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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7:27 p.m. Wait. Rhea Seehorn won an award? She’s as surprised as I am! —G.W.
Yes! And somewhere our TV critic Robert Lloyd is cheering loudly. As am I. Everyone needs to watch “Pluribus.” —M.M.
7:17 p.m. “Bill Maher, you give us so much. But try a little less.” Wanda Sykes, national treasure. —M.M.
Wanda Sykes should host! —G.W.
“Kevin Hart is the richest guy in this category and yet I know he wants it the most,” Sykes says, presenting the stand-up performance aware. “Ricky Gervais, I love you for not being here. Because if you win, I get to accept for you and you’re going to thank God and the trans community.” And Gervais wins, thanking God and the trans community. Honestly, that moment made the show worth it for me. Someone check Twitter for Ricky’s response. —M.M.
A great moment … for a category that has no business being on this show. Stand-up specials, box office achievement, podcasts. Next year they’ll add AI achievement. —G.W.
OMG, Glenn! It’s the Golden Globes! Eat some kettle corn flavored pop corners and calm the heck down. I never thought I would be defending the Globes, but at least they’re not moving to YouTube. —M.M.
7:15 p.m. Erin Doherty for another “Adolescence” win. Personally, I will never forget her Princess Anne singing “Starman” in “The Crown.” One of TV’s best moments. —M.M.
7:08 p.m. There’s the score announcement! Ludwig Göransson for “Sinners”! —G.W.
Wait, I blinked and missed score. But the “Secret Agent” win must make you a little happier. —M.M.
It makes Brazil happy! And they get very happy about these things! The one good thing that might come from this show. —G.W.
How are they the first people to get played off? —M.M.
Because they needed room for the podcast category. —G.W.
Dude, what have podcasts done to you? —M.M.
What was that, Mary? They played off “The Secret Agent” and immediately afterward, the UFC people came on stage? —G.W.
OK, OK, that was objectionable. But at least now I know who they are. —M.M.
So Kleber Mendonça Filho, writer-director of “The Secret Agent,” gets an abbreviated time on stage, starts to say something about the dangers of authoritarianism and gets played off … for a UFC promo spot. I am actively hating this show now. —G.W.
You are hiding it well, Glenn. —M.M.
7:02 p.m. How many times have you seen “Kpop Demon Hunters,” Mary? Or has your household aged out of that one? —G.W.
I am an empty-nester now, Glenn. So I will not be answering that question. —M.M.
You didn’t dip in just to see what the kids are on about? I watched through “Golden.” Then I was like, I get it. Also, by just about every metric, I am not the target audience. —G.W.
I think “grumpy guy shaking fist at clouds” is every film’s target audience. —M.M.
Paul Thomas Anderson.
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6:55 p.m. If you’re looking for some Oscar tea leaves Mary, PTA winning for writing and directing “One Battle After Another” is something. —G.W.
Well, I kind of feel like I knew that going in. Tell me something I do not already know Golden Globe voters! —M.M.
I presented best picture to Anderson last night at the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. dinner and he got emotional when talking about Adam Somner, one of “One Battle’s” producers, a guy whose IMDb page looks like a greatest hits of 21st century cinema. —G.W.
I like his willingness to spread the credit to folks who don’t often get mentioned. He appears nice enough to almost deserve being married to Maya Rudolph. —M.M.
6:53 p.m. Judd Apatow with a callback to one of the great Golden Globes category placements — “The Martian” in comedy! —G.W.
I was just writing that Apatow is clearly reading our live chat! —M.M.
6:45 p.m. “Life is short, awards season is long.” This is going to be a three-hour show and I don’t feel we are any closer to knowing who the Oscar favorites are, which is supposed to be the whole point. Am I missing something, Glenn? —M.M.
No, Mary. Those awards are coming, though, again, they’re not as important as the guild honors from producers, directors and actors. —G.W.
The “Sinners” team.
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6:39 p.m. How do you feel about Cinematic and Box Office Achievement? I’m glad “Sinners” won, but it’s in a category in which they were up against “Zootopia 2.” —M.M.
My patience with this show was at near-empty … and now the bleeping box office category. I love “Sinners,” but what is the purpose of this category? “Sinners” might have had the lowest box office of all the nominees. It has made less than a fifth of “Zootopia 2.” Just another bogus category to generate ad sales for the show’s corporate owner. —G.W.
6:36 p.m. Michelle Willams wins for “Dying for Sex,” which is only right. —M.M.
Oh my God. Sarah Snook was right there! —G.W.
Stephen Graham.
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6:34 p.m. Stephen Graham wins for “Adolescence,” which is boring in a “Are we back at the Emmys?” way but I do love him so much. As a fan of British TV, I’ve seen him in loads of things and he brings so much to even the smallest part. —M.M.
Again, back in the day, this would have gone to Matthew Rhys in “The Beast in Me” and not the guy from the show that won a million Emmys four months ago. —G.W.
A Rhys win would have been great, especially if he gave his acceptance speech in Welsh. —M.M.
I love Stephen Graham too! Just would like one award that’s not a rubber-stamp! —G.W.
Timothée Chalamet.
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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.
Rose Byrne.
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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.
Ejae accepts the award for original song.
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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.
Jean Smart.
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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.
Noah Wyle.
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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.
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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.
Teyana Taylor.
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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.
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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.