There were winners and losers.
It’s the start of the year which means only one thing, the Golden Globes are back for 2026 with the usual glitz, glamour and red carpets which accompany the annual awards ceremony.
All the big names were in attendance from Leonardo di Caprio to Timothée Chalamet to the Ireland's very own Jessie Buckley.
The big winners of the evening included the films Hamnet and One Battle After Another, while the much-talked about Adolescence won best limited series.
The full list of categories and winners is as follows:
Film categories
- WINNER: Hamnet
- Frankenstein
- It Was Just an Accident
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
Best film – musical or comedy
- WINNER: One Battle After Another
- Blue Moon
- Bugonia
- Marty Supreme
- No Other Choice
- Nouvelle Vague
Best non-English language film
- It Was Just an Accident
- No Other Choice
- Sentimental Value
- Sirât
- The Voice of Hind Rajab
- WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters
- Arco
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
- Elio
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
- WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
- Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
- Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
- Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
- Tessa Thompson – Hedda
- Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
- Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
- Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
- Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
- Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine
- Michael B Jordan – Sinners
- Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Best actress – musical or comedy
- WINNER: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
- Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
- Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
- Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
- Emma Stone – Bugonia
Best actor – musical or comedy
- WINNER: Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
- George Clooney – Jay Kelly
- Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
- Lee Byung-Hun – No Other Choice
- Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
- WINNER: Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
- Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine
- Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
- Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan – Weapons
- WINNER: Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
- Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Paul Mescal – Hamnet
- Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Cinematic and box office achievement
- WINNER: Sinners
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- Weapons
- Wicked: For Good
- Zootopia 2
- WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Ryan Coogler – Sinners
- Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
- Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
- Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
- Chloe Zhao – Hamnet
- WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
- Ryan Coogler – Sinners
- Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
- Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
- Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet
- WINNER: Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick – KPop Demon Hunters; Golden
- Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen – Avatar: Fire and Ash; Dream as One
- Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners; I Lied to You
- Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good; No Place Like Home
- Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good; The Girl in the Bubble
- Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams; Train Dreams
- WINNER: Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
- Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
- Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
- Kanding Ray – Sirāt
- Max Richter – Hamnet
- Hans Zimmer – F1
TV categories
- WINNER: The Pitt
- The Diplomat
- Pluribus
- Severance
- Slow Horses
- The White Lotus
Best series – comedy or musical
- WINNER: The Studio
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Nobody Wants This
- Only Murders in the Building
- WINNER: Adolescence
- All Her Fault
- The Beast In Me
- Black Mirror
- Dying for Sex
- The Girlfriend
- WINNER: Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus
- Kathy Bates – Matlock
- Britt Lower – Severance
- Helen Mirren – Mobland
- Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
- Keri Russell – The Diplomat
- WINNER: Noah Wyle – The Pitt
- Sterling K Brown – Paradise
- Diego Luna – Andor
- Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
- Mark Ruffalo – Task
- Adam Scott – Severance
Best actress – comedy or musical
- WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks
- Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
- Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
- Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building
- Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
- Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
Best actor – comedy or musical
- WINNER: Seth Rogen – The Studio
- Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
- Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
- Glen Powell – Chad Powers
- Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
- Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Best actress – limited series
- WINNER: Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex
- Claire Danes – The Beast in Me
- Rashida Jones – Black Mirror
- Amanda Seyfried – Long Bright River
- Sarah Snook – All Her Fault
- Robin Wright – The Girlfriend
Best actor – limited series
- WINNER: Stephen Graham – Adolescence
- Jacob Elordi – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- Paul Giamatti – Black Mirror
- Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
- Jude Law – Black Rabbit
- Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me
Best supporting actress (television)
- WINNER: Erin Doherty – Adolescence
- Carrie Coon – The White Lotus
- Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
- Catherine O’Hara – The Studio
- Parker Posey – The White Lotus
- Aimee-Lou Wood – The White Lotus
Best supporting actor (television)
- WINNER: Owen Cooper – Adolescence
- Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
- Walton Goggins – The White Lotus
- Jason Isaacs – The White Lotus
- Tramell Tillman – Severance
- Ashley Walters – Adolescence
Best stand-up comedy performance
- WINNER: Ricky Gervais – Mortality
- Bill Maher – Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
- Brett Goldstein – The Second Best Night of Your Life
- Kevin Hart – Acting My Age
- Kumail Nanjiani – Night Thoughts
- Sarah Silverman – Sarah Silverman: PostMortem
Podcasts
- WINNER: Good Hang with Amy Poehler
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Call Her Daddy
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- SmartLess
- Up First from NPR
