Friday, January 23, 2026
98th OSCARS 2026
THE
98TH OSCARS 2026
ABC
SUNDAY
MARCH 15, 2026
5 PM PC / 8 PM ET
HOST CONAN OBRIEN
From the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
RED CARPET
ABC - STARTING AT 3:30 PM PC / 6:30 PM ET
STREAMING
ON VARIETY YOUTUBE AND HULU LIVE AT 6:30
RECORDING
STREAMS ON HULU MONDAY MARCH 16 - IN THE MORNING
Ryan Coogler’s "Sinners" secured a staggering 16 nominations, the most for any single film in the history of the Academy Awards. It broke the long-standing record of 14 held by Titanic, All About Eve, and La La Land. Closely trailing is Paul Thomas Anderson’s "One Battle After Another" with 13 nods
OFFICIAL
OSCAR SITE
IMDB
OSCAR CENTRAL
VARIETY
(click LIVE)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Variety
THE
GOLDEN GLOBES
https://qporit.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-golden-globes-2026.html
NOMINEES
{ bold italics, brackets & GG }.
FILMS
Best Picture
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- { Hamnet — GG
(Drama) }
- Marty Supreme
- { One Battle After Another — GG (Musical or Comedy) }
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Animated Feature Film
- Arco
- Elio
- { KPop Demon Hunters — GG }
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
International Feature Film
- { The Secret Agent (Brazil) — GG }
- It Was Just an Accident (France)
- Sentimental Value (Norway)
- Sirāt (Spain)
- The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Documentary Feature Film
- The Alabama Solution
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting Through Rocks
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary Short Film
- All the Empty Rooms
- Armed Only with a Camera
- Children No More
- The Devil Is Busy
- Perfectly a Strangeness
Animated Short Film
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Retirement Plan
- The Three Sisters
Live Action Short Film
- Butcher’s Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
- The Singers
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
Actor in a Leading Role
- { Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme — GG (Musical or Comedy) }
- Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- { Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent — GG (Drama) }
Actress in a Leading Role
- { Jessie Buckley, Hamnet — GG (Drama) }
- { Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You — GG (Musical or Comedy) }
- Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
- Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
- Emma Stone, Bugonia
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo, Sinners
- Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
- { Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value — GG }
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
- { Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another — GG }
Best Casting (Inaugural
Category)
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sinners
Best Directing
- Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- { Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After
Another — GG }
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Original Screenplay
- Blue Moon
- It Was Just an Accident
- Marty Supreme
- Sentimental Value
- { Sinners — GG }
Adapted Screenplay
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- { One Battle After Another — GG }
- Train Dreams
Original Score
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- One Battle After Another
- { Sinners — GG}
Original Song
- “Dear Me”, Diane Warren: Relentless
- { “Golden”, KPop Demon Hunters — GG }
- “I Lied to You”, Sinners
- “Sweet Dreams of Joy”, Viva Verdi!
- “Train Dreams”, Train Dreams
Cinematography
- Frankenstein
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Film Editing
- F1
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
TECH AND DESIGN
Production Design
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Costume Design
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sinners
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Frankenstein
- Kokuho
- Sinners
- The Smashing Machine
- The Ugly Stepsister
Best Sound
- F1
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirāt
Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- Jurassic World Rebirth
- The Lost Bus
- Sinners
Labels: 98TH, Golden Globes, One Battle After Another, OSCARS 2026, Ryan Coogler, Sinners, Timothee Chalamet
Sunday, January 11, 2026
THE GOLDEN GLOBES 2026
THE GOLDEN GLOBES
Sunday, January 11, 2026.
THE RED CARPET (Digital Pre-Show)
CBS AT 7:00 pm
Variety’s YouTube LIVE channel & FIRE TV
6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT.
THE AWARDS
CBS
&
STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT + FOR SHOWTIME SUBSCRIBERS
8:00 PM ET / 5:00
PM PT.
.
Nikki Glaser made history last year as the first solo female host in the show's history. She returns for her second consecutive year.
Born in 1984, Glaser is a veteran stand-up comedian and actress who has hosted everything from FBoy Island to her own Comedy Central talk show, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser. She is a self-proclaimed "Swiftie" and recently taped a sold-out comedy special for Hulu.
