Golden Globes 2026 Awards (#83)

 all nominations here. 

watching them live on Voyo for the 1st time, interesting to see the breaks without commercials, really, some candid scenes. Even saw Sean Penn smoking at the table !!! And monsieur Cannes, Thierry Fremaux, talking cordially to Guillermo Del Toro ! And later on to Sean Penn. 

Venue: the Beverly Hilton Hotel

presenter: Nikki Glaser -her second year-decent jokes &, including Epstein list and a Spinal tap nod at the end of show.

article here

best of on M. Short and S. Martin "proof that in this industry you are never too old to need (making) Money"

 before this were given

Cecil B de Mille Award to Helen Mirren -

Carol Burnett Award-Sarah  Jessica Parker

Awards:

Supporting actress (out of 6):Teyana Taylor / One Battle After Another

uber surprised, emotional, crying

supporting actor: Stellan Skarsgård / Sentimental Value, best speech-

"cinema should be seen in the cinemas" SS, not Spielberg but Stellan Skarsgard

best actor comedy / musical- Timothée Chalamet -5 noms

Song: K-Pop-Demon Hunters

score: Ludwig Gorranson -Sinners

screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson -One Battle After Another

New category: 

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: Sinners (surprising, I would also give it to Weapons)

Directing: PTA -One Battle After Another

Animation: K-Pop Demon Hunters

Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language-O Agente secreto/ The Secret Agent (Brazil, Kleber Mendonça Filho)

Best Performance by a Female Actor- Musical or Comedy-Rose Byrne -really, this category ? / If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Best actress now retitled "Female Actor " drama: Jesse Buckley -Hamnet 

Best actor "male actor"/ drama (out of 6): Wagner Moura -The Secret Agent 

Best Picture: musical/comedy: One Battle After Another 

Best Picture: drama: Hamnet

TV

Noah Willey -The Pitt

Jean Smart-Hacks

Owen Cooper-Makes History at 16 as Youngest Golden Globe Winner for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series-in Adolescence

Seth Rogen -The Studio /comedy / surrealy this happens mostly like in episode 8 of the show where exec Matt Remick (Rogen) is pushing for one at the Golden Globes 

best actor miniseries: Stephen Graham -Adolescence

Michelle Willams-Dying for Sex -not there

supporting: Erin Doherty -Adolescence 

best actress / drama: Rhea Seehorn-Pluribus (predicatably, and she was very emotional)

Best Drama: The Pitt (HBO)

Best comedy/musical: The Studio (Apple tv) -on my Top 5 series of 2025

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Adolescence (netflix, 4 wins out of Five !!!)

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Stand-up comedy: Ricky Gervais -Mortality (Gervais not present!) 

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Podcasts -seriously ?

 - Good Hang with Amy Poehler

the Big winners:

#OneBattleAfterAnother #sinners #Hamnet #Adolescence #ThePitt/#TheStudio

RIP Bob Weir

One of the greats and Only Ones, Bobby / Bob Weir, the legendary guitarist of Grateful Dead and later on Dead & Company, Kingfish, etc, is gone at  78 (on Jan. 10th 2026). 

He survived Jerry Garcia (dead at 53 in 1995!!!) for another 31 years !!!

He was still playing last year.

Obit in Rolling Stone

Dead & Company - 08/03/25, Recorded live at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA

Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne @Transilvania Blues Nights 9.01.26

 Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, THE KING OF BOOGIE-WOOGIE – premieră în România!

 9 ianuarie 2026 | ora 20:00, open doors 18:00 | Transilvania Blues Nights / Clubul Rockstadt, Brașov

event aici: 

Bilete aici:

Exclusive European Tour 2026: 

Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne vine în premieră în România pentru un concert-eveniment la Brașov, fiind recunoscut drept unul dintre cei mai importanți pianişti de blues și boogie-woogie ai lumii.

Cu o carieră ce depășește 50 de ani, Kenny a împărțit scena cu legende ale blues-ului

și rock-ului, precum Jimmy Reed, Pinetop Perkins, Johnnie Johnson, Big Joe Duskin,

Joe Louis Walker și Floyd Dixon, dar și cu artiști celebri de soul și rock, printre care Ike

Turner sau membri ai Santana și Doobie Brothers. Virtuozitatea sa la pian și vocea sa

expresivă au cucerit publicul pe patru continente, fiind apreciat de critici și fani deopotrivă.

