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6 Golden Globes Snubs That Definitively Prove The World Is Ending

The Golden Globes has a long and storied history of getting it all wrong.

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ICYMI, Monday, December 9 was a very important day for nerdy pop culture writers, Hollywood executives, and Kate Winslet.

And let’s be honest, you probably did MI, because that Monday marked the announcement of the 2025 Golden Globe nominations, and no one really cares about Golden Globe nominations.

I’m not even convinced that Golden Globe nominees themselves care about Golden Globe nominations. Has Meryl Streep ever introduced herself as “Golden Globe nominee Meryl Streep?” No! Well, maybe, if it was after her very first Golden Globe nomination and no one had seen Death Becomes Her yet. But anyway, the Golden Globe nominations still happened and we’re going to talk about them, because some people (me) still think that Golden Globes nominations are a barometer of Hollywood clout. Also, Death Becomes Her star Meryl Streep was snubbed this year. A crime! But here are some other snubs which prove definitively that American culture has crumbled before our eyes.

1. Death Becomes Her star Meryl Streep, again

OK, so I’m going to talk about Death Becomes Her star Meryl Streep some more! How was America’s Leading Lady ignored for Only Murders in the Building? I can only venture that her awards category was stacked, because Streep is resplendent in Murders as Martin Short’s flighty, fluttering love interest. Of course, Streep will likely star in 50 Oscar-nominated movies before the end of 2025, so she’ll be fine. But still. Leave Meryl Streep alone! 

2. Jonathan Bailey

    The Golden Globes voters watched Wicked! That is apparent in the movie’s multiple major nominations, which include acting nods for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. However, Jonathan Bailey – who plays the film’s flirting, flouncing Fiyero – was snubbed. Snubbed, I tell you! That’s loathsome! Unadulteratedly loathsome! That said, this dreamy, dashing and healthily gay Brit will have plenty of success in the future as long as he keeps doing what he’s doing (charming pants and panties off).

    3. Michael Keaton

      Beetlejuice Beetlejuice being snubbed by the voting body of a major awards show? *shocked Pikachu meme* And yet, this one still hurts. Despite being a rotting, decrepit corpse, Michael Keaton is miraculously sexy in this sequel. He even inspired me to write a listicle about hot ghosts. Plus, if Keaton were going to get any awards love for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, it would have been at the Golden Globes. However, the unhinged Hollywood Foreign Press has let America down yet again. This is how empires fall, folks.

      4. Horror. Just, like, the genre in general.

        If the Golden Globes can nominate Emily in Paris for Best Comedy Series (yes, they have done this before), then they can nominate Smile 2 for Best Musical. Smile 2 is as much a musical as Emily in Paris is a comedy, and any member of a high school debate team would back me up on this. (Actually, I literally just asked a member of a high school debate team and he said that he could prove this to be incontrovertible fact within three minutes of extemporaneous speaking.) Anyway, Smile 2 was one of my favorite horror movies of the year, and Naomi Scott is divine as the pop star protagonist, Skye Riley. Her character even has her own Spotify page, which is further evidence that Smile 2 is a musical! Sigh. At least The Substance was nominated – That movie was my favorite of any genre this year.

        5. Fallout 

          Fallout is one of the best shows of 2024, hands down, and yet it received zero Golden Globe nominations! I can’t really talk about this show without spoiling it, but suffice it to say that the Emmys nominated this show sixteen times, so the Golden Globes obviously muffed it up again. 

          6. My Lady Jane 

            First, this series was canceled by Amazon after only one glorious season. Then, on top of that, it received zero love from the Globes? This is, again, the voting body that nominated Emily in Paris for Best Comedy, so I have no recourse but to view this as unmitigated disrespect. I’m tired of My Lady Jane being overlooked by Hollywood and I will continue to defend its honor! On the other hand, I need to conserve some of my shade reservoir for January when Oscar nominations come out, so maybe I should just cool it. Anyway, My Lady Jane is really good and the Golden Globes are stupid. Goodnight!