The film side is dominated by Paul Thomas Anderson’s "One
Battle After Another," with 9 nominations, including a Best
Actor nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio. Closely following is the Norwegian
drama "Sentimental Value" with 8 nominations. On the
television side, the third season of "The White Lotus" is the
clear frontrunner with 6 nominations, including multiple nominations for
its supporting cast.
So far, (8:36 PM Jean Smart, last), I do not know why, the last person on each list, alphabetically, has won.
83rd Annual Golden Globes
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Frankenstein (Netflix)
- >> Hamnet (Focus Features)
- It Was Just an Accident (NEON)
- The Secret Agent (NEON)
- Sentimental Value (NEON)
- Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Motion Picture – Musical
or Comedy
- Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Bugonia (Focus Features)
- Marty Supreme (A24)
- No Other Choice (NEON)
- Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)
- >> One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Director – Motion Picture
- >> 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)
- Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Best Performance by an Actress
in a Motion Picture – Drama
- >> Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
- Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
- Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
- Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
- Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
- Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
Best Performance by an Actor in
a Motion Picture – Drama
- 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)
Best Performance by an Actress
in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- >> 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)
Best Performance by an Actor in
a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- >> 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)
Best Performance by a
Supporting Actress in any Motion Picture
- 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)
Best Performance by a
Supporting Actor in any Motion Picture
- Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
- Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
- Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
- Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
- Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
- >> Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
Best Motion Picture – Animated
- Arco
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle
- Elio
- >> KPop Demon Hunters
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Best Motion Picture –
Non-English Language
- It Was Just an Accident (France)
- No Other Choice (South Korea)
- >> The Secret Agent (Brazil)
- Sentimental Value (Norway)
- Sirāt (Spain)
- The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Cinematic and Box Office
Achievement
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- >> Sinners
- Weapons
- Wicked: For Good
- Zootopia 2
Best Screenplay – Motion
Picture
- >> One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)
- Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie)
- Sinners (Ryan Coogler)
- It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)
- Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)
- Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell)
Best Original Score – Motion
Picture
- Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
- >> Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)
- One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
- Sirāt (Kangding Ray)
- Hamnet (Max Richter)
- F1 (Hans Zimmer)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
- “Dream as One” – Avatar: Fire and Ash (Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen)
- “The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz)
- >> “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters (Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy)
- “I Lied to You” – Sinners (Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson)
- “No Place Like Home” – Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz)
- “Train Dreams” – Train Dreams (Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner)
I. TELEVISION CATEGORIES
Best Television Series – Drama
- The Diplomat (Netflix)
- >> The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Pluribus (Apple TV+)
- Severance (Apple TV+)
- Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
- The White Lotus (HBO Max)
Best Television Series –
Musical or Comedy
- Abbott Elementary (ABC)
- The Bear (FX on Hulu)
- Hacks (HBO Max)
- Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
- Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
- >> The Studio (Apple TV+)
Best Limited Series, Anthology
Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
- >> Adolescence
- All Her Fault
- The Beast in Me
- Black Mirror
- Dying for Sex
- The Girlfriend
Best Performance by an Actress
in a Television Series – Drama
- Kathy Bates (Matlock)
- Britt Lower (Severance)
- Helen Mirren (Mobland)
- Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
- Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
- >> Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)
Best Performance by an Actor in
a Television Series – Drama
- Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
- Diego Luna (Andor)
- Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
- Mark Ruffalo (Task)
- Adam Scott (Severance)
- >> Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
Best Performance by an Actress
in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
- Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
- Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
- Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
- Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
- >> Jean Smart (Hacks)
Best Performance by an Actor in
a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- 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)
Best Performance by an Actress
in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for TV
- 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)
Best Performance by an Actor in
a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for TV
- Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)
- >> Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
- Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
- Jude Law (Black Rabbit)
- Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)
Best Performance in Stand-Up
Comedy on Television
- >> Ricky Gervais (Mortality)
- Brett Goldstein (The Second Best Night of Your Life)
- Kevin Hart (Acting My Age)
- Kumail Nanjiani (Night Thoughts)
- Sarah Silverman (Postmortem)
also...
