| | | | | | It's that time of year when everyone from moguls to assistants channels Moira Rose, as awards season hits fever pitch. Major contenders are campaigning, Oscars noms are a possibility and the guilds are picking their champions. L.A. gets a needed, real-life boost with dozens of branded soirées. Ahead of the Globes, The Weekender is checking in with THR's resident awards and red carpet insiders on the state of the race. — Erik Hayden
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What to Expect Events editor Kirsten Chuba writes in Globes weekend brings one of the starriest carpets of the year with nearly double the nominees of the other awards shows (because of the separate drama and musical or comedy categories) — plus this year, a whole crop of podcast hosts for that first-time category. I'll be on site at The Beverly Hilton once again, though expect the setup to be quite different this year due to construction at the hotel — the red carpet has moved onto Wilshire and will feature a grand staircase entrance, reminiscent of the Met Gala. |
Press have to be in place by 1 p.m., though the majority of A-listers won't get there until at least 3 p.m. for the 5 o'clock start. It's always a hurry-up-and-wait, with stars often waiting in long lines to get their photos taken and some of the best spottings of the day coming from who is talking to who while in the queue. Talent (particularly those who are in full Oscar campaign mode) then heads down the carpet for interviews while Hollywood's biggest names usually go straight inside for pre-show mingling. I'm keeping an eye out for if Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner continue their PDA from the Critics Choice Awards and walk the carpet together, and sure-to-be-buzzy fashion moments from Ariana Grande, Teyana Taylor, Miley Cyrus and Chase Infiniti — and of course, a highly anticipated appearance from Heated Rivalry stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams , who are presenting on the telecast. After the flood of stars rush in right before showtime to take their seats, I'll head to the press room, where winners come backstage in a Hilton ballroom to answer questions, with new statue in hand. (To note: Globes producer Dick Clark Productions and THR are both owned by Penske Media.) |
An Insider's View A few questions for awards expert Scott Feinberg Which title has the most to gain or lose on Sunday? The general expectation is that One Battle After Another will win best picture (musical or comedy), so the key thing to watch will be the other best picture race, best picture (drama), nominees for which include Hamnet, Sinners, Sentimental Value and Frankenstein. Losing that award would not really be a “blow” to any of those films, but winning it will be an important shot of momentum for one of them, since many observers will immediately begin framing the best picture Oscar race — rightly or wrongly — as a contest between the two best picture Golden Globe winners. A day after the Globes, Academy Awards voting begins. Is "momentum" real? To a degree. The Academy, in recent years, flooded its membership with people who are on the younger side and still busy with their careers; they may have hipper taste than retirees, but they also have less time to watch movies before casting their ballot. So the value of something like the Globes is that it may elevate the profile of a film or a person enough to convince an Academy member to prioritize watching a film that they otherwise wouldn’t have. If, say, Rose Byrne wins the best actress (musical or comedy) Globe for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and/or Ethan Hawke wins the best actor (musical or comedy) Globe for Blue Moon, that could really make a difference for their Oscar nomination prospects. You annually offer a space for an anonymous Academy voter to weigh in with the oft-copied Brutally Honest Oscar ballot. Which movies do voters have the strongest opinions about this year? The four top contenders for the best picture Oscar — One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Sinners and Marty Supreme — all have sizable numbers of passionate supporters, and smaller numbers of passionate naysayers. Beyond that, it’s fun to hear from voters who have checked out, without knowing what they were getting into, Sirāt, an off-the-wall Spanish-language film that is hovering on the edge of a best picture nomination and has been shortlisted for five other Oscars, as well. It’s not for everyone. The Oscars won't stream on YouTube until 2029. What do actual voters think about the change? I think everyone is still wrapping their heads around the idea. I’m sure there are some voters, probably on the older side, who are not accustomed to watching YouTube on their TV and may require a little help learning to do so. But on the other hand, Academy members have already been getting their “screeners” exclusively via the Academy's members-only streaming app for several years now, so I would imagine that most of them having figured out how such things work. In any event, time stops for no one. |
The Critic's Choice Chief film critic David Rooney picks the top Globes Best Motion Picture — Drama
Go ahead and scorch me, but I have to confess I’m mixed on Hamnet — a visually sumptuous though somewhat inert first hour followed by an emotionally shattering shift to the Shakespearean stage, which is then marred by the soggy, movie-ish manipulation of that sea of outstretched hands. I would have substituted Oliver Laxe’s mind-blowing Sirat , but this is otherwise an uncommonly strong field with five nominees that would all make deserving winners.
My pick, however, would be Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent, not just the best film of the year but one of the best of the decade. Led by a finely nuanced performance from Wagner Moura full of churning melancholy and suppressed rage, this shape-shifting political thriller is a lush evocation of a distant time and place but also an urgent wakeup call about the state of the world today and the vital necessity of memory as an act of resistance against history repeating itself. On top of that, it’s a gorgeous testament to the imprint of movies on our lives.
Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
While I’m torn between Marty Supreme and One Battle After Another, two boldly original works from filmmakers with an unerring grasp of their material, I have to go with Paul Thomas Anderson’s wildly entertaining salute to revolutionary radicalism, which like The Secret Agent , serves as a defiant F.U. to creeping authoritarianism. The movie’s balance of political provocation and sardonic humor is perfection, as is one of 2025’s strongest ensembles, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall and head-turning newcomer Chase Infiniti. An instant classic that calls for a few celebratory small beers.
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The Emcee Is Back Nikki Glaser opens up about how the lack of a monoculture makes a tough Globes hosting gig even tougher: "What’s hard is that people don’t watch things anymore. Even Marty Supreme, do people not even know that’s about ping-pong? People don’t know what the hell Jay Kelly is. They know George Clooney. So, you end up making a lot of jokes about the advertisements and the endorsements these people do." Mikey O'Connell's Q&A . |
Power Rankings How will the Globes stack up? The annual Red Carpet Power Rankings reveal which stars — and which luxury fashion and jewelry brands — took the top spots in the first awards show of 2026, the Critic's Choice honors. Full charts + report. |
The Party Guide The Mark Ronson DJ'd Hollywood Reporter x Spotify Nominees bash was just the kick off. Before Monday there's a dozen-plus major soirées, including the BAFTA Tea Party ( Four Seasons Los Angeles), Amazon MGM Studios x Vanity Fair night-before ( Bar Marmont), W Magazine Best Performances Party ( Chateau Marmont), Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch ( London West Hollywood), Netflix ( Spago) and many more ( NPR, SiriusXM, The Cut). The calendar.
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