Welcome to the Golden Globes, eh?

It’s time for the 77th annual Golden Globes. Some things have stayed the same (Ricky Gervais returns for his fifth stint as host) but others have not (the Globes menu is vegan now, because of the climate crisis).

Speaking of progress — this year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been criticized for snubbing women in several big categories including best director, best motion picture and best screenplay. (Historically, only five women have been nominated, ever, for best director at the show.)

Will anyone bring it up on the red carpet? Or are we destined merely to watch smiling celebrities sail by?

Billy Porter is wearing a feathered train

“This is not a sitting outfit. This is a standing outfit,” Mr. Porter said of his suit, designed by Alex Vinash. Mr. Porter is nominated for best actor in a television series in the drama category for his role in “Pose.”

Cynthia Erivo is sparkling

“It meant the world to be able bring this story that hasn’t been seen on the big screen,” said Ms. Erivo, who is up for best actress in a drama for “Harriet,” which is a biographical movie about Harriet Tubman. “It felt like a huge responsibility that I wanted to try to get right.” Ms. Erivo, who was wearing a custom Thom Browne dress, also plugged her upcoming TV series “The Outsider,” which is based on the Stephen King novel.

Here’s some of our favorite photos of the night

Pastels are an unofficial theme of the night. Kirsten Dunst donned a pale pink embroidered Rodarte gown, Dakota Fanning wore a lilac princess-style dress with puff sleeves and Tiffany Haddish wore a slinky pink V-neck number.

Greta Gerwig has arrived (with a man)

Greta Gerwig is here with her partner, Noah Baumbach, who also directed “Marriage Story.” “Little Women,” which Ms. Gerwig directed, is up for two awards tonight. “As a girl, my heroine was Jo,” she said in an interview with The Times. “As a woman, it’s Louisa May Alcott.”

Andrew Scott is still being called the “priest” on the carpet and it’s getting weird

Ryan Seacrest is perhaps the only person in the U.S. who hasn’t finished the second season of “Fleabag.” But he did yell, upon seeing one of the show’s stars, Andrew Scott, on the red carpet: “The priest, the priest is here!” Mr. Scott said that even though the show may be ending, he and creator-writer-star Phoebe Waller-Bridge plan to collaborate again. “We’re definitely going to do something.”

The youngest nominee this year is 12

Roman Griffin Davis, the 12-year-old star of “Jojo Rabbit,” is excited to be nominated alongside heavyweights like Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Craig at tonight’s awards. His favorite part of the movie, which is set in Germany during World War II, was “kicking Hitler in the balls,” he said.

Why is Ricky Gervais hosting again?

Even he doesn’t really know. “As I put down the phone,” he recalled on the red carpet tonight, “I said, ‘Why am I doing this again? That’s Christmas ruined.’” He’s prepared to be critiqued for his jabs and said he plans to tell anyone who thinks he goes too far: “Listen, they’re just jokes.”