David Lynch, the famed director behind Eraserhead, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive and the cocreator of Twin Peaks, has died. He was 78.
Lynch’s family announced the news in a Facebook post on Thursday, January 16. “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch,” the wrote. “We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”
Born in Montana in January 1946, Lynch released his first feature film, Eraserhead, in 1977, writing, directing, producing and editing the eventual cult classic. As he made his mark on the industry, he went on to direct 1980’s The Elephant Man, 1984’s Dune, 1986’s Blue Velvet, 1990’s Wild at Heart, 1997’s Lost Highway, 1999’s The Straight Story, 2001’s Mulholland Drive and 2006’s Inland Empire.
In addition to earning Oscar nominations for The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, Lynch received widespread praise for Twin Peaks, the ABC television series he cocreated with Mark Frost. Though the show only ran for two seasons from 1990 to 1991, it gained a massive following and spawned a revival in 2017.
A diverse talent, Lynch was also known for his work as a painter, musician, actor and photographer.
In August 2024, Lynch revealed that he had been diagnosed with emphysema in 2020 after decades of smoking. He told Sight and Sound at the time that he was housebound and would likely be unable to direct any future projects in person.
Three months later, Lynch elaborated on his condition, explaining that he needed oxygen to walk as a result of his decades-long smoking habit. According to the late director, he was an avid smoker from the ages of 8 to 76.
“In the back of every smoker’s mind is the fact that it’s healthy, so you’re literally playing with fire,” he told People in November 2024. “It can bite you. I took a chance, and I got bit.”
Despite his diagnosis, Lynch noted that he was not able to quit smoking until two years after he learned of his condition. “I saw the writing on the wall, and it said, ‘You’re going to die in a week if you don’t stop,’” he recalled. “I could hardly move without gasping for air. Quitting was my only choice.”
Emphysema causes intense shortness of breath, which made it hard for Lynch to complete even the most routine activities. “It’s tough living with emphysema,” he continued. “I can hardly walk across a room. It’s like you’re walking around with a plastic bag around your head.”
Lynch joked that he didn’t mind being homebound after his diagnosis, quipping, “I never really liked going out before, so it’s a nice excuse.” However, he realized he should have given up smoking sooner. “I don’t regret it. It was important to me,” he said of his smoking habit. “I wish what every addict wishes for: that what we love is good for us.”
Lynch went on to describe how smoking influenced his career. “I loved the smell of tobacco, the taste of tobacco. I loved lighting cigarettes,” he shared. “It was part of being a painter and a filmmaker for me.”
Despite his love of smoking, Lynch hoped to use his diagnosis to inspire other smokers to quit. “I really wanted to get this across: Think about it. You can quit these things that are going to end up killing you,” he said. “I owe it to them — and to myself — to say that.”
Lynch is survived by his four children: daughter Jennifer with ex-wife Peggy Reavey, son Austin with ex-wife Mary Fisk, son Riley with ex-wife Mary Sweeney and daughter Lula with ex-wife Emily Stofle.
“•Golden Raye Mahomes• 1/12/25,” the couple captioned a joint Instagram post of their newborn daughter’s feet on Monday, January 13.
The couple, who tied the knot in March 2022, are already parents of daughter Sterling and son Bronze, who arrived in February 2021 and November 2022, respectively.
Patrick and Brittany announced her third pregnancy via Instagram in July 2024. “Round three, here we come,” they captioned a video of their two kids showing off the baby’s sonogram photos as the family coordinated in white outfits.
Later that month, the pair shared that they were expecting a baby girl by posting an Instagram video of their tic-tac-toe-themed reveal.
Days after confirming Brittany’s pregnancy, Patrick opened up about whether they wanted to continue expanding their family after baby No. 3’s arrival. “I’m done, I’ll say that,” he told reporters at a Kansas City Chiefs training camp press conference in July 2024. “I said three and I’m done.”
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Still, Patrick gushed over their brood. “It’s awesome. … I always wanted to have kids young,” he elaborated. “I got to grow up in a locker room, and it made such an impact in my life. We’re on our third kid now. … Brittany does a great job of doing that, and we still go out and enjoy our life.”
In the years since they became parents, Patrick has praised Brittany for her commitment to their family.
“I think people don’t even realize how much she does,” he said on the “Impaulsive” podcast in May 2024. “I mean, taking care of the day-to-day stuff and make it where I can focus on football and focus on my craft and everything like that.”
He continued: “[She’s] a Hall of Fame mom and a Hall of Fame wife, [which] makes it a lot easier. I mean, when you get to come home and your best friend’s there and you can just hang out, it makes you want to be there all the time, and she pushes me to be great, and she’s done a lot of great things herself.”
As for Brittany, she raved over her experience as a mother in March 2024. “I think I’ve been called to be a mom ever since I was little,” she told SheKnows at the time. “Just seeing my kids grow up and the things that they’re learning and the things that they’re taking from their dad … when we have first experiences with them, taking them somewhere, seeing them happy and lit up and in good spirits when we do stuff, is probably the biggest thing that I enjoy.”
After 17 years, Hoda Kotb is officially bidding farewell to the Today show.
Kotb, 60, appeared on her final episode of the NBC morning show on Friday, January 10. The day started off on a tearful note as she cried after watching a video package of Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Craig Melvin and Carson Daly singing her praises. In return, she shared her own kind words about her colleagues.
