Golden Globes nominations 2026: 'One Battle After Another' and 'The White Lotus' lead film and TV categories

Twenty-seven performers received their first Golden Globe nomination this morning, from industry veterans like Bill Maher to relative newcomers, including Aimee Lou Wood of "The White Lotus" and Chase Infiniti of "One Battle After Another."

"Severance" stars Britt Lower and Tramell Tillman got their first-ever nods, as did "Sinners" leading man Michael B. Jordan and "Pluribus" breakout Rhea Seehorn.

Snubs:

• "Jay Kelly" was not nominated in the best picture (drama) category. The Netflix film follows a movie star (George Clooney) and his manager Ron (Adam Sandler). Both of the stars were nominated in the acting categories, however.
• "Wicked: For Good," part two of the film adaptation of the popular stage musical, didn't secure a nod in the best film (comedy/musical) category, despite high box office numbers and nominations for stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Director Jon M. Chu was also shut out of the best director category.
• "Superman," though not necessarily a typical awards film, was considered a likely contender for the cinematic and box office achievement category. However, the movie, led by David Corenswet as the titular superhero, didn't land any nominations.
• While "Sinners" received seven nominations, one of its stars (Hailee Steinfeld) was left out of the mix of contenders. She played Mary in the Ryan Coogler film.

Apple TV's "Pluribus," Netflix's "Beast in Me" and Peacock's "All Her Fault" were among the shows that received recognition in the TV categories. All three were released in November, thus giving them just one month to pick up buzz from audiences.

"Pluribus," from "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan, snagged a nod in the best TV series (drama) category. Star Rhea Seehorn, who co-starred in Gilligan's "Better Call Saul," received her first nomination for best performance by a female actor in a TV series (drama) for her role as Carol in "Pluribus."

"Beast in Me" picked up three nominations: best TV limited series/anthology series/motion picture made for TV category; best performance by a female actor in a limited series/anthology series/motion picture made for TV (for lead Claire Danes); and best performance by a male actor in a limited series/anthology series/motion picture made for TV (for co-lead Matthew Rhys).

"All Her Fault" also earned a nod in the best TV limited series/anthology series/motion picture made for TV category. Its lead, "Succession" star Sarah Snook, will be up against Danes and four others in the best performance by a female actor in a limited series/anthology series/motion picture made for TV category.

It's not uncommon to see big stars be nominated across film and TV categories within the same year. But the feat is not an easy one to accomplish.

This year, Amanda Seyfried, Jacob Elordi and Jeremy Allen White are the three actors who became double nominees.

Seyfried is nominated for best performance by a female actor in a limited series/anthology series/motion picture made for TV category for her role as police officer Mickey Fitzpatrick in “Long Bright River.” She's also scored a nomination in the best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (comedy/musical) category for her role as the titular character in “The Testament of Ann Lee.”

Elordi, who rose to fame after starring in Netflix's "Kissing Booth" films, is nominated for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture for his role in "Frankenstein" as the monster. He's also nominated in the best performance by a male actor in a limited series/anthology series/motion picture made for TV category for "The Narrow Road to the Deep North."

Jeremy Allen White, who has won a Golden Globe for his role as chef Carmy in "The Bear" three years in a row, is nominated again in the best performance by a male actor in a TV series (musical/comedy) for the show. This year, he's also nominated in the best performance by a male actor in a motion picture (drama) for "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere," in which he plays music icon Bruce Springsteen.

"The Joe Rogan Experience" was the No. 1 podcast in America this year, according to metrics released by Apple. But it was nowhere to be seen on the Globes' list of nominees for a new category recognizing achievement in podcasting.

It’s a notable omission partly because Rogan’s show helped turn podcasting into a certifiable cultural phenomenon.

The six slots instead went to “Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard,” “Call Her Daddy,” “Good Hang With Amy Poehler,” “The Mel Robbins Podcast,” "SmartLess” and "Up First.”

None of the political podcasts on the shortlist ended up making the cut.

“Wicked: For Good” lit up the holiday season box office. It’s pulled in more than $440 billion worldwide as of this morning.

But it was not included in this morning’s batch of nominees for best motion picture, musical or comedy. (The movie was released by NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News.)

The six contenders in the musical/comedy category are “Blue Moon,” “Bugonia,” “Marty Supreme, “No Other Choice,” “Nouvelle Vague,” and “One Battle After Another.”

The first installment of “Wicked” earned a spot in that category at the last Globes, though it lost to “Emilia Pérez.”

