Yes, the chiffon frock was suspended from two nipple piercings. Except that, upon closer inspection, these appeared to be prosthetics applied onto Roan’s chest, and understandably so. The dress is a contemporary recreation by Castro Freitas of a haute couture set that the late Manfred Thierry Mugler showed on the runway for his eponymous label back in 1998. On that runway, the silk slip was suspended from the models’ very real nipple rings. It is a classic Mugler piece that made a splash back then, which it did once more tonight.
Interestingly enough, last year, when Castro Freitas showed another iteration of the gown on his debut runway show for the label, the dress caused much backlash online and from critics.
The New York Timesreferred to it as “out of touch,” and much of the internet labeled the design as misogynistic, without knowing, perhaps, that it was a recreation from a Mugler original. The reissue detail was mostly inconsequential. The dress did look out of place in today’s sartorial context as a remnant of a va-va-voom era of fashion that has, for better or for worse, expired. Today, in the era post #MeToo and at a time when fashion on the runway has become less about gimmick, statement, or scandal and increasingly more about wearability and commerciality, a style like that, presented by a male designer, came across as dated at best and mostly male gaze-y. It was, above all, a great example of what fashion’s obsession with nostalgia has done to it as a cultural instrument—our collective obsession as an industry for romancing and recreating the past has meant that designers don’t always speak to the future.
Oddsmakers and analysts say the winners of the Grammys 2026 are too close to call. Will Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, or Kendrick Lamar take home Album of the Year? Will ubiquitous Kpop Demon Hunters anthem “Golden” take home yet another trophy for Song of the Year? Is Olivia Dean‘s presumed lock on Best New Artist guaranteed?
We won’t know until Sunday, February 1, when—starting at 8 p.m.—this year’s awards will be distributed. The ceremony, will be hosted by former Daily Show host Trevor Noah, will be broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+. Vanity Fair is also liveblogging every moment, and will update this page every time a winner is announced.
So read on for the full list of Grammys 2026 winners below, and don’t miss Vanity Fair’s coverage of the night’s best-dressed stars, every red carpet look, and much more.
Best R&B Performance
WINNER: “Folded,” Kehlani
“Yukon,” Justin Bieber
“It Depends,” Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller
“Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk),” Leon Thomas
“Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker
Best R&B Album
WINNER: Mutt, Leon Thomas
Beloved, Giveon
Why Not More?, Coco Jones
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
Best Rock Album
WINNER: Never Enough, Turnstile
Private Music, Deftones
I Quit, Haim
From Zero, Linkin Park
Idols, Yungblud
Best Rock Performance
WINNER: “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning,” Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, and Adam Wakeman, and II
“U Should Not Be Doing That,” Amyl and the Sniffers
“The Emptiness Machine,” Linkin Park
“Never Enough,” Turnstile
“Mirtazapine,” Hayley Williams
Best Rock Song
WINNER: “As Alive as You Need Me to Be,” Nine Inch Nails
For the second year in a row, Kendrick Lamar, with nine nominations, is poised to dominate at Grammys 2026, after winning record and song of the year in 2025 for “Not Like Us.” His sixth studio album, GNX, is in competition for best album of the year with fellow past and soon-to-be future Super Bowl headliners Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny, whose albums Mayhem and Debí Tirar Más Fotos (“I Should Have Taken More Photos”) are up for seven and six nominations, respectively.
The heated rivalry in that category isn’t the only reason for watching the Grammys live. Among the snubs and surprises of the 2026 Grammy nominations was the inclusion of Justin Bieber’s four-time-nominated surprise summer album, Swag, songs from which he’ll perform at his first Grammys in four years. Joining Bieber on the Grammys stage, although presumably not at the same time, will be all eight of the best new artist nominees: Olivia Dean, Katseye, the Marías, Addison Rae, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, and Lola Young.
Speaking of fresh blood, a pair of new categories are coming to the Grammys: best traditional country album—where nominees range from Willie Nelson to Margo Price—and best album cover, which could go to Bad Bunny, Tyler the Creator, Perfume Genius, Djo, or the British indie pop group Wet Leg.
But some traditions remain: the Grammys 2026 will be hosted by former Daily Show host Trevor Noah, who returns for his sixth and—as the Recording Academy confirmed—final stint as emcee. During last year’s well-received telecast, the Grammys raised funds for the California wildfires, but has yet to announce a philanthropic cause for this year’s show.
With that, it’s time to make like Addison Rae and put your headphones on in preparation for music’s biggest night. Ahead, a breakdown of where to watch the Grammys 2026 and which A-list musicians are expected to make a splash on stage.
How to Watch the Grammys
The 2026 Grammys air live on Sunday, February 1, on CBS and Paramount+. This year’s broadcast will also be available to stream online at cbs.com, through the CBS app, or via the Recording Academy’s social channels. Streaming options for those without a cable login include Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, DirectTV Stream, Sling TV, and FuboTV, many of which come with free-trial periods.
If you’re interested in watching the Grammys live, you may also want to tune in to the annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, where the first and majority of awards are handed out. This event will stream live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles hours before the proper show at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel and on live.grammy.com. Glee alum Darren Criss will host the ceremony and perform with his costar in Broadway’s Maybe Happy Ending,Helen J. Shen, with more performances from artists such as Zara Larsson and nominated musician Grace Potter.
Who Is Performing at the Grammys?
Sabrina Carpenter enters the 2026 Grammys with a half-dozen nods, including for album, record, and song of the year—all three of the night’s biggest awards—and was the first artist to join the awards show’s stacked performer lineup. She’ll be joined by Bieber, Gaga, the best new artist slate, and Let God Sort ‘Em Out collaborators Clipse and Pharrell Williams.
