore". She called this era the "most contented moment in my career."