The Best Tidbits from the Golden Globes

Sunday night’s Golden Globes were perfectly fine. Second-time host Nikki Glaser proved (again) that she’s the best person for the job since Tina Fey and Amy Poehler; all the movies and movie stars you expected to win did (One Battle After Another, Jessie Buckley; Timothée Chalamet); all the movies and movie stars you reluctantly expected to lose also did (Michael B. Jordan); and no one did anything particularly noteworthy. The worst thing was Polymarket’s sponsorship of the evening (don’t bring your sports bullshit into my celebrity bullshit); the best thing was Glaser’s joke about CBS News (it’s now a place where you can “see b.s. news”—kinda ballsy given that the show was airing on CBS!).

The main surprise seemed to be that Rhea Seehorn won for Pluribus; she got very sweetly sidetracked by Queen Latifah while giving her acceptance speech (who among us). Poehler won the inaugural “best podcast” award, and while I think this is a stupid award, I am glad that Dax Shepard lost. And Chalamet thanked Kylie Jenner again. 

As always, the interesting things were largely what happened between the celebs as they mingled between awards, so here’s a collection of the best, most interesting, or juiciest tidbits from the evening: 

• It appears that Paul Mescal and Gracie Abrams are still together.
• Sean Penn ripped a cig in the middle of the room.
• Bobby Cannavale couldn’t be there to support his wife, Rose Byrne, when she won because he was at a reptile expo in New Jersey. (They’re getting a bearded dragon.)
• Joe Alwyn was there. (He’s in Hamnet.)
• Keri Russell was sitting next to Ashton Kutcher for some reason.
• The Heated Rivalry boys were the belles of the ball, despite not being nominated.
• Wanda Sykes insulted Bill Maher and thanked “God and the trans community” while accepting Ricky Gervais’ award on his behalf. Not all heroes etc.
• Ariana Grande said she’s taking her Oscar voting duties very seriously, as a true theater kid should!
• Derek Hough revealed that multiple people have thought he was married to his sister, Julianne Hough. I’d keep that to myself!

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And now in non-Golden Globes news…

• I just learned Sofia Richie is pregnant again. [People]
• Why does Gabbriette always look like she’s wearing transition lenses? [Deux Moi]
• There’s no way Taylor Swift is letting her sourdough get this much publicity without a marketing opportunity around the corner… [Just Jared]
• Why did Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang tell people not to donate to Rep. Jasmine Crockett‘s campaign? [USA Today]

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