It’s true, the 2026 Sundance Film Festival hasn’t wrapped up quite yet. In-person screenings continue through February 1, and the fest won’t hand out its awards until January 30. But the crazed flurry of the event’s first weekend is in the rearview mirror—and now that its biggest titles have started to be snatched up by distributors, it’s time to take stock of what we saw, what we liked, and yes, what we didn’t.
This week on Little Gold Men, John Ross, Rebecca Ford, and Hillary Busis chat about Sundance’s ups and downs: the narrative films that earned the biggest ovations, the docs that might have a bright future next awards season, and the reasons why we frankly are not overly upset about the festival moving from Park City, Utah to Boulder, Colorado next year. (Short answer: the food situation. Long answer: you’ll need to listen to find out.)
Throughout the conversation, a few themes emerge. Charli xcx, who had not two but three films at the fest this year, might be the queen of Sundance—unless the title belongs to Olivia Wilde, who starred in two films there and directed one. The latter, a pitch-black comedy called The Invite, sparked a three-day bidding war that ended with A24 acquiring the film, reportedly for upward of $10 million. Sundance’s slate this year was filled with raunchy comedies, typically timely documentaries, and at least one star-studded ensemble film that met a more negative reception than its creators were hoping for. The group also talks about how the event unfolded even as the real world intruded on the festival bubble, in the form of both news about Minnesota and a violent incident at Sundance itself.
Listen below for our full Sundance report, as well as a masterclass on awards show fashion from VF style correspondent José Criales-Unzueta
If you were at Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2024, you might have noticed a surprising face amidst the art lovers and buyers. It was Natalie Portman, attending the festival to research for her role in The Gallerist—a dark comedy in which she plays a desperate gallerist who attempts to sell a dead body as a piece of art.
Though already an art lover, Portman didn’t know much about the nuances of the contemporary art world—and its colorful characters—before joining The Gallerist. “It’s almost like ideas are art, which is kind of incredible. It’s almost like a marketplace for philosophy, in some way, which can obviously lead to sometimes bullshit and sometimes really incredible, revelatory stuff,” the actor says. “It has depth and can be ridiculous, which is kind of the best combination for when you want to tell a story.”
Portman stars in the film as eccentric gallerist Polina Polinski, who is trying to make a name for herself and her new Miami Beach gallery. She begrudgingly invites an art influencer (Zach Galifianakis) to see the work of an emerging artist named Stella (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)—but soon finds herself scrambling alongside her assistant (Jenna Ortega) to sell a piece of art that features a corpse.
Yan, seen here on the set of The Gallerist, first went to Sundance with her 2018 film Dead Pigs.
Roger Do Minh.
It’s fitting for The Gallerist to have its world premiere on January 24 at the Sundance Film Festival, where real-life buyers (and influencers) are prepared to potentially throw millions of dollars at the films they deem worthy. Cathy Yan’s biting, funny, and surprising satire revels in the clash between art and commerce. “There were a lot of really interesting ideas and themes that I personally related to as an artist, as a creative, as someone that just really wanted to explore the creative process and collaboration and the inherent tension of creating art—not just for yourself, but for the world,” the director tells Vanity Fair.
Yan is deeply familiar with this subject matter. She made her feature directorial debut in 2018 with the breakout Sundance film Dead Pigs, then jumped into the world of superheroes and DC Comics to direct 2020’s Birds of Prey.The Gallerist marks Yan’s return to non-IP-based filmmaking. “It’s hard to define what inherent value is in the art world, and so much of it becomes in the eye of the beholder—and also in the stories that are told about it, in the context and the marketing,” she says. “I always found the collision of the business and the art itself to be absolutely fascinating.”
Michael B. Jordan admits he’s struggling to find the words right now. The 38-year-old is already considered a veteran of this industry, having broken out on beloved ’00s TV shows like The Wire and Friday Night Lights and gone on to topline franchise blockbusters like Creed. So today marks a true milestone, earning his first career Oscar nomination for his deft, layered dual performance in Sinners.
“I’ve been in this industry for a long time. I’ve admired and seen the Academy and the other actors in the movies and filmmakers that I’ve looked up to and been inspired by my whole life,” Jordan tells The Hollywood Reporter. “To be in those conversations and in that company is a solidifying feeling.”
But that’s only where the celebration can start today. Jordan’s is one of 16 nominations for Sinners — the most any movie has received in Oscars history. The filmmaker Ryan Coogler, with whom Jordan has been regularly collaborating for over a decade, is personally nominated for his directing, writing and producing (for best picture). It’s a staggering showing, which Jordan tells The Hollywood Reporter is a true affirmation. Over the phone at various points, he laughs in disbelief, cheers loudly and stops himself a few times, as the emotion catches up to him.
Sinners
Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
How has the morning been?
I did not get up at 5:30. Man, I slept. I’m in the edit right now [on The Thomas Crown Affair], so I kind of wanted to just kind of wake up to whatever I was going to wake up to — and that was a lot of love and affection. To be acknowledged in this way, it is truly an honor. It is crazy.
How do you hear the fact that this is the most nominated movie of all time?
Honestly still digesting it all. It’s really a testament to the film as a whole and all the pieces involved and the people that went to go see this movie and watched this film. It meant something to them and they felt something — to see how it resonated throughout the year with people, man. For all of these pieces to be singled out and acknowledged and honored with the nomination. it’s something that’s really hard to put into words right now.
Who was your first phone call? Ryan?
My mom was my first call. It was great. A lot of tears and the reason why I’m even in this industry and why I’m acting at all — why that was even an idea. To talk to the woman who started it all first meant the world.
