7 Actually Good (and Chaotic) Things That Happened at the Golden Globes 2026

The winner of the first 40 minutes of One Battle After Another was also the deserved winner in the supporting actress category her—and she delivered a generational reaction shot, full of genuine shock and emotion. Her teary, delighted speech was great, too—respect to her for calling her director “Paul ‘Let him cook’ Thomas Anderson”.

Julia Roberts went all “wine mom”

First of all, she walked out to present the award for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy and, when a few people stood up to greet her, urged everyone else to get on their feet. “Everybody!” she said, “Let’s go!” Amazing. Then, she kept interrupting her pre-written spiel with tangents about Kevin Hart (whom she urged to stay to watch her present) and Eva Victor, the writer and star of the excellent indie Sorry, Baby, which she told everyone to see.

The Adolescence victory lap brought some much-needed juice

It wasn’t a classic Globes on the speeches front. Chalamet’s was lacking that Marty Supreme marketing edge, and most of his fellow winners followed the classic awards win playbook (flustered, emotional, straightforward), which was fine but not particularly gripping. But in the TV categories, Adolescence winners Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, and Erin Doherty all added some “How the hell did I get here” charm. Graham in particular is ending a run of elite speeches, and did so beautifully, interrupting his own emotional closer to be star-struck by Queen Latifah— “Wow! Can’t believe it.” Never change, Steve.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn had to leave the house