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\n\tThe party at a restaurant on the ninth floor of Beverly Hills Maybourne Hotel was quite lively the minute the Hamnet<\/a> group made their triumphant entrance after winning the final award of the night at the Golden Globes<\/a> for Best Motion Picture Drama. They were in a partying mood with star Jessie Buckley, who also had to wait until the end of the three-hour-plus ceremony to win for Lead Female Actor Drama<\/a>. I caught the ebullient Buckley standing on the cushions of her corner booth rocking out to ABBA\u2019s \u201cDancing Queen\u201d with director\/producer\/co-writer Chlo\u00e9 Zhao right by her side joining in the celebration.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tChlo\u00e9 Zhao and Jessie Buckley party after their Golden Globes<\/a> wins for \u2018Hamnet\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPete Hammond\/Deadline<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: 2026 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Guilds, Grammys, Tonys & More<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tBefore leaving late Sunday afternoon for Netflix\u2019s elegant and fun watch party at Spago (right across the street from the Maybourne), I filled out my Gold Derby predictions, and one of them was that Hamnet would prevail with its overwhelming emotional power. It was a very good weekend for the film as just the night before I was down the street at the Beverly Wilshire hotel for the AARP Movies For Grownups Awards<\/a>, where Hamnet won Best Film and Zhao ,Buckley and co-star Paul Mescal were on hand to accept (as were a lot of other A-listers for the awards designed to appeal to the over-50 crowd). So after watching One Battle After Another<\/a> win all season long at critics group events, this was a big one, even if it came on the same night that film also won big with four trophies including Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, Director, and Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson. That is the beauty of the Globes: They split their Best Picture prizes between those genres even if this year the word \u201ccomedy\u201d is a loose definition of the films nominated in that category.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED:\u00a0Snubs & Surprises At The 2026 Golden Globes: \u2018Hamnet\u2019s Surprise Win And No Nods For \u2018Frankenstein\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tPaul Thomas Anderson onstage at the Golden Globes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRich Polk\/Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n \n\tFocus Features chairman Peter Kujawski was still somewhat shocked at the late-inning win, having sat for three hours seeing no wins for his three nominated films that also included Bugonia and Song Sung Blue. It finally was a biggie that comes perfectly poised to capitalize on its new status as perhaps the movie that might, if there is any hope at this point, be a contender to give One Battle a run for its money at the Oscars<\/a>. Voting for Academy Award nominations starts Monday and runs through Friday. The Phase 1 campaigning and gladhanding will be slowing down considerably this week as Oscar voters check off their ballots. Emotional movies like Hamnet, even if it has been slow to ignite at the box office, often count for a lot with Academy members. Having (producer) Steven Spielberg start your acceptance speech is also not a bad thing at all. Many Globes viewers may not have heard of the movie, or thought it was a misspelling of Hamlet, but Spielberg\u2019s words and actions carry weight.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED:\u00a0Chlo\u00e9 Zhao Shouts Out Fellow Filmmakers After \u2018Hamnet\u2019 Win For Best Drama At Golden Globes<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u2018Hamnet\u2019 director Chlo\u00e9 Zhao and producer Steven Spielberg at the Golden Globes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNeilson Barnard\/Getty Images<\/p>\n \n\tAnother Focus executive, pumped up for action, told me \u201cwe\u2019re coming for you, One Battle!\u201d Focus has never won a Best Picture Oscar, though many thought it would with Brokeback Mountain in 2006 (it lost shockingly to Crash). Kujawski was trying to remember the last time they won this category. \u201cI think it was probably Atonement,\u201d he said of that 2007 film that actually won the year the Globes were shut down due to the writers strike and instead winners were just simply announced at a press conference. This win will have more impact, dontcha think? Certainly Zhao was almost speechless when I spoke to her at the Maybourne. She couldn\u2019t remember if she thanked anyone except her shout-out to Ryan Coogler in the audience, whose film Sinners had just lost. She asked Kujawski for assurance that everyone did get thanked (Spielberg covered many).