I’m sure Ryan is doing his phone calls right now, so we missed each other. (Laughs.) We called each other back and forth, so I’m going to connect with him pretty soon too.
This is your first personal nomination, and that’s true for your costars as well: Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo.
(Cheering) Woo! Yeah, so happy for Delroy, man. So happy for Wunmi. I’m so incredibly happy for Coog and everybody else, but Delroy, Wunmi — I couldn’t be happier for them.
This is a year where you’re in great company — I wonder how you look at the slate of nominees and, particularly at this moment for the industry, what strikes you about the group?
It’s actually a really, really great year as far as people bouncing back to theaters post-pandemic. I think these numbers and the turnout for these movies has been telling that the artists, when given the opportunity and the chance and the space and the support, can deliver on cinematic experiences that bring people back to the cinema. Just to be a part of that movement to help add to that contribution feels great.
How do you take stock of Sinners’ trajectory, getting to this point?
Listen, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy and Warner Brothers and [David] Zaslav supported Coog’s vision and took a swing with us in a big way. Having that pay off? The journey of it has been a fierce and swift one. You focus on building that house and people will come.
Any celebration plans today?
Ah man, I’m going right to the edit. (Laughs.) I’m on my way right now. I’m getting ready. I’ll take some time tonight to just really reflect. I mean, I don’t even know. There will be signs though. There will be signs of celebration.
Because this Oscar season has been competitive from the get-go, we were expecting some surprises when nominations were announced—and boy, did we get them. The Oscar nominations 2026 included a slew of pleasantly unpredictable names in the acting categories (Delroy Lindo! Elle Fanning!) as well as several shake-ups in other tight races, like best director and even best picture.
Sure, One Battle After Another and Sinners were expected to lead the pack when the final list was announced Thursday, just as they have all season. But Sinners made history by getting the most nominations for a movie in a single year, outstripping its top competitor (which only—“only”—got 12 total nods).
There were some painful snubs as well. Though the first Wicked film got lavished with Oscars attention last year, earning 10 nominations including best picture (and winning two, for its production and costume design), Wicked: For Good was completely shut out at this year’s ceremony. Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident also seemed like a strong Oscar contender, but lost steam in the end; it was nominated in best international feature and best original screenplay, but missed out on both the main best picture category and best director.
Below, we break down the biggest snubs and surprises of the 2026 Oscar nominations—from F1 zooming into contention to Academy favorite Guillermo del Toro dropping off the best director list.
SURPRISE: Sinners Breaks the Oscar Record
Shortly before the nominations were announced, Hollywood began whispering about the possibility of Sinners breaking the record for most Oscar nominations for a single film. It would be a tall feat: Three films—All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land—held that record, with 14 nominations apiece. But sure enough, Sinners out-Oscared them, landing 16 total nominations. The film picked up more acting nods than expected when Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo landed supporting nominations, along with Michael B. Jordan in lead actor. Beyond those and best picture, Sinners also earned nods for directing, original screenplay, casting, cinematography, costume design, production design, sound, makeup and hairstyling, song, score, and editing. As for what this means on Oscar night, let’s take a look at history: All About Eve and La La Land each ultimately won six awards. All About Eve got best picture; as many will remember, thanks to #Envelopegate, La La Land did not.Titanic won 11 Oscars, including best picture as well. —Rebecca Ford
SNUB: Wicked For Bad
Yikes! Wicked: For Good didn’t receive a single Oscar nomination. Not for original song; not for production design or costume design, both of which it won last year. Overall, the Academy made it clear they were not fans of splitting this beloved musical into two movies. Wicked: For Good is one of the highest-grossing films of the year, so there was a feeling that the Academy would find ways to support it even if it wasn’t going to get a best picture nomination this time around. But Universal will have to take the film’s box office achievement as the ultimate win for this franchise, as the Academy was fine with mourning the Wicked this morning. —John Ross
SURPRISE: F1 Races to a Best Picture Nomination
It isn’t a huge surprise that F1 landed nominations for its crafts, getting recognized in best sound and best visual effects. Even its editing nom wasn’t a huge surprise; the film’s racing scenes are very well done. But the Brad Pitt-starring sports drama was not expected to play much outside of those sandboxes—so its nomination for best picture was one of the biggest surprises of the day. That 10th slot for best picture was very much in flux; F1 had just enough juice to make it in over other hopefuls like It was Just an Accident, Sirat, and Wicked: For Good. —R.F.
SNUB: Oscars Say Thank You, Next to Ariana Grande
Grande was arguably the co-lead in the second half of Wicked, and many critics considered her the highlight of the film. As her co-star Cynthia Erivo’s Oscars chances faded, Grande was still considered likely to get a nomination from the Academy. She did receive nominations from the Actors Awards and the Golden Globes, after all. But today, the pop star was edged out by the swell of Sinners and Sentimental Value—both films that overperformed this morning across the board. —J.R.
SURPRISE: Blue Moon Picks Up an Original Screenplay Nomination
This chamber piece about a lonely genius has turned out to be the tiny movie that could. With a knock-out performance by Ethan Hawke as famed lyricist Lorenz Hart (Hawke also earned an acting nomination), Blue Moon charmed audiences with its quick-witted dialogue and impressive, fluid directing by Richard Linklater. The screenwriter, Robert Kaplow, constructed his script based on letters between Hart and a Yale student named Elizabeth—and earned his first Oscar nomination today for his effort. —R.F.
