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Hollywood’s awards season got underway Sunday with the 83rd Golden Globe Awards.

Comedian Nikki Glaser returned for a second year to host the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. It’s a Champagne-soaked party featuring some of the biggest names in film and television, even if the awards won’t exactly forecast the Oscars.

“One Battle After Another,” which topped the list of nominations with nine, took best motion picture, musical or comedy, and “Hamnet” won the title of best motion picture, drama. Other big winners included limited series “Adolescence," TV series “The Pitt," and animated movie “KPop Demon Hunters.” Amy Poehler's “Good Hang” was first to win best podcast, a new award rolled out this year.

The Globes was broadcast on CBS and is available to stream through Paramount+.

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The Golden Globes don’t have an in memoriam segment, and the telecast featured no tributes to the Hollywood luminaries lost last year, like Robert Redford, Diane Keaton or Rob Reiner.

But as she bade farewell, host Nikki Glaser donned a “Spinal Tap” black baseball cap — a tribute to Reiner, who directed the film and last year’s sequel. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reine, were found dead last month in a stabbing that’s cast a pall over Hollywood.

“I love the book but I thought there was really only one filmmaker on the face of the planet who could tell the story,” Steven Spielberg said of the film's director, Chloé Zhao.

Spielberg accepted the “Hamnet” Globe for best picture drama, because he’s a producer on the film — same as the Oscars, that’s who the trophy goes to.

Paul Mescal told Zhao that the most important part of being an artist is learning to be vulnerable enough to be seen and how to give yourself wholly to the world.

“Even the parts of ourselves that we’re ashamed of, that we’re afraid of, that are imperfect. So the people that we speak to, they can also learn to see themselves and fully accept themselves,” Zhao said.

“You see?” he said after coming onstage and greeting the crowd with clunky French.

It was an allusion to his recent attainment of French citizenship, which the government of France defended. While language skills are generally a requirement — Clooney has said he speaks “horrible, horrible” French — the Foreign Ministry said the Clooneys were eligible for citizenship under a French law that allows for the naturalization of foreign nationals who contribute to France’s international influence and economic well-being.

Producer Sara Murphy said “One Battle After Another” was "one of the the most incredible filmmaking experiences."

“What a feast for us all,” she said. “Thank you to the cast.”

And the award's presenter, Julia Roberts, took the stage to a standing ovation.

Moura toasted those “sticking to their values.”

“‘The Secret Agent’ is a film about memory, or the lack of memory. And generational trauma. I think that if trauma can be passed along generations, values can too. So this is to the ones that are sticking with their values in difficult moments,” he said.

There’s still four awards left, but Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell and Keegan-Michael Key are making their way out before them.

“It was an extraordinary set to be part of because we were telling the story of probably the most famous Brit that ever lived, and we had a Chinese director, a lot of Irish, mostly Polish crew," Buckley said.

Unlike the Golden Globes of “The Studio” universe, the character played by Ike Barinholtz went unthanked even when the Apple TV series won the award.

“Adolescence” co-creator Jack Thorne paid tribute to the show’s young as he accepted its fourth Globe of the night.

“Some think that our show is about how you should be frightened of young people,” Thorne, 47, said. “It is not. It is about the filth and the debris we have laid in their path."

He then thanked all the kids from the show and said “you are proof the world can be better. Removing hate is our generation’s responsibility. It requires thought from the top down. The possibility seems remote right now, but hope is a beautiful thing.”

Entertainment news junkies might recognize the distinctive voice announcing tonight’s awards alongside Entertainment Now’s Kevin Frazier. That would be Marc Malkin, Variety’s senior culture and events editor.

The red carpet veteran is known to generate online reaction with sometimes uncomfortable questions, which are often clipped into viral videos. He recently drew backlash for asking Janelle James to share what goes through her head when she sees “Heated Rivalry” actor Connor Storrie in real life considering his steamy scenes on the queer romance show. Storrie was standing right next to James.

Winners arriving backstage are being handed a Golden Globe plucked from a black case sitting on a small table. When they come off the stage after talking to the media, the trophy goes back in the case to await the next winner.

A late and lamented California fast casual chain with a zany name got a name-drop from the stage.

“Queen Latifah, I met you about 20 years ago between jobs at a Koo Koo Roo and you were SO nice,” Rhea Seehorn said after Latifah presented her best female actor in a TV drama.

