The 83rd Golden Globe Awards are underway in Beverly Hills. Follow along for live coverage and analysis from the Star’s culture reporters and critics.
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Teyana Taylor wows on the red carpet
By Jillian Vieira, special to the Star
Only an hour into the Golden Globes red carpet and we were ready to christen our best dressed of the night: Teyana Taylor.
Celebrating her first Globes nomination for “One Battle After Another,” she showed out in a perfectly folded and draped Schiaparelli haute couture gown with a cheeky little surprise in the back: a bejewelled bow on the ultra-low back.
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“Heated Rivalry” stars arrives on the red carpet
By Jillian Vieira, special to the Star
The Golden Globes always come with colossal expectations: Appearances by TV and film’s most in-demand stars, a never-know-what-you’re-going-to-get show and the fashion peacocking to match. All eyes are on the red carpet, and a highly anticipated early arrival is “Heated Rivalry” stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie.
From Kamloops, B.C. to Golden Globes presenter in six weeks flat, Williams’ major red carpet debut deserved a big style moment: an ivory Armani dinner jacket, an unexpected cummerbund, way unbuttoned silk shirt and black trousers. Serpentine Bvlgari jewels capped off a winning look.
Meanwhile, Connor Storrie arrived with his signature curls styled in a shaggy mullet, worn with a louche Saint Laurent suit.
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Nominee Selena Gomez is an early best dressed contender
By Jillian Vieira, special to the Star
Selena Gomez arrives at the 2026 Golden Globes.
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Nominated for her role in ”Only Murders in the Building,” Selena Gomez opted for an Old Hollywood look (her style mainstay) in a body-skimming, black velvet gown punctuated with feather-like-flower embellishment. It’s one of the first major red carpet looks from Chanel’s new creative director Matthieu Blazy—someone had to take new Chanel for a spin, and we’re so glad it’s Gomez.
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How to watch the awards show in Canada
The awards ceremony kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. and is expected to run for about three hours. Canadians can watch the Golden Globes live on Citytv and its streaming partner Citytv Plus. The show will also be broadcast on CBS.
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For standup comedian Nikki Glaser, hosting the Golden Globes is the ‘greatest job’ she’s ever had
Nikki Glaser pictured on the red carpet of the 82nd Golden Globes last year.
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American standup comedian and actor Nikki Glaser is set to return as emcee of the Golden Globes this evening, a year after she garnered praise for hosting the 2025 ceremony, in which she became the first woman to lead the awards show solo.
“It’s the greatest job I’ve ever had in this business — the hardest but the most fun and rewarding,” she said in a statement when she was rehired for the gig. “I’m having the best time and I hope to keep doing it.”
Last year, Glaser won over viewers at home and the Hollywood A-listers in attendance with an impressive arsenal of barbed jokes. In her opening monologue, she called the glitzy show “Ozempic’s biggest night.” She also roasted the stars in attendance, calling them powerful people, but “not powerful enough to tell people how to vote.”
Glaser, 41, known for her take-no-prisoners style of humour, is behind the standup comedy specials “Good Clean Filth” and “Someday You’ll Die,” the latter earning her a Golden Globe nomination last year. She’s also been nominated for an Emmy Award, for outstanding variety special, and a Grammy, for best comedy album.
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The Golden Globes are tonight. Here’s what to look for and how to watch and stream the show
By Jake Coyle The Associated Press
Nikki Glaser attends the press preview for the 83rd Golden Globes on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press
The Golden Globes bill themselves as Hollywood’s booziest bash. This year, is anyone ready to party?
Stars have begun streaming down the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. At Sunday’s ceremony, many attendees are wearing pins that read “Be Good,” to honor Renee Good after she was killed in Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Political tension and industrywide uncertainty are the prevailing moods heading into Sunday night’s 83rd Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood is coming off a disappointing box-office year and now anxiously awaits the fate of one of its most storied studios, Warner Bros.