SNUB: Jafar Panahi and Guillermo Del Toro Miss Out In Best Director
The best director race is always one of the hardest Oscar categories to predict. Panahi didn’t get a DGA nomination for It Was Just An Accident, but conventional wisdom was that he would still get in at the Oscars because of the film’s overall popularity with international voters, as well as his personal story. And Panahi did get a nomination for Original Screenplay—but the directors’ branch instead nominated another non-American filmmaker, Joachim Trier, for Sentimental Value. Past Oscar winner Del Toro, meanwhile, is beloved by his peers, and received a DGA nomination for Frankenstein. But ultimately, he didn’t have enough support to secure one of the five spots this morning. His film still received many below-the-line nominations, from cinematography to costume design—so come Oscar night, Del Toro will probably still get some shout-outs from the big stage. —J.R.
SURPRISE: Delroy Lindo Is In for Sinners
A rising tide lifts all boats, and while many Oscar watchers felt Lindo was deserving of today’s nomination, they didn’t think he would be able to break through in such a competitive field. Yet Sinners performed so well this morning that it helped carry Lindo into a nomination for his role in the film as Delta Slim. Though Lindo has an impressive body of work, this marks his very first Oscar nomination. Lindo’s surprise nod meant that Paul Mescal, who was believed to be a sure thing in this category for his role in Hamnet, was pushed out. It’s also worth noting that Jacob Elordi secured his nomination for Frankenstein after months of dogged campaigning. —J.R.
SNUB: Adam Sandler Still Doesn’t Have an Oscar Nomination
At the start of this season, it felt like this was Sandler’s year to finally get a nomination for an Academy Award. His role in Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly was measured, less bombastic than Uncut Gems, and the response was positive at every stop on the campaign trail. (Including when Sandler sat for a conversation with Timothee Chalamet, moderated by Vanity Fair.) But as the season progressed, Jay Kelly started to get a softer response among voters—and Jacob Elordi began to get more attention for his role in Frankenstein. This morning, Sandler fell victim to the surprise of Delroy Lindo’s nomination and Elordi’s ascent. —J.R.
SURPRISE: Kate Hudson Gets Her Second Oscar Nod, 25 Years Later
Hudson campaigned hard this season, and it paid off. Her role as Claire “Thunder” Sardinia in Song Sung Blue plays to all her strengths: she sings, she blends comedy and drama, and her chemistry with Hugh Jackman is superb. After her Actors Award nomination, industry insiders started to take her campaign more seriously. Still, there was a feeling that the film itself wasn’t strong enough to land her in one of the five spots. Today, though, she proved the naysayers wrong. But as a result, Chase Infiniti unfortunately didn’t make the best actress cut for her film debut in One Battle After Another. —J.R.
SURPRISE: Sentimental Value Overperforms
Sentimental Value seemed to stumble earlier this season, when it was completely snubbed for Actor Awards nominations. But the film came back with gusto on Oscar nomination day, earning nine nods. While it was expected to land noms for picture, screenplay, and a few other places, the film also landed a surprise supporting actress nomination for Elle Fanning, who joined her co-star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas. Joachim Trier also landed a coveted best director nom in a very competitive field, and the film also earned a surprise editing nomination. It’s clear there’s love for this Norwegian family drama across the board. —R.F.
SURPRISE: The Voice of Hind Rajab Lands in International Feature
Only one film in the international feature category was not released by Neon, which has become the go-to distributor for foreign language Oscar fodder. The Voice of Hind Rajab is an emotional story about volunteers at the Palestine Red Crescent Society responding to the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl. Germany’s Sound of Falling and South Korea’s No Other Choice were both vying for this final slot in this category, but The Voice of Hind Rajab, with its restrained yet emotionally devastating filmmaking, is undeniably timely as the war in Gaza rages on. The film’s nomination also marks only the second time that Tunisia has earned a nomination in this category. —R.F.
Can I get a drum roll, please? It’s time for the 2026 Academy Award nominations to be revealed.
On Thursday morning, starting at 5:30 a.m. PT, Oscar-nominated actress Danielle Brooks, known for Peacemaker and The Color Purple, and Thunderbolts* star Lewis Pullman are announcing this year’s Oscar nominations in all 24 categories.
The presentation is taking place at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, and can be streamed live on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s social media platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. It will also be broadcast on ABC’s Good Morning America and stream on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu.
The nominees will be revealed in two batches on Thursday, with Brooks and Pullman reading the categories for supporting actor, supporting actress, animated short film, costume design, live action short film, makeup and hairstyling, music (original score), writing (adapted screenplay) and writing (original screenplay) first at 5:30 a.m. PT. Then at 5:41 a.m. PT, the pair will reveal the nominees for lead actor, lead actress, animated feature film, best picture, casting, cinematography, directing, documentary feature film, documentary short film, film editing, international feature film, music (original score), production design, sound and visual effects.
Heading into the nominations presentation, The Hollywood Reporter‘s executive editor of awards coverage, Scott Feinberg, predicts that Sinners, One Battle After Another, Frankenstein and Hamnet will lead the field. And continue to follow THR for the latest awards coverage, analysis and updates.
Academy final voting will begin on Feb. 26 and conclude on March 5. The 98th Oscars, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will air live on ABC and streaming on Hulu from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
A.k.a. Charli xcx’s hyperpop mockumentary, helmed by the most in-demand creative director in music right now: Aidan Zamiri, channeling Charli’s humor for a satirical take on the music industry. Set to be released by A24 at the end of the month, the film includes appearances by everyone from Rachel Sennott to Kylie Jenner to Alexander Skarsgård. The trailer is funny, there’s no bigger star than Charli in pop music right now, and she’s also a noted film buff—so expectations are high for this film. Let’s hope it delivers during its premiere Friday night.
