Nikki Glaser Returns as Host; 'One Battle After Another' Dominates Globes

At the Golden Globes on Sunday night, Nikki Glaser returned as host, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won four major awards, and Teyana Taylor delivered a widely noted acceptance speech. Glaser relied on rapid-fire, short jokes and skewered the network that hired her, including a dig at the news division led by Bari Weiss, while recycling material from last year’s monologue.

Taylor, accepting best supporting actress for One Battle After Another, urged “my brown sisters and little brown girls” that “our softness is not a liability,” and made an emotional case for the film and her craft. One Battle After Another won best motion picture, musical or comedy; best director; best screenplay; and a supporting acting prize for Taylor.

Other winners included Timothée Chalamet, who won best actor in a comedy for Marty Supreme, Rose Byrne for actress in a comedy, and Wagner Moura, the first Brazilian named best actor in a drama. The Globes also handed major awards to films such as Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which the article said should make the Oscars race spicier.

The telecast drew criticism for production choices: confusing dropped‑pin graphics, off‑mic announcer commentary from Marc Malkin and Kevin Frazier, odd musical cues and the display of Polymarket betting percentages before commercial breaks.

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