Follow along live as Times columnists Mary McNamara and Glenn Whipp discuss the biggest winners, most memorable moments and more from the 2026 Golden Globe Awards.
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6:25 p.m. Oh look Chalamet won — another big “surprise.” —M.M.
Timothéeeeeeeeeeee! —G.W.
Could something amazing or unpredictable please happen soon? Like you, Glenn, I do not feel nostalgia for the old Globes but this all feels so… careful. Or maybe “calculated” is a better word. —M.M.
“Will he thank Kylie Jenner?” the announcer breathlessly asked as Chalamet walked to the stage. He didn’t, at least not by name! Wonder what Polymarket said about that one. This is so cheap. —G.W.
Chalamet did thank “my partner,” which honestly is grounds for a break up. Say my name! —M.M.
It’s just short of “business associate.” —G.W.
6:21 p.m. Rose Byrne wins for “If I had Legs I will Kick You,” which I guess was a musical or a comedy? Felt like a documentary to me. —M.M.
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” in comedy is funny … funnier than anything in this harrowing movie. Utterly bizarre category placement. —G.W.
I am actually quite concerned that a movie about a beleaguered working mother with no support literally losing her mind is considered a comedy. —M.M.
“If I Had Legs” is suffocating, harrowing. Might be the most difficult watch of 2025. Rose Byrne is great, but allowing that movie to be placed in musical/comedy so that she wouldn’t have to compete against Jessie Buckley is sooooo Globes. —G.W.
6:18 p.m. Paul Thomas Anderson wins for screenplay for “One Battle After Another.” Not a surprise. —M.M.
Paul Thomas Anderson winning screenplay — a category the Globes don’t divide between adapted and original like the Oscars — is a nice little bounce for “One Battle After Another.” It could have easily gone to Ryan Coogler for “Sinners.” Those are the two movies that will win at the Academy Awards. —G.W.
It is difficult to see “Sinners” not win. —M.M.
6:07 p.m. An hour in and we are only a third of the way through the categories. Just sayin’. —M.M.
Here’s a sign of the apocalypse … they showed clips of the podcast nominees, which, yes, were just shots of people talking in a studio, but did not show clips of the supporting actor movie nominees. Apocalypse? OK, maybe I’m being dramatic, but oooof. That’s where we’re at in 2026. —G.W.
6:03 p.m. Simmer down. “K-Pop Demon Hunters” just won for best original song, “Golden.” I know you were hoping for that. —M.M.
Haha … I’m not a hater. Though this original song presentation reminds me that I believe they have moved the original score category off the telecast … probably so we could get that podcast prize in. —G.W.
5:52 p.m. All this Polymarket shilling is gross. The show, these announcers doing corny play by play … it’s hard to watch. Feels low rent. And it’s waaaaaaaaaaay too late for Nicole Kidman AMC parody. —G.W.
Aw come on, the podcast satire is funny. “Podcasts: They’re just what we have now.” And one of them is about to win a Golden Globe. Honestly, a cultural statement that we need but perhaps do not want. Though I will never object to Amy Poehler winning any award. —M.M.
Tepid applause for Snoop’s endorsement of the podcast category inclusion. I’m sitting on my hands too. Thank you, Spotify! Thank you for paying artists next to nothing! Thank you for those ICE recruitment ads! Thank you for promoting AI musicians! THANK YOU! —G.W.
“Mom and Dad you can watch the Patriots now.” I am a mom, you are a dad. Can we? —M.M.
I would like to watch the Chargers play the Patriots, Mary. Don’t tempt me to multi-screen! —G.W.
5:45 p.m. “I’m Zoe Kravitz and I have my own ‘shrooms.” Best line of the night? —M.M.
These TV awards choices are so dull that I need my own ‘shrooms. —G.W.
Yeah, it’s Emmys 2.0. Martin Short did not look pleased when Seth Rogen said he “grew up” admiring and hoping he would beat him. —M.M.
5:40 p.m. Back in the day, the Globes loved to plant a flag for new shows in the TV categories, rewarding work ahead of the Emmys. Now, it’s just a repeat of the Emmys. Smart, Wyle … look for “The Studio,” “The Pitt” and “Adolescence” to win later on. You know the drill. —G.W.
5:34 p.m. Watching Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett banter, I can’t help but wish we were watching “Smartless: On the Road” instead of this. But then Jean Smart wins for “Hacks” and I too am thrilled to be here. —M.M.
Why not rant during the ceremony, Jean Smart? The ceremony needs a good rant or two! —G.W.
God, she looks fabulous. Referencing her quasi-political red carpet rant: “I think everyone knows in their heart what the right thing is, so let’s do the right thing.” —M.M.
