Hollywood kicks off new year with Golden Globes glitz

Nicole Kidman is nominated for a best actress award at the Golden Globes for her role in Babygirl. (AP PHOTO)

Nicole Kidman, Selena Gomez, Timothee Chalamet and other Hollywood stars will gather in Beverly Hills for the annual Golden Globes celebration, the first major awards ceremony in a year without a clear frontrunner for the top movie accolades.

Kidman, nominated for best actress for Babygirl, leads the Australian actors vying for awards at the ceremony which will screen on Monday from 12pm AEDT.

Guy Pearce is nominated for best supporting actor for his work in The Brutalist and Cate Blanchett is nominated for her role in Apple TV thriller Disclaimer - up against Naomi Watts for the series Feud: Capote vs The Swans.

Netflix's Spanish-language musical thriller Emilia Perez and The Brutalist, a 3.5-hour post-World War II drama that includes an intermission, lead the movies vying for Globe trophies.

Others include the box office smash Wicked, adapted from the Broadway play about the witches in The Wizard of Oz, and papal selection story Conclave.

Restaurant tale The Bear and mystery comedy Only Murders in the Building will compete for TV honours.

Stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser will host the champagne-fuelled festivities for the first time.

Glaser, who hosted a roast of football legend Tom Brady in 2024, said she plans to celebrate the A-list nominees rather than poke fun at them as some previous hosts have.

"I want people who were nominated to feel proud of themselves. I don't want them to feel under attack," Glaser said in an interview.

"I'm really excited to show these jokes to a massive audience."

Nikki Glaser
Comedian Nikki Glaser says she plans to celebrate the nominees as host of the Golden Globes.

The presenter line-up features big-name celebrities including Dwayne Johnson, Elton John, Andrew Garfield and Awkwafina.

Winning a Globe can shine a spotlight on movies and performances in the run-up to the Academy Awards in March.

So far, awards pundits say, there is no clear favourite for the coveted best picture prize at the Oscars.

Unlike the Oscars, the Globes separate films into two categories.

Conclave and The Brutalist are considered strong entries in best film drama, while Wicked and Emilia Perez are the leading contenders for best movie musical or comedy.

Globe honorees are chosen by 334 entertainment journalists from 85 countries, compared with roughly 9000 voters who select the Academy Awards.

The Globes voting body has been expanded in recent years and organisers instituted reforms after being criticised for ethical lapses and a lack of diversity.

A Complete Unknown
Timothee Chalamet is nominated for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.

Chalamet is in contention for best film drama actor for playing musician Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.

His competition includes Adrien Brody, who portrays a Holocaust survivor and architect chasing the American dream in The Brutalist.

Gomez is a double nominee for her supporting role in Emilia Perez, the story of a Mexican drug lord who transitions to a woman, and for lead comedy actress as a podcaster on TV series Only Murders in the Building.

Other acting nominees include Angelina Jolie for her portrayal of opera star Maria Callas in Maria, Kidman as a corporate executive having an affair with an intern in Babygirl, Zendaya as a tennis coach in Challengers and Ariana Grande as a student of sorcery in Wicked.

Among the men, Daniel Craig is nominated for Queer and Denzel Washington for Gladiator II.

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