The Musical
A recently dumped middle school theater teacher puts together an avant-garde original musical in secret as a way to exact revenge on the school’s principal, who is dating his ex-girlfriend. This dark comedy from first-time feature director Giselle Bonilla, with a script by Alexander Heller—in the vein of Summer Heights High, but not filmed as a mockumentary—has a wild reveal at the end, when the audience gets to see the musical performed onstage, embracing the role of spite in the creation of art.
See You When I See You
One of the kings of Sundance, Jay Duplass, returns to Park City with a new film that follows a writer coping with PTSD after the death of his sister. Based on Adam Cayton-Holland’s memoir, Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-comic Memoir, the film also stars two more Sundance darlings, Cooper Raiff and Kaitlyn Dever. Duplass has done a lot of acting work in recent years, and he’s always showing up as a producer on independent films—but this movie marks his return to the festival as a director.
The Shitheads
Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. star in Macon Blair’s Sundance follow-up to I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Blair won the festival’s US Dramatic grand jury prize for that film in 2017. Here, Franco and Jackson Jr. play drivers trying to transport a rich teenager, played by Mason Thames, to rehab. This job proves harder than expected, and things get out of hand quickly as the trio goes on an adventure that includes run-ins with supporting cast members Kiernan Shipka and Nicholas Braun.
Undertone
Is it even Sundance without an A24 horror film premiere? In writer-director Ian Tuason’s debut feature, the host of a podcast focused on paranormal activity begins to receive recordings of a haunted nature. This one has all the signature A24 horror tropes—an unsettling tone, a female protagonist struggling with depression and loneliness, and a Sundance midnight premiere.
Worried
This television series, with a pilot directed by Nicole Holofcener and written by Lesley Arfin and Alexandra Tanner, is entering the festival without a network or streamer to call home. Centered around two young women, played by Gideon Adlon (yes, she’s Odessa A’zion’s sister) and Rachel Kaly, the show is giving Girls vibes. Holofcener rarely misses; it’s also interesting to see a television series take an independent-film model and look for distribution at a film festival.
“Somebody in power in the United States may be disappointed,” Ullman continued. “He will lose it.”
Read on for the full list of 2026 European Film Awards winners below, and don’t miss Vanity Fair’s complete coverage of the 2026 awards season.
Best Film
WINNER: Sentimental Value
Afternoons of Solitude Arco Dog of God Fiume o Morte! It Was Just an Accident Little Amelie Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake Riefenstahl Sirāt Songs of Slow Burning Earth Sound of Falling Tales From the Magic Garden The Voice of Hind Rajab With Hasan in Gaza
Director
WINNER: Joachim Trier—Sentimental Value
Yorgos Lanthimos—Bugonia Oliver Laxe—Sirāt Jafar Panahi—It Was Just an Accident Mascha Schilinski—Sound of Falling
Sergi López—Sirāt Mads Mikkelsen—The Last Viking Toni Servillo—La Grazia Idan Weiss—Franz
Screenwriter
WINNER: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier—Sentimental Value
Santiago Fillol and Oliver Laxe—Sirāt Jafar Panahi—It Was Just an Accident Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter—Sound of Falling Paolo Sorrentino—La Grazia
Documentary
WINNER: Fiume o Morte!
Afternoons of Solitude Riefenstahl Songs of Slow Burning Earth With Hasan in Gaza
Animated Feature
WINNER: Arco
Dog of God Little Amelie Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake Tales From the Magic Garden
Best Score
WINNER: Hania Rani—Sentimental Value
Jerskin Fendrix—Bugonia Michael Fiedler, Eike Hosenfeld—Sound of Falling
Cinematographer
WINNER: Mauro Herce for Sirāt
Fabian Gamper for Sound of Falling Manu Dacosse for The Stranger
Editor
WINNER: Cristóbal Fernández—Sirāt
Yorgos Mavropsaridis—Bugonia Toni Froschhammer—Die My Love
Production Designer
WINNER: Laia Ateca—Sirāt
James Price—Bugonia Jørgen Stangebye Larsen—Sentimental Value
The 2026 Golden Globe Awards kicked off awards season last night and as with all awards ceremonies there were some winners and some —how do we say this politely—people who did not win. Of course it’s easy to track who has piled up the most nominations or taken home the most awards in any given season, but the competition on the red carpet is a little less clear. That’s where you, VF reader, come in.
We asked you to vote for your favorites from our best dressed list, and here’s why: Starting today through the rest of awards season, we will be tracking who you think are the best dressed celebrities overall. We will be updating this leaderboard with your votes after each major awards ceremony to see who is winning the red carpet competition. (We are big about democracy here at VF.)
The Y axis shows the top 10 celebrities who are currently in the lead, the X axis represents the amount of votes. And yes, you can still vote and this chart will be updated periodically. Click here to vote on our Golden Globes best dressed list.
After the Golden Globes last night, the people have spoken and we have our first winner: Timothée Chalamet! The Marty Supreme star wore an all-black Chrome Hearts look, which he paired with Timberland boots like the born and raised New Yorker that he is. I can tell you that the outfit was somewhat divisive amongst our fashion team—for starters, the head-to-toe black was startling to some after a run of great and colorful, even if also monochromatic, looks. There’s also the fact that this was a slightly less dressy version of Chalamet than the one who won last week at the Critics Choice Awards in a pinstripe double breasted suit by Givenchy. It was, plainly, his more straightforward look of the season. This is why I liked it, and why he made the list—Chalamet is a clothes chameleon, and this showed his range while showing that menswear on the red carpet doesn’t always need to be a black tux. It doesn’t even need to involve a tie!