5:31 p.m. Once again I must watch Noah Wyle beat Gary Oldman for lead actor in a TV series (drama). Don’t get me wrong — I love Wyle and “The Pitt” and will be watching Season 2 screeners once this show is done. But it ain’t “Slow Horses.” —M.M.
I enjoy watching Oldman eating bad food too! But Wyle deserves this one. —G.W.
We will agree to disagree. —M.M.
Stellan Skarsgård.
(Kevork Djansezian/CBS)
5:21 p.m. Man, they made Stellan Skarsgård walk a long way to pick up that trophy for supporting actor in a motion picture for “Sentimental Value.” —G.W.
“I was not prepared for this because I thought I was too old,” he says. He is such a great actor and so amazing in that film. Also he thanked his wife first, which is the No. 1 lesson of any awards show. —M.M.
“Cinema should be seen in cinemas.” Preach. —G.W.
OK, well, I saw it on streaming and it was still pretty good. —M.M.
Haha … let’s not tell Skarsgård. That supporting actor race is an interesting one too, what with the two “One Battle After Another” actors — Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro — in contention. “Sentimental Value” didn’t do well with the guilds, but I think Oscar voters, a much more global group, will come through for it. Hope so. It’s a terrific movie. —G.W.
5:16 p.m. First award, for supporting actress in a motion picture, goes to Teyana Taylor, beginning the “One Battle After Another” sweep. Love that she wrote her speech on paper! Hate when folks read from their phones. —M.M.
First a caveat: These awards mean nothing in relation to the Oscars. But seeing the winners onstage delivering a big emotional speech, like the one Teyana Taylor just gave … that means a little something. The supporting actress category comes into focus a bit more with this win too. I had Taylor in front of Amy Madigan for “Weapons.” I think Taylor will win. She anchors “One Battle After Another” in its first 40 minutes. —G.W.
Love when winners get this emotional and talk about the journey; it’s a good reminder of that making art, and making it to any awards season, is a lot of work. —M.M.
Nikki Glaser.
(Kevork Djansezian/CBS)
5:14 p.m. Glaser’s monologue: What grade would you give it, Mary? Solid. I laughed a couple of times. Savaged CBS News. That’s worth half a letter. I’ll give it a B. —G.W.
C+. —M.M.
5:13 p.m. “Timothée Chalamet is the first actor who had to put on muscle for a movie about ping pong.” Now I’m Team Nikki too. —M.M.
5:08 p.m. A Golden Globes tradition … poking fun at the age of Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriends. But she isn’t wrong about, like, that’s the only thing we know about him. That and he vapes. I also love that Sean Penn is laughing along. And that he didn’t comb his hair. —G.W.
Oh he combed his hair. That level of dishevelment takes hours to achieve. But it looks pretty great, tbh. —M.M.
Really? Hours? Goals, Mary. Goals. —G.W.
5:04 p.m. “CBS News, America’s newest place to see BS news” — host Nikki Glaser takes aim close to home. —M.M.
Yes, the CBS news joke puts me on Team Nikki. —G.W.
5:00 p.m. Hello Mary! It’s time again to hunker down in front of the screen and banter about an awards show, in this case the 2026 Golden Globes, a for-profit, corporate cash grab whose ethics are even worse than when we investigated the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. five years ago. Do I long for the good old days when the nutty HFPA took lavish junkets and made spectacularly weird awards choices? Eh. I’m not going to be one of those people who looks back fondly on dubious things — like, say, the precedency of George W. Bush — and romanticizes them just because the present day is so repellant. Besides … we’ve got a long night ahead of us. In the words of the late great Marty DiBergi: Enough of my yakking. Let’s boogie! —G.W.
Glenn, my old building and loan, awards show buddy! I got my diet Mountain Dew, I got my Kettle Corn-flavored Pop Corners and unsalted cashews (for protein) so bring on that boogie! Sure, I’m torn between admiration and despair that this ethically challenged awards show continues to thrive, but I’m choosing to see this night as a sign that, despite the lamentations of the doomsayers, Hollywood is alive and well and happy to go through the rigors of the red carpet to (mostly) lose a bunch of awards. Because it’s an honor to be nominated, amiright? And the fact that almost 10 million people tuned in for the last two shows (and millions more for the carved up clips on social media) proves that interest in film and television (also podcasts) remains high. Are you rooting for anyone in particular (JessieBuckleyJessieBuckleyJessieBuckley)? —M.M.
You’ll be happy on that front, Mary, as Buckley is one of the evening’s — and season’s — surest things. Me, I’m hoping for a repeat of last year when a Brazilian actor won a prize, catapulting them to an Oscar nomination. Will Wagner Moura (“The Secret Agent”) follow the path of Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”)? We’ll soon see. —G.W.
More important, will “Slow Horses” win a bunch of well-deserved awards? —M.M.
Against “The Pitt”? Nah. —G.W.