At its peak, Koo Koo Roo, which served grilled chicken and other mostly healthy fare, had dozens of stores in California, Nevada and Florida, but the last one closed in 2014.

There’s still a vague legal haze hanging over the Golden Globes as it rebuilds its reputation after lawsuits and scandals.

Reports in July from outlets including The Ankler, the Hollywood and The New York Times said final approval of the 2023 sale of the Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to Dick Clark Productions, a property of Penske Media and Eldridge Industries, had been gummed up by objections from members of the old organization.

The Globes have been functioning fine with a preliminary approval of the deal, but three years later the deal is still apparently in need of a final OK from California’s attorney general because it involves a transition from nonprofit into for-profit. The attorney general’s office didn’t reply to a request for comment from The Associated Press this week on the status of the deal.

The show's creator and executive producer R. Scott Gemmill talked about the power of cinema.

“We live in a very divided country in a world right now, but I think cinema — and I call TV ‘cinema,’ too — brings us all together, not only as an audience, but as a community," he said.

“My tireless crew, thank you,” she said. “They had my back every single night when the sun was coming up.”

Glen Powell chatted up Seth Rogen, hopefully about a guest spot on “The Studio.”

Jennifer Lawrence made her way to the bar area where she hugged Jeremy Allen White before finding Emma Stone, who put down her white wine and took her friend’s face in her hands. They fluffed their hair when a photographer asked for a photo before they decided to take their own selfie as well.

Kirsten Dunst spotted Lawrence nearby too, telling Mona Fastvold and Zoë Kravitz that she just wanted to say hi. Jesse Plemons soon arrived with three drinks to dole out. One was not for Lawrence, who went to stand in line for the bar.

While Gervais missed the Globes this year, the stand-up comedy performance winner has hosted five times, often using the opportunity to poke fun at Hollywood’s liberal elite.

“I love you for not being here,” said Wanda Sykes, introducing the category.

“If you win, I get to accept the award on your behalf,” she added. “And you’re gonna thank God — and the trans community.”

“Heated Rivalry” stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams leaned into their breakout star status, with Storrie playing up the nerves as he strolled shakily onstage to help announce the winner for female supporting actor in a television series.

“Just take a deep breath and picture everyone in the audience ... you know,” Williams suggested, omitting “naked” from his advice.

“I don’t really know if that works, considering everyone’s seen us ... you know,” Storrie responded, referring to their show’s explicit sex scenes.

Director Kleber Mendonça Filho describes his film as an unusual blockbuster made in his home country.

“I’d love to say hello to everybody watching in Brazil — Hello, Brazil,” said Filho.

“This is a very important moment in time in history to be making films. Here in the U.S. and in Brazil,” he said.

Last year, the Brazilian film “I’m Still Here” won best foreign film and best actress in a drama motion picture at the Globes.

Filho was the first victim of being played off. Despite not having a noticeably long speech, was subjected to swelling orchestral music as he delivered his acceptance speech. There is less than an hour left in the telecast and 10 categories still to go.

The tables turned on Nikki Glaser for a moment, when Judd Apatow took the stage to present best director.

“Nikki Glaser used to be our babysitter,” he said. “That’s true. She was our babysitter. And she’s like, ‘I do standup comedy.’ And then I went online to watch her set and it was all about smoking reefer and having weird sex and then she stopped being our babysitter.”

Not for winning a Golden Globe but for meeting Snoop Dogg: “He shook my hand and he looked me right in the eyes — couldn’t see his eyes because he had his glasses on — and said, ‘You’re a motherf-----’ gangster,” Graham said backstage. “My life is complete.”

Director Maggie Kang said “through this film we really wanted to depict female characters the way that we know women, which is really strong and bold, really silly and weird, really hungry for food and sometimes really thirsty.”

Anderson gave a special thanks to Warner Bros.’ Mike De Luca.

“He came into my life, he wanted to be my champion, and he single handedly has supported me and the movies that I wanted to make,” he said.

The married filmmaking couple Mary Bronstein and Ronald Bronstein got thanked in back-to-back speeches.

Rose Byrne opened her acceptance for best female actor in a musical or comedy for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” by saying, “I share this with Mary Bronstein, my writer-director … you’re just the best.”

