Golden Globes 2025

Nikki Glaser, and Actually Surprising Winners, Saved the Golden Globes 2025

A comedian on the rise roasted a troubled awards show to a perfect medium rare.

January 6, 2025

Nikki Glaser during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes.Rich Polk/GG2025/Getty Images

After last year’s utter catastrophe of a Golden Globes opening—stale, crass, practically booed-at jokes by host Jo Koy—what a wonderful bit of whiplash it was to watch this year’s host, Nikki Glaser, right the ship and then some at the top of Sunday night’s broadcast.

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Richard Lawson

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Richard Lawson is the chief critic at Vanity Fair, reviewing film, television, and theater. He is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. Richard’s novel, All We Can Do Is Wait, was published by Penguin Random House in 2018. You can... Read more

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