Hollywood's awards season ramps up today as nominations for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards are revealed, spotlighting blockbuster musical sequel Wicked: For Good, historical drama Hamnet, and supernatural thriller Sinners as frontrunners.
Other buzzworthy titles include Paul Thomas Anderson's intense black comedy One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and Josh Safdie's sports dramedy Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The January 11, 2026, ceremony—hosted once again by Nikki Glaser on CBS—remains a crucial Oscar predictor, thanks to its split drama and comedy/musical categories that broaden the nominee pool.
"This year's headline is: Comedy is where the drama is," noted Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis, pointing to a stacked comedy/musical field featuring Wicked: For Good, One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, and acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos's apocalyptic satire Bugonia.
Lanthimos, the Athens-born auteur known for his sharp, surreal black comedies, teams again with frequent collaborator Emma Stone in Bugonia, a remake of the 2003 South Korean cult hit Save the Green Planet!. The film follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap a pharmaceutical CEO (Stone), convinced she's an alien bent on destroying Earth. Jesse Plemons co-stars, delivering a standout performance alongside Stone, both tipped for acting nods.
Premiering to acclaim at the Venice Film Festival—where it earned a nearly seven-minute ovation—Bugonia marks Lanthimos's fourth collaboration with Stone, following The Favourite (2018), Poor Things (2023, which won two Globes, including Best Musical/Comedy Picture), and Kinds of Kindness (2024). Filmed partly on the stunning Sarakiniko Beach in Milos, Greece (after permission was denied for the Acropolis), the movie blends dark humor, sci-fi elements, and social commentary on corporate greed and modern paranoia.
With a budget of $45-55 million—his most expensive yet—Bugonia continues Lanthimos's hot streak at awards, building on previous Globe nominations for direction and screenplays.
Drama heavyweights include Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, exploring Shakespeare's family tragedy; Ryan Coogler's box-office smash Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan as twins facing evil in the segregated 1930s South; and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
Television contenders feature Emmy standouts like Severance, The Pitt, The Studio, Hacks, and limited series Adolescence.
Marlon Wayans and Skye P. Marshall announce nominees from 1315 GMT, setting the stage for an unpredictable race.
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