Then moments later, when Timothée Chalamet won the male equivalent, he gave a shout to “Ronnie” Bronstein, who co-wrote “Marty Supreme” with Josh Safdie.

Seth Rogen treated himself to what looked like a very dirty martini after his win.

Fashion standout Duke McCloud, 6, tried the sushi, his mom confirms. “He thought it was OK.”

Lisa Ann Walter complimented Duke for being so good at the show because, she said, “I’m bored out of my mind.”

Ryan Coogler, the film’s director, said that amid filming in the ‘dog days of summer’ that he would say, “Hey, big movie people gonna see this in big theater. We didn’t know that they would show up. And we want to say thank you that they did. It meant the world to us.”

Hailee Steinfeld was onstage with her winning team — “Sinners” — hours after her husband had a big playoff win with his (Josh Allen, the Buffalo Bills).

Stephen Graham won best performance by a male actor in the category, and Michelle William best performance by a female actor.

Williams' win marked the first no-show of the night. Her Golden Globe was accepted by the presenters.

Ariana Grande led a glamorous train to the ladies room, telling Jessie Buckley and Renate Reinsve to “hold on to me!”

The three made a brief stop to say hi to Tessa Thompson before reaching their destination. In the line for the toilets, Grande sighed, “Phew we made it,” holding up her voluminous gown as best she could. When someone still stepped on it, she said, “No, I’m the problem!”

Chalamet thanked his dad for teaching him gratitude.

“It’s allowed me to leave this ceremony in the past, empty handed, my head held high, grateful to just be here. I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments didn’t make this moment that much sweeter,” he said.

The partner he sent love to was one Kylie Jenner.

“This is such a shock,” she said.

She later said: “We shot this movie in 25 days for like $8.50. Thank you so much. This is like a tiny film, so this is a huge thing to be up here.”

She said her parents bought Paramount+ for tonight and thanked husband Bobby Cannavale, who was at a reptile expo in New Jersey instead of the Globes.

The Golden Globes’ definition of what qualifies as a “comedy or musical” can be at times confusing. According to the Golden Globes’ official rules and guidelines, there is no set definition of a “comedy,” but “a musical can be a comedy or a drama in which songs are used in addition to spoken dialogue to further the plot.”

That looseness is how you end up with Amanda Seyfried nominated in the comedy/musical category for the decidedly dramatic “The Testament of Ann Lee,” but find Jeremy Allen White in the drama category for the music-filled “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

Anderson ‘stole a lotta words’ for his screenplay, including from Nina Simone.

“We’re magpies,” he said. “We steal all the bits and pieces that everybody says as best we can.”

The Golden Globes telecast cut to commercials after the original song award, but onstage, the show went on. Ludwig Göransson won best score for “Sinners,” but viewers at home didn’t get to see his speech.

Backstage, the show acted like it was cutting to commercials and then abruptly went back to the presenters. It went to break after his speech. It’s unclear why it was cut from the telecast.

When the show returned from break, host Nikki Glaser parodied “Golden” before being cut off by Fran Drescher.

Ejae, the song's singer, said the award goes to those who have had doors closed on them.

“When I was a little girl, I worked tirelessly for 10 years to fulfill one dream, to become a K-pop idol, and I was rejected and disappointed.”

The “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack has topped the charts — debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Soundtracks chart and No. 8 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

Snoop Dog says he is “high as a,” — well, it was bleeped, moments before giving Amy Poehler her award.

“This is exactly how I pictured this, Snoop giving me the award,” Poehler said moments later.

“This is an attempt to try to make a very rough and unkind world filled with a little bit more love and laughter," Poehler said of her podcast.

Poehler beat out her ex-husband Will Arnett. The two divorced a decade ago, but have publicly supported each other’s podcasts.

After Stellan Skarsgård’s win, Sean Penn beelined to the “Sentimental Value” table to give Renate Reinsve a big hug, while Megan Everett-Skarsgård celebrated with Elle Fanning.

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons held court in the bar area. She was halfway through pouring herself a cup of coffee when she paused. “I don’t even want this,” she laughed, “do you?” Just then Paul Mescal made his way into the side room and struck up a conversation with them.

Emma Stone beelined to the side room after the first award, leading her “Bugonia” director Yorgos Lanthimos and co-star Alicia Silverstone along with her. Stone and Lanthimos were deep in conversation, with brief interruptions requesting selfies.

