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Golden Globe winners and what they mean for this year’s Oscars

Who will scoop the Oscars in 2026? The Golden Globes gave us a big hint - What will win Best Picture? Who is a late-stage threat to Timothée Chalamet? Our predictions about how the Academy Awards will

How Do Oscar Nominations Work? The Truth Behind the Selection Process (and Whether Voters “Actually” Have to Watch Every Movie)

While all Academy members can nominate films for Best Picture, they may only vote in categories tied to their own profession

How the 2026 Golden Globe Award Results Point to the Eventual Oscar Winners

Discover how the 2026 Golden Globes winners, from Hamnet to Teyana Taylor, have shifted the Oscar race. See who is leading the pack for Academy gold.

7 key Oscar takeaways from the 2026 Golden Globes

Even so, the awards show still gives us a decent amount to chew on for the 2026 Oscars. The Globes do provide a big stage for Oscar contenders to make lasting impressions with their speeches and inspire Academy voters to check in on their various projects before the nomination window closes later in the month.

2026 Golden Globes winners: See the full list as Timothée Chalamet takes Oscars lead, 'The Pitt, The Studio' score TV wins

Nikki Glaser returned to host the Golden Globes, where Jessie Buckley, Teyana Taylor, and "One Battle After Another" made Academy Awards headway as "Adolescence" dominated TV winners.

Here's the State of the Oscars Race -- According to the Data

If the awards race hadn't fully started before, it's in full swing now. The first full week of 2026 saw a deluge of developments on the road to the Academy Awards in March. Guilds like SAG and DGA named their nominees,
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