“Carson, you’re like the secret sauce on the show, man. Without you, the show doesn’t hum,” Kotb gushed during the show’s second hour. “Al, you’re my first friend here, the first person I met. When I got sick, you were the first person who walked into the room and said I was gonna be OK.”
She continued: “Savannah, oh, my God. You’re my person, you’re my person. You know who shows up for everybody? This girl. … She’s in the room, she’s always in the room, and I love you. Craig, I’m so happy for you. You’e earned this, you own this, and come Monday at 7 o’clock a.m., I am gonna be dead asleep. But you’re gonna be fantastic. You’re gonna bring it home. Craig, you’re gonna be so good. You and Savannah are gonna be magic.”
In September 2024, Kotb announced she was departing the series. “I realized that it was time for me to turn the page at 60, and to try something new. This is the right time for me to move on,” she explained at the time, adding that her daughters, Haley, 7, and Hope, 5 — whom she adopted with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman — contributed to her decision.
Kotb joined NBC News in April 1998, serving as a correspondent for the national network and Dateline before becoming the host of the fourth hour of the Today show in September 2007. Kathie Lee Gifford stepped in as her cohost from April 2008 to April 2019, before Jenna Bush Hager took over the role. After Matt Lauer’s sudden exit from the Today show following sexual harassment allegations, Kotb was named coanchor in January 2018 alongside Guthrie, 53.
Kotb elaborated on her exit in a letter shared on Today.com in September 2024.
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“As I write this, my heart is all over the map,” she noted. “I know I’m making the right decision, but it’s a painful one. And you all are the reason why. They say two things can be right at the same time, and I’m feeling that so deeply right now. I love you and it’s time for me to leave the show.”
Kotb went on to detail why she ultimately chose to say goodbye.
“I’ve been weighing this decision for quite a while — am I truly ready?” she continued. “But, my sixtieth birthday celebration on the Plaza felt like a shift. Like a massive, joyful YES, you are! I saw it all so clearly: my broadcast career has been beyond meaningful, a new decade of my life lies ahead, and now my daughters and my mom need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie. I will miss you all desperately, but I’m ready and excited.”
Kotb concluded by confirming that she would stay involved at NBC in some capacity. “Happily and gratefully, I plan to remain a part of the NBC family, the longest work relationship I’ve been lucky enough to hold close to my heart,” she gushed. “I’ll be around. How could I not? Family is family and you all will always be a part of mine.”
Scroll down to see the biggest moments from Kotb’s final Today episode celebration:
A Purple Plaza
For her final time greeting fans on the Today Plaza, Guthrie walked Kotb through a spirit tunnel comprised of Today show workers sporting purple beanies and waving purple pom poms. Joking that the day was “Hoda’s Eras Tour,” Guthrie revealed that their Today colleagues and fans were sporting Kotb-themed friendship bracelets. Third hour cohost Dylan Dreyer even traveled back to New York City after covering the Los Angles wildfires to be with Kotb on her big day.
Muppets Sing-Along
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Kermit the Frog joined Kotb, Haley, Hope and the Today hosts in the studio to sing the famous track “Rainbow Connection,” which Kotb plays for her kids every night and she listened to on her way to work that morning.“
Hoda, you truly do make every day as beautiful as a rainbow,” Kermit said as the song began, during which the group chimed in to sing along.
“I love you, I love that song, I love everything about it,” Kotb stated before pointing out more of her family members in the studio. “Mom, I love you,” she said into the camera.”
Several of Kotb’s friends and family members were in the audience of her final live Hoda & Jenna episode. Her mom, Sameha, was unable to attend, but congratulated her daughter in a pre-recorded video message.
“When I turn the TV on and I see Hodie, I see her smile. I love that. And just to listen to what she has to say,” Sameha gushed. “I check to see what is she wearing. Is she wearing the dress that I sent her or something else? And how’s her hair?”
Sameha went on to recall how Kotb knew she wanted to be on TV after working on a radio show during her time at Virginia Tech. She eventually landed her gig at Dateline before making her Today debut in 2007.
“She FaceTimes me, by the way, every morning. But I see the girls and Hodie, and I said to her one day, ‘You don’t have to do that every day.’ [She said], ‘Yes, we do!’ That’s the way she is,” Sameha added. “Hodie, I’m proud of you and I’m sure you’re going to be doing great work later on. And I love you so much.”
A tearful Kotb gave her mom’s video message a standing ovation.
Hoda’s Look-Alike
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While Bush Hager announced that winners of a Kotb look-alike contest would be coming out on the show, it was actually a set-up to bring out their first celebrity guest of the episode, Gayle King. Poking fun at the pair’s physical resemblance, King gifted Kotb a T-shirt featuring her face on the front and King’s on the back, which read, “Hoda. Not Hoda.”
“Just today coming into the building, I swear to God, somebody said, ‘Hey, can I take your picture?’ And he took it and I said, ‘Who do you think I am?’ And he said, ‘You’re Hoda!’ And I said, ‘No, no I’m not,’” King joked, while Kotb noted she also gets frequently mistaken with her fellow TV host.
