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<\/p>\nThe new year began with Oscar hopefuls landing at the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala, where Timothe\u00e9 Chalamet, Michael B. Jordan, Adam Sandler and \u201cHamnet\u201d were among the honorees.<\/p>\n
The following morning, Variety celebrated Dwayne Johnson, Teyana Taylor and Guillermo Del Toro at the annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch at the Parker Palm Springs hotel.<\/p>\n
Back in Los Angeles, awards season continued at the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes Golden Eve dinner and ceremony, where Sarah Jessica Parker was presented with the Carol Burnett Award and Helen Mirren was toasted with the Cecil B. DeMille Award.<\/p>\n
And that was \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d star Connor Storrie and \u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d star Janelle James announcing the Actor Awards nominations at the SAG-AFTRA offices in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Keep checking back all month long for the best celebrity red carpet and event photos from January 2026.<\/p>\n
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\tJanelle James and Connor Storrie<\/p>\n
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Janelle James and Connor Storrie announce the 32nd Annual Actor Awards Nominations at SAG-AFTRA on Jan. 7 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
\tTom Blyth<\/p>\n
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Tom Blyth at the \u201cPeople We Meet on Vacation\u201d premiere held at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n
\tPaul Giamatti<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kristina Bumphrey\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Paul Giamatti at the \u201cStar Trek: Starfleet Academy\u201d world premiere held at The Museum of Natural History on Jan. 6 in New York City.<\/p>\n
\tBecky Lynch<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kristina Bumphrey\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Becky Lynch attends the \u201cStar Trek: Starfleet Academy\u201d world premiere in New York City.<\/p>\n
\tMariska Hargitay<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: John Nacion\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Mariska Hargitay at the \u201cLaw & Order\u201d 25th Anniversary Celebration Red Carpet on Jan. 6 in New York City.<\/p>\n
\tClint Bentley, Colman Domingo and Greg Kwedar<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for Netflix\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Clint Bentley, Colman Domingo and Greg Kwedar attend Netflix\u2019s \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d AMPAS Tastemaker Event at San Vincente Bungalows Santa Monica on Jan. 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tJimmy Donaldson (\u201cMrBeast\u201d) and Tyler Conklin<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: JC Olivera\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Jimmy Donaldson (\u201cMrBeast\u201d) and Tyler Conklin at the \u201cBeast Games\u201d Season 2 premiere held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Jan. 6 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
\tHelen Mirren<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Penske Media\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Helen Mirren at Golden Eve: The Golden Globes Honor Helen Mirren & Sarah Jessica Parker at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n
\tAmanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd and Mona Fastvold<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Penske Media\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd and Mona Fastvold at Golden Eve: The Golden Globes Honor Helen Mirren & Sarah Jessica Parker.<\/p>\n
\tMatthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker and James Wilkie Broderick<\/p>\n
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Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker and James Wilkie Broderick at Golden Eve: The Golden Globes Honor Helen Mirren & Sarah Jessica Parker at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 6 in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n
\tSarah Snook, Sherry Cola and Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Variety via Getty Images\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Sarah Snook, Sherry Cola and Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Jan.4 in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n
\tTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Variety via Getty Images\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards.<\/p>\n
\tVariety Presents The Creative Impact Awards And 10 Directors To Watch Brunch at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Buckner\/Variety\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Iman Tayla Shumpert Jr., Teyana Taylor and Rue Rose Shumpert at The Creative Impact Awards and 10 Directors to Watch Brunch presented by Variety.<\/p>\n
\tDwayne Johnson, Guillermo del Toro and Oscar Isaac<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Buckner\/Variety\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Dwayne Johnson, Guillermo del Toro and Oscar Isaac at The Creative Impact Awards and 10 Directors to Watch Brunch presented by Variety.<\/p>\n
\tColman Domingo and Michael B. Jordan<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Buckner\/Variety\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Colman Domingo and Michael B. Jordan at the 37th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n
\tChase Infiniti, Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Variety via Getty Images\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Chase Infiniti, Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Jan. 4 in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n
\tChlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Festival\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao attends the 37th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tRebecca Romijn, Tig Notaro and Karim Diane<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Getty Images for Paramount+\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Rebecca Romijn, Tig Notaro and Karim Diane at the \u201cStar Trek\u201d 60th Anniversary Rose Parade Float Celebration on Jan. 1 in Pasadena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new year began with Oscar hopefuls landing at the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala, where Timothe\u00e9…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,33014,32038,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-223171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-exposure","tag-just-for-variety","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}