Născut în Spokane și crescut în New Orleans, Los Angeles și San Francisco, Kenny a

început să cânte la pian la doar 13 ani, inspirat de gospel-ul tatălui său și de boogie-

woogie-ul descoperit mai târziu. Stilul său combină energia boogie-woogie, eleganța

jazz-ului, ritmul swing-ului și profunzimea blues-ului clasic, transformând fiecare concert

într-o experiență completă și memorabilă.

Duke Robillard îl descrie astfel:

“Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne is a monster piano player, imaginative

songwriter and soulful singer who captures the essence of old school blues

and boogie, while simultaneously sounding totally fresh and contemporary.”

De-a lungul carierei, Kenny a primit numeroase distincții internaționale, printre care:

� Blues Music Award 2024 – Piano Player of the Year

� Blues Blast Magazine – Piano Player of the Year 2023, 2024, 2025

� Living Blues Magazine – Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) 2024

� Bobby Blue Bland Lifetime Achievement Award 2023

� Boogie-Woogie Piano Hall of Fame 2017

� Juno Award 2006 – Best Blues Album

� 7 Maple Blues Awards – Piano Player of the Year

Kenny este considerat un maestru care readuce pianul în prim-planul blues-ului contemporan, combinând respectul pentru tradiție cu o energie proaspătă, care face ca fiecare piesă să sune atât clasic, cât și actual.

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Un concert-eveniment în premieră națională și la Brașov, în cadrul Transilvania Blues Nights.

B. There & Let There B. Blues!

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Un eveniment marca Transilvania Blues Nights recomandat de Rock FM și Zile și Nopți

Sponsori: BCR, ButanGas, Dräxlmaier, Tehnic Mihor, BitDatamining, Aplind

Parteneri de ospitalitate: A-Ha Bistro, Coliba Haiducilor, Brașov Old Town Apartments

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 9 ianuarie 2026 | ora 20:00, open doors 18:00 | Transilvania Blues Nights / Clubul Rockstadt, Brașov

Bilete: pre-sale 150 lei  aici/ 180 lei at the door

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Top 2025 albums, concerts and soundtracks

Albums:

 1. The Waterboys -The Life and Death of Dennis Hopper

nothing gets closer to this.  5 stars out of Five !

If there ever was a musical biopic this is it...

Gigs

Abroad

1. Iron Maiden -Budapest

2.The Tiger Lilies' Macbeth- Barcelona

3. PIL- Olympia, Dublin

4 Iron Maiden  -Belfort, France

5. NIN -Dublin

should've been The Waterboys in Porto but it was cancelled,. Went to IMAX and saw The Shining insteed..

Inland ;)

Laibach-Quantic

Curtis Salgado -Brasov Jazz and Blues

Zac Harmon -Brasov Jazz and Blues

David Ronaldo and the Dice-Brasov Jazz and Blues

John Nemeth-Brezoi

Fantastic Negrito -Brezoi

Bluesferatu redux -Bran Castle 

Vulture industries-Rockstadt

All TBF ;) esp. TBF VII- John Primer & Giles Robson, Sean Chambers,  Riccardo Grosso, Jorg Danelsien, Todd Sharpville, Eamonn Mc Cormack, Luke Winslow-King,  TRES, ', Jose Ramirez.

and how about that S.H.I.T. ? ;) 

also Bluesferatu in Bran- for the Second Year. 

Top Ten 2025 Soundtracks 

Sinners -Ludwig Goranson & VA

One Battle After Another -Jonny Greenwood

Sirat - Kangding Ray

No Other Choice- Cho Young-Wuk

Ballad of a Simple Man-Wolker Bertelmann

Highest 2 Lowest-Terence Blanchard

28 years Later -Young Fathers

Eddington -Daniel Pemberton

Play Dirty-Alan Silvestri -* way better than the film

special mention (Hans Zimmer Award of the Year ;)

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