We’ve been saying it for months now – the field for this year’s Best Actress Oscar race is as competitive as it’s ever been with as many as eight candidates in contention for just five spots and no clear frontrunner. Even after last night, with Demi Moore and Fernanda Torres winning Golden Globes in the comedy and drama categories respectively, it’s still hard to say that they’re both locks for a nomination because it really is that tight.
Still, while the Globes aren’t good predictors for who wins an Oscar, what happens at the Globes can definitely help with a nomination. Oscar nomination voting begins on Wednesday and Demi and Fernanda have just greatly increased their chances.
But this is also why they’ve mostly all been campaigning so hard and for so long. Demi’s been at this since Cannes. And so has Mikey Madison. Anora took the Palme d’Or back in May, and it’s lost a little momentum recently. For Mikey, though, no matter what happens, for someone who is hardly a household name, to be hanging in there with, literally, a whole catalogue of legends, is its own win. I was happy to see her in gold Bottega Veneta last night – it’s been a golden season.
Mikey Madison poses for photos at the #GoldenGlobes. https://t.co/24rsV7nzLm pic.twitter.com/V1NDz251so
— Variety (@Variety) January 6, 2025
Mikey was paired with Pamela Anderson for the Variety Actors on Actors feature, and it’s not hard to see why the editors made that call. You know what Duana just wrote in the previous post about Demi Moore? If it had been the same speech but Pam holding the trophy, that could have worked too, right? Demi talked about letting other people determine your worth, about the industry deciding what movies she could and couldn’t be in. And Pam might have been thinking – same, girl, same. Times a million.
We all underestimated Pamela Anderson. She always knew that she was meant to be here, everyone else just had to catch up. And now she’s still ahead of us because she’s living her dreams and getting the most of out award season. We know this because she said on the red carpet that, yes, she would like to meet Nicole Kidman but she’s also been meeting all kinds of people – future collaborators, directors, writers. Pam is on the campaign circuit not just for the nomination but also for more opportunities for future nominations. Maybe, then, seeing her on these carpets will become a regular occurrence going forward instead of the rarity it is now.
Pamela Anderson says she wants to meet Nicole Kidman. #GoldenGlobes https://t.co/MYdYslreH8 pic.twitter.com/uOs7dOCVpH
— Variety (@Variety) January 5, 2025
As for those regulars…
It was one after another of Best Actress or Supporting Actress Oscar winners last night at the Globes. Kate Winslet was there as a double nominee for her work in Lee and The Regime in a beautiful Erdem suit that some people are trying to say is an homage to Titanic because of the flower pattern. Seriously, the chokehold this movie has on people.
But also did you see this? At one point in the night, she was talking to Sharon Stone, with Sharon sitting on her lap.
Sharon Stone sitting in Kate winslet's lap, im NOT okay pic.twitter.com/4V5Enaeras
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Kate was not at the Globes to win. She was at the Globes to talk to as many of her peers as possible. There are photos of her embracing Angelina Jolie, laughing with the Rock, Gary Oldman, hugging Jodie Foster, hugging Ariana Grande, chatting up the Emilia Pérez table – Kate Winslet might have been the busiest table-hopper at the Globes. It’s my new favourite thing about her.
Tilda Swinton in Chanel is probably our favourite Chanel in a long time at the Globes. On anyone else this is unremarkable. But with her proportions and just her overall distinctiveness, this look is timeless.

Did you watch The Hollywood Reporter’s Actress Roundtable? It was released a few days ago, featuring Tilda and Angelina Jolie and I’m singling the two of them out in particular because Tilda told a story about being at a party with Angie many years ago.
tilda swinton saying that she was too shy to talk to angelina jolie at a hollywood party and angelina saying that she was shy too like 😠pic.twitter.com/Mik2qiw1Z8
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It’s a good anecdote, especially with these two, because they can both seem so detached, even daunting. And yet here they are, clarifying that what others perceive to be intimidating is, sometimes, just shyness. They’re shy, even around each other, because they do have the same perceptions, despite being in that world themselves.
Angelina, amazingly, did not show up at the Globes in a sack dress. She and Zahara were both in McQueen. Angie’s metallic, fringy, and partly sheer dress was totally unpredictable but also still within her style lane, an unexpectedly delightful choice, so it’s just too bad about her hair. She debuted new bangs a few days ago, they weren’t all that noticeable last night, but this half-up situation is just so dull, I don’t know why she bothered; it would have been better if she just wore it loose and blown out and sexy.
Angelina Jolie brings her daughter to the 2025 #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/u8scDZFGgi
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 6, 2025
Busy weekend for Angelina, along with the rest of the actress contenders. She was in Palm Springs where she and Nicole Kidman were seen in a cute moment:
WORLD STOP-!! ANGELINA JOLIE WITH NICOLE KIDMAN pic.twitter.com/Ij0qT3LefF
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And you know what’s extra notable about this? It’s a sliding doors of Mr & Mrs Smith because Nicole was supposed to be in that movie but dropped out and…well… you know the rest.
On Saturday night, both Angie and Nicole were at the W Magazine pre-Globes party. Now I know and you know, Angelina Jolie is not a fixture on the cocktail circuit, but she’s not only campaigning this time, she’s also connecting with the Hollywood community in a way she hasn’t in a long time. You can see photos of that here and on the W Magazine IG account.
Nicole had Sunday Rose with her at that event. And last night at the Globes it was Keith Urban because, of course, he’s her husband but also because Sunday Rose, I’m sure, would prefer to go to a fashion party than have to sit for over three hours at a boring award show.
As usual, Nicole does not miss. This is Balenciaga, backless, perfectly draped and slouchy, and the extensions work too.
But a dress like this? It’s almost too easy by her standards. And I go back to what I said earlier about how there may have been some holding back on this night. Because for Nicole Kidman a look like this is almost… safe.
Another example of this is Cate Blanchett in gold Louis Vuitton, reimagined from a look in Cannes that she wore eight months ago, they added some beading. She is stunning, of course, and I know she’s been one of the most prominent fashion leaders on sustainability, but also … like… compared to some of the previous sustainable efforts we’ve seen from her, this wasn’t exactly a stretch.
And to wrap it all up, she’s the reigning Best Actress Oscar winner and she’s a producer on A Real Pain so Emma Stone will be part of this award season as a presenter and a possible nominee. Emma’s growing out her hair after shaving it for Yorgos Lanthimos’s new project – I posted about this a few months ago when she was wearing a wig – and the pixie really suits her, non?
I don’t usually love taffeta but with her short hair and in this colour, this Louis Vuitton look is quite special.
Emma Stone poses for photos at the #GoldenGlobes. https://t.co/24rsV7nzLm pic.twitter.com/JatVQmlqQf
— Variety (@Variety) January 6, 2025
And this earring is amazing!
