This year’s Golden Globes will shine a light on the best that 2025 had to offer on screens both big and small — and even audio, with the ceremony marking the first time that podcasts are getting recognition.

Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated comedian Nikki Glaser will return to host for the second consecutive time when the 83rd annual awards air live on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. The show will simultaneously stream on Paramount+.

Below, a rundown of what you need to know ahead of the awards season staple, including who’s poised to win.

“One Battle After Another” leads the cinematic charge

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” — starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a revolutionary-turned-off-the-grid-burnout tasked with recovering his daughter (Chase Infiniti) from the clutches of an aspiring white supremacist (Sean Penn) — leads the film categories with nine nominations.

Anderson is up for best director and best screenplay, while the movie is tapped across the Musical or Comedy categories for best picture, best actor (DiCaprio), best actress (Infiniti), best supporting actress (Teyana Taylor) and best supporting actor (Benicio del Toro and Penn). Jonny Greenwood, the lead guitarist of Radiohead, is also nominated for best original score.

Joachim Trier is up for best director and best screenplay, the latter shared with Eskil Vogt, for “Sentimental Value” — a story about an emotionally stunted actress (Renate Reinsve) forced to address her fractured relationship with her aging director father (Stellan Skarsgård). The film trails just behind “One Battle” with eight nominations, including across the acting categories for Reinsve, Skarsgård, Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, as well as Best Picture – Drama and Best Non-English Language Film (Norwegian).

Ryan Coogler’s horror hit “Sinners,” starring Michael B. Jordan as twin bootleggers fending off racist vampires in the Mississippi Delta, follows with seven nominations. Those include best picture and best actor (Jordan) in the Drama categories, with Coogler up for both best director and best screenplay. The film also secured nods for cinematic and box office achievement, best original score, and best original song for “I Lied to You.”

The predictive duel for best picture

The Globes are regarded by some as a frivolous event in which celebrities care less about the awards and more about the drinks at their tables. It’s historically more crass (read: the years hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais) than the Academy Awards, which is widely viewed as the most esteemed ceremony of the season.

Still, the Globes are considered on some level to be a predication of what will be nominated for and ultimately win at the Oscars.

By that metric, “One Battle” remains the film to watch out for — as it has been since it hit theaters over the summer, delighting critics and fans alike. “Sinners” has also remained a mainstay in the best picture conversation since the first half of 2025, with its three-month theatrical run and 97% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme,” starring Timothée Chalamet as a hustler and table tennis prodigy in 1950s New York City, is also regarded as a serious contender. Chalamet is considered a front-runner for best actor, particularly after winning the same accolade at the Critics Choice Awards last Sunday.

Even Richard Linklater’s quiet contender “Blue Moon” is gaining steam ahead of the Oscars. At the Globes, it’s nominated for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, while Variety predicts Ethan Hawke will beat Chalamet to take home the trophy for best actor, thanks to his portrayal of the final, tragic night in the life of legendary Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart.

Drama dominates for television

The Thailand-set third season of HBO’s ever-viral “The White Lotus” is up for six honors, including best drama series, and is leading the small screen nominees across the board. Aimee Lou Wood, Carrie Coon and Parker Posey make up half of the best supporting actress category, while Jason Isaacs and Walter Goggins are both up for best supporting actor.

Netflix hit “Adolescence,” about a young boy (Owen Cooper) accused of murdering a classmate after being radicalized online, follows with five nominations. Those include best limited series and four acting nods for Cooper, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty and co-creator Stephen Graham.

Cooper, who won at last Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards along with Doherty and Graham, is by far the favorite for best supporting actor on TV. In September, at the age of 15, he made history as the youngest male to ever win an acting Emmy.

Sit down and listen up — the best podcast is …

As Matt Belloni’s “The Town” podcast has suggested on numerous occasions, the Globes’ inaugural podcast category is intended less to acknowledge the top podcasts and more as an excuse to get more celebrities at the show.

Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert,” Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy,” “Good Hang with Amy Poehler,” NPR’s “Up First,” “The Mel Robbins Podcast” and “Smartless” — hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett — are all nominated.

Programs hosted by right-wing commentators Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro were previously announced as being among the 25 podcasts eligible for the award, though they all got the snub despite their large audiences, as did liberal favorite “Pod Save America.”

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