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Simran Pasricha

The 2026 Golden Globes Noms Are Here & Yep, Wicked Just Got Totally Snubbed

and (Person) Globes (Event) Benicio del Toro Jacob Elordi Joel Edgerton Paul Thomas Anderson Stephen Schwartz Sydney Sweeney

Awards season is officially back, which means it’s time for publicists to panic, cinephiles to gloat, and the rest of us to pretend we’ve seen half these films already. The 2026 Golden Globe nominations landed overnight, and while there’s plenty to celebrate, one glaring omission has people talking — Wicked: For Good got the cold shoulder in one of the ceremony’s most coveted categories.

After Wicked: Part One dominated last year’s Globes with six nods (including Best Picture, Musical or Comedy), fans expected the sequel to continue defying gravity. Instead? Nada. The long-awaited finale to the two-part musical juggernaut has been completely locked out of the Best Picture race.

*Holding space for this shock snub. (Image: Equal Pride)*

It’s not all bad news in Oz. Both Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande snagged nominations for Best Supporting Actress for Wicked: For Good, proving at least someone in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (or what’s left of it) still believes in their magic. The film managed five nominations overall, including recognition for its original songs written by Stephen Schwartz.

Still, not landing among the Best Picture contenders stings — especially after Universal threw everything (except perhaps the kitchen cauldron) into pushing it for awards glory.

Leading the pack this year is Leonardo DiCaprio’s war epic One Battle After Another, collecting nine nominations including Best Film (Musical or Comedy), Best Director, and several top-line acting nods for Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, and Chase Infiniti.

Behind it are Sentimental Value with eight nominations and Sinners with seven.

*They racked it up in the noms! (Image: Sinners)*

Our homegrown icons continue to slay on the international stage. Sarah Snook earned yet another nod, this time for Best Actress in a Limited Series for her turn in All Her Fault which streamed on Binge and filmed partly in Melbourne!

Meanwhile, Jacob Elordi received a nomination for The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Joel Edgerton picked up a well-deserved Best Actor (Drama) mention for Train Dreams.

*The Aussie drama miniseries is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Flanagan. (Image: The Narrow Road to the Deep North)*

Not everyone came out smiling. Despite months of buzz, Sydney Sweeney’s boxing biopic Christy failed to land a single nomination — no film recognition, no acting love. Could it have been because Sweeney’s white supremacy jeans ad debacle? Potentially.

In other news, this year marks the first time podcasts are in contention. Heavy-hitters like Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, SmartLess, and Call Her Daddy headline the new category. So if you’ve ever called your Spotify queue “cinema for your ears”, vindication is here.

When are the 2026 Golden Globes?

The 2026 Golden Globes airs in Australia on January 12. Just in time to add a little glamour as we settle back in to life after silly season.

Full list of 2026 Golden Globe nominations

Best film – drama

Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best film – musical or comedy

Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another

Best non-english language film

It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirât
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best animated film

Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best female actor – drama

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson – Hedda
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best male actor – drama

Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Best female actor – musical or comedy

Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best male actor – musical or comedy

Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
George Clooney – Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Lee Byung-Hun – No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

Best supporting female actor

Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best supporting male Actor

Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Cinematic and box office achievement

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2

*Two animated films in this category is kind of iconic. (Image: Zootopia 2)*

Best director

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet

Best original song

Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen – Avatar: Fire and Ash (“Dream as One”)
Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick – KPop Demon Hunters (“Golden”)
Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (“I Lied to You”)
Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (“No Place Like Home”; “The Girl in the Bubble”)
Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams (“Train Dreams”)

Best original score

Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
Kanding Ray – Sirât
Max Richter – Hamnet
Hans Zimmer – F1

Television nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes

Best series – drama

The Diplomat
The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus

Best series – comedy or musical

Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio

Best limited series

Adolescence
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend

Best female actor – drama

Kathy Bates – Matlock
Britt Lower – Severance
Helen Mirren – Mobland
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus

Best male actor – drama

Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
Diego Luna – Andor
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo – Task
Adam Scott – Severance
Noah Wyle – The Pitt

Best female actor – comedy or musical

Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
Jean Smart – Hacks

Best male actor – comedy or musical

Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Glen Powell – Chad Powers
Seth Rogen – The Studio
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear

Best female actor – limited series

Claire Danes – The Beast in Me
Rashida Jones – Black Mirror
Amanda Seyfried – Long Bright River
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault
Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex
Robin Wright – The Girlfriend

Best male actor – limited series

Jacob Elordi – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Paul Giamatti – Black Mirror
Stephen Graham – Adolescence
Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Jude Law – Black Rabbit
Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me

Best supporting female actor

Carrie Coon – The White Lotus
Erin Doherty – Adolescence
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Catherine O’Hara – The Studio
Parker Posey – The White Lotus
Aimee-Lou Wood – The White Lotus

Best supporting male actor

Owen Cooper – Adolescence
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Walton Goggins – The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs – The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman – Severance
Ashley Walters – Adolescence

Best stand-up comedy performance

Bill Maher – Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
Brett Goldstein – The Second Best Night of Your Life
Kevin Hart – Acting My Age
Kumail Nanjiani – Night Thoughts
Ricky Gervais – Mortality
Sarah Silverman – Sarah Silverman: PostMortem