Wagner Moura poses in the press room with the award for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture drama for "The Secret Agent" during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)2026-01-12T05:39:16Z The Golden Globes had some predictable stuff, like One Battle After Another and Adolescence cleaning up and host Nikki Glaser making fun of the age of Leonardo DiCaprios partners.But there were also some sweet moments, like when Adolescence star Erin Doherty, who played a child therapist, won the trophy for best female actor in a supporting role on television and thanked therapists. Or when George Clooney, who was sitting at the lip of the stage, gallantly helped Jean Smart up to the podium and later hugged his former ER co-star Noah Wyle on his way to accepting best TV drama for The Pitt. There were some weird moments, too, like when Rose Byrne explained why her partner and fellow actor Bobby Cannavale wasnt there to see her win: He was at a reptile expo in New Jersey because the family was getting a bearded dragon.A sweet occasion was when Pluribus star Rhea Seehorn, onstage to accept her acting award for a TV drama, first told presenter Queen Latifah that she met her 20 years ago while she was between jobs and the rapper-actor was so nice. Other moments included a Golden embrace of Brazilian filmmaking, Seth Rogen having deja vu, Amy Poehler dunking on NPR and KPop Demon Hunters singer-songwriter Ejae encouraging viewers to keep striving. Brazil coming in hotWagner Moura won the Golden Globe for lead actor in a movie drama, becoming the second Brazilian to take home a Globes acting prize after Fernanda Torres win last year for Im Still Here.Moura in The Secret Agent plays a former professor forced into hiding while trying to protect his young son during Brazils military dictatorship of the 1970s. The movie also won the Globe for best non-English film. Wagner Moura poses in the press room with the award for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture drama for "The Secret Agent" during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Wagner Moura poses in the press room with the award for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture drama for "The Secret Agent" during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More This image released by CBS Broadcasting shows Wagner Moura accepting the award for best lead actor in a motion picture drama for "The Secret Agent" during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/CBS Broadcasting via AP) This image released by CBS Broadcasting shows Wagner Moura accepting the award for best lead actor in a motion picture drama for "The Secret Agent" during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/CBS Broadcasting via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The Secret Agent is a film about memory or the lack of memory and generational trauma, Moura said in his acceptance speech. 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. Moura is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in Netflixs Narcos, which ran from 2015 to 2017 and earned him a Golden Globe nomination in 2016. He was also in 2024s Civil War.On Sunday, he brushed aside competition from Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams, Oscar Isaac from Frankenstein, Dwayne Johnson in The Smashing Machine, Michael B. Jordan in Sinners and Jeremy Allen White from Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.Last year, Brazil earned its first Oscar win in the international film category for Im Still Here. Life imitates art for Seth RoganSeth Rogen won his first Golden Globe only months after his showbiz satire The Studio set an entire episode at the same awards ceremony.This is so weird! We just pretended to do this and now it is happening! Rogen said, cradling his trophy. I thought the only way I would get to hold one is to create a whole show to give myself a fake one. This image released by CBS Broadcasting shows Seth Rogen accepting the award for best performance by a lead actor in a TV Series musical or comedy for The Studio, during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/CBS Broadcasting via AP) This image released by CBS Broadcasting shows Seth Rogen accepting the award for best performance by a lead actor in a TV Series musical or comedy for The Studio, during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/CBS Broadcasting via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The Golden Globe episode of The Studio follows Rogens studio executive, Matt, as he attends the Globes, where hes obsessed with the idea that his name gets mentioned in an acceptance speech.In his actual winning speech, Rogen thanked his fellow nominees, calling out Only Murders in the Building duo Steve Martin and Martin Short. I remember growing up watching you guys, my whole life thinking, One day Im going to beat them. He then laughed, adding I did not think that. Amy Poehler wins first podcast GlobeGood Hang with Amy Poehler won the inaugural best podcast award and the host had a joke about her rivals at National Public Radio.I know that I am new to this game. I have great respect for this form, Poehler said. I have great respect for everyone I am nominated with. I am big fans of all of you except for NPR: just a bunch of celebs phoning it in. Try harder. Amy Poehler poses in the press room with the award for best podcast for Good Hang with Amy Poehler during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Amy Poehler poses in the press room with the award for best podcast for Good Hang with Amy Poehler during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Poehlers show beat out Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, The Mel Robbins Podcast, SmartLess and Up First, from NPR. (She also beat her ex-husband Will Arnett, part of SmartLess.)It is Poehlers second Globe, having won one in 2014 for Parks and Recreation. She said her podcast is an attempt to make a rough and unkind world filled with a little bit more love and laughter.The podcast nominations avoided politics or controversy by passing on popular podcasts from conservative-leaning programs like The Megyn Kelly Show, The Tucker Carlson Show, The Ben Shapiro Show, Candace Owens Candace and The Joe Rogan Experience. Golden, appropriately, wins at Golden GlobesGolden from KPop Demon Hunters won the Globe for best original song and one of its songwriters had a lesson to others struggling to be heard.When I was a little girl, I worked tirelessly for 10 years to fill one dream to become a K-pop idol. I was rejected, and disappointed that my voice wasnt good enough, said co-singer Ejae, who also co-wrote the track with Mark Sonnenblick and Lee Hee-joon. Now Im here as a singer and a songwriter.So its a dream come true to be part of a song that is helping other girls, other boys and everyone of all ages to get through their hardship and to accept themselves, Ejae added. This image released by CBS Broadcasting shows Ejae, second right, accepting the award for best original song for Golden from the film KPop Demon Hunters during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/CBS Broadcasting via AP) This image released by CBS Broadcasting shows Ejae, second right, accepting the award for best original song for Golden from the film KPop Demon Hunters during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/CBS Broadcasting via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack has topped the charts debuting at No. 1 on Billboards Soundtracks chart and No. 8 on the all-genre Billboard 200. The movie also won the Globe for best animated film.Golden contains the lyrics: Waited so long to break these walls down/To wake up and feel like me/Put these patterns all in the past now/And finally live like the girl they all see.Adolescence and the hope of removing hateAdolescence won four Golden Globes and writer Jack Thorne highlighted the young people in the shows cast, saying, You are proof the world can be better.Removing hate is our generations responsibility. It requires thought from the top down. The possibility seems remote right now, but hope is a beautiful thing, he added. This image released by CBS Broadcasting shows Jack Thorne, center, flanked by Stephen Graham, center left, and Owen Cooper, as they appear with other cast members of Adolescence after winning the award for best limited series during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/CBS Broadcasting via AP) This image released by CBS Broadcasting shows Jack Thorne, center, flanked by Stephen Graham, center left, and Owen Cooper, as they appear with other cast members of Adolescence after winning the award for best limited series during the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/CBS Broadcasting via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The Netflix four-part series, which traces the emotional fallout after a U.K. teenagers stabbing, has become a sensation. It won eight Emmy Awards last year, including outstanding limited or anthology series.On Sunday, Adolescence won Globes for best limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television; TV male supporting actor for Owen Cooper; TV female supporting actor for Erin Doherty; and TV lead male actor for Stephen Graham.___For more coverage of the 2026 Golden Globe Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/golden-globe-awards MARK KENNEDY Kennedy is a theater, TV, music, food and obit writer and editor for The Associated Press, as well as a critic for theater, movies and music. He is based in New York City. twitter mailto