Golden Globes best moments from Demi Moore’s first win to Zoe Saldana’s powerful speech

The 2025 Golden Globes has kicked off awards season in style, and it proved to be a night of surprises, big wins and amusing moments that stood out over the glamorous evening.

Celebrating both the biggest films and TV shows of the past year, the Golden Globes saw The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez win big, as well as Shogun and Hacks. There were some big moments across the night, from a stunning red carpet to Demi Moore's moving monologue about self acceptance after her first ever win, and a "Canada-off" between Seth Rogen and Catherine O'Hara.

Without further ado, here are some of the biggest moments from the Golden Globes.

Demi Moore's moving first win

After winning for her sensational work in The Substance, Demi Moore reflected on her time in Hollywood and said that she once was told that she was a "popcorn movie actress" and so had come to believe that she was never going to be acknowledged at events like the Golden Globes.

She said: "I bought in and I believed that and that corroded me over time to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it. Maybe I was complete, maybe I’ve done what I was supposed to do". But she felt that the universe was telling her she was "not done" when she received the script for The Substance from director Coralie Fargeat.

Ending her speech in a moving way, Moore added: "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.' And so today, I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me and for the gift of doing something I love and being reminded that I do belong."

Zoe Saldana's tearful acceptance speech

Winning best supporting actress for Emilia Pérez, Zoe Saldaña was moved to tears during her acceptance speech as she thanked the Golden Globes for celebrating the quirky Netflix crime musical — which also went on to win Best Film at the end of the night.

The actor beat out her co-star Selena Gomez to the win, but she celebrated both her and Karla Sofía Gascón in her speech when she said she was "so blessed" to share the moment with them. Honouring her fellow nominees, Saldaña added: "I know that it's a competition but all I have witnessed is us showing up for each other and celebrating each other, and it's just so beautiful."

Celebrating the film's director Jacques Audiard, the actor hilariously remarked how he was "so French and so chic", as well as saying that she had always been a big fan of his work over the years. The actor tearfully continued to thank the film's cast and crew, highlighting Gascón's for being the "only one" who could play Emilia Pérez.

Saldaña began to be played out but she tearfully shared final thanks for her family and her mother, who attended alongside her, before leaving the stage.

Kieran Culkin winged his speech after doing a shot

Kieran Culkin has always known how to get laughs naturally, and his speech for his Best Supporting Actor win for A Real Pain was a prime example of that as he opened it by admitting he and his wife had done a shot with Mario Lopez and so he'd forgotten everything he had planned to say.

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Despite this admission, Culkin had a smooth acceptance speech in which he thanked Jesse Eisenberg, who directed, wrote and starred in A Real Pain. He also jokingly thanked his wife for dealing with "what she calls my mania", which he joked was "a lot of work" for his therapist.

Karla Sofía Gascón closes the Golden Globes with powerful message

When Emilia Pérez won Best Film, lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón ended the night on a powerful note by sharing a message to transphobic people.

She said: "The light always wins over darkness, and I have a lot of things to say to you because you can maybe put us in jail, you can beat us up, but you never can take away our soul, our resistance, our dignity."

Speaking directly to fellow transgender people around the globe, Gascón added: "I want to say to you, raise your voice and say 'I won, I am who I am; know who you [are]."

Seth Rogen and Catherine O'Hara's Canada riff-off

It wasn't just the winners that had some big moments on stage as Seth Rogen and Catherine O'Hara had a hilarious back-and-forth when they presented the award for Best Female Actor in a limited series, anthology series and TV movie.

The duo seemingly improvised the whole thing, joking that they'd won lots of awards in Canada for their work in films like "Gosling: The Ryan Gosling Unauthorised Biopic" and "An Otter's Tale". Rogen and O'Hara's presentation had the whole room laughing, including an amused Jake Gyllenhaal who could be seen shaking his head and laughing as the pair began riffing about the R-rated comedies they'd "made".

Colin Farrell's wholesome speech

On the TV side of the evening, Colin Farrell won the award for Best Actor in a limited series, anthology series and TV movie for his work in The Penguin in which he reprised his role as Batman's nemesis.

The actor first joked that he "did it all by myself" before he gave a sweet speech in which he thanks those working behind the scenes, including the make-up team who brought his unique look to life. But in a wholesome moment Farrell also thanked a woman named Carolina from the crafts service team for helping him not to overheat while he was in his costume.

Nikki Glazer's hosting duties

After the awkward hosting duties of Jo Koy in 2024, the Golden Globes decided to tap Nikki Glazer for the 2025 ceremony and the comedian did a much better job in the hot seat. Glazer had an amusing opening monologue that riffed on the rise of Ozempic, poked fun at Timotheé Chalamet's name and facial hair, and joked that Selena Gomez's fiancé Benny Blanco had a "genie who granted him that wish.”

The host also had some fun moments during the show, including a riff of Wicked song Popular that mixed the musical with Conclave as she called it "Pope-ular".