Amanda Seyfried’s ethereal Atelier Versace look took the second spot, with Miley Cyrus trailing right behind. As awards season progresses, expect some of these names to fall off to make way to new ones—that’s just the name of the game! Chalamet’s early lead should come as no surprise here. He’s an awards show and red carpet darling, often making best dressed lists or at least sparking conversation with his outfits. (And hey, at least he wasn’t wearing orange last night!) There’s also the fact that Chalamet took home the award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy—we can’t blame you, our dear audience, for wanting to give him a bonus!
Will Chalamet maintain his lead? Can someone else enter the top 10 after the next big show? We’ll have to wait and see.
When he’s not walking a red carpet, Moura dresses less showily: “Very simple, very discreet.” While he appreciates good clothes and the art of fashion, “it’s not something that I’m very into. I don’t know the brands nor the stylists nor the creators that well. But I think it’s a beautiful world of creativity, and I really respect it.”
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As The Secret Agent’s Armando, Moura wears classic 1970s Brazilian fashion: light shirts with several rows of unbuttoned buttons, with a little chest peeking out. “A little chest peeking out,” he repeated back to me, laughing. “That’s exactly what it is.” Wearing those clothes dredged up his own memories: “They really remind me of the way my father used to dress up, with the chest peeking out. Back then, in the ’70s, at least in Brazil, I remember all the men—my uncles and all the adults—they would wear their shirts like that.” Armando’s style has started to bleed into Moura’s own off-camera life. “I have some buttoned shirts, and now I unbutton at least two buttons down to incorporate that chest-peeking-out vibe into my personal style,” he said.
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He was a little less cheeky about what Sunday night meant to him. At the Globes, Moura became the first Brazilian actor to win best actor in a drama film; it seems likelier than ever that he will get an Oscar nomination for the role. The film’s success evokes the trajectory of the 2024 film I’m Still Here, which earned several Oscar nominations (and one win) after a solid showing at the 2025 Golden Globes.
Nominees for the 2026 NAACP Image Awards have been announced, with Sinners leading in overall nominations with a total of 18, including outstanding motion picture, supporting actor nominations for Delroy Lindo and Miles Caton, supporting actress nominations for Jayme Lawson and Wunmi Mosaku and an outstanding actor nod for Michael B. Jordan.
Coming in second place with a total of nine nominations is Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, which garnered an outstanding motion picture nod and outstanding actor nomination for Denzel Washington, as well as supporting actor noms for A$AP Rocky and Jeffrey Wright.
If you can’t attend the Golden Globes 2026 in person, seeing it through the eyes—and camera lens—of renowned society, fashion, and celebrity photographer German Larkin might just be the next best thing. Luckily for all those not rubbing elbows with the biggest stars of the day, Larkin was on the scene, capturing those once-in-a-lifetime moments that viewers most definitely did not see on TV.
Whether it’s old co-stars and friends reuniting or new connections being made, quiet glances or surprising moments, Larkin took everyone inside the rarified air of the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, where the ceremony took place on Sunday, to share how the beautiful people enjoyed the night.
For more from the Golden Globes red carpet 2026, see all the fashion and accessories in our all the looks gallery and who made our best-dressed list. Can’t get enough of awards season? Revisit Vanity Fair’s list of the best Golden Globes looks of all time and relive the evening with our blog full of fresh takes, up-to-the-minute commentary, and everything in between.
Williams and Storrie got prime seating placement at the Globes, sitting at a table with Paul Mescal, Charli xcx, Keegan-Michael Key, and Justin Hartley—and right next to the table where Leonardo DiCaprio was seated. They did red carpet interviews: Storrie wearing a black Saint Laurent suit with a thin black tie, draped in Tiffany and Co. jewelry, and Williams in a black and white Armani tuxedo—cummerbund included—Louboutin shoes, and Bulgari jewelry. Williams didn’t need a tie, choosing instead to decorate his neck with, well, his neck, leaving his shirt unbuttoned halfway down his chest.
The two even got to enjoy that very specific awards show rite of passage: a joke written into the host’s banter.
“I don’t want to get too serious, but stories like these don’t always get told,” host Nikki Glaser said in reference to their decidedly NSFW queer saga, calling it “proof that American audiences are ready for more stories about… hockey.” Touché.
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie attend the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2026.Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Before the duo presented the award for best supporting female actor in a TV series, as they headed backstage, VF overheard Williams telling Storrie, “Let’s go, baby boy.” Once onstead, Storrie put on an adorably wide-eyed show of being blown away by the audience, while Williams told him to “Jjst take a deep breath and picture everyone in the audience…you know.”
“Yeah, I don’t really know if that works, considering everyone’s seen us…you know,” Storrie retorted—a reference to their characters’ frequent nudity and the show’s famously graphic sex scenes.
When Williams wondered if his costar meant that everyone had seen Heated Rivalry, joining them in the cottage several times, Storrie clarified: “That’s a maybe. But their trainers have, and their moms have. Their daughters have. Hi moms! Hi daughters!” He was greeted in return with whoops and cheers.
Those trainers, moms, and daughters evidently also crowded in to say hi the night before the ceremony. Storrie attended the Vanity Fair and MGM Amazon Studios pre-Globes party at the Bar Marmont Saturday, decked out in a Louis Vuitton suit. Storrie told VF at the event that he was still feeling bowled over by the kind of stars who are approaching him since the show’s success. “Awkwafina came up to me last night and said, ‘I love you,’ and I was like, ‘I cannot believe you’re talking to me right now,’” he said. “These were people who were really big when I was in high school.”
Their night was, in a word, golden: Before the show kicked off, Jenner forewent the red carpet and posted her dazzling antique metallic custom Ashi Studio column gown straight to her Instagram grid. The couture dress took over 300 hours to create, and was set off by more than 100 carats of Lorraine Schwartz diamond jewelry.