“We just pretended to do this and now it’s happening,” Seth Rogen said as he accepted the Golden Globe from Zoe Kravitz and Dave Franco, who performed alongside him in The Studio.

He thanked his co-performers — including Ted Sarandos, who cameoed in a Golden Globes-centered episode — but not Sal Saperstein.

Sal Saperstein was the folk hero of the last Golden Globes — in the universe of “The Studio.” Played by Ike Barinholtz, the studio executive was thanked in seemingly every speech during an episode of the Apple TV comedy set at the Globes, much to the chagrin of his boss.

Cooper said he was the only boy in his drama classes.

“I took a risk, and I went to drama classes. I was the only boy there. It was embarrassing, but you know, I got through it,” the 16-year-old said.

The 'Hacks' actor has won four Emmys, now three Golden Globes and three Actor Awards, formerly SAG Awards.

“What can I say? I’m a greedy b----,” she said, later adding: “I cannot tell you I have the best bosses. I have the best showrunners. I have the best cast."

She’s also among the celebrities who donned anti-ICE pins in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis.

Wyle said he grew up in a family that supported art.

The Dr. Robby actor says his family placed “a high priority on art and on curiosity and on service.”

Skarsgard shouted out his children for teaching him about fatherhood.

“I am playing a father that is a bad father, and my children have told me what a bad father really is,” he said.

Taylor said she almost didn't write a speech.

“I just didn’t think I would get this,” she said, through tears, after showing off her “party in the back” dress.

Teyana Taylor also shouted out Black and brown girls in her acceptance speech:

“To my brown sisters and little brown girls watching tonight, our softness is not a liability,” she said.

Amanda Seyfried is nominated for her leading turn in “The Testament of Ann Lee.” The musical is based on a real-life woman: Ann Lee, known to followers as ever-blessed Mother Ann, was an 18th century Englishwoman who reported revelations from God and led a new religious movement that eventually was named the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. It was marked by strict celibacy and ecstatic worship, with physical jerks and trembling that gave the movement its common name, the Shakers.

Lee and a handful of early followers took a harrowing sea voyage to America, where they set up their first settlement in upstate New York during the 1770s. They embarked on numerous missionary journeys in the Northeast, gaining many converts amid a larger atmosphere of religious revivalism — even while being brutally attacked by mobs. After her death in 1784, the movement continued to spread.

Nikki Glaser opened her monologue by saying, “The Golden Globes: without a doubt the most important thing that’s happening in the world right now!” She followed it with “we’ll start the bidding for Warner Bros. at $5.”

She also handed out a set of her own Golden Globes: Best editing: Justice Department, alluding to the Epstein list. Most editing: CBS News, taking a shot at the host network’s news department under new editor Bari Weiss.

“Yes, CBS News: America’s newest place to see BS news," she said.

And, of course, she made an obligatory Leonardo DiCaprio girlfriends joke:

“I mean, countless iconic performances. You’ve worked with every great director. You’ve won three Golden Globes and an Oscar. And the most impressive thing is that you were able to accomplish all of that before your girlfriend turned 30.”

The Globes bill itself as a giant party — and what’s a party without nourishment and libations? (It is quite literally 5 p.m. somewhere — in Beverly Hills.) Chef Nobu Matsuhisa is helming the menu for the third year in a row. Here’s what guests will get inside the ballroom:

DINNER: A selection of highlights from the chef’s eponymous restaurants — yellowtail jalapeno, a caviar cup, lobster salad with a spicy lemon dressing, different types of nigiri and, of course, miso black cod.

DESSERT: White chocolate mousse, pistachio sponge and ceremonial matcha cake accompanied by a “Golden Nobu” coin, per a press release.

DRINKS: Taking its boozy reputation seriously, the Globes have designated an official Champagne: Moët & Chandon. Guests will have two choices — Moët Impérial and Moët Rosé Impérial — described as “perfectly paired” with Matsuhisa’s menu. They also have an official water, supplied by Saratoga Spring Water.

If the stars’ individually plated meals sound good to you, the Globes is touting a to-go package from Nobu locations in New York and LA. The promotion ends today and will run you $125. (They’re also running an $83 in-house, themed lobster special. Gold leaf is involved.)

Warner Bros. Discovery might be facing a sale that’s left the entertainment industry fraught with anxiety, but its awards season hopes are off to a good start.