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
>> Owen Cooper - Adolescence
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
>> Hannah Einbinder - Hacks
Best Podcast (Inaugural
Category)
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Call Her Daddy
- >> Good Hang with Amy Poehler
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- SmartLess
- Up First (NPR)
The 2026 Special Honorary Awards
This year, the Golden Globes introduced "Golden Eve," a separate primetime special (aired Jan 8) to dedicate more time to these legends.
The Cecil B. DeMille Award (Film): Helen Mirren. Presented by her 1923 co-star Harrison Ford, Mirren was honored for a lifetime of daring performances, from The Queen to her current role in MobLand.
The Carol Burnett Award (TV): Sarah Jessica Parker. Presented by her husband Matthew Broderick, Parker was celebrated for her indelible impact on television history, specifically her decade-defining role as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City.
The Omar Sharif Award: Hend Sabry. A new international honor recognizing significant contributions to Arab cinema.
The Golden Globes Horizon Award: Alia Bhatt. Honoring a rising global star who has made a significant impact on the international stage.
Official Golden Globes Site
Red Carpet Stream
VarietyYouTube (LIVE)
Official Streaming Platform
Labels: Amanda Seyfried, avatar, Blue Moon, Emma Stone, Frankenstein, Golden Globes 2026, Hamnet, Julia Roberts, Michael B Jordan, Nouvelle Vague
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JACK SMITH'S TESTIMONY ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S ACTIONS RELATED TO CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD
JACK SMITH'S testimony before the House Judiciary Committee was made public on New Year's Eve. In the testimony he says that in his opinion he had evidence beyond a reasonable doubt of possibly criminal acts by Donald Trump in connection with Trump's claims of election fraud, and the events on January 6.
Here is a link to the testimony:
TESTIMONY
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26450308-jack-smith-deposition/
Labels: Donald Trump, fraud, Jack Smith
Thursday, November 13, 2025
LINKS TO THE EPSTEIN MATERIALS RELEASED BY THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
The Epstein information released by the House Oversight Committee can be found HERE:
To get to the documents from this page, look at "The documents can be found here.
That will take you where you can look through them yourself HERE:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hTNH5woIRio578onLGElkTWofUSWRoH_
Labels: Epstein. House Oversight Committee
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
THE NEW SAMSUNG GALAXY XR HEADSET LOOKS TERRIFIC!
The new Samsung Galaxy XR headset with Android XR operating system (SGAXR) looks terrific from the demo presentation. It is at least $1,000 cheaper than the AVP. It comes with 256 GB, considerable software, and a a free year of Google AI Pro and YouTube Premium; plus a few other introductory free or inexpensive content packages.
I have not had a chance to test it. It is available for order today in the US & South Korea. Delivery should be about a week. Demos are available at Samsung stores.
https://www.samsung.com/us/
SPECS
256 GB Storage
6.3‑micron pixel pitch
95% DCI‑P3
Refresh rates: 60 Hz, 72 Hz (Default), 90 Hz (Up to, upon service request)
Field of View: 109 degrees horizontal and 100 degrees vertical
18 mm / F2.0
6.5 MP*
* Resolution may vary depending on use case.
Six World-facing tracking cameras
Four Eye-tracking Cameras
Five Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs)
One Depth sensor
One Flicker sensor
* Use iris recognition to unlock the device and to enter passwords in certain apps.
Six Microphones array
- Multiple microphones among the six microphones support beamforming feature depending on the use case
Audio Playback
- Codec : MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/ AAC+/ eAAC+, Vorbis, FLAC, Opus, Dolby Digital (AC3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) , Dolby ATMOS (E-AC3 JOC, AC4)
Video Playing Resolution
UHD 8K (7680 x 4320)@60fps
Video Playback (Supports HDR10 and HLG)
- Codec : H.263, H.264, HEVC, MV-HEVC, MPEG-4, VC-1, VP8, VP9, AV1
Video watching up to 2.5 hours
Galaxy XR can be used while charging the battery
Bluetooth 5.4 (Up to)
Vision Correction
Galaxy XR supports vision correction through separately purchasable optical-inserts
Weight may vary depending on whether light shield is attached or not.
Separate battery weighs 0.67 lb
Labels: 3D camera, eXtended Reality, Galaxy XR, HMD, immersion, SAMSUNG, XR
