The Golden Globe Awards stirred mixed reactions with a low-key tribute to Rob Reiner, just a month after the comedy legend and his wife, Michele, were tragically murdered.

As Hollywood remains gripped by the unfolding case—where their son Nick is set to face trial for the killings—viewers eagerly anticipated how the awards show would honor the director behind classics like “When Harry Met Sally….”

Audiences had to wait until the ceremony’s finale, where host Nikki Glaser paid homage to Reiner with a nod to his first directorial effort, “This Is Spinal Tap.”

Glaser donned a black and white Spinal Tap baseball cap paired with a coordinating outfit—a sleek black dress accented with silver trim—while referencing the iconic film line, describing the evening as having “gone to 11.”

While some viewers appreciated the subtle tribute, others felt it was an insufficient acknowledgment for such a significant loss.

One fumed on X: ‘”this one went to 11″ the most tepid Rob Reiner tribute imaginable. literally a room full of people who knew him and that’s what they did.’

The Golden Globe Awards polarized audiences with its subtle tribute to Rob Reiner, just four weeks after the comedy icon was murdered with his wife Michele

Reiner, 78, and Michele, 70, were found stabbed to death December 14 at their $13.5 million Brentwood estate, where their son Nick, 32, lived in the guesthouse; pictured 2013 

‘The so called Rob Reiner tribute just being Nikki Glaser wearing a Spinal Tap hat,’ wrote another social media user, posting a screen-grab of a YouTube comment that read: ‘I love her lack of energy, go girl give us nothing!’

Other fans placed the blame for the blink-and-miss-it moment on the Golden Globes brass, while praising Glaser for having mentioned Reiner at all.

‘Nikki Glazer honouring Rob Reiner when the @goldenglobes couldn’t be bothered,’ wrote one. ‘At least the host understood the moment.’

Meanwhile other viewers took a more complimentary view of the Reiner tribute, posting reactions like: ‘Bravo, Nikki Glaser. Bravo.’

Glaser was hailed in some quarters for what fans variously called a ‘tiny heartfelt dedication,’ a ‘very sweet tribute’ and a ‘great loving nod.’

A couple of days before the awards show, Glaser shared that she had thought up a method of paying her respects to Reiner at the Golden Globes.

She praised an earlier Reiner tribute at the Critics’ Choice Awards by hostess Chelsea Handler – who, Glaser noted, had been ‘a close friend of his,’ via USA Today.

‘I knew him but not really well, and it’s delicate because we don’t have an in memoriam, so there’s not a whole section set aside to honor everyone that we’ve lost – but I have something planned that I’m going to do in my own way to just acknowledge him and celebrate him in my own way,’ she said.

Her modus operandi was not to ‘linger on it too much, because I think that’s what we’ve been doing for the past few weeks,’ she observed. 

‘I just thought: “If something happened to me and Rob Reiner was hosting a show, given our relationship, how would I want him to handle it?” And I think I landed on something that I feel he would do for me too.’

That evening, Timothee Chalamet soared over Leonardo DiCaprio – who stars in One Battle After Another – as the betting favorite to win the coveted Best Actor Oscar as he earned the top honor at the Golden Globe Awards 2026 for Marty Supreme (directed by Josh Safdie).

Timothee Chalamet has soared over Leonardo DiCaprio – who stars in One Battle After Another – as the betting favorite to win the coveted Best Actor Oscar as he earned the top honor at the Golden Globe Awards 2026 for Marty Supreme (directed by Josh Safdie) 

Before Award season it was 51-year-old DiCaprio who was the odds favorite to take home the coveted gong, but now Chalamet is a massive favorite to win the top acting prize at March’s Academy Awards according to regulated exchange and prediction market Kalshi.

However, DiCaprio’s flick One Battle After Another (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) did earn the last laugh at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Californiaon Sunday night as the film not only triumphed over Chalamet’s project but also beat out Blue Moon, Bugonia, No Other Choice, and Nouvelle Vague for Best Picture – Comedy Or Musical. 

