2025 in Hollywood: Award Wins, Major Mergers, and Stunning Losses

From Oscar triumphs to billion-dollar deals, 2025 reshaped the entertainment industry in ways few could have predicted.

The year opened with Demi Moore earning her first major acting award at the Golden Globes for "The Substance," drawing a standing ovation. At the Oscars, "Anora" swept five trophies including Best Picture, with writer-director Sean Baker becoming only the second person ever to win four Academy Awards in a single night—the first was Walt Disney.

Music saw major moments too. Taylor Swift got engaged after Travis Kelce proposed, while Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" tour became the highest-grossing country concert tour in history. As Billboard reports, it was also "the shortest tour ever to gross more than 400 million dollars."

From courtroom battles between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni to "Saturday Night Live" celebrating 50 years, there's much more to unpack. Watch David Daniel's full Hollywood year-in-review above.