Culture

Golden Globes 2026 red carpet favored white gowns, cutouts and standout looks

The Golden Globes are often described by attendees as a party. At the 83rd annual awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday, many white gowns and dark tuxedos on the red carpet gave the star-studded affair a weddinglike feel, The Styles Desk reported. Dresses that skewed bridal were worn by Amanda

Culture

Key moments and missteps from the 2026 Golden Globes

People reports that on Jan. 11 nominees, presenters and VIP guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton for the 2026 Golden Globes, a ceremony that mixed moving, entertaining and cringeworthy moments. Highlights included Wunmi Mosaku revealing her second pregnancy on the red carpet and a renewed mullet trend among several male

Culture

Nikki Glaser mocks Leonardo DiCaprio's younger girlfriends at Golden Globes

Independent.co reports that at the Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday (11 January), host Nikki Glaser roasted Leonardo DiCaprio over his history of dating younger women. Glaser targeted the 50-year-old actor in a joke that referenced past partners — Danish model Nina Agdal (25 at the time), Camila

Crypto

Tether reportedly invested up to $50 million in Ledn at $500M valuation

Tether reportedly invested up to $50 million in crypto lender Ledn, valuing the company at about $500 million, a person familiar with the transaction said. The person described the previously undisclosed funding as coming from the stablecoin issuer and said the investment set the lender’s valuation at roughly $500

Politics

Driver Detained After U-Haul Moves Through Iran Protesters in Westwood

On Sunday afternoon a man in a U-Haul truck drove through a crowd of people in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles who were marching in support of antigovernment demonstrations in Iran, and police detained the driver, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Capt. J. Michael Bland, an LAPD spokesman,

Culture

The Studio wins Best TV Comedy at Golden Globes; Rogen and Jean Smart also take acting awards

Collider reports that The Studio won Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes, while Seth Rogen won Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Jean Smart won Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Hacks. The Studio beat last year’s

Sports

Mohamed Salah reaches 100 goal contributions for Egypt at AFCON

Goal reports Mohamed Salah reached 100 goal contributions for Egypt after scoring in their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final 3-2 win over the Ivory Coast, a strike that helped send the Pharaohs into the semi-finals. The century comprises 65 goals and 35 assists across 111 appearances since his 2011 debut.

Culture

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another wins Golden Globe for best comedy

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won the Golden Globe for best motion picture, musical or comedy. The victory followed the film’s Critics Choice Award earlier this month and top prizes from groups like the National Board of Review in December, and the Globe win was described

Culture

MGM+ series FROM returns for Season 4 with planned five‑season arc

Movieweb reports that FROM, the MGM+ sci‑fi horror series, is gearing up for its fourth season and remains one of the strongest shows to binge on streaming. Premiering in 2022, FROM blends mystery, horror, science fiction and drama and releases episodes week‑to‑week, encouraging appointment viewing on Sundays.

Crypto

Bitcoin up 1% as Nasdaq futures fall nearly 0.8% amid Trump-Powell feud

Bitcoin rose 1% while Nasdaq futures fell nearly 0.8% and the dollar also dropped as a feud between Trump and Powell escalated. Bitcoin's price movement diverged from the Nasdaq futures, which fell nearly 0.8%, according to the report. How markets will move next in response to

Culture

George Clooney speaks French while presenting at 2026 Golden Globes

According to People, George Clooney spoke French onstage at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 11 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles while presenting an award with Don Cheadle. The actor-filmmaker, 64, opened his presentation with “Bonsoir, mes amis,” and “C'est un honneur d’être ici.