It ranks second behind independent label Neon in total motion picture nominations. HBO Max, its subsidiary, trails only Netflix in total television/podcast nominations.

Here’s how the three companies — Warner Bros., Netflix and Paramount — at the heart of Hollywood’s latest studio consolidation battle compare tonight:

MOTION PICTURE

1. Warner Bros. Pictures: 16

2. Netflix: 13

3. Paramount Pictures: 1

TELEVISION/PODCAST

4. HBO Max (WBD): 15

5. Netflix: 22

6. Paramount+ and CBS:2 (1 each)

Kylie Jenner has been spotted inside the ballroom. Like last year, she didn’t walk the red carpet alongside her nominated date, Timothée Chalamet.

Mexican actor Diego Luna said that while the Star Wars prequel series “Andor” contains references to the past, it’s useful for the present.

“As an actor, as a filmmaker, I get involved in projects that matter to me, that say things I believe need to be said,” he said. “‘Andor’ was one of those.”

Luna is nominated for best male actor in a drama.

Hudson, who is nominated for best female actor in a musical/comedy, finds that many of this year’s films — including her own, “Song Sung Blue” — are about dreamers. She reflected on her own childhood experience of locking herself in her bedroom, talking in the mirror and pretending to play different characters.

“I think people need that right now,” Hudson said. “So many things have become so cynical. And we are our own narrator to our life.”

Some of the entertainment industry’s biggest players are competing for much more than a statuette this awards season. Tonight, they’re doing it on one company’s home turf.

The elephant in the ballroom is sure to be the dueling bids for Warner Bros. Discovery, which is behind some of this year’s leading contenders with films “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” as well as TV hit “The White Lotus.”

Netflix and Paramount have each made offers for the storied Hollywood studio. But Warner Bros. this week again rejected Paramount’s $77.9 billion hostile takeover of the entire company, urging shareholders to back its $72 billion deal with Netflix for its streaming and studio business.

Whether Paramount gains ownership over its rival’s extensive content library remains to be seen. But, at the least, company executives will have cinephiles’ eyeballs tonight: The Golden Globes are televised live on Paramount-owned CBS.

Per the Globes themselves, 27. They range from rising actors like Chase Infiniti, nominated for “One Battle After Another,” to longstanding entertainers like Bill Maher, nominated for his comedy special.

The other new nominees: Aimee Lou Wood, Ashley Walters, Britt Lower, Carrie Coon, Charlie Hunnam, Dwayne Johnson, Erin Doherty, Eva Victor, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Jacob Elordi, Jessie Buckley, Kevin Hart, Kumail Nanjiani, Lee Byung-Hun, Michael B. Jordan, Owen Cooper, Paul Mescal, Rashida Jones, Renate Reinsve, Rhea Seehorn, Stephen Graham, Tessa Thompson, Teyana Taylor, Tramell Tillman and Walton Goggins.

Noah Wyle says watchers of “The Pitt” are right to be concerned that his character Dr. Robby doesn’t wear a helmet as he rides his motorcycle to the ER on the Season 2 premiere.

“There’s nothing arbitrary about the way we do the show, everything’s pretty specific, and that was a very specific decision that we made to have him riding with the helmet on his backpack but not on his head, telling everybody he wears one but we all know that he isn’t,” Wyle said.

Then he added this bit of intrigue: “That calls into question just about everything he says and does all season and what we can believe.”

Ariana Grande’s Glinda pink took the night off. With her signature ponytail high, the “Wicked: For Good” nominee walked the carpet in black. Granted, it was black in a Glinda-worthy ball gown silhouette.

The “Before Sunrise” director has two films nominated for best musical/comedy film: “Blue Moon,” which follows legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart on the opening night of his longtime collaborator Richard Rodgers’ new hit musical, and “Nouvelle Vague,” an ode to French New Wave that dramatizes the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless.”

Richard Linklater described the movies as “bookends” about “two really unique artists at really crucial moments in their lives.”

“One’s kind of an enthusiastic, passionate, exuberant beginning of a career and one’s kind of a sad end to a career,” he told AP.

And, speaking of artists at crucial moments in their lives, none other than Glen Powell surprised the “Hit Man” director mid-interview to say “there is no happier place for me than a Richard Linklater set.”

Nobu Matsuhisa is the official chef for the Golden Globes for the third year straight.