An NBC Send-Off
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Jimmy Fallonpopped by the congratulate Kotb on the end of her Today, run, gifting her a framed piece of the NBC logo carpet from the elevators in 30 Rock. “I entitled it ‘Onward and Upward’ ‘cause you’re getting on the elevator and going up, right?” he joked. “But then I signed it, and then no one can read my writing. My handwriting’s so bad so it looks like it says ‘Osmond and Uptown.’”
Kotb went on to praise Fallon for being a great guest over the years, revealing that her daughters call him “Uncle Jimmy.” Fallon, for his part, thanked Haley and Hope for the Christmas gift they gave him. “Haley and Hope, you are the cutest girls ever, and funny, as well,” he told the girls. “And I see you every Thanksgiving Day Parade and you’re always so nice and happy and always coming up to me.
Kathie Lee Returns
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After stating in a video message that she couldn’t make it to Kotb’s live final episode, Gifford surprised her former Today cohost in the studio.
“The one thing I had in common with you and with Regis [Philbin] — two very, very different people — I looked forward every single day to being with you both,” she gushed. “And I did and I said, ‘Today, I’m gonna be with Hoda. It’s gonna be fun. It’s gonna be fun,’ because you, I’ve always said, she’s sunshine in a bottle.”
In true Kathie Lee & Hoda fashion, the group toasted to Kotb’s next chapter with large glasses of wine. “May you walk into the most joyful, prosperous, purposeful time in your life with those precious daughters that I watched come into your life. What a blessing that was. I’ll never forget it,” Gifford said while giving cheers. “And once those babies came, I knew it was time. ‘She ain’t gonna be here long.’ So, bless you, my dear friend.”
A Tribute to the Fans
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In a pre-recorded package, Kotb read a “love letter” she wrote to thank the show’s fans for their support over the years. “16 years ago, I sat next to Kathie Lee and she changed my life. She chose me,” she read. “And truth be told, I was scared. I’d never done anything like this before. … I ripped off that news corset, we poured ourselves a glass of wine, and so it began.”
She recalled how a “new era started” when she began cohosting the fourth hour with Bush Hager. “Six unforgettable years, uncontrollable laughter and pure friendship,” she gushed. “I can hardly even say her name without laughing out loud, but that is not the part I fell in love with. I fell in love with her tears, her vulnerable, lovable self.”
Kotb noted that turning 60 on the show was the “peak” of her time on the show and said “having a front row seat” to fans’ personal journeys has “shaped who I am.”
She concluded: “I’ve become who I am on this hour of this show, and you were there with me every step of the way. So, as I sit here today in my final moments on this final day in this chapter of my career, I want to say thank you from the bottom of my very full heart for the ride of a lifetime. I love you.”
Hoda’s Original Song
One of Kotb’s favorite country artists, Walker Hayes, surprised Kotb with a performance of his song “Wednesdays.” The moment was a particularly meaningful one for Kotb, as she cowrote the track with him. In the song, Hayes sings how while some days come with ups and downs, “most days are just Wednesdays” with mundane day-to-day activities with friends and family.
“I feel like that’s what I love the most about our show. They’ve just been Wednesdays. Every day has been a good Wednesday,” Kotb said through tears after the performance. Bush Hager responded by telling her cohost, “It’s been a pleasure of a lifetime to be next to you.”
With Love, From Jenna
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While the Kotb’s final episode was filled with tributes from stars and loved ones, Bush Hager penned her own farewell message to her longtime friend and cohost.
“Five years, more than 1,500 shows, 90,000 minutes, 9,000 commercial breaks filled with Shaboozey, Beyoncé [and] constant laughter and soul-affirming conversations,” she recalled. “From Vegas to New Orleans three times, from Austin to Quebec to our home, this home, Studio 1A, which will always be ours, mine and yours. From a global pandemic to two maternity leaves, five children.”
In addition to praising Kotb for bringing “hope” to others, Bush Hager also credited her teaching her to “find the joy in the small.” She went on to recall some of their biggest TV moments, from trying out social media hacks to writing their own Christmas song to participating in a Polar Plunge.
Now, Bush Hager said Kotb is teaching her and fans “how to say goodbye with grace,” adding, “Thank you, Hoda, for everything you have taught me, everything you’ve given me, all the hugs, all the heart, all the laughs, all the love. I will miss you, my friend, but I love you and I’m so proud. Love always and forever, Jenna.”
Following the clip’s conclusion, Bush Hager welcomed out the rest of their Today crew — including Melvin, Guthrie, Dreyer, Daly, Roker and Willie Geist — to share hugs and kisses.
Final Goodbye
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For her final send-off, Kotb was joined in front of the camera by Bush Hager and dozens of Today show cast and crew members. In particular, she highlighted the show’s executive producer, Talia Parkinson-Jones. “You’ve loved me and Jenna since the very beginning, the day you started, and I just want to say thank you,” Kotb said before thanking the whole crew.
Haley and Hope stood by their mother’s side as Bush Hager gave her last goodbye. “You are loved. I can’t imagine this place without you, but I don’t have to ‘cause we already have a date on your calendar. Thank you all for believing in us, and Hoda, I love you,” she stated, but not before Kotb gave a shout-out to Jenna & Friends’ first episode on Monday, January 13.
The episode ended with a clip of Kotb driving away from 30 Rock with her kids in her minivan, which had a “Just Repotted” sign strapped on the back.
