The bar wasn’t set very high for the Golden Globes on Sunday night. After last year’s host, Jo Koy, memorably bombed, the emcee this year, Nikki Glaser, could hardly do worse. But she wasn’t content to merely do better. After workshopping her opening monologue in dozens of club appearances over the holidays, she killed when […]
Hosting an awards show can be a thankless gig. Yet critics agree Nikki Glaser crushed her first time hosting the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night. The comedian deftly walked the line between mocking and celebrating the entertainment industry and overall seemed genuinely happy to be on the Beverly Hilton stage. Yet Glaser, who’s rather […]
After last year’s utter catastrophe of a Golden Globes opening—stale, crass, practically booed-at jokes by host Jo Koy—what a wonderful bit of whiplash it was to watch this year’s host, Nikki Glaser, right the ship and then some at the top of Sunday night’s broadcast. Glaser came to the Globes after a banger 2024, which […]
The 2024 Golden Globe Awards are the gift that keeps on giving. Possibly the worst-produced awards telecast in my lifetime, the 81st Golden Globes generated a stench that allowed every other 2024 awards show to rest on the laurels that, if nothing else, they were better than the Globes. And they all were! Every single […]
It always seems like everyone wins and no one really loses at the Golden Globes. The event has historically been known as more of a boozy party than a serious awards show, a casual hangout with Hollywood’s most charming celebrities rather than a cutthroat winner-takes-all situation — even if it’s had its fair share of […]
Don’t expect any mention of Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively‘s legal fallout at the 82nd Golden Globes. While speaking to Yahoo Entertainmentthis year’s Globes host Nikki Glaser said she is steering clear of the “It Ends with Us” drama at Sunday’s award show, which sparked Dec. 21 after Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and […]
After skewering Tom Brady during his Netflix roast last May, who will comedian Nikki Glaser take to task when she hosts the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who may know the answer before the show even airs. That’s because Glaser has been practicing her Golden Globes opener […]
Nikki Glaser is wasting no time preparing for her next big gig. After crushing at Tom Brady’s live Netflix roast this spring, the workhorse comedian was tapped to host the 2025 Golden Globes, airing Sunday, January 5, on CBS. With the gig just a few weeks away, Glaser tells Vanity Fair that she’s “fully in […]
Barry Adelman, the executive vp of television for Dick Clark Productions, is a veteran Golden Globes insider who has executive produced the starry broadcast for years. So, there he was bright and early making his way down a press line inside the Beverly Hilton before sunrise on Monday minutes after nominees were announced for the […]
With a month before showtime, the countdown is on for the 2025 Golden Globes. As such, here comes the first look at host Nikki Glaser. The stand-up star, who saw her career skyrocket following a killer set at Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Bradywill front the 82nd annual installment at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly […]
