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Benjamin Lee
This was indeed a weird choice:
Clips for a podcast award but not for movie performances. NO.
—a podcaster
— Sean Fennessey (@SeanFennessey) January 12, 2026
ShareWINNER: Ricky Gervais – standup comedy performance
Adrian Horton
The famously prickly British comedian isn’t in attendance this evening, so presenter Wanda Sykes takes the opportunity, in by far the best presenting bit of the evening, to use Gervais’s time for him: “He would like to thank God and the trans community,” she said with a wink, referring to Gervais’s history of transphobic comments.
Updated at 22.35 EST
WINNER: Erin Doherty (Adolescence) — female supporting actor on televisionAdrian HortonErin Doherty. Photograph: Rich Polk/2026GG/Penske Media/Getty Images
The Golden Globes continue to follow the Emmys to a tee, as Erin Doherty wins best supporting actress for her barnstormer of an Adolescence episode, which takes place entirely in one therapy session, opposite Owen Cooper.
Doherty thanked Cooper, as well as Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters and director Philip Barantini, as “each of you lives in every breath in that scene,” and dedicated her win to therapists: “Life can be tough, mental health is everything, so thank you to therapists, and it was an honor to play one.”
Updated at 22.28 EST
Benjamin Lee
Here’s our end-of-year interview with Golden Globe winner Erin Doherty:
ShareWINNER: The Secret Agent – non-English language motion pictureAdrian HortonThe Secret Agent director Kleber Mendonça Filho. Photograph: Rich Polk/2026GG/Penske Media/Getty Images
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s epic political thriller, set in 1970s Brazil, wins in an especially stacked category this year, including Sentimental Value, The Voice of Hind Rajab, It Was Just An Accident, Sirāt and No Other Choice.
Filho thanked star and best actor nominee Wagner Moura – “what an actor! And the best thing happens, a great actor and a great friend, that combination is explosive” – and dedicated the award to up-and-coming filmmakers, as “this is a very important time and in history to be making films.”
Updated at 22.27 EST
Adrian Horton
Just to note that the two wins for KPop Demon Hunters – best original song and animated film – are the only bright spots in an otherwise disappointing night for Netflix, whose live-action submissions, including Jay Kelly, Frankenstein and Train Dreams, are empty-handed so far.
ShareBenjamin Lee
Maybe the sharpest jab so far tonight?
ShareWINNER: KPop Demon Hunters – animated motion pictureAdrian Horton(Left to right) Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang and Michelle Wong. Photograph: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
No surprise here – the international sensation that is KPop Demon Hunters is victorious again tonight, winning best animated film. Co-director Maggie Kang thanked “everyone who believed that a movie so deeply rooted in Korean culture could resonate with a global audience”.
“We wanted to depict female characters in the way we know women, which is really strong and bold,” she added, as collaborator Chris Applehans dedicated the film to “some shared humanity, which we could really use these days”.
Updated at 22.09 EST
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) – director of a motion pictureAdrian HortonPaul Thomas Anderson. Photograph: Rich Polk/2026GG/Penske Media/Getty Images
OK first, I need to know if presenter Judd Apatow’s story about Nikki Glaser once being the family’s babysitter is true. More importantly, it’s another win for Paul Thomas Anderson, who appears unstoppable tonight.
The One Battle After Another writer-director dedicated the best director award in part to Mike De Luca, now the chair of Warner Bros, whom Anderson met more than 30 years ago and has “singlehandedly has supported me and the movies I wanted to make”.
He then got emotional, remembering his assistant director Adam Somner, who died in late 2024 at the age of 57. The title assistant director “is underselling it, what he did for me, for us and for this film”, he said, recalling how Somner’s work helped make the film and “make you [the cast] all seem to enjoy it as much as you have”.
Updated at 22.07 EST
Adrian Horton
In case you missed it earlier, here’s One Battle After Another star Teyana Taylor’s emotional speech for best supporting actress in a motion picture, which kicked off the evening:
Teyana Taylor accepts her first ever Golden Globe:
“To my brown sisters and little brown girls watching tonight… We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter, our dreams deserve space”
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— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) January 12, 2026
Updated at 21.48 EST