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The 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards are sure to be a good time, if the list of nominees for the 31st annual ceremony is any indication.
With the SAG Awards set to take place on Sunday, February 23, Joey King andCooper Koch were meant to announce the nominations — which honor acting performances in both film and television — on Wednesday, January 8. However, the in-person announcement was canceled due to the California wildfires, and SAG-AFTRA announced the nominees via press release instead.
Ahead of awards season, Wicked, Emilia Pérez, Anora, The Brutalist and Conclave were among the favorites to land nominations, while Shōgun, Hacks and Baby Reindeer hoped to ride their waves of success from the 2024 Emmys and 2025 Golden Globes into the SAG Awards. (The shows earned Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, respectively, at the September 2024 awards show.)
While who will win big at the SAG Awards is still up for debate, viewers already know that Jane Fonda will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award during the February event, becoming the 60th recipient of the accolade.
“I am deeply honored and humbled to be this year’s recipient of the SAG Life Achievement Award,” Fonda said in an October 2024 press release. “I have been working in this industry for almost the entirety of my life, and there’s no honor like the one bestowed on you by your peers. SAG-AFTRA works tirelessly to protect the working actor and to ensure that union members are being treated equitably in all areas, and I am proud to be a member as we continue to work to protect generations of performers to come.”
Keep scrolling to see the complete list of this year’s nominees:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Jonathan Bailey, Wicked
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
A Complete Unknown Anora Conclave Emilia Pérez Wicked
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Deadpool & Wolverine Dune: Part Two The Fall Guy Gladiator II Wicked
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story
Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Andrew Scott, Ripley
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Kathy Bates, The Great Lillian Hall
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
Lily Gladstone, Under The Bridge
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun
Jeff Bridges, The Old Man
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day Of The Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Nicola Coughlan, Bridgerton
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Anna Sawai, Shōgun
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Jean Smart, Hacks
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Bridgerton The Day of the Jackal The Diplomat Shōgun Slow Horses
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary The Bear Hacks Only Murders in the Building Shrinking
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
The Boys Fallout House Of The Dragon The Penguin Shōgun
The 60th Annual SAG Life Achievement Award
Jane Fonda
The 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live on Netflix Sunday, February 23, at 8 p.m. ET.
The former Bachelor Nation couple finalized their divorce on Tuesday, January 7. (Page Six was first to report the news on Wednesday, January 8.) Court documents obtained by Us reveal that Abasolo will keep their Miami home and 2021 Honda Accord while Lindsay will keep her engagement and wedding rings along with her California home and 2023 Porsche Macan. (The former couple did not have a prenuptial agreement and initially reached a divorce agreement in September 2024.)
Lindsay and Abasolo met during season 13 of The Bachelorette, which aired in 2017. The pair tied the knot in August 2019, two years after getting engaged on the show. Us confirmed in January that Abasolo filed for divorce from Lindsay following four years of marriage. He listed December 31, 2023, as their separation date and requested spousal support at the time.
In July 2024, Us confirmed that Lindsay was ordered to pay Abasolo $13,257 a month in temporary spousal support along with $15,000 in attorney’s fees and $5,000 for forensic expert expenses. Court documents obtained by Us on Wednesday reveal that Abasolo “waives, discharges and releases” Lindsay from “any and all” future payments. However, the documents reveal that Lindsay still owes Abasolo $460,229.
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Both Lindsay and Abasolo are also responsible for their own attorney’s fees, except for the $20,000 that Lindsay previously paid.
Shortly after news of their split broke, Abasolo addressed his split from Lindsay via Instagram. “If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I don’t like to put my personal affairs on social media and like to keep a safe space for our family,” he wrote in a statement at the time. “Many of you know me as a chiropractor, and also a husband, my proudest role so far. After more than 4 years of marriage, Rachel and I have made the difficult decision to part ways and start anew.”
Abasolo insisted that the decision was not easy but necessary. “Sometimes loving yourself and your partner means you must let go,” he added. “I wanted you to hear it from the source before the blogs start making up their own reality.”
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Days later, Lindsay broke her silence on the divorce filing. “I didn’t think I would get emotional. … First off I just want to say thank you for people who reached out. I’m still trying to reply to people. You just never know how great your circle is until you see all the people that reach out and love you,” she said on her “Higher Learning” podcast. “Obviously it’s a difficult time, if you’ve read the headlines, and you’re probably wondering why I would even work. But to be honest with you I need to distract myself from myself and the best way to do that is to do something that I love and I love ‘Higher Learning.’”
Lindsay concluded that she would “eventually” delve deeper into the details of the split, but it was “not the time” yet as she was “just trying to take it day by day.”
In December 2023, Lindsay hinted at marital woes when she admitted on “The Viall Files” podcast that she and Abasolo had “totally different lives,” which contributed to their decision to put space between their relationship and social media.
“I just [was like], ‘I want to keep this for ourselves’ and, you know, marriage has ups and downs, but you never know when we’re good or when we’re not because we never put it out there,” she explained. “I kind of want to keep it that way, so when I want to share something, I do.”
The pair settled their divorce on Monday, January 6, according to documents obtained by Us Weekly. The news comes 20 weeks after Lopez filed for a dissolution of marriage on August 20, 2024.
