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Hosting award shows is one of Hollywood’s most thankless jobs, but comedian Nikki Glaser appeared to strike all the right notes with Golden Globes viewers. Glaser — an Emmy- Globe- and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian — is being praised for helping elevate the once embattled ceremony. Host Nikki Glaser at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday. “Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die,” her second HBO stand-up special, which was nominated for a Globe, debuted on the network in May. Host Nikki Glaser at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday.

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☆ Nikki Glaser’s Monologue and Other Moments From the 2025 Globes
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-06 | by ( Stephanie Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

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. The rest of the night went more or less smoothly, with a mix of expected and surprise winners. But it wouldn’t be an awards ceremony if there weren’t some truly off-kilter moments. But there was also an impression of Adam Sandler pronouncing Timothée Chalamet’s name that was just pure silliness — Sandler even joined in.

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☆ Best moments from the 2025 Golden Globes
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-06 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The Golden Globes aired Sunday night and the unofficial kickoff to Hollywood’s award season served glamour, laughs and a few sentimental tears. From host Nikki Glaser’s best lines to some sincerely sweet acceptance speeches, highlights from the 82nd Golden Globes follow below:Nikki Glaser’s funniest linesHost Nikki Glaser on stage at the Golden Globes. Sonja Flemming/CBSGlobes host Nikki Glaser – the first standalone, female host for the event – did what she does best: playfully roast celebrities. John Nacion/GG2025/Penske Media/Getty ImagesMany of the most luminous guests lit up the Globes with truly golden looks. Stars including host Glaser, Ariana Grande, Cate Blanchett, Kristen Bell, Mikey Madison, Mindy Kaling and Elle Fanning all donned golden-hued gowns.

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☆ Nikki Glaser’s Golden Globes Monologue Had Hard Punchlines and Impressions
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-05 | by ( Jason Zinoman | More About Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When I started following Nikki Glaser in early December as she began putting together her Golden Globes monologue, she planned a joke that never made it into Sunday’s awards show about shouting out Harrison Ford and then saying, “Harrison Ford is here to show us a cool rock he found.”It was more off-kilter than her usual material, and it absolutely delighted Glaser. She told her staff that this was a different kind of laugh they should embrace: “Don’t be scared to be weird.”You saw evidence of this in her stellar monologue at the Globes that included the kind of hard punchlines she is known for, including a good insult of Paramount+, a joke about the effect of Sean Combs’s arrest on the after-party and a sharp feminist shot at the Globes for ignoring women for best director in past years (two, Coralie Fargeat and Payal Kapadia, are nominated this year). But there was also a new bit added in the last week: an impression of Adam Sandler pronouncing Timothée Chalamet’s name that was just pure silliness. She even got Sandler to join in. Glaser doesn’t usually do impressions, but she committed and it went over really well, adding to a celebratory, fun tone to kick the night off.

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There's a history of Christmas pudding charms, to be hidden within the holiday treat. And there's an angel made of beads by an artisan in the Woza Moya collective of South Africa. The photographer behind the Instagram account Brown Girls Do Ballet has put together a celebratory essay in images of just that. More than 1,100 color images included in this broad overview, Glaser’s wit ever-present. Includes rarely seen images and recollections from Salt-N-Pepa, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Mary J. Blige and more.

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☆ Insurance Broker Marsh & McLennan Names New CEO
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Leslie Scism | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Insurance broker and benefits firm Marsh & McLennan said Chief Executive Officer Daniel S. Glaser will retire at the end of the year and Chief Operating Officer John Q. Doyle will succeed him. Mr. Doyle’s promotion to the top job mimics Mr. Glaser’s own path back in September 2012. Then, Mr. Glaser, the chief operating officer, was named CEO. Mr. Doyle, who is 58, will take over from Mr. Glaser, now 62.

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