A celebratory mood might be even more elusive given that the wide majority of the performers and filmmakers congregating Sunday oppose the policies of President Donald Trump. On the minds of many attendees: the recent U.S. involvement in Venezuela and the fatal shooting of Good.
“We need to speak up and shut this rogue government down,” Wanda Sykes told Variety on the red carpet. “It’s awful what they are doing to people.”
But through their ups and downs, the Globes have always tried to put pomp over politics. Host Nikki Glaser has vowed as much.
“You’d be surprised that half the room had no clue why I was saying ‘Venezuela,’” Glaser told The Associated Press earlier in the week, referring to her comedy-club warm-ups. “People aren’t getting the news like we all are.”
Glaser, a comic known for her roast appearances, has promised to go after A-listers in her second time hosting.
“We’re going to hit Leo,” Glaser said. “The icebergs are coming.”
Here’s what to look for at this year’s Globes:
How to watch and stream the Globes and red carpet
The Golden Globes kick off at 8 p.m. EST on CBS while streaming live for Paramount+ premium subscribers. E!’s red carpet coverage begins at 6 p.m. EST.
The Associated Press has a livestream red carpet show beginning at 4:30 p.m. Eastern with a mix of stars’ arrivals, fashion shots and celebrity interviews. It will be available on YouTube and APNews.
Could Warner Bros. own the night if not itself?
The overwhelming Oscar favorite “One Battle After Another” comes in with a leading nine nominations. It’s competing in the Globes’ musical or comedy category, which means the drama side might be more competitive. There, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” and Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” are all in the mix.
But thus far, “One Battle After Another” has cleaned up just about everywhere. Much of Paul Thomas Anderson’s cast is nominated, including DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti and Benicio Del Toro.
If it and “Sinners” take home the two biggest prizes, it will be a banner night for Warner Bros. even as its future hangs in the balance. The studio has agreed to be acquired by Netflix is a deal worth $82.7 billion. Movie theaters have warned such a result would be “a direct and irreversible negative impact on movie theaters around the world.”
The merger awaits regulatory approval, while Paramount Skydance is still trying to convince Warner shareholders to accept its rival offer.
How might the top acting awards go?
After an audacious promotional tour for “Marty Supreme,” Timothée Chalamet is poised to win his first Globe in five nominations. In best actor, comedy or musical, he’ll have to beat DiCaprio, a three-time Globe winner, and Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”).
In best female actor, comedy or musical, Rose Byrne is the favorite for her performance in the not especially funny A24 indie “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.” One prominent nominee in the category, Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked: For Good”), won’t be attending due to her schedule in the West End production “Dracula.”
Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”) is the clear front-runner in best female actor, drama. In the star-studded best actor, drama, category, the Brazilian actor Wagner Moura (“The Secret Agent”) may win over Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) and Joel Edgerton (“Train Dreams”).
In the supporting categories, Teyana Taylor and Stellan Skarsgård come in the favorites.
Who’ll give the most memorable speech?
The Globes, formerly presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, have no overlap or direct correlation with the Academy Awards. After being sold in 2023 to Todd Boehly’s Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions, a part of Penske Media, the Globes are voted on by around 400 people. The Oscars are voted on by more than 10,500 professionals.
But in the fluctuating undulations of awards season, a good speech at the Globes can really boost an Oscar campaign. Last year, that seemed to be the case for Demi Moore, who won for “The Substance” and gave the night’s most emotional speech. Mikey Madison (“Anora”), however, scored the upset win at the Oscars.
A few potentially good moments this year went instead in a Golden Eve ceremony earlier this week. There, the Cecil B. DeMille and Carol Burnett honorees, Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker, accepted their awards.
One to watch, if he wins, will be the Iranian director Jafar Panahi. His revenge drama “It Was Just an Accident” is up for four awards. Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country. Last month, he was sentenced to a year in prison, which would be only his latest stint behind bars if Panahi returns home to serve it. This week, protests over Iran’s ailing economy have spread throughout the country in a new test to Iran’s leaders.