Last year, speaking ahead of the release of the documentary “Nobu,” he revealed his advice to young people faced with adversity: ”Don’t give up. Just don’t forget about the ambitions, passions and go step by step.”

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Victor, who directed, wrote and starred in “Sorry Baby,” is looking forward to the next project.

“This is so busy and so loud and so intense,” Victor said on the red carpet. “I think writers are kind of in need of quiet and space and time and not any noise. I look forward to, after all the celebrating, going back into my little hole and dreaming.”

Victor is nominated for best female actor in a drama motion picture.

The kernels of the film were planted in the Iranian director’s head during his time as a political prisoner, though he said his experience paled in comparison to others'.

“I did not go through anything in particular, any particular hardship, compared to my fellow prisoners,” Jafar Panahi said through a translator.

Hundreds of Iranians have been killed as the government attempts to squash protests demanding a regime change.

The dissident Iranian director is one of today’s most renowned international filmmakers. But unlike others, Jafar Panahi is facing a yearlong prison sentence and two-year travel ban for “propaganda activities” against the Iranian government.

It’s not his first time; he’s been jailed for his work before in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, and was banned from making movies in Iran until 2023.

But he made films anyway, and his time in the prison system inspired his latest film, “It Was Just an Accident,” which has already snagged awards, including Cannes’ prized Palme d’Or.

The film is nominated for four Golden Globe awards: best drama, director, screenplay and foreign-language film.

The ballroom is open and “Sinners” stars Li Jun Li and Jayme Lawson arrived together early at the “Sinners” table and were quickly served some Nobu.

The evening’s host, Nikki Glaser, began her likely multi-change fashion marathon in Zuhair Murad. Her satin, blush-pink gown was strapless with a draped corset bodice and a sweetheart neckline. The look had a voluminous skirt and hails from the Zuhair Murad Resort ready-to-wear collection.

Traditionally, hosts change clothes often. Last year, Glaser changed at least seven times.

The idea for the pins began with a late-night text exchange earlier this week between Nelini Stamp, with the group Working Families Power, and Jess Morales Rocketto, the executive director of a Latino advocacy group called Maremoto.

“There is a longstanding tradition of people who create art taking a stand for justice in moments,” Stamp said. “We’re going to continue that tradition.”

The two organizers began calling up the celebrities and influencers they knew, who in turn brought their campaign to the more prominent figures in their circles.

Allies of their movement have been attending the “fancy events” that take place in the days leading up to the Golden Globes, according to Stamp. They’re passing out the pins at parties and distributing them to neighbors who will be attending the ceremony.

▶Read more about the anti-ICE pins

After filming “Marty Supreme,” Kevin O’Leary says he would like to star in the next James Bond movie.

“I want to be the bad guy in Bond,” he said. “Nobody can do it the way I can. And I want Bond to be a woman this time.”

Mark Ruffalo is wearing a pin saying “BE GOOD” on the red carpet.

The emblem, part of the #BeGood campaign, references the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration officer in Minneapolis last week. According to a news release, the pins also pay tribute to Keith Porter, who was fatally shot in Los Angeles by an off-duty ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.

The campaign was organized by a group of entertainment industry professionals with support from groups Working Families Power and Maremoto.

Wagner Moura, a best actor nominee for Brazil’s “The Secret Agent” says speaking out about politics is risky for an entertainer, but feels like a necessity.

“In order to do that you have to be very aware that sometimes you have to pay the price, but I’m willing to,” he said. “I’m a very political person, I think politically, I like to make political films. ‘The Secret Agent’ is one of those.”

“It would be weird for me to work as a political artist and then shy away from saying what I think,” he said.

“I’m getting a lot of direct messages from vampires,” he said. “Finally, a film where the vampire is respected.”

In the film, O’Leary portrays a successful businessman who described himself as a vampire born in the 17th century. The strikingly absurd quote is a memorable moment in the film.

Wunmi Mosaku of “Sinners” wore stunning bright yellow to announce news of her pregnancy. She cradled her bump as she made her way up the stairs. In a Vogue essay, she celebrates her pregnancy and her Nigerian culture, explaining that in Yoruba, “we say Iya ni Wúrà.” It means “mother is golden.” When she saw sketches of her custom yellow Matthew Reisman gown, “I knew it was the right dress and the right moment.”

