This past Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony officially kicked off awards season, which spiritually feels longer than a calendar year. We’re in the thick of it now, so here’s a brief recap of movie highlights: The Brutalist won best drama, while Brutalists Brady Corbet and Adrien Brody took home best director and best actor in a drama, respectively. (No love for Guy Pearce at the Globes; plenty of love for Guy Pearce at GQ.) The polarizing Emilia Pérez won best musical or comedy, with star Zoe Saldana taking home the supporting actress trophy in that category. Elsewhere in the musical and comedy categories, Demi Moore got a best actress for the uber-goopy body horror The Substance, while underdog Sebastian Stan took it for A Different Man. The Challengers boys (but not those Challengers boys) were rewarded for their heart-pounding score.
Honorary not-a-movie mention: Colin Farrell was charming as ever when winning best actor in a limited series for The Penguin. The man thanked craft services! Is that much charisma even street legal?
Before the actual show, GQ caught up with some of the contenders. Cam Wolf got ready with Glen Powell here; try not to cut yourself on his jawline. Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, a formerly incarcerated man who plays a character based on himself in the tear-jerking A24 drama Sing Sing, chatted with us ahead of his first Globes. (Nominee Colman Domingo told us about his experience playing the Sing Sing lead in a GQ Hype profile last year.) Anyway: death, taxes, and Colman Domingo dominating an awards show red carpet.
It’s tempting to use the Globes results to try to do some Oscars forecasting. And, as Jack King writes for us, maybe it will come down to an Emilia Pérez vs. The Brutalist showdown. But King also peered into his orb and told us we shouldn’t write off the freewheelin’ Timothée Chalamet when it comes to Best Actor.
Speaking of soothsaying, when Frazier Tharpe issues predictions on the future of rap, we all stop to listen. In this week’s edition of his column Tap In, our in-house Nostradamus makes the case that LiAngelo Ball is the first big rap story of 2025.
David Schwimmer and Goosebumps—a match made in ‘90s nostalgia heaven. Esther Zuckerman had a deep dive conversation with the Friends star all about fear. Also, about how the internet kinda hates his Band of Brothers character.
Finally, if you’re looking for something to binge: American Primeval, the new Netflix limited series from Friday Night Lights creator Peter Berg (and starring Taylor Kitsch), just dropped. It’s set on the frontier in 1857 and all about the brutal, bloody battles and ruthless politicking between Mormons, Native Americans, and the federal government. It’s a bit “we have the Yellowstone prequel at home,” but you do get Shea Whigham wearing a historical hat. Which made me realize—Shea Whigham is kind of always wearing a historical hat. And so I send you into the weekend with this: a gallery of Shea Whigham wearing historical hats. —GP