One Battle After Another was the most awarded film of the night with four but will no doubt face stiff competition in the Oscars race from Hanmet (directed by Chloe Zhao) as it earned the last award of the night in the Best Picture – Drama category over Frankenstein, It Was Just An Accident, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, and Sinners.

On the television side, it was The Pitt (created by R. Scott Gemmill), The Studio (created by Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, and Peter Huyck), and Adolescence (created by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne) which earned wins in the drama, comedy or musical, and limited series categories, respectively. 

Meanwhile, 30-year-old Chalamet surely had tongues wagging as he barely acknowledged girlfriend Kylie Jenner during his acceptance speech for Marty Supreme. 

Before Award season it was 51-year-old DiCaprio who was the odds favorite to take home the coveted gong, but now Chalamet is a massive favorite to win the top acting prize at March’s Academy Awards according to regulated exchange and prediction market Kalshi 

The French-speaking actor had another major awards show moment as he earned Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy and abruptly ended his speech by saying: ‘To my parents and partner, I love you. Thank you so much.’ 

It was noticeably a much more muted acknowledgement for Jenner, 28, as he boldly declared her love for her at last week’s Critics Choice Awards 2026. 

Chalamet beat out an impressive field led by Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another as the field also featured: George Clooney – Jay Kelly, Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon, Lee Byung-Hun – No Other Choice, Jesse Plemons – Bugonia. 

 One Battle After Another led all winners with four including the aforementioned Best Picture – Comedy Or Musical gong along with Best Director and Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson and a surprise Best Supporting Actress win for Teyana Taylor.

One Battle After Another has already had a very successful Awards Season 2026 run but will face a formidable opponent in Hamnet – starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal – which earned the top prize Best Picture – Drama. 

 Buckley earned one of the top acting gongs of the night as she earned Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama.

The 36-year-old Irish actress triumphed over an A-list field including: Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love, Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value, Julia Roberts – After the Hunt, Tessa Thompson – Hedda, and Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby.

On the television side, it was Netflix’s Adolescence that had the biggest night as it swept their categories including 16-year-old star Owen Cooper becoming one of the youngest Golden Globe Awards winners of all-time.

The teenage actor was recognized in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie category.

Glaser wore a black and white Spinal Tap baseball cap as well as a matching frock, as she echoed the movie’s most famous phrase, saying the evening’s festivities ‘went to 11’

(from left) Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Reiner are pictured in the latter’s directorial debut, the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap

One fumed on X: ‘”this one went to 11″ the most tepid Rob Reiner tribute imaginable. literally a room full of people who knew him and that’s what they did’

Glaser was compering the Golden Globes for the second year running, and started the show with a rollicking opening monologue that left some stars bristling with umbrage.

She took aim at such targets as the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein Files, Leonardo DiCaprio’s affinity for drastically younger girlfriends and even CBS – the network that carries the awards show.

‘I cannot believe the amount of star power we have in this room tonight. It is insane. So many A-listers – and by A-listers, I mean people who are on “a list” that has been heavily redacted,’ she said in obvious reference to the Epstein Files.

Glaser then cracked that the Golden Globe for ‘best editing’ should be given to the Justice Department, which has released less than one percent of the files despite Trump having agreed to make them public two months ago.

She was compering the Golden Globes for the second year running, and started the show with a rollicking opening monologue that left some stars bristling with umbrage 

She also threw a couple of barbs at CBS, which has been undergoing a major ‘anti-woke’ overhaul since its editorial takeover by Bari Weiss. 

‘And the award for most editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see BS news. We needed another,’ she said.

When she turned her attention to DiCaprio, she vamped: ”What a career you have had. Countless iconic performances. You’ve worked with every great director, you’ve won three Golden Globes, and an Oscar.’

She then landed the punchline: ‘The most impressive thing is that you were able to accomplish that all before your girlfriend turned 30. It is just insane.’

Glaser added: ‘Leo, I’m sorry I made that joke. It is cheap. I tried not to, but, like, we don’t know anything else about you. There’s nothing else. Open up! I’m serious!’

