Emma Stone arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)2026-01-12T08:01:13Z BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) Emma Stone just seems more comfortable out of her seat than in it at awards shows. At the Golden Globes Sunday, the Bugonia star held court with a rotating cast of companions, from Kirsten Dunst to Jennifer Lawrence not in the main ballroom, but in a much smaller side room with a bar, a tea and coffee station and an ever-replenishing supply of decadent desserts, Nobu sushi, caviar cups and, perhaps most importantly, no television cameras.Heres some more of what you didnt see on the Golden Globes broadcast.A 13 Going on 30 reunionBefore the show even started Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo found one another near the bar and chatted for a while, not about plans for an impromptu Thriller dance, but about how Jay Penske, whose media empire includes Hollywood trade publications like The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Deadline, also co-owns the Golden Globes. Isnt that crazy, he said. Conversation then shifted to how he nearly missed his own category last year due to the security backup at the drop off area. He made it in, eventually, but just by a hair and had to take a seat in the aisle. Moms, Band-Aids and dancing before the showAs the clock ticked down, Glen Powell escorted his mother into the ballroom, taking her arm to navigate the steps Alicia Silverstone just had to sidestep down. They spotted their table off to the side and Powell took a beat: Want to hit the bar then?Silverstone was having her own issues though, and another mom soon came to the rescue: Mila Kunis was on a mission to deliver some Band-Aids to Silverstone, who thanked her profusely.Elsewhere, Colman Domingo danced his way to his table. Teyana Taylor, flanked by security trying to rush her to her seat, snapped a selfie with a guest. Rose Byrne paused to hug Elle Fanning, while Universal chair Donna Langley spoke to Benicio Del Toro. And Kylie Jenner made her way in at the last minute, without Timothe Chalamet and with only minutes to showtime. The awards get going, and some duck out of the roomStone beelined to the side room after the first award, leading her Bugonia director Yorgos Lanthimos and costar Alicia Silverstone along with her. Stone and Lanthimos were deep in conversation, with brief interruptions requesting selfies.Over at the coffee and tea station, Kirsten Dunst was halfway through pouring herself a cup of coffee when she paused and told husband Jesse Plemons I dont want this, do you? Her order instead was cranberry and some sparkling, which Plemons dutifully delivered to her throughout the night. Both were also excited to greet Wagner Moura.After Stellan Skarsgrds win, Sean Penn made his way to the Sentimental Value table to give Renate Reinsve a big hug, while Megan Everett-Skarsgrd, who had just gotten a very public boost from her husband, celebrated with Elle Fanning.Seth Rogen, meanwhile, followed his first win of the evening with what looked like a very, very dirty martini.The coolest bathroom crewAriana Grande led a glamorous train to the ladies room, telling Jessie Buckley and Reinsve to hold on to me! The three made a brief stop to say hi to Tessa Thompson, and pose for a photo, 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. Still someone soon stepped on a part of it, apologizing profusely. Grande put her at ease immediately, though, insisting, No, Im the problem! Sushi, drinks and Emma StoneLater in the show, Jennifer Lawrence made her way to the bar area where she hugged Jeremy Allen White before finding Stone, who put down her white wine and took her friends 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.Dunst spotted Lawrence nearby too, telling The Testament of Ann Lee filmmaker Mona Fastvold and Zo Kravitz that she just wanted to say hi. Plemons soon arrived with three drinks to dole out. One was not for Lawrence, who joined the line to order her own drink.In another part of the room, Gayle King, who snacked on a small bite of dessert, appeared to have procured a to-go box for the sushi and soon was next to the KPop Demon Hunter women picking some choice pieces.Patrick Schwarzenegger took a good long look at the dessert table, before moving on, empty-handed to the sushi. No protein shakes here for the White Lotus star. Small talk or dreaming up future collaborations? Back inside the ballroom, the commercial breaks are a race to socialize. Everywhere you looked, there were interesting chats happening: Dwayne Johnson and Steven Spielberg, Macauly Culkin and Parker Posey, Maya Rudolph and Selena Gomez, Johnson and Timothe Chalamet and Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke, to name a few.Others stayed put in their seats as the night went on. Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Adam Sandler seemed content to hang at their very starry table. (Why get up when people can come to you instead?). Jessie Buckley let her Hamnet son, a tired-looking, Jacobi Jupe sit on her lap for a bit. And Eva Victor took a moment to reapply their lipstick before their category was up. Burning questions for the after-partiesWere Marty Supreme (Chalamet) and The Smashing Machine (Johnson) talking about greatness? Was Sean Penn smoking inside the ballroom? What did Britt Lower whisper to Grande? And what did Grande then write on a napkin and pass to Lower? Why was Ethan Hawkes wife Ryan Hawke carrying a tote bag that said Snoops Survival Kit and what was in it? And what did Stone say to the three Beverly Hills Police officers that made them laugh so much?___For more coverage of the 2026 Golden Globe Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/golden-globe-awards LINDSEY BAHR Bahr has been a film writer and critic for The Associated Press since 2014. twitter instagram mailto