Chalamet started the night with a golden girl on his arm, and ended it with a new golden statue in his hand, taking the stage to accept the award for best actor, motion picture, musical or comedy category on Sunday for his critically lauded performance in Marty Supreme. He once again wore Chrome Hearts, a go-to label for his promotional and awards circuit for the movie so far.
He saluted the “greats” sharing the category, noting, “this category is stacked.”
After shouting out the filmmakers, studio, and “Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank,” Chalamet nodded to the fact that though this is his fifth Golden Globes nomination, it’s his first win at the show.
“My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up, to always be grateful for what you have,” he said. “It’s allowed me to leave this ceremony in the past empty-handed, my head held high, grateful just to be here. I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments didn’t make this moment that much sweeter.”
And, of course, the inevitable sweet nod to his family, Jenner included: “For my parents, for my partner. I love you.”
Inside the room, Jenner, who shared a quick kiss with Chalamet before he headed to the stage, could be spotted giggling with tablemate and co-star Odessa A’zion at the mention, saying, “I’m so happy.”
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet attend the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2026.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
Chalamet is a perennial awards season darling, and he’s made it very clear that Jenner, his partner of about three years, is his darling. At the Critics Choice Awards 2026 earlier this month, where Chalamet scooped up a best actor statue, he shouted out Jenner in his acceptance speech, thanking her for the “foundation” the two had built together, calling her his “partner,” and saying, for the first time on a live national broadcast, that he loved her. Jenner, watching from the table, looked emotional at the statement, and could be seen mouthing “I love you” back at him.
If the Golden Globes red carpet 2026 is any indicator, awards season is off to a rollicking start. On Sunday, the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. But before comedian Nikki Glaser returns for the second year in a row to host the ceremony that honors achievements in both film and television (and airs on both CBS and Paramount+), the Golden Globes red carpet 2026 sets the tone for what to expect from awards-show-season style.
But before the awards are handed out and rousing acceptance speeches are delivered (which could make all the difference for Oscar hopefuls), see all the fashion, outfits, and looks from the Golden Globes red carpet 2026.
The brutal gauntlet known as “awards season” lumbers toward its combustible conclusion at this year‘s Golden Globes, the extremely glamorous (and moderately prestigious) ceremony honoring the year’s greatest works and artists in the fields of film, television, and for some reason now, podcasts.
Here are the full list of Golden Globes for 2025. The winners will be announced live on Sunday January 11 at 8PM ET (5 PM PT) on CBS. If you want to watch online, you can use the CBS app or Paramount+ — but only if you have a premium that comes with live TV. (If you are a Paramount+ subscriber at a lower tier, the ceremony will be available starting on Monday.) This year’s Golden Globes are hosted by Nikki Glaser.
NOTE: This post will be updated live.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just an Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners
Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
Blue Moon Bugonia Marty Supreme No Other Choice Nouvelle Vague One Battle After Another
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 – Motion Picture
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
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Best Motion Picture – Animated
Arco Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle Elio Kpop Demon Hunters Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain Zootopia 2
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
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Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
It Was Just An Accident – France No Other Choice – South Korea The Secret Agent – Brazil Sentimental Value – Norway Sirāt – Spain The Voice of Hind Rajab– Tunisia
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Motion Picture – 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
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Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Motion Picture – 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 Performance By A Female Actor In A Motion Picture – 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 Performance By A Male Actor In A Motion Picture – 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 Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture
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 Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture
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
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein Ludwig Göransson, Sinners Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another Kangding Ray, Sirāt Max Richter, Hamnet Hans Zimmer, F1
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Dream As One,” Avatar: Fire and Ash “Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters “I Lied To You,” Sinners “No Place Like Home,” Wicked: For Good “The Girl In The Bubble,” Wicked: For Good “Train Dreams,” Train Dreams
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Best Television Series – Drama
The Diplomat The Pitt Pluribus Severance Slow Horses The White Lotus
Best Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
Abbott Elementary The Bear Hacks Nobody Wants This Only Murders In The Building The Studio
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Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Adolescence All Her Fault The Beast In Me Black Mirror Dying For Sex The Girlfriend
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Kathy Bates, Matlock Britt Lower, Severance Helen Mirren, Mobland Bella Ramsey, The Last Of Us Keri Russell, The Diplomat Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise Diego Luna, Andor Gary Oldman, Slow Horses Mark Ruffalo, Task Adam Scott, Severance Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
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 Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
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 Performance By A Female Actor In A Limited Series, Anthology Series, Or A Motion Picture Made For Television
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 Performance By A Male Actor In A Limited Series, Anthology Series, Or A Motion Picture Made For Television
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 Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role On Television
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 Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role On Television
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 Performance In Stand-Up Comedy On Television
Bill Maher Brett Goldstein Kevin Hart Kumail Nanjiani Ricky Gervais Sarah Silverman
Best Podcast
Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard Call Her Daddy Good Hang With Amy Poehler The Mel Robbins Podcast Smartless Up First
The Best Movies of 2025
ScreenCrush’s editor and critic names the 20 best films of 2025.
The 83rd annual Golden Globes will occur at the event’s usual venue, The Beverly Hilton, on Sunday, January 11. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
Who’s hosting the Golden Globes?
For the second year in a row, Nikki Glaserwill host the ceremony. A veteran comedian, Glaser knocked her first hosting gig out of the park last year, ending a streak of so-so and straight-up bad hosts at the Golden Globes. In an interview for Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue, Glaser revealed how much preparation she puts into high-profile gigs like hosting the Golden Globes. “There are people that can pull these things off with little to no preparation and are just that talented. I am not that person,” she said. “I need the training. I treat them like the Olympics. You only get one shot.”