She quipped that the his most ‘in-depth interview’ ever was with Teen Beat in 1991 and asked: ‘Is your favorite food still “Pasta, pasta, and more pasta?”‘

Golden Globe Awards 2026 winners

Best Picture – Comedy Or Musical

Blue Moon

Bugonia 

Marty Supreme 

No Other Choice 

Nouvelle Vague 

One Battle After Another  – WINNER

One Battle After Another earned the most with four including Best Picture – Comedy Or Musical

 

Best Picture – Drama

Frankenstein

Hamnet – WINNER

It Was Just An Accident

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value 

Sinners 

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams

Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein

Dwayne Johnson – Smashing Machine

Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent – WINNER

Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Timothee Chalamet – Marty Supreme – WINNER

George Clooney – Jay Kelly

Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon

Lee Byung-Hun – No Other Choice

Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

Timothee Chalamet is one step closer to the Oscar as he earned Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for Marty Supreme

 

 Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – WINNER

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 Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – WINNER

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 Supporting Actress 

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 – WINNER

Teyana Taylor earned Best Supporting Actress for One Battle After Another

 

Best Supporting Actor

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 – WINNER

 

Best Original Song

“Dream as One” – Avatar: Fire and Ash

“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER

“I Lied to You” – Sinners

“No Place Like Home” – Wicked: For Good

The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good

“Train Dreams” –  Train Dreams

 

Best Original Score– Motion Picture 

Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein

Ludwig Göransson – Sinners – WINNER

Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another

Kangding Ray – Sirāt

Max Richter – Hamnet

Hans Zimmer – F1

 

 Best Director – Motion Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER

Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein

Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident

Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

 

Best Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident

Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet

Paul Thomas Anderson earned Best Director and Screenplay for One Battle After Another

 

Best non-English Language Film 

 It Was Just an Accident

No Other Choice

The Secret Agent – WINNER

Sentimental Value

Sirât

The Voice of Hind Rajab

 

Best Animated Film 

Arco

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle

Elio

KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

 

Outstanding Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1

KPop Demon Hunters

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

Sinners – WINNER

Weapons

Wicked: For Good

Zootopia 2

Best TV Series – Drama

The Diplomat

The Pitt – WINNER

Pluribus

Severance

Slow Horses

The White Lotus

The Pitt took home the coveted Best TV Series – Drama

 

Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

The Studio – WINNER

 

Best Limited TV Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

Adolescence – WINNER

All Her Fault

The Beast in Me

Black Mirror

Dying for Sex

The Girlfriend

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series – Drama

Sterling K. Brown – Paradise

Diego Luna – Andor

Gary Oldman – Slow Horses

Mark Ruffalo – Task

Adam Scott – Severance

Noah Wyle – The Pitt – WINNER

Noah Wyle was recognized for his work on The Pitt

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series — Drama

Kathy Bates – Matlock

Britt Lower – Severance

Helen Mirren – MobLand

Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us

Keri Russell – The Diplomat

Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus – WINNER

 

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 – WINNER

Robin Wright – The Girlfriend

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series — Musical or Comedy

Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This

Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building

Glen Powell – Chad Powers

Seth Rogen – The Studio – WINNER

Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Allen White – The Bear

Seth Rogen earned Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series — Musical or Comedy; he’s pictured with Chase Sui Wonders

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV 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 – WINNER

 

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 – WINNER

Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Jude Law – Black Rabbit

Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie

Owen Cooper – Adolescence – WINNER

Billy Crudup – The Morning Show

Walton Goggins – The White Lotus

Jason Isaac – The White Lotus

Tramell Tillman – Severance

Ashley Walters – Adolescence

Owen Cooper was among the youngest winners ever as he earned Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie for Adolescence

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie

Carrie Coon – The White Lotus

Erin Doherty – Adolescence – WINNER

Hannah Einbinder – Hacks

Catherine O’Hara – The Studio

Parker Posey – The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on TV

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 – WINNER

Sarah Silverman – Postmortem

 

Best Podcast

Armchair Expert

Call Her Daddy

Good Hang – WINNER

The Mel Robbins Podcast

Smartless

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