BEVERLY HILLS, California - Dark comedy One Battle After Another and Hamnet, a story about William Shakespeare and grief, claimed the top prizes on Sunday at the Golden Globes, one of the first major events in Hollywood's annual awards season.
One Battle was named best movie musical or comedy and Hamnet earned the best movie drama prize.
Timothee Chalamet triumphed in one of the most competitive categories at the Golden Globes on Sunday, taking the trophy for best male actor in a movie musical or comedy for his role as a professional table tennis player in Marty Supreme. Chalamet defeated Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney and other big names at the red-carpet ceremony in Beverly Hills, California. "This category is stacked. I look up to all of you," Chalamet said to his fellow nominees.
The actor noted that he had left the Globes in previous years without a win. "I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments made this moment that much sweeter," he said.
DiCaprio had been considered a strong contender for his starring role in dark comedy One Battle After Another, the most-nominated film of the night. His co-star, Teyana Taylor, claimed the Globe for female supporting actor in a motion picture.
"Good Hang with Amy Poehler" won a new Globes honor for podcasts. "This is an attempt to try to make a very rough and unkind world filled with a little bit more love and laughter, and laughing with people, not at them," Poehler said. "We just have such a good time making it."
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"Golden," the catchy tune from Netflix phenomenon K-Pop Demon Hunters, was named best original song.
"It's never too late to shine like you were born to," Korean-American singer Ejae said as she accepted the award.
Taylor, Skarsgard honored
Taylor was named best female supporting actor in a film for her role as a revolutionary and mother in One Battle After Another. She wept as she held her Globes statue on stage in Beverly Hills, California, and addressed "my brown sisters and little brown girls watching tonight."
"We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter," Taylor said.
The 74-year-old Skarsgard, the star of Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value, said he did not prepare a speech because he thought he was too old. He used his remarks to urge people to see his film and others in movie theaters.
In movies, "you share the pulse with others. That’s magic," he said. "Cinema should be seen in cinemas."
One Battle leads the pack of movie nominees at the Globes. The dark comedy tells the story of a washed-up revolutionary, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, who springs into action when his daughter's life is in danger. Taylor plays his partner and mother of his child.
Host Nikki Glaser joked that the Globes were "without a doubt the most important thing that's happening in the world right now."
She took light-hearted jabs at the stars seated inside a Beverly Hills ballroom. Glaser joked about DiCaprio's reputation for dating young women before apologizing for the "cheap" joke. "We don’t know anything else about you, man," she said.
One Battle, distributed by Warner Bros, is competing in the best movie musical or comedy category against table tennis tale Marty Supreme starring Timothee Chalamet, and black comedy Bugonia, among others.
The best movie drama race features Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney as an actor grappling with his legacy and Adam Sandler as his devoted manager. Other nominated film dramas include Guillermo del Toro's take on Frankenstein, supernatural horror flick Sinners and Hamnet, a story about the family of William Shakespeare.
Among other acting nominees are Chalamet, Dwayne Johnson for The Smashing Machine, Michael B. Jordan for Sinners, Jessie Buckley for Hamnet and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo for musical sequel Wicked: For Good.
The Globes are among the first of the 2026 Hollywood accolades to be handed out before the film industry's top honors, the Academy Awards, in March.
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Globes voters do not have a say in the Oscars, but a win at the Globes can help bring attention to potential Academy Awards contenders.
Recipients of the Globes are chosen by more than 300 entertainment journalists, compared with roughly 9,000 voters who select the Oscars. The Globes voting body was expanded in recent years and organizers instituted reforms after criticisms for ethical lapses and a lack of diversity.
In a new podcast category, the field includes Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, Good Hang with Amy Poehler and The Mel Robbins Podcast.
HBO's vacation mystery The White Lotus leads TV categories in nominations, ahead of Netflix's limited series Adolescence, about a 13-year-old accused of murder.
