Everything that shines is gold.
The 2026 Golden Globe Awards took place on Sunday, January 11th, hosted by Nikki Glazer (8 p.m. on CBS, streaming on Paramount+). The 41-year-old comedian hosted for the second year in a row at the Beverly Hilton in California.
On a star-studded night, “One Battle After Another” featured “Marty Supreme,” “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” and “Frankenstein.” (“Hamnet” and “One Battle After Another” won for drama film and comedy film, respectively.)
On television, “The Bear”, “Severance”, “The White Lotus”, “The Pit”, “The Studio” and “Adolescence” were all in the race.
Timothée Chalamet won big for “Marty Supreme,” and Noah Wyle won for “The Pit.” Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen were also among the winners of the night, with Jean Smart continuing to dominate.
Smart also went on an “expletive” on the red carpet, which he later addressed in a speech (“I feel like this country is kind of at a tipping point. I hope people stay calm,” he said).
All of Hollywood’s biggest stars appeared, including Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Adam Scott, Jacob Elordi, and Timothée Chalamet.
Here are the best and worst moments and how the night unfolded.
Best: Opening monologue
Glaser opened the night with a powerful monologue. She poked fun at Epstein’s file (“The A-list is someone who’s on a heavily redacted list”), criticized Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating habits of only seeing women under 30, and had some political jokes. Glazer acknowledged that the joke was not original, saying that he had “tried not to tell” the joke, “but we don’t know anything else about you!” Another personal fact that DiCaprio revealed was that in a 1991 interview with Teen Beat Magazine, he joked that his favorite food was “pasta.”
The comedian also mocked Sean Penn: “Everyone in this town is obsessed with looking young, and Sean Penn is like, ‘What if I slowly turn into a sexy leather handbag?'” Steve Martin and Martin Short were also not immune to her ridicule (they prove they’re “not too old to need money yet!”). All in all, it was a hilarious monologue with a solid blend of softball roasts and sharp jabs while keeping it light.
Worst: “Marty Supreme” song part
Midway through the show, Glazer appeared on stage for a song called “K-pong Demon Hunters,” which appears to be a combination of “K-Pop Demon Hunters” and “Marty Supreme.” Off-kilter, the host walked around singing overlong songs with meaningless lyrics like “I’m singing here!” Fran Drescher came out and interrupted her, threatening to expel Glazer from the SAG union. (When Glaser pointed out that she wasn’t president anymore, Drescher said, “You can kill one for free, honey!”) Even though “The Nanny” actress salvaged the moment and got some laughs, it was still a pointless waste of time.
Grand Prize: Teyana Taylor’s first win
Taylor, 35, won the trophy for Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Drama for her role in “One Battle After Another.” Shocked and overwhelmed by her first win, the actress and former singer sobbed and stammered that she could barely write a speech. Literally, to keep things sassy and earn the Globes’ reputation as a “fun” ceremony (compared to the strict Oscars), she turned around on stage to reveal a dress with a cutout in the back and a dip in her derriere. “Wait until you see my party in the back!” she said. A classy moment? Not exactly, but that kind of cheeky chaos is what the Golden Globes are all about.
Worst: Bobby Cannavale prefers reptiles to globes.
When Rose Byrne took home the trophy for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Musical or Comedy (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”), the Australian actress gave a shoutout to her husband, Bobby Cannavale. It turned out that he was absent from the ceremony for some completely strange reason. “I would also like to thank my husband, Bobby Cannavale. We were supposed to have a bearded dragon, but he went to a reptile expo in New Jersey and couldn’t be here,” Byrne said. Apparently Cannavale would rather spend time with the reptiles than go to the ceremony. Go figure.
Grand Prize: Owen Cooper’s Speech
“Adolescence” star Owen Cooper (16), who won the award for Best Actor in a TV Series or Drama, gave a cute speech saying that he is still “just an apprentice” when it comes to acting and “I’m learning every day.” When Cooper won an Emmy for the same role earlier this year, he became the youngest male performer to win the award. With his funny speech, which is sure to resonate with all actors, the teenage laureate recalled the time when he attended drama classes. “I was the only boy there. It was embarrassing!”
Best: Something that makes fun of the “best podcast” category.
Since this year is the first year the Globes have won the best podcast category, Glaser teased podcasts a little. “We came to this place for magic,” the comedian says while sitting in his car, giving a soothing voiceover. (This, of course, was an imitation of Nicole Kidman’s infamous AMC movie ad.) She went on to play a clip of the “Smartless” hosts having a silly discussion about cookies, and mocked the podcast’s habit of inserting “inappropriate” ad copy at odd moments. Glaser finished by saying, “Podcasts, it’s just…what we have right now.” A fitting introduction to the stupid category.
Worst: Adam Scott loss.
Noah Wyle took home the trophy for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series or Drama. His win was expected, as he won an Emmy and a Critics Choice Award just weeks before the Globes. And Weil’s acting was also great. Nevertheless, the fact that Scott did a great job in “Severance” season 2 is solidified. At one point, I played two different versions of my character and had a conversation with myself. It’s good to play a doctor in a medical drama, but it’s not at that level. Scott officially walked out of this awards season empty-handed after giving one of the best TV performances of the year. That’s not cool.
Grand Prize: “Heated rivalry” takes center stage
Connor Story and Hudson Williams, the newly famous stars of the gay hockey romance “Heat Rivals,” which was one of the most-watched shows on HBO Max in 2025, joined together to present the award. During onstage banter, Story said he was nervous, so Williams advised him, “Just draw everyone in the audience naked,” a nod to the old adage of drawing everyone naked. Story notes their extensive sex scenes, saying, “I don’t really know if it’s going to work, considering everyone has seen us…you know.” After wondering aloud whether the entire audience was watching “Heated Rivals,” both actors pointed out that “their trainers, their mothers, their daughters are watching.” It was a cute moment and a great Globes debut for two young stars who were thrust into the spotlight overnight.
Grand Prize: Wagner Moura makes history
Moura, 49, became the first Brazilian to win Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Drama for his role in The Secret Agent. During his speech, the former “Narcos” star (previously snubbed at SAG’s Best Actor Awards) thanked his family, made some remarks in Portuguese, and said in English, “This movie is about intergenerational trauma. If trauma is passed down through generations, I think values are passed on as well.”