Culture

The Guardian publishes easy Sudoku puzzle 7,172

The Guardian has published an easy Sudoku puzzle numbered 7,172. Players are instructed: "Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9." The page includes a prompt to "Click here to access the print version"

Culture

Mattel launches autistic Barbie as part of inclusive Fashionistas range

Independent.co reports Mattel is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its Fashionistas line intended to celebrate diversity and inclusion. Mattel said it developed the autistic doll over more than 18 months in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to reflect some ways autistic

Culture

Sean Scully’s Blue paintings channel childhood blues in Paris show

Sean Scully, whom the writer calls "the greatest living abstract painter", is showing a new group of Blue paintings at Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in Paris. The works pair long, textured blue notes with black, red and brown to create what the piece describes as a slow, sad music

Politics

Trump may block Exxon from Venezuela after CEO calls country 'uninvestable'

Donald Trump said he might block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after Exxon chief executive Darren Woods told the president the country was "uninvestable" during a White House meeting last week. Woods told Trump that Venezuela would need to change its laws before it could be an attractive

World

Estimates indicate thousands may have been killed in Iran protests

Fears are growing that the number of protesters killed by Iranian security forces may already reach into the thousands, according to Time. Cellphone footage and reports show truck-mounted machine guns firing in residential streets, hospitals swamped with shooting victims, and a morgue overwhelmed by hundreds of bodies after the first

Science

Photographer captures close-up views of the Thwaites Glacier from icebreaker Araon

Aboard the icebreaker Araon in the Amundsen Sea, a New York Times photographer made close-up photographs of the Thwaites Glacier while the ship sailed back and forth collecting oceanographic data on Thursday and Friday. “I probably shot all the corners and sides of the entire Thwaites’s shelves,” the photographer

Crypto

Early Ethereum investor completes exit, nets about $274 million

Beincrypto reports an early Ethereum investor appears to have completed a full exit from their ETH position after on-chain transfers to a centralized exchange, generating an estimated $274 million in profit. Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain said the investor accumulated 154,076 ETH at an average price of $517 and began

Sports

Martinelli hat-trick steers Arsenal past Portsmouth in FA Cup

Gabriel Martinelli scored his first senior hat-trick as Arsenal beat Portsmouth at Fratton Park to progress in the FA Cup. Portsmouth took an early lead through Colby Bishop, but Andre Dozzell bundled in from an Eberechi Eze corner to draw the Championship side level. Martinelli’s treble included two headers

Culture

Chloé Zhao's Hamnet takes Best Motion Picture — Drama at 2026 Golden Globes

Collider reports Hamnet has won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture — Drama at the 2026 Golden Globes, taking one of the night’s biggest awards after a season where the category never fully settled around a single frontrunner. The nominees represented six very different approaches to serious filmmaking. Hamnet

Sports

Reynolds pockets Racecourse turf after Wrexham's FA Cup win over Forest

According to Goal, Ryan Reynolds was seen picking grass from the Racecourse Ground pitch before Wrexham’s third-round FA Cup victory over Nottingham Forest, taking a piece of turf home as a memento ahead of the match that was ultimately decided on penalties. Deadpool star Reynolds, a regular in North

Culture

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet wins Golden Globe for best drama

“Hamnet” won the Golden Globe for best motion picture, drama, a victory that the Times said could improve the film’s chances heading into the Oscars in March. The film was directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O’Farrell, adapting O’Farrell’s prizewinning novel. Jessie

Health

Jirdes Winther Baxter, Last Known Survivor of Nome Diphtheria Outbreak, Dies at 101

Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last known survivor of a 1925 diphtheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska, died in Juneau on Jan. 5. She was 101, and her death in a hospital was confirmed by her son, Fred J. Baxter. The 1925 outbreak prompted a nearly 700-mile sled dog relay to deliver

Culture

Indy the dog wins Astra Award for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller

Movieweb reports that Indy, the canine star of the horror film Good Boy, won the Astra Award for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller at the 9th Annual Astra Awards held on January 10. Indy had made history in November as the first animal nominated in a major awards

Culture

Emma Stone shows midriff in Louis Vuitton at 2026 Golden Globes

People reports that Emma Stone, nominated for Bugonia, arrived at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 11 for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards wearing a butter-yellow Louis Vuitton two-piece that exposed her midriff and belly button. The 37-year-old's outfit paired a sleeveless tank top with a short hem and