How can I watch the Golden Globes?
Traditionalists can watch the Golden Globes live on CBS. Cord-cutters can stream the awards ceremony live on Paramount+.
Who’s nominated this year?
As always, there’s a host of glittering stars nominated at this year’s Golden Globes. Going into the ceremony, the film with the most momentum is Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, leading the pack with nine nominations and multiple acting nominees in stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor,Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, and newcomer Chase Infiniti.Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value follows close behind with eight nominations, including for Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Renate Reinsve, and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas.
Elsewhere, Ariana Grande represents theater kids worldwide with a best-supporting-actress nomination for her work in Wicked: For Good.Jennifer Lawrence scored a lead-actress nod for Die My Love,Julia Roberts is back in the mix with After the Hunt, and Kate Hudson made the cut for her Neil Diamond tribute-band biopic, Song Sung Blue.Michael B. Jordan scored a nod for his dual roles in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, while Critics Choice Award winners Jacob Elordi and Timothée Chalamet have the chance to win two weeks in a row for Frankenstein and Marty Supreme, respectively. Adam Sandler and George Clooney are recognized for Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, and The Smashing Machine’s Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are in contention as well.
And don’t forget that the Golden Globes also honor TV. In the supporting-actor categories, White Lotus stars Walton Goggins,Parker Posey,Jason Isaacs, Aimee Lou Wood, and Carrie Coon are all nominated. The Studio’s Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara scored noms in lead actor and supporting actress as well. And in the limited-series category, Netflix’s Adolescence has the opportunity to extend its winning streak, as Emmy winners Owen Cooper,Stephen Graham, and Erin Doherty are all nominated. For the first time ever, the Golden Globes will also give out a statuette for best podcast, which could go to, among others, a celebrity like Amy Poehler, for her Good Hang podcast, or Dax Shepard, for his Armchair Expert podcast.
There’s something about looking in the rearview mirror—even season after season in fashion—that gives us a bit of clarity. And it’s about that time: on Sunday, the biggest celebrity names will turn out on the Golden Globes red carpet and set the tone for many of our choices in the year. My hope is that if style in 2025 revolved around a breakneck speed competition for virality and the repackaging of self into a new kind of perfection (was it a coincidence that The Substance was a major player last awards year?), that in 2026 the fashion on the red carpet kicks off a quest for individuality.
We’ve already started to see some of the most interesting characters in Hollywood dressing the part: Teyana Taylor in a vertiginously cut Tom Ford dress by Haider Ackermann to the Time 100 Next gala late last year—the kind of sartorial irreverence only she could propose as black tie. And Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner in ping-pong ball-orange, upped the ante of how stars can leverage fashion to promote a film by way of a viral look. These two know well how to be famous, and understand how many eyes are on them when they step out together—why not embrace the circus? (There’s also Meg Stalter and Paul W. Downs, who meme-fied Chalamet and Jenner at the Critics Choice Awards earlier this week—yes, please, more fun!)
Jacob Elordi in Bottega Veneta at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.
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Paul Mescal in Gucci at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.
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Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner in custom Chrome Hearts.
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Paul W. Downs and Meg Staler recreate Chalamet and Jenner’s looks.
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Alternatively, Jessie Buckley is embodying the movie star in her own, subtle and sophisticated way by wearing mostly black and white and offering resistance, in a sense, to the sartorial spectacle of the red carpet. Buckley, who is styled by Goldberg this season, has been wearing custom Dior and Chanel and The Row—the most coveted of labels. She looks great, but most of all looks like herself. How fabulous. The same could be said of Jacob Elordi and Paul Mescal, who look every bit the leading man without the gimmick of the internet boyfriend—no red carpet thirst traps or attempts at standing out for no reason at all. They look good, sexy; Elordi in a leather tie and Mescal in tuxedos worn over silky knit v-necks, both at the Critics Choice Awards. Even those behind the camera are coming as they are: see Chloé Zhao, in witchy and ethereal Lanvin and Rodarte frocks.
Jessie Buckley in Chanel at the 35th Annual Gotham Film Awards in December, 2025.
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Chloé Zhao at the 2026 Crtiics Choice Awards.
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In the last year, the conversation around fashion could be neatly packaged into two separate bundles.
Within the industry, it was a time of disruption: close to two dozens of luxury fashion houses, including giants like Christian Dior, Chanel, and Gucci and small-but-mighty favorites like Loewe and Dries Van Noten changed their creative leads, altering the fashion landscape and the way in which we will dress moving forward. Giorgio Armani, one of the industry’s last-remaining working patriarchs, died in September at 91; and the Prada Group, which owns the Prada brand and Miu Miu, purchased Versace after Donatella Versace’s exit from the helm of the label she safeguarded and spearheaded for close to three decades following her brother Gianni’s murder in 1997. Fashion, in an emotional sense, is moving into 2026 without the work of two of its guiding lights.
From the outside looking in, fashion grappled with the rise of newly ever shrinking bodies. Thinness, now commandeered by Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs, refashioned the style landscape as models, actors, influencers, and even athletes were downsizing to new extremes. Clothes on the runways mostly shrank to accommodate to these standards of yore, which had been challenged by the body positivity movement of the late 2010s but were now being resurrected and revitalized. The number on the scales and measuring tapes seemingly mattered more than ever before, and if that wasn’t enough, but the adage “age is just a number” took literal meaning: The popularization of deep plane facelifts, and the conversation around the wealthy looking decades younger, took a toll on fashion, too. The new luxury is not just what’s in one’s closet, but how youthful and tiny that one can pay to look.