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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Women dominate Gold Logie 2025 nominations as new award honouring legend revealed
Women have dominated the Gold Logie field for the first time, scoring six of the seven nominations. Two-time Gold Logie winner Hamish Blake is the sole male contender, while Julia Morris and Sonia Kruger have both nominated for a fourth time. They are joined by first-time Gold Logie nominees Ally Langdon, Lisa Millar, Poh Ling Yeow and Lynne McGranger. Meanwhile, the ABC has once again triumphed in the nominations, with 44 in total, including 38 nods in the best categories, with nominations across drama, comedy, children's and entertainment Netflix was the most awarded streamer, with Apple Cider Vinegar and Territory scoring a total of 15 nominations. Meanwhile, five-time Gold Logie winner Ray Martin has been honoured with the Ray Martin Award for Most Popular News or Public Affairs Presenter. A publicly voted award, it stands alongside the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter and the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent. Martin announced the nominees – Ally Langdon (Nine), David Speers (ABC), Michael Usher (Seven), Peter Overton (Nine), Sarah Ferguson (ABC) and Tara Brown (Nine) – for his award at the Sydney Opera House on Monday morning. More than ever, the nominations felt like a changing of the guard, with acting heavyweights and serial nominees, Asher Keddie, David Wenham, Claudia Karvan, William McInnes and Sam Reid, all overlooked. Instead, rising stars were lauded such as Apple Cider Vinegar's Alycia Debnam-Carey and Aisha Dee, The Newsreader's Michelle Lim Davidson, Territory's Sam Corlett, and Stan's Nugget is Dead: A Christmas Movie's Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst. That pair's ABC satire Optics was also nominated for best comedy. Netflix ruled the 'best' categories, with cancer conwoman drama Apple Cider Vinegar the most successful show, with eight nominations, including best miniseries or telemovie and best lead actress in a drama for US star Kaitlyn Dever, who starred as Belle Gibson, and Alycia Debnam-Carey, who played terminally ill wellness guru Milla Blake. It was closely followed by Territory, the 'Dallas with dingoes' outback romp, which scored seven nominations, including best drama, best lead actress for Anna Torv and best lead actor nods for Michael Dorman, Robert Taylor and Sam Corlett. Kitty Flanagan's ABC sitcom Fisk once again led the comedy pack, with five nominations, including best comedy, best actress for Flanagan, and best actor for Aaron Chen. It was followed by Binge's Colin From Accounts and Stan's Good Cop/Bad Cop, both receiving four nominations each.
Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
ABC dominates Logies 2025 nominations as new award honouring legend revealed
Women have dominated the Gold Logie field, scoring six of the seven nominations, with Sonia Kruger nominated for her second and two-time Gold Logie winner Hamish Blake the sole male contender. Joining Blake and Kruger on the Gold Logie list were Julia Morris, Ally Langdon, Lisa Millar, Poh Ling Yeow and Lynne McGranger. Meanwhile, the ABC has once again dominated the nominations, with 44 in total, including 38 nods in the best categories, with nominations across drama, comedy, children's and entertainment. Netflix was the most awarded streamer, with Apple Cider Vinegar and Territory scoring a total of 15 nominations. Meanwhile, five-time Gold Logie winner Ray Martin has been honoured with the Ray Martin Award for Most Popular News or Public Affairs Presenter. A publicly voted award, it stands alongside the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter and the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent. Martin announced the nominees – Ally Langdon (Nine), David Speers (ABC), Michael Usher (Seven), Peter Overton (Nine), Sarah Ferguson (ABC) and Tara Brown (Nine) – for his award at the Sydney Opera House on Monday morning. More than ever, the nominations felt like a changing of the guard, with acting heavyweights and serial nominees, Asher Keddie, David Wenham, Claudia Karvan, William McInnes and Sam Reid, all overlooked. Instead, rising stars were lauded such as Apple Cider Vinegar's Alycia Debnam-Carey and Aisha Dee, The Newsreader's Michelle Lim Davidson, Territory's Sam Corlett, and Stan's Nugget is Dead: A Christmas Movie's Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst. That pair's ABC satire Optics was also nominated for best comedy. Netflix ruled the 'best' categories, with cancer conwoman drama Apple Cider Vinegar the most successful individual show, with eight nominations, including best miniseries or telemovie and best lead actress in a drama for US star Kaitlyn Dever, who starred as Belle Gibson, and Alycia Debnam-Carey, who played terminally ill wellness guru Milla Blake. It was closely followed by Territory, the 'Dallas with dingoes' outback romp, which scored seven nominations, including best drama, best lead actress for Anna Torv and best lead actor nods for Michael Dorman, Robert Taylor and Sam Corlett.