What to look for in the TV and podcast categories
For the first time, the Globes are trotting out a new podcast category. The nominees are: “Armchair Expert,” “Call Her Daddy,” “Good Hang With Amy Poehler,” “The Mel Robbins Podcast,” “SmartLess” and “Up First.”
In TV, HBO Max’s “The White Lotus” — another potential big winner for Warner Bros. — leads with six nominations. Netflix’s “Adolescence” comes in with five nods.
But the most closely watched nominee might be “The Studio.” The first season of Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire memorably included an episode devoted to drama around a night at the Globes. (Sample line: “I remember when the red carpet of the Golden Globes actually stood for something.”) “The Studio” is up for three awards, giving three chances for life to imitate art.
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What are the most nominated shows at the Golden Globes this year?
Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from “One Battle After Another.”
Warner Bros. Pictures via AP
“One Battle After Another,” a black comedy thriller about a retired revolutionary who’s chased by an old nemesis, enters tonight’s ceremony with a leading nine nominations. It’s followed closely by the Norwegian family drama “Sentimental Value,” which earned eight nominations.
The film stars up for acting awards include Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked: For Good”), Emma Stone (“Bugonia”), Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”), Jesse Buckley (“Hamnet”), Timothée Chalamet (“Marty Supreme”) and Julia Roberts (“After the Hunt”).
Among television shows, HBO’s dark comedy anthology series “The White Lotus” leads the competition with six nods, followed by Netflix’s crime drama “Adolescence.”
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Recapping the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards and what it could mean for the Golden Globes
From left: Amanda Marsalis, Katherine LaNasa, R. Scott Gemmill and Shawn Hatosy accept the the award for best drama series for “The Pitt” during the 31st Critics’ Choice Awards.
Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
It’s difficult to read much into the results from last Sunday’s Critics’ Choice Awards and draw conclusions about what they could mean for this evening’s show. That’s because the Critics’ Choice Awards aren’t exactly a bellwether for the Golden Globes, with both prizes featuring significantly different voting bases.
But if the Critics’ Choice Awards offer any early indication about the general sentiment of jurors this awards season, it’s looking like “One Battle After Another” is in for a good showing. The action thriller won the Critics’ Choice Award for best picture, while Paul Thomas Anderson nabbed best director for his work on the film.
In the acting categories, Jessie Buckley of “Hamnet” and Timothée Chalamet of “Marty Supreme,” both of whom are also nominated for Golden Globes, walked away with statuettes last weekend.
Canadian artists also dominated the Critics’ Choice Awards. “KPop Demon Hunters,” the Netflix fantasy film created by Korean-Canadian Maggie Kang, took home several awards, including for best original song and best animated feature. Meanwhile, fellow Canadians Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg claimed the award for best comedy series for “The Studio,” their cringe comedy streaming on Apple TV Plus. “The Pitt,” created by Canadian writer and producer R. Scott Gemmill, also had a strong showing, nabbing the award for best drama series.
On the fashion front, the Critics’ Choice Awards, the first major red carpet of the season, suggests we’re in for a year of eclectic details and subversive silhouettes, according to The Kit’s Annika Lautens.
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What our critics had to say about each of the top films nominated for the 2026 Golden Globes
From left to right: “Bugonia,” “Marty Supreme,” “Hamnet” and “Frankenstein.”
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Six movies are each nominated for the Golden Globe Awards for best motion picture (drama) and best motion picture (musical or comedy). Here’s what our film critics had to say about these movies when they were first released.
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Frankenstein
With “Frankenstein,” monster maestro Guillermo del Toro finally gets to tell the Mary Shelley horror story of his boyhood dreams. The Toronto-filmed epic is a thing of grotesque beauty, body horror of such operatic spectacle and emotional impact, it makes you want to applaud with two severed hands.
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “Frankenstein.”
