Golden Globes 2026 live updates: Red carpet fashion, Nikki Glaser‘s opening monologue, Aussie Rose Byrne wins
LIVE UPDATES: The 83rd Golden Globes are underway, with host Nikki Glaser quickly reminding Hollywood’s biggest names that no one is safe, with an Aussie taking home a major award

One Battle After Another emerged as the clear winner of the Golden Globes, picking up a raft of major awards including the gongs for best comedy film, best director and best screenplay fpr Paul Thomas Anderson and best supporting actress for Teyana Taylor.
The Anderson-made, Leonardo DiCaprio-starring film is surely the one now to beat at the Oscars.
Hamnet was also a prominent victor, picking up a far-from-assured victory in the best drama race, besting Sinners and The Secret Agent, while lead star Jessie Buckley won for best actress in a drama film.
But it wasn’t a clean sweep for either film and the high-profile acting awards were shared around between various movies, which made for a more interesting ceremony.
Australian Rose Byrne won the comedy actress Globe, for her darkly comic performance in the stressful film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You while Timothee Chalamet cemented his status as the one to beat at the Oscars with a win for Marty Supreme, also in the comedy film category.
On the drama side, Brazilian actor Wagner Moura won for The Secret Agent while his film also claimed the gong for non-English language film.
Stellan Skarsgard won in the best supporting actor category for Norwegian drama Sentimental Value.
Cultural sensation KPop Demon Hunter took home animated feature and original song for the ditty that has been stuck in everyone’s heads for months, Golden.
Another favourite going in, Sinners, had to make do with wins in original score and the cinematic and box office achievement categories.
On the TV side, British miniseries Adolescence continued to sweep the circuit, claiming best limited series, while The Pitt and its lead star Noah Wyle won in drama and The Studio and its star and co-creator Seth Rogen nabbed the comedy awards.
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Jessie Buckley wins for Hamnet
Expect to hear Jessie Buckley’s name read out a lot over the next couple of months - she is the absolute favourite in the Oscars race and this win here only reinforces that story.
The Irish star just won for her emotionally wrenching performance as Agnes Shakespeare. She was transcendant in the role, and she was characteristically charming and very Irish accepting the Globe.
She told an adorable story about a Polish crew member on the production who made them soup, and also said her husband has really enjoyed the free cocktails and canapes on the circuit.
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet - WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts, After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

The Studio crowned as top TV comedy
Hey, there’s The Studio gang again!
Seth Rogen cracks another joke about the fake Golden Globes within the show, including the fact that Adam Scott, who presented the award to him just now, was in that episode.
He then thanks people from the crew, the ones who don’t get invited to the awards show.
Also, a fun little fact he dropped - season two is starting filming one week from today. Woo!
TV SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio - WINNER

Adolescence wins in Limited Series or Made for TV movie
It hasn’t lost tonight, so it definitely wasn’t going to come up short on the main award.
Adolescence wraps up its sweep of the awards circuit with this last stop.
Writer Jack Thorne shouted out his young cast and crew and called them a hope for the future.
“A lot of people think our show is about how we should be frightened of young people. It’s not. It’s about the filth and the debris we have laid in their path.
“You are proof the world can be better. Removing hate is our generation’s responsibility. It requires thought from the top down.”
LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Adolescence - WINNER
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying For Sex
The Girlfriend
The Pitt cements its status as the show to beat
A reminder that The Pitt’s second season just started last week and if you’re not watching this John Wells-produced medical drama, you’re missing out. Yes, it is that good.
If you’re curious, read our feature on the second season here.
On the way up to the stage, Noah Wyle got a hug from his former ER co-star George Clooney. Cute!
Creator and producer R. Scott Gemmill said during his speech, “We live in a very divided country and world right now, but I think it’s cinema, and I call TV cinema too, brings us all together, not only as an audience, but as a community.
“We show people what we can do when a bunch of individuals, hundreds of us who have a common goal, and we work together with decency and humanity and just acceptance and respect for each other, and we can do amazing things.
“So thank you for that. And I want to thank everyone in this room, because what you do, the stories you tell, they make a difference, they truly do, so thank you so much, and cheers.”
TV SERIES – DRAMA
The Diplomat
The Pitt - WINNER
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Horses

Pluribus an emerging force
The first season of Pluribus only just wrapped and it’s already proving to be a huge presence on the awards circuit.
Rhea Seehorn repeated her Critics Choice win last week with a victory here at the Globes.
She gave special thanks to creator Vince Gilligan, who wrote the role for her after they previously worked together on Better Call Saul. She said, “Thank you for writing me the role of a lifetime, and even more than that, thank you for having believing in me. that is beyond.
“You make me want to be better every day. I really appreciate it.”
ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES – DRAMA
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Britt Lower, Severance
Helen Mirren, MobLand
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus - WINNER

Also, what was that bizarre UFC cross-promo?
OK, it’s hard to produce a three-hour (and change) live show, but there are some very awkward moments in this Golden Globes ceremony.
First, there’s the bad commentary track running in between categories, some strange banter that doesn’t work, but there’s been a hell of a lot of cross-promotional stuff for either Paramount, which has the broadcast and streaming rights, or brands owned by parent company which also runs the Globes.
There are loads of mentions of betting odds for a particular gambling company and, uh, it’s incredibly tacky.
Then there was that weirdo UFC promotion, which the commentators were clearly trying to link to the Heated Rivalry guys about to come out on stage, by saying that the actors in the horny show needed security because they were being mobbed everywhere.
But then two random UFC people came out on stage alone, holding up their belts and then just walked off. This bit only works if they either stayed on stage, flanking the Heated Rivalry guys, or walked with them like they were bodyguards.
Please, stop.
Absent Ricky Gervais thanks the trans community
OK, he didn’t really. But Wanda Sykes did on his behalf - she threatened to earlier when she was presenting - and since he wasn’t there, she could say whatever she wanted.
PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TV
Ricky Gervais - WINNER
Brett Goldstein
Kevin Hart
Bill Maher
Kumail Nanjiani
Sarah Silverman
Another win for Adolescence
Erin Doherty adds another gong to her shelf for her insane, unforgettable performance in that episode of Adolescence, a testament to the monumental impact you can have by not overplaying a scene.
Despite promising her mum she wouldn’t swear, Doherty started by dropping an F-bomb, and then went onto thank therapists (she played one). “Life can be tough, mental health is everything, so thank you to therapists.”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS ON TV
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Erin Doherty, Adolescence - WINNER
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
The Brazilian contingent is strong
Brazilian drama The Secret Agent just won in the non-English language category, and it’s also nominated in the overall drama and best actor races.
Brazilian fans are super passionate (Brazilian film Twitter is, uh, very loud), and last year, another one of their films, I’m Still Here, also triumphed at the Globes with a win for actor Fernanda Torres.
MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent - WINNER
Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Out-of-broadcast Original Score win for Sinners
In a controversial last-minute change, the Golden Globes shoved the Original Score category into a commercial break - Hans Zimmer was not happy, and you shouldn’t upset Hans Zimmer.
Ludwig Goransson won for Sinners, a movie in which the music was so crucial.
ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Ludwig Goransson, Sinners - WINNER
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Kangding Ray, Sirat
Max Richter, Hamnet
Hans Zimmer, F1