‘Wicked: For Good’ composer Stephen Schwartz addresses political themes film’s new songs

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"Kpop Demon Hunters," which was produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released by Netflix in June, has spawned a massive global fan base and become the streamer's most popular movie of all time

That's due in large part to the catchy music from Saja Boys and HUNTR/X (made up of real-life singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami), two fictional groups from the movie. The songs “Your Idol” and “Golden” topped the music charts for months, and received several Grammy nods ahead of February’s awards show.

Zoey, Rumi, Mira of "KPop Demon Hunters."  ©Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

The film has become so popular that it was recently named as among the 35 films features eligible for the animated feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards.

Now that it's scored three Golden Globes nominations (best animated film, cinematic and box office achievement and original song), an Oscar nod is looking even more likely.

The most-nominated film of the morning was Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another," a jagged thriller about a group of political revolutionaries. It led the pack with nine total nominations, including recognition in the best drama film category.

"One Battle" already has a few accolades from industry groups and critical associations. It was named best film of the year by both the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review. It's probably premature to declare it a lock for best picture at the Oscars, but it sure looks like a safe bet.

NEON, an independent distribution company founded only eight years ago, dominated the list of film nominees this morning. It received a total of 21 nominations, the most of any film distributor.

The company's top contenders include Jafar Panahi's "It Was Just an Accident," Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value," Kleber Mendonça Filho's "The Secret Agent," Park Chan-Wook's "No Other Choice" and Oliver Laxe's "Sirāt."

NEON has made a name for itself as a savvy curator of art-house and foreign-language cinema. It acquired and released the six most recent winners of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It's a list that features "It Was Just an Accident" as well as "Anora" and "Parasite."

In the indie film world, NEON is typically seen as a peer of labels such as A24, Sony Pictures Classics and Focus Features. (Focus is owned by NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News.)

In the film categories, Warner Bros. Pictures followed Neon with 16 nominations across categories. Netflix was third with 13 total nominations.

In the film categories, Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" led with nine nominations. "Sentimental Value" followed with eight total nods, and "Sinners" with seven.

In the TV categories, HBO's "The White Lotus" garnered the most recognition with six total nods. Netflix’s limited series "Adolescence" came in second with five nominations.

Here's the full breakdown of films and shows with the most nominations:

• "One Battle After Another": 9
• "Sentimental Value": 8
• "Sinners": 7
• "Hamnet": 6
• "The White Lotus": 6
• "Frankenstein": 5
• "Wicked: For Good": 5
• "Adolescence": 5

• "Frankenstein"
• "Hamnet"
• "It Was Just an Accident"
• "The Secret Agent"
• "Sentimental Value"
• "Sinners"

• Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
• Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
• Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
• Julia Roberts, “After the Hunt”
• Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”
• Eva Victor, “Sorry, Baby”

• 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”

• Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
• Oscar Isaac, “Frankenstein”
• Dwayne Johnson, “The Smashing Machine”
• Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
• Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
• Jeremy Allen White, “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”

• 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”
• Ricky Gervais, “Mortality”
• Sarah Silverman, “Postmortem”

• “Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard”
• “Call Her Daddy”
• “Good Hang With Amy Poehler”
• “The Mel Robbins Podcast”
• “SmartLess”
• “Up First”

• “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
• “F1: The Movie”
• “KPop Demon Hunters”
• “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning”
• “Sinners”
• “Weapons”
• “Wicked: For Good”
• “Zootopia 2”

• Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”
• Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
• Amanda Seyfried, “Long Bright River”
• Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”
• Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”
• Robin Wright, “The Girlfriend”

• “Severance”
• “The White Lotus”
• “The Pitt”
• “The Diplomat”
• “Pluribus”
• “Slow Horses”

• Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
• Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
• Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”
• Jean Smart, “Hacks”
• Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
• Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”

• “Blue Moon”
• “Bugonia”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “No Other Choice”
• “Nouvelle Vague”
• “One Battle After Another”

• 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”

• Emily Blunt, “The Smashing Machine”
• Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
• Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
• Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
• Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”

• “Hamnet”
• “It Was Just An Accident”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “Sentimental Value”
• “Sinners”

• Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
• Britt Lower, “Severance”
• Helen Mirren, “Mobland”
• Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
• Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
• Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”

• “Dream as One,” from "Avatar: Fire and Ash"
• “Golden,” from "KPop Demon Hunters"
• “I Lied to You," from "Sinners"
• “No Place Like Home,” from "Wicked: For Good"
• “The Girl in the Bubble,” from "Wicked: For Good"
• “Train Dreams,” from "Train Dreams"