The relationship between Lopez and Affleck, 52, goes back more than 20 years. Lopez and Affleck met on the set of Gigli in 2001 and got engaged in November 2002. They were initially scheduled to get married in September 2003, but they called off their wedding days before the planned ceremony, and in January 2004, they confirmed their split.
The two reconnected in May 2021 and became engaged again in April 2022. They tied the knot in Las Vegas that July and hosted a second ceremony in Georgia the following month.
In May 2024, speculation surfaced about the state of Lopez and Affleck’s marriage after they were not spotted together for 47 days. Us Weekly confirmed later that month that Affleck moved out of their Beverly Hills home.
A source exclusively told Us in June that they couldn’t “get on the same page [and had] been discussing divorce as an option.”
The following month, a second insider claimed there was a “sliver of hope” for a reconciliation.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.Earl Gibson III/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images
“They are going through so much individually and as a couple,” a third source told Us. “They may take some time to see if this complicated moment can resolve itself and they come back to each other [as] better people.”
Lopez ultimately filed for divorce from Affleck in August, listing April 26 as their date of separation. Instead of utilizing an attorney, she submitted the paperwork herself on the two-year anniversary of the duo’s Georgia wedding.
According to an insider, the date of the filing was no coincidence. “The timing of the divorce was a big f–k you to Ben,” the source told Us in August.
Despite the jab, celebrity divorce attorney Chris Melcher speculated in an August interview with Us that Lopez’s decision to file without an attorney of record was “intentional to send a message that this will not be a fight.” Melcher believed that the pair had likely already “worked out most of [the] issues before going public with the filing.”
Lopez was previously married to Ojani Noa from 1997 to 1998, Cris Judd from 2001 to 2003 and Marc Anthony — with whom she shares twins Max and Emme — from 2004 to 2014. Affleck, for his part, was married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018, and they coparent their three children, Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.
The actor, 77, accepted the award ahead of the live show during the Golden Globes‘ Golden Gala on Friday, January 3, at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The accolade was presented by his wife, Mary Steenburgen.
“To him, all of you at the Golden Globes should know, receiving the Carol Burnett Award is like being allowed into creativity heaven,” the actress, 71, said of Danson while introducing him per The Hollywood Reporter. “Because whether it’s The Good Place, or Man on the Inside, Fargo, Damages, Board to Death, Becker, Cheers or the extraordinary podcast he does with Woody Harrelson, he, like Carol Burnett, has always known that it’s a precious honor to take people on a journey through television.”
In Danson’s speech, he joked that while he normally has a “confusing relationship” when it comes to receiving awards but he felt the complete opposite with this specific accolade.
“If I win, I feel a little embarrassed and lonely. If I don’t win, I feel a little embarrassed and lonely. But not tonight. Not tonight,” he explained. “I am so thrilled to get this award, Carol. I cannot tell you how much it means to me. You have brought so much joy and happiness into households all over the world. You radiate kindness. I love you so much.”
Burnett, for her part, shouted “I love you,” to Danson from the audience.
The Carol Burnett Award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to television on or off the screen. The honoree is selected based on their body of work and the enduring impact of their television career achievements on the industry and viewers.
Since the award’s 2019 creation, Danson is the fifth recipient, following in the footsteps of Burnett, 91, Ellen DeGeneres, Norman Lear and Ryan Murphy.
The Golden Globes named Danson as this year’s honoree in December 2024.
“Ted Danson has entertained audiences for decades with his performances that will forever be ingrained in television history,” Helen Hoehne, president of the Golden Globes, said in a statement at the time. “His career is a testament to his remarkable talent and versatility as an actor and bears resemblance to the award’s namesake. It is an honor to present him with the 2025 Carol Burnett Award to celebrate the tremendous impact he has made and continues to make in television.”
Danson is a three-time Golden Globe winner, having previously secured trophies for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Something About Amelia in 1985 and for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Cheers in 1990 and 1991. Throughout his career, he has racked up 13 nominations, including for his work on Becker and Damages.
This year, Danson earned another nod for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for his role as Charles, a widower who goes undercover at a retirement community while assisting a private detective on a case, on the Netflix series A Man on the Inside.
In November 2024, Danson opened up about exploring themes of aging on the show.
“For us people, my age and older, you still have something to contribute hugely,” he told People at the time. “So get out there and keep going, and the way you engage life right up until the end is an inspiration to those younger people behind [you] that are coming up and your children. Because a lot of times people think there’s a shelf life to creativity and contributing to life. There isn’t. That’s self-imposed.”
Viola Davis attends “82nd Annual Golden Globes Hosts Golden Gala: An Evening of Excellence honoring Viola Davis and Ted Danson” at The Beverly Hilton on January 03, 2025.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
Before the year’s biggest movies and TV shows were honored at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, Viola Davis was honored with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award.
The actress, 59, received the honor on at the Golden Gala: A Celebration of Excellence at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on Friday, January 3. The Cecil B. DeMille Award is named after the late director and recognizes outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Since its creation in 1952, the accolade has been given to 69 honorees, making Davis the 70th recipient.
“I was born into a life that just simply did not make sense. I didn’t fit in. … I just wanted to be somebody. I wanted some of those little gold nuggets,” Davis remarked while accepting the award, per Variety. “What I had was magic. I was curious. I could teleport — I could take myself out of this worthless world and relieve myself of it at times.”
