Dark comedy ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Hamnet’, a tale of William Shakespeare and grief, emerged as the big winners at the Golden Globes on Monday, kicking off Hollywood’s awards season.
One Battle captured the prize for best musical or comedy film, while Hamnet secured the top drama honour.
Timothée Chalamet scored a breakthrough in one of the night’s toughest contests, winning best actor in a musical or comedy for portraying a professional table tennis player in ‘Marty Supreme’. He outpaced Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney and other heavyweights at the Beverly Hills ceremony.
“This category is stacked. I look up to all of you,” Chalamet told his fellow nominees. He reflected on past disappointments at the Globes: “I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments made this moment that much sweeter.”
Owen Cooper won the award for his performance in Adolescence, beating nominees Billy Crudup (‘The Morning Show’), Walton Goggins and Jason Isaacs (‘The White Lotus’), Tramell Tillman (‘Severance’), and Ashley Walters (‘Adolescence’).
The show also spotlighted new formats. “Good Hang with Amy Poehler” earned the inaugural podcast award. “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.”
Music had its moment too. ‘Golden’, from Netflix’s ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’, won best original song. “It’s never too late to shine like you were born to,” singer Ejae said in her acceptance speech.
Host Nikki Glaser kept the mood light, joking that the Globes were “without a doubt the most important thing that’s happening in the world right now.
As one of the earliest major ceremonies of 2026, the Globes set the stage for the Academy Awards in March.