• Adam Brody, "Nobody Wants This"
• Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Glen Powell, "Chad Powers"
• Seth Rogen, "The Studio"
• Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Jeremy Allen White, "The Bear"

• 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"

• "Arco"
• "Demon Slayer"
• "Elio"
• "KPop Demon Hunters"
• "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain"
• "Zootopia 2"

• Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
• Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
• Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”
• Kangding Ray, “Sirat”
• Max Richter, “Hamnet”
• Hans Zimmer, “F1”

• Carrie Coon, "The White Lotus"
• Erin Doherty, "Adolescence"
• Hannah Einbinder, "Hacks"
• Catherine O'Hara, "The Studio"
• Parker Posey, "The White Lotus"
• Aimee Lou Wood, "The White Lotus" 

• Owen Cooper, "Adolescence"
• Billy Crudup, "The Morning Show"
• Walton Goggins, "The White Lotus"
• Jason Isaacs, "The White Lotus"
• Tramell Tillman, "Severance"
• Ashley Walters, "Adolescence"

• "It Was Just An Accident"
• "Now Other Choice"
• "The Secret Agent"
• "Sentimental Value"
• "Sirat"
• "The Voice of Hind Rajab"

• Benicio del Toro, "One Battle After Another"
• Jacob Ellordi, "Frankenstein"
• Paul Mescal, "Hamnet"
• Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
• Adam Sandler, "Jay Kelly"
• Stellan Skarsgaard, "Sentimental Value"

• "Adolescence"
• "All Her Fault"
• "The Beast in Me"
• "Black Mirror"
• "Dying for Sex"
• "The Girlfriend"

• Sterling K. Brown, "Paradise"
• Diego Luna, "Andor"
• Gary Oldman, "Slow Horses"
• Mark Ruffalo, "Task"
• Adam Scott, "Severance"
• Noah Wyle, "The Pitt"

Hoehne opened the morning by sharing some details about the awards show.

The voting body includes 400 entertainment journalists from 95 countries, she said. KPMG will be the official vote tabulator.

The nominees will be announced in just a few minutes. We’ll have the play-by-play for you here.

In 2024, the Golden Globes unveiled its best cinematic and box office achievement award and best performance in stand-up comedy on television categories.

Now, the show is introducing a best podcast category to "recognize new forms of storytelling," Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne said in a news release.

“Call Her Daddy,” “The Joe Rogan Experience” and “Good Hang With Amy Poehler” are among the 25 eligible contenders. The shortlist was created by the “Globes data partner, Luminate, the entertainment industry’s leading authority on audio analytics and insights," according to a Golden Globes press release.

But since it was unveiled, the category has been met with some backlash, as some of the popular contenders are right-wing hosts. Penske Media Corp., which owns the Globes and several industry trade publications, has also tried to entice eligible podcasters to dish a lot of money to market to Globes voters, according to the Ankler and Status.

The Golden Globes announced that Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker will be honored with the 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award, respectively.

The Carol Burnett Award recognizes contributions to the television industry. Parker, whose most known for her iconic role as sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw on "The Sex and the City," is a six-time Golden Globe winner.

Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker.  Getty Images

Mirren will become the 70th person to be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, which will recognize "her decades of work on screen and in television," the Golden Globes said in its announcement. The acting legend has won three Golden Globes, and has received 17 total nominations.

The two will be celebrated during a separate “Golden Eve” special, which will air Jan. 8 on CBS and stream on Paramount+. The special will be "an exclusive special offering viewers an unprecedented insider’s look at the honorees’ legacy, personal stories, unforgettable Golden Globes moments and curated career retrospectives," Paramount and CBS said in a news release.

Film:

• Best motion picture — drama
• Best motion picture — musical or comedy
• Best motion picture — animated
• Best motion picture — non-English language
• Best director
• Best screenplay
• Best original score
• Best original song
• Best performance by an actor in a motion picture — drama
• Best performance by an actress in a motion picture — drama
• Best performance by an actor in a motion picture — musical or comedy
• Best performance by an actress in a motion picture — musical or comedy
• Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
• Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture
• Outstanding cinematic and box office achievement

TV:

Marlon Wayans is an actor and comedian most know for the series “The Wayans Bros.” and the 2004 film “White Chicks."

Skye P. Marshall is best known for her role in CBS’ legal drama, "Matlock."

The two will announce 17 of the 28 categories this morning.

Nominees in 17 categories will be unveiled during a livestream that will be available on CBSNews.com, CBS News’ YouTube page, app and TikTok channel.

The rest of the nominees will be announced on “CBS Mornings” at 5:30 a.m. PT/8:30 a.m. ET. 

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