Mosaku is Nigerian British with an American husband who stays out of the spotlight.

Actor Delroy Lindo didn’t have much time to rehearse the three-page monologue before filming. But the magic came out while shooting the scene.

“As we filmed, the more conversant one became with the moment,” he said. “It was one of those situations that became more and more full, and the fact that it lands on you, as the audience, spiritually, is beautiful for me to hear.”

The film has a slew of nominations, including best drama motion picture, best director and best screenplay.

Kevin O’Leary, the businessman-turned-TV personality who starred as Milton Rockwell in “Marty Supreme,” said the role was written with him in mind.

O’Leary recalled director Josh Safdie saying to him: “We wrote this part, Milton Rockwell, he’s a real a-hole, and I think you’re the guy.”

After reading the script, O’Leary agreed. “I really felt that I’m that guy,” he said.

Presenter Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Jonas Brothers member Nick Jonas posed for cameras not long after celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary. She was dressed in a midnight blue tiered gown with a waist sash. He picked a traditional black tux.

Jonas shared a photo on Instagram Dec. 1 of Chopra in a red bikini with the words: “7 years married to my dream girl.”

A massive construction project across from the main driveway of the Beverly Hilton hotel has upended the Golden Globes.

Instead of walking down the red-carpeted driveway and into the lobby, the starry attendees are stepping onto an oxblood carpet, which is fully enclosed for the first time and set up along Wilshire Boulevard, which is shut down for the awards.

There are stairs to contend with as A-listers make their way, including what’s being called the golden ascent, a staircase designed to mimic a film reel as it unspools.

If they survive the gauntlet, the celebs will find a meal from tony Nobu, a celebrity haunt known for its Japanese-Peruvian fusion cuisine, waiting on their plates in the International Ballroom. It’s practically comfort food for Kylie Jenner, whose family are regulars at the Malibu location.

The construction causing all the changes is a $10 billion mixed-use development featuring two luxury residential towers, a hotel, shopping and restaurants. For years, that property was a giant hole after a department store was shuttered and torn down.

Brittany Snow says she has mixed feelings about the arc of her character, Sophie O’Neil, on “The Hunting Wives.”

She says they are about to start shooting the fifth episode of Season 2 of the Netflix show.

“I wish that Sophie made better choices,” Snow said. “But we love to watch her make bad choices.”

She added, “I love playing a character like that. I can’t tell you that she’s the most altruistic human, but what fun would that be?”

That grand, Met Gala-esque staircase was only for the stars. The non-famous entered through another, ground level entrance.

“Don’t worry,” a staffer told a disappointed guest. “There’s a place to get your photo at the end too.”

Park Chan-wook, director of “No Other Choice” said he originally wrote the film for an American audience. Only recently did he decide to develop the piece as a Korean film, he said.

“I think, in turn, it improved the movie and the screenplay, because before then, we weren’t able to incorporate the AI technology element into the movie,” he said through a translator, while wearing Saint Laurent.

Park’s film is nominated for best motion picture for a musical or comedy. It is also nominated for best non-English motion picture.

Kaouther Ben Hania, director of “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” said the reception of her film has restored her faith in art.

“Many people told me, ‘This movie changed me,’” she said. “People in the beginning are afraid to watch it, but once they see the voice and hear the voice of Hind Rajab, this movie affects them and changes them.”

The movie includes an audio recording of the 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab before she was killed by Israeli forces in 2024. It’s nominated for best non-English motion picture.

“Sinners” director Ryan Coogler said he’s “married to cinema, and this movie felt like I was renewing my vows.” Chase Infiniti woke up to a dead phone the morning she was nominated for “One Battle After Another.”

Maggie O’Farrell, author of “Hamnet” and co-nominated for the adaptation’s screenplay, says the film “feels not like my child, more like a kind of niece or nephew.” And for “Sentimental Value” director Joachim Trier, it was time for some Champagne.

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University of California and Simi Valley police and bomb-sniffing dogs of no obvious, immediate affiliation were on hand to help monitor vehicles dropping off guests, involving a labyrinthine route that might befuddle even the most seasoned Angeleno, accessible only to those traveling east.

The Golden Globes has also chosen a harrowing staircase climb for its celebrity guests, flanked by photographers on both sides. The setup is not unlike the daunting Grand Staircase for the Met Gala.