'Emilia Perez,' 'The Brutalist' lead Golden Globe film nominations

Musical thriller "Emilia Perez" and post-World War Two epic "The Brutalist" topped the roster of films nominated on Monday for the 2025 Golden Globes, the Hollywood honors that kick off the awards season leading to the Oscars.

"Emilia Perez," a Spanish-language movie released by Netflix NFLX.O, scored ten nods, and independent distributor A24's "The Brutalist" earned seven.

Both movies will compete for the top Globes honor—best film drama—with the papal selection story "Conclave," the Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown," the sci-fi epic "Dune: Part Two," the historical drama "Nickel Boys," and "September 5," the story of sports journalists who covered a hostage crisis at the Olympics.

Box office smash "Wicked," adapted from a long-running Broadway play about the witches in "The Wizard of Oz," landed four nominations. It faces the dark romantic comedy "Anora" and others in the best movie musical or comedy category.

The Globe nominations can help movies in the March Academy Awards race. Last year's Hollywood strikes scrambled this year's release schedule, and awards pundits say there is no clear frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars.

The Globes winners will be chosen by 334 entertainment journalists from 85 countries, compared with roughly 9,000 voters who select the Academy Awards. The Globes voting body was expanded recently, and organizers instituted reforms after criticisms of ethical lapses and a lack of diversity.

Comedian Nikki Glaser will host the January 5 Globes ceremony for the first time. The show, which has traditionally been a booze-fueled and more free-wheeling occasion than the Oscars, will be broadcast live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ PARA.O.

"Emilia Perez" stars Zoe Saldana as a lawyer who helps a drug cartel leader (Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón) fake his death and transition from a man to a woman. Selena Gomez co-stars as the cartel leader's wife. Globes voters nominated all three for acting honors.

Streaming service Netflix, which gives movies only a limited run in theaters and has never won the prestigious Best Picture Oscar, overpowered traditional studios to grab 13 film nominations from Globe voters. The company also outpaced rivals in Globe TV nods with 23.

"It is a reminder of just how dominant that streaming platform is," said Michael Schneider, TV editor at the Hollywood publication Variety.

Movie nominee "The Brutalist" features Adrien Brody, also a Globe acting nominee, in an epic tale of a Hungarian immigrant who flees the horrors of World War Two to rebuild his life in the United States.

"Wicked" stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande also received acting nominations, as did Angelina Jolie for her portrayal of opera singer Maria Callas in "Maria" and Zendaya for sports romance "Challengers."

Timothee Chalamet, who plays folk singer Pete Seeger, and co-star Edward Norton received a nod for their portrayals of music legend Dylan in "A Complete Unknown. "

Sebastian Stan was nominated for his role as President-elect Donald Trump in "The Apprentice," along with Jeremy Strong, who played Trump's attorney Roy Cohn. Trump has called the film "a politically disgusting hatchet job."

In TV categories, the restaurant tale "The Bear" received five nominations, while the mystery comedy "Only Murders in the Building" and the historical epic "Shogun" earned four each.