Hamnet
“Hamnet” isn’t tragedy in any simple sense; it’s about the terrible bargain great art often exacts from those who make it. A family loses a son; the world gains “Hamlet.”
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “Hamnet.”
It Was Just an Accident
Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi can draw major insights from the smallest spark. He turns a seemingly minor roadside collision into a searching moral inquiry about guilt, revenge and grace, as a group of strangers — among them torture victims — confront a man who may once have brutalized them.
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “It Was Just an Accident.”
Sentimental Value
Renate Reinsve and Elle Fanning are like two sides of a golden coin in Joachim Trier’s tangled family drama, in which a celebrated filmmaker (Stellan Skarsgård) tries to use his art to reconnect with the family he abandoned long ago.
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “Sentimental Value.”
Sinners
This is horror with a sense of purpose and an appreciation of music and history, grooving the body and gnawing at the conscience even as it nibbles on the neck.
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “Sinners.”
The Secret Agent
The title card at the beginning of Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” identifies the film’s backdrop of Recife circa 1977 as a place of “great mischief.” Like everything else in this vivid period thriller, the phrase is laced with a wry and devastating understatement. “Mischief,” in this case, is a euphemism for widespread and dangerous institutional corruption, for the corrosion of the social order under an increasingly venal military dictatorship. It also serves, more happily, as a description of the director’s sensibility: if it’s possible for a movie to somehow be grave and playful simultaneously, “The Secret Agent” fits the bill.
Read Adam Nayman’s full review of “The Secret Agent.”
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Blue Moon
“Blue Moon” is a solo act. And a magnificent one, at that. In its finest moments, Richard Linklater’s film pays homage not just to lyricist Lorenz Hart but to all the forgotten writers who couldn’t cheat death, but could tell one heck of a yarn.
Read Jake Coyle’s full review of “Blue Moon.”
Bugonia
Contemporary class divisions — and the way they’ve gotten threaded through webs of Reddit-driven paranoia in the Trump era — comprise the thematic pivot point of “Bugonia.” It is by design a movie of the moment, joining Ari Aster’s “Eddington” and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Cloud” on the roll call of recent dark comedies about the reality-warping effects of the internet. There are visual and verbal metaphors about bees — mentions of queens and drones and hives and honey — but a more apt title might have been “Brainworms.”
Read Adam Nayman’s full review of “Bugonia.”
Marty Supreme
Think of classic movie grifters, such as the characters played by Paul Newman in “The Hustler,” Robert Preston in “The Music Man” and Richard Dreyfuss in “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.” They’re mere shrimps of scamming compared to Timothée Chalamet’s title swindler in “Marty Supreme,” a pleasing tale of hubris in motion from Josh Safdie (“Uncut Gems”), a director who, both as a solo filmmaker and with his brother Benny, never saw a scoundrel he didn’t want to get to know better.
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “Marty Supreme.”
No Other Choice
South Korea’s Park Chan-wook has never met a happy ending he couldn’t turn inside out. His latest film, a satirical corporate thriller, follows Man-soo (Lee Byung-hun of “Squid Game”), a paper industry manager whose cosy success (and sanity) begins to crumble along with a job market ravaged by mindless automation and ruthless downsizing. His crazed solution? Eliminate all rivals.
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “No Other Choice.”
Nouvelle Vague
The irony is Jean-Luc Godard, ever the iconoclast, would have despised the conventional narrative and character fidelity of Richard Linklater’s “Breathless” homage. The film is great fun anyway, especially the holy trinity of Godard (Guillaume Marbeck nails him) and his main accomplices, Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin) and Jean Seberg (Zoey Deutch).
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “Nouvelle Vague.”
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson, never a stranger to cinematic skirmishes, returns from the sunny love tussles of “Licorice Pizza” to a movie so dense in conflict and confrontation you may wish the concession stand sold flak jackets alongside the popcorn.
Read Peter Howell’s full review of “One Battle After Another.”