<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Paul Thomas Anderson Pays Tribute To Late Assistant Director, Warner Bros.\u2019 Mike De Luca In Golden Globe Speech For Best Director For \u2018One Battle After Another\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tOf course the night\u2019s really big winner was Anderson, who was called to the stage three times (the pic\u2019s Teyana Taylor was a surprise Supporting Actress winner to kick off the night), and it seems like an almost inevitable Best Picture Oscar winner as we head into nominations being announced January 22. As I said<\/a> after last week\u2019s Critics Choice victory<\/a>, it wins every. single. time. It remains the unquestioned front-runner, and this Globes victory certainly doesn\u2019t hurt. However the Oscars uses a preferential ballot only for Best Picture in order to get a consensus, so your second- and third-place choices on the list of 10 nominees can be just as important as your first-place choice. This is how Moonlight beat La La Land<\/a> at the infamous 2016 Oscars<\/a>. That kind of rank voting certainly can benefit a movie like Hamnet, which seems to have a knockout effect on many viewers (and voters) like Sharon Stone, who broke into tears just describing it in presenting the Best Film prize at Movies For Grownups on Saturday, or Jane Fonda, whose endorsement of the movie at the Palm Springs Film Festival Gala could be an ad Focus should take out.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Oscars: Every Best Picture Winner Back To The Beginning In 1929<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tWagner Moura accepts his Best Actor prize at the Golden Globes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRich Polk\/Getty Images<\/p>\n \n\tThe Golden Globes are now largely voted on by 300 or so genuine international critics, most recruited from the Fipresci group who travel to film festivals and favor global cinema. That can explain the leading 21 nominations for Neon<\/a>, which is distributing the lion\u2019s share of foreign-language films it left Cannes with, and the significant wins for Brazil\u2019s The Secret Agent, which won Best Motion Picture \u2013 Non-English Language, as well as Best Actor Drama for Wagner Moura (I have been told Brazil has a very large contingent of actual Globes voters). This is the second weekend in a row for Secret Agent winning the Foreign Film prize after doing the same thing at Critics Choice. That won\u2019t be lost on Oscar voters. Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd\u2019s Supporting Actor win for Sentimental Value, that Cannes-premiering Norwegian film\u2019s only victory on eight nominations, also should help get over the sting of SAG\u2019s Actor Awards<\/a>\u2018 complete shutout of every actor in a foreign language performance<\/a> this week. Also the Animated Feature and Best Song wins for KPop: Demon Hunters, the smash South Korean film that has broken all Netflix records, is yet another win for golden global cinema (it won the same two awards at CCA and seems locked and loaded for Oscar).<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: \u2018The Secret Agent\u2019 Star Wagner Moura On Generational Trauma As Brazil Film Wins Two Golden Globes<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tStellan Skarsg\u00e5rd onstage at the Golden Globes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPenske Media<\/p>\n \n\tI was sorry to see Guillermo del Toro\u2019s magnificent Frankenstein get shut out at the Globes after taking four wins at CCA last week, but the Globes don\u2019t have craft categories, where it is expected to prevail at Oscars. The one that it does have for Best Original Score was not broadcast for the first time<\/a> and presented during a commercial break with no mention of it on the show itself. Sinners won for Ludwig G\u00f6ransson, but you\u2019d never know it. I heard nominee Hans Zimmer in the audience was very upset about the treatment to his category<\/a>, and I know Frankenstein nominee Alexandre Desplat was too, as he told me Saturday at the BAFTA Tea shortly after he heard it had been dropped, and then again at the uber-packed post-show Netflix party Sunday night. I told him to look on the bright side, \u201cat least no one will know you lost!\u201d He laughed.