Warning issued to anyone planning to watch 2026 Golden Globes

The 2025 Golden Globes ceremony was watched by a whopping 10.1 million viewers, according to Paramount.

People from around the world tuned in to see which stars would take home the prestigious trophies and which movies would win big at one of the biggest nights in entertainment.

This year's star-studded evening, the 83rd annual Golden Globes, is being hosted by actress and comedian Nikki Glaser for the second year running at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

It will kick off on Sunday 11 January 2026, airing on CBS and Paramount+ in the US and available to stream from 8pm EST, which is 1am UK time on Monday 12 January.

However, for those of us across the pond, the ceremony is only available on very limited services, as it's primarily being broadcast live on American TV.

Paramount+ users with the Showtime add-on can stream the Golden Globes live, and other Paramount+ subscribers can stream the show the next day.

If you're planning to watch the Golden Globes this year, make sure you do it legally (PATRICK T. FALLON/Getty Images)

Or, if you manage to get access to a VPN and use it to bypass geo-restrictions, you can then sign up for a free or paid subscription to the likes of platforms like Hulu + Live TV or FuboTV.

If none of these options work for you, you can simply recap the highlights the next day on social media and on the news.

The one thing authorities are firmly warning against doing in the UK, though, is attempting to watch the ceremony using an illegal Amazon Fire Stick.

It comes after it was announced last year that Amazon was cracking down on illegal streaming on its Fire TV Stick devices.

If you have no idea what we're talking about, the Amazon Fire Stick itself is an entirely legal piece of technology when purchased and used in its original form.

The issue comes, however, when people illegally jailbreak or modify them to allow users to access apps which show pirated content from streamers such as Netflix and Disney+, as well as accessing live events like for example, sporting events and the Golden Globes.

Essentially, it unlocks thousands of premium channels for free but, of course, this is prohibited. While it's technically not against the law to jailbreak a stick, it is a crime to watch illegal content on it, such as dodgy streams of sporting events or pirated material.

Authorities have warned against using jailbroken Amazon Fire Sticks to illegally stream (Getty Stock Image)

The Federation Against Copyright theft (FACT) have warned that they are continuing to target anywhere in the UK and Ireland 'where the data shows that illegal streaming activity is taking place'.

In recent years, the police and FACT have been seizing the fire sticks and making arrests up and down the country.

Amazon has also joined the crackdown itself, with its new Fire TV Stick 4K Select having a key change that makes it harder to turn into a dodgy stick, as per Metro.

Should users be caught using one of these jailbroken Fire Sticks to illegally stream, they risk severe financial penalties or criminal charges that could even lead to a prison sentence.

FACT UK explains: “Streaming, downloading or sharing unauthorised TV content, film or sports content is a crime. Illegal streaming or downloading are extremely risky activities, which can leave you and your family at the mercy of malware, viruses, ransomware, scams and fraud."

Golden Globe nominations in full

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: Infinity Castle
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best actress - 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 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 actress - 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 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 actress

• 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 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

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
• Chloe 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'
• Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good; '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 - Sirāt
• Max Richter - Hamnet
• Hans Zimmer - F1

Best TV series - drama

• The Diplomat
• The Pitt
• Pluribus
• Severance
• Slow Horses
• The White Lotus

Best TV series - comedy or musical

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

Best limited TV series

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

Best TV actress - drama

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

Best TV actor - drama

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

Best TV actress - 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 TV 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 TV actress - 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 TV 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 actor - TV

• 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 supporting actress - TV

• 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 TV 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

Best podcast

• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
• Call Her Daddy
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler
• The Mel Robbins Podcast
• SmartLess