Even so, the awards show still gives us a decent amount to chew on for the 2026 Oscars. The Globes do provide a big stage for Oscar contenders to make lasting impressions with their speeches and inspire Academy voters to check in on their various projects before the nomination window closes later in the month.

Oscars Best Director predictions include Paul Thomas Anderson, Chloe Zhao, Guillermo Del Toro, Josh Safdie and Ryan Coogler.

No Country for Old Men, The Hurt Locker, and Parasite are all among the most suspenseful, heart-pounding movies that won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Keep an Eye on: Wicked: For Good (Dana Fox and Winnie Holzman), No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi and Don McKellar), Avatar: Fire and Ash (James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver), Nouvelle Vague (Holly Gent, Michèle Halberstadt, Laetitia Masson and Vincent Palmo)

Helen Mirren received the Cecil B DeMille Award as Sarah Jessica Parker also received honors at Golden Eve, the kickoff event to the Golden Globes.

From Charlize Theron to Javier Bardem, these are the best acting Oscar winners of the 2000s, transformative performances that are already iconic.

Vanessa Friedman, our fashion director and chief fashion critic, recaps what she saw on the red carpet for the 2026 Golden Globes.

Stars like Selena Gomez and Elle Fanning channeled old Hollywood glamour on the red carpet at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.