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED:\u00a0Golden Globes Parties + Events Photos: Louis Vuitton & W Magazine, Golden Eve And The Red Carpet Rollout<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tRose Byrne at the Golden Globes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRich Polk\/Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n \n\tAs for the ultimate impact on Oscars, the Globes have a spotty record; depends on the year. Last year<\/a> both of its Best Motion Picture picks, Emilia P\u00e9rez and The Brutalist, lost the Best Picture Oscar to Anora<\/a>. And out of six acting winners, just two \u2014 Adrien Brody and Zoe Salda\u00f1a \u2014 matched Oscar, so there is room to hope to fight another day here. The awards-giving season is young, even if the odds are getting longer to take on One Battle After Another. Interestingly, four of the Globes\u2019 acting winners \u2014 Skarsgard, Taylor, Moura, and If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You\u2019s Rose Byrne \u2014 did not get a chance to try out their Oscar speech at Critics Choice, so this was new territory to make some impact when it counts. And with Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Buckley repeating their victories from CCA last week, it increasingly looks like that pair may just go all the way to the Dolby Theatre stage come March 15. Many pundits were predicting a big Best Motion Picture Drama win for Sinners, and that might have been very popular for the audience at home, which actually has heard of and maybe even seen that hit film. Alas, it had to settle for what they are now calling the \u201cBarbie Consolation Prize\u201d of the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement Award. Yes, it is for making a lot of money. Other than that, Sinners was shut out except for the Best Music Score award, which as noted was not broadcast.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: The 2026 Oscars: Everything We Know About The Ceremony, Host, Date & More So Far<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tDelroy Lindo, Ryan Coogler, Li Jun Li, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Wunmi Mosaku, Omar Benson Miller, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton and others at Golden Globes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRich Polk\/Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n \n\tIn terms of television, there is not much to say. The Golden Globe winners followed the lead of the Critics Choice winners, which followed the lead of the Emmy winners<\/a>. That is to say Netflix again dominated in Limited Series with four wins for Adolescence. Apple won big for The Studio. And HBO Max again triumphed with The Pitt. Oh, and Jean Smart won again. \u201cI am a greedy bitch,\u201d she slyly said.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED:\u00a0Politics At The Golden Globes: In The Chaos Of The Trump Era, Presenters And Winners Speak In General Terms About The Need To Do \u201cThe Right Thing\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tStephen Graham receives a Golden Globe from presenters Kathryn Hahn and Melissa McCarthy at the Globes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty Images<\/p>\n \n\tWatching it all unfold for TV rather than in the room this year, there were definite highs and lows. The highs included host Nikki Glaser\u2019s smart and funny monologue, especially her fearless dig at CBS News said on CBS: \u201cThe award for most editing goes to CBS News. CBS news, America\u2019s newest place to see BS news.\u201d\u00a0Brave, and right on. Most of her bits landed, and that is no small task. She did a good job, second year in a row<\/a>. Have her back. Her subtle tribute at end to Rob Reiner<\/a> via the Spinal Tap cap she was wearing was spot-on. I also still love the loose and fun atmosphere; the format of a dinner works well and always has for this show.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED:\u00a0Nikki Glaser Opens Golden Globes With Jabs At Justice Department, The Epstein List And \u201cSee B.S. News\u201d Then Heads For The Stars<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tHost Nikki Glaser wears a Spinal Tap cap at the Golden Globes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCBS<\/p>\n \n\tOn the other hand, lose the announcers and the insipid play-by-play they added after each winner was named \u2014 no doubt a production decision to have no dead air as stars had to snake their way through tightly placed chairs. It sounded like they might as well have been describing floats at the Rose Parade. Also the complete lack of any film clips \u2014 or clips of any kind except for the new podcast category<\/a>, for some reason \u2014 was an unintentional comment on the importance of the films and TV shows being honored. \u201cNo need to see what they are nominated for, let\u2019s just show the stars.\u201d And the betting-odds graphics for something called Polymarket was another miss, forget the fact that we had no idea where these useless stats were coming from. It was insulting to the nominees. Fortunately, those in the ballroom didn\u2019t see any of this.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n