Davis went on to state that her “curiosity” led her to start her acting journey. “I had enough curiosity to know that not only could I perform magic and inhabit these people, but I knew what they could give me,” she explained. “What could I find in all these lives that could somehow rain down those gold nuggets from Gordo and give to me and to make my life make sense.”
Davis ended her speech on a heartfelt note, stating that her younger self would be “squealing” at her accomplishments. “She’s standing behind me now, she’s pulling on my dress. She’s wearing the same red rubber boots that she wore rain or shine because they made her feel purdy,” she told attendees. “She’s squealing. She’s saying one thing. She says ‘Make them hear this.’ What she’s whispering is: I told you I was a magician.”
Davis sported a silky pink V-neck dress at the Golden Gala, which she followed up with a dramatic black gown with multi-colored sparkles on the 2025 Golden Globes red carpet on Sunday, January 5, at the Beverly Hilton. She posed for pics alongside her husband, Julius Tennon, who donned a classic black tux and white dress shirt. She took to the stage during the ceremony to present I’m Still Here‘s Fernanda Torreswith the award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
The Golden Globes announced Davis as the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree in November 2024.
“Viola Davis is a luminary whose profound talent has continuously shifted the lens through which we see and understand film,” Helen Hoehne, president of the Golden Globes, said in a statement at the time. “Presenting her with the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award is not only an honor but a reflection of our admiration for her relentless dedication to her craft and her monumental impact on the industry. Viola’s courage in portraying complex, powerful characters has broken barriers and paved new paths, making her an emblem of excellence and an ideal recipient of this prestigious award.”
Davis reacted to the news via Instagram at the time, writing, “Thrilled! Overwhelmed! Honored! Thank you @GoldenGlobes. .”
Throughout her career, Davis has been nominated for seven Golden Globes, winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for Fences in 2017. Her remaining nods were for her work in Doubt, The Help, How to Get Away With Murder, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Woman King.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025.Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Davis is also an EGOT winner, having earned an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and two Tony Awards. In January 2023, she opened up about her passion for her craft while explaining what the EGOT honor meant to her.
“I think that everybody wants their life to mean something,” she told Grammy.com. “I believe in the Cherokee birth blessing, which is, ‘May you live long enough to know why you were born.’ I do believe that you literally wanna blow a hole through this world in whatever way you can.”
She added: “A lot of people don’t know how to do that. A lot of people haven’t found that thing that they’re passionate about, that they can do. Some have. But we all are looking for that, blowing a hole through this earth before we leave it. I think about that in my work a lot. I really found that thing that I love to do. So I always wanna make it meaningful.”
Some of the most revered actresses in Hollywood went head-to-head at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.
I’m Still Here’s Fernanda Torres took home the trophy for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama during the Sunday, January 5, ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
“My god, I did not prepare anything … This is such an amazing year for female performances, so many actresses here that I admire so much,” Torres, 59, said during her acceptance speech, while dedicating the award to her mom. “You have no idea, she was here 25 years ago and this is, like, proof that art can endure.”
There were five other nominees in the category, including Pamela Anderson for The Last Showgirl, Angelina Jolie for Maria, Nicole Kidman for Babygirl, Tilda Swinton for The Room Next Door and Kate Winslet for Lee.
The category was stacked with talent from the get-go. Kidman, 57, led the pack with a total of six wins and 18 nominations throughout her career. She previously secured awards for To Die For in 1996, Moulin Rouge! in 2002, The Hours in 2003, Big Little Lies in 2018 and Being the Ricardos in 2022, while also earning nods for Billy Bathgate, The Others, Cold Mountain, Birth, Rabbit Hole, Hemingway & Gellhorn, The Paperboy, Lion, Destroyer, Big Little Lies season 2 and The Undoing.
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Winslet, 49, followed closely behind with five wins — for The Reader and Revolutionary Road in 2009, Mildred Pierce in 2012, Steve Jobs in 2016 and Mare of Easttown in 2022 — and 14 nominations for Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Children, Carnage and Labor Day. This year, she landed a second nod in a different category: Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for the HBO miniseries The Regime.
For her part, Jolie, 49, already had three wins under her belt for George Wallace in 1998, Gia in 1999 and Girl, Interrupted in 2000. She also had a total of nine career nominations, including for A Mighty Heart, Changeling, The Tourist, In the Land of Blood and Honey and First They Killed My Father.
Prior to the 2025 ceremony, Swinton, 64, received three previous nods for The Deep End in 2002, Michael Clayton in 2008 and We Need to Talk About Kevin in 2012.
As for Anderson, 57, and Torres, 59, this year marked their first-ever Golden Globes nominations.
Moore, 62, won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Sunday, January 5, awards show, which took place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
“I really wasn’t expecting that. I’m just in shock right now,” Moore gushed during her acceptance speech. “I’ve been doing this a long time, like, over 45 years, and this is the first time I’ve ever won anything as an actor. And I’m just so humbled and so grateful. Thirty years ago I had a producer tell me that I was a ‘popcorn actress,’ and at that time I made that mean that this wasn’t something that I was allowed to have. … I bought in and I believed that. And that corroded me over time to the point where, a few years ago, I thought that maybe that was it. That I’d done what I was supposed to do.”
She added, “I was at kind of a low point, [and] I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called The Substance. And the universe told me, ‘You’re not done.’”
Five other nominees rounded out the category: Amy Adams for Nightbitch, Cynthia Erivo for Wicked, Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez, Mikey Madison for Anora and Zendaya for Challengers.
Prior to the ceremony, Adams, 50, and Zendaya, 28, were already Golden Globe winners. Adams previously took home Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy in 2014 for American Hustle and in 2015 for Big Eyes. She has also received seven additional nominations for her roles in Enchanted, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, Arrival, Vice and Sharp Objects. Zendaya, for her part, earned Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for Euphoria in 2023.
Erivo, 37, and Moore, 62, both had three previous Golden Globe nods before the 2025 awards show. Erivo landed hers for her work in Harriet and Genius: Aretha, while Moore received prior nominations for Ghost and If These Walls Could Talk.
As for Gascón, 52, and Madison, 25, this year marked the first time they were recognized by the Golden Globes.
After the nominations were announced in December 2024, Madison said in a statement that she was “deeply humbled, honored and absolutely overjoyed” by the news, calling it a “dream come true.”
Gascón, meanwhile, noted, “This has been an overwhelming morning. Tears filled my eyes when I heard the news.” She went on to thank “all of you who support me and live with my successes as if they were yours,” adding, “This nomination gives me hope for humanity.”
Moore, for her part, told Variety that she was excited to be included in the awards season conversation after decades in the industry.
“I don’t want to make it mean too much,” she explained. “But I have to remember: don’t make it mean too little. Because then you miss the moment of the joy and really the beauty of all the hard work that’s gone in to get to this point.”
The actress, 42, walked the red carpet solo ahead of the Sunday, January 5, awards show at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. During the broadcast, she accepted the award for Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television for her Netflix special Ali Wong: Single Lady — and made no mention of Hader, 46, in her speech.
“My best friend is here, Mia, thank you so much for all of your love and support throughout the years,” she said during her speech. “This means a lot. Thank you so much.”
Jamie Foxx, Nikki Glaser, Seth Meyers, Adam Sandler and Ramy Youssef were also up for the award that Wong took home for her special, which premiered in October 2024.
Wong is already a Golden Globe winner, having secured the trophy for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for her role as Amy Lau on the Netflix show Beef in 2024. She and Steven Yeun starred in the series as two individuals involved in a road rage incident.
Hader — who is a four-time Golden Globe nominee himself — supported Wong last year when she won her first Golden Globe. Although they walked the red carpet separately in January 2024, the couple shared a kiss and multiple hugs when she learned of her victory.
Ali Wong and Bill Hader attend the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 14, 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association
Wong did not mention Hader in her acceptance speech at the time, but she gave a special shout-out to her ex-husband, Justin Hakuta, with whom she shares daughters Mari, 9, and Nikki, 7. (Hader, for his part, is the father of daughters Hannah, 15, Harper, 12, and Hayley, 10, with ex-wife Maggie Carey.)
“I really need to thank the father of my children and my best friend, Justin, for all of your love and support,” she said. “It’s because of you that I’m able to be a working mother.”
Wong was first linked to Hader in 2022 following her separation from Hakuta, 43. Wong and Hader briefly split later that year, but Us Weekly confirmed in April 2023 that they were back together.
“Hey, Ali, I just happened to hear the news of your divorce today, and I gotta tell you … I’m excited,” she recalled Hader telling her in a phone call after he got her number from a mutual friend. “I am, Ali, because look, I have had a crush on you forever, and I actually told my best friend years ago that you were my dream girl. And I know this sounds crazy, but, uh, I want you to be my girlfriend.”
Wong revealed that Hader then sent her flowers in multiple cities during her tour in Europe, which her female friends thought was “so sweet.” However, her male friends warned her that Hader could be a “psychopath.”
“That’s how cheap and lazy men have become,” Wong quipped. “That now when a fellow man commits any act of kindness, any romantic gesture, it must be a symptom of an undiagnosed mental illness.”
“Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish. Man, lucky guy,” Glaser, 40, quipped at the top of the Sunday, January 5, awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
The couple looked loved up inside the ceremony after Gomez, 32, posed for solo red carpet pics. She channeled classic Hollywood glamor in a stunning pale blue and diamond jewels. Blanco, 36, complemented her look in an all-white suit.
Blanco was on hand to support Gomez, who was nominated in two separate acting categories this year. She received nods for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for her character of Jessi Del Monte — the wife of the titular cartel leader — in Emilia Pérez and for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for her role as crime-solving podcaster Mabel Mora on Only Murders in the Building. (She was previously nominated for her performance on the Hulu series in 2023 and 2024, too.)
She ultimately lost in both categories to her Emilia Pérez costar Zoe Saldaña and Hacks‘ Jean Smart.
Gomez also competed against Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, The Substance’s Margaret Qualley and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture and Nobody Wants This’ Kristen Bell, Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson, The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri and Agatha All Along’s Kathryn Hahn for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy.
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Gomez and Blanco’s appearance at the Golden Globes comes less than one month after they confirmed their engagement. “Forever begins now..,” she captioned Instagram photos of her ring and the pair celebrating on December 11.
Blanco commented on Gomez’s post at the time, “Hey wait… that’s my wife.”
One week later, Blanco reshared the engagement photos via his Instagram Stories, writing, “Still can’t believe it!”
Gomez and Blanco went public with their relationship in December 2023, with Gomez revealing via Instagram that they had secretly been together for “six months” at that point.
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“He is my absolute everything in my heart,” she gushed at the time. “He [has] been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. The end. … He’s still better than anyone I’ve been with. Facts.”
In July 2024, a source hinted that an engagement was coming for the twosome. “She and Benny are very serious and have talked about marriage,” the insider exclusively told Us Weekly, adding that the romance was “definitely endgame” for Gomez.
The celebrated actor, 70, was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for Gladiator II. He ultimately did not win during the Sunday, January 5, ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Kieran Culkin took home the award for his performance in A Real Pain.
Washington had some stiff competition in the category, with Anora’s Yura Borisov, A Complete Unknown’s Edward Norton, The Brutalist’s Guy Pearce and The Apprentice’s Jeremy Strong rounding out the list of nominees.
Prior to this year’s Golden Globes ceremony, Washington already had a lengthy history with the awards show. He is the most-nominated Black male actor of all time, with 11 total nods throughout his decades-long career.
Washington previously won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for Glory in 1990 and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for The Hurricane in 2000. He racked up nine additional nominations in the latter category, including for Cry Freedom in 1988, Malcolm X in 1993, Training Day in 2002, American Gangster in 2008, Flight in 2013, Fences in 2017, Roman J. Israel, Esq. in 2018, The Tragedy of Macbeth in 2022 and Gladiator II in 2025.
Washington also received the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award — which recognizes outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment — during the 2016 Golden Globes.
Tom Hanks, his costar in Philadelphia, honored Washington at the time, describing him as “the actor of our generation” with a “legendary and noble” body of work.
“Great cinema lasts forever, and a great actor will forever astound us. Now, these clips will remind us that a single name can be a superlative synonymous with extraordinary,” Hanks said while introducing Washington. “A single name can define an artist who is a peer and equal of all of the greatest legends of our craft. If Washington doesn’t ring out loud enough, then let the first name carry all the weight. And that name is Denzel.”
At the time, Washington accepted the award with his wife, Pauletta Washington, and three of the couple’s children — son John David and daughters Katia and Olivia — on stage beside him. (The pair’s son Malcolm was not present.)
After receiving a standing ovation, Denzel joked, “You really do forget everything you’re supposed to do [up here],” adding that he was “speechless” over the honor.
Some of Hollywood’s biggest names competed in the same category at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, but only one star could take home the prize.
Zoe Saldaña ultimately won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture during the Sunday, January 5, ceremony, which was held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. She immediately burst into tears after presenters Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho named her as the winner.
“My heart is full of gratitude. Thank you so much to the Golden Globes for celebrating our film and honoring the women of Emilia Pérez,” the actress, 46, said. “This is a first time for me and I’m just so blessed that I’m sharing this moment with Selena and Karla and our fellow nominees. I know that it is a competition but all that I have witnessed is just us showing up for each other and celebrating each other and it’s just so beautiful.”
She went on to thank her husband, Marco Perego, and their three children.
Saldaña beat out a high-profile group of actresses for the award, including her Emilia Pérez costar Selena Gomez, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, The Substance’s Margaret Qualley and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini.
Gomez, 32, was the only person to be nominated in two categories, having also picked up a nod for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Only Murders in the Building this year. She was previously nominated for her role on the Hulu series in 2023 and 2024 too.
“I don’t even know what to write,” Gomez captioned an Instagram Story video of herself sitting in bed after the nominations were announced in December 2024. “I’m so proud of @zoesaldana and I am so grateful and honored @goldenglobes.”
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For Saldaña, 46, and Grande, 31, this marked the first time they received Golden Globes nods.
“After a while, I stopped hoping for that and thinking that there was going to be better,” Saldaña told Variety in December 2024. “We work really hard because we have an innate need to connect with other people. That’s why an artist makes art — they don’t need the art to hold in a closet or just for their own pleasure. They make it to connect and share it with so many people. And so when what you do lands, it gives you an instant connection, even if it’s just temporary.”
Grande, for her part, became emotional over her nomination.
“It is so surreal I don’t even know how to articulate it. I am so moved and grateful,” she told the outlet. “I have always respected this role and have always been aware of what it requires to play it. That’s why I’ve always adored and admired so many brilliant women who have played it before me. I know what it requires, and all I wanted to do was the work. From my first audition to my last day on set, I was so grateful for that privilege. When you’re focused on something for that long, and to see this kind of acknowledgement — it really is extraordinary.”
The remaining nominees in the category already landed nods in years past: Rossellini, 72, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television in Crime of the Century in 1997; Jones, 41, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama in The Theory of Everything in 2015; and Qualley, 30, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television in Maid in 2022.
The 28-year-old actress walked the red carpet solo on Sunday, January 5, ahead of the awards show at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. She stunned in a custom Louis Vuitton gown paired with Bulgari jewelry.
Zendaya is nominated for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role as former tennis star-turned-coach Tashi Duncan in Challengers. She is competing against Nightbitch’s Amy Adams, Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, The Substance’s Demi Moore, Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón and Anora’s Mikey Madison in the category.
Prior to this year’s ceremony, Zendaya was already a Golden Globe winner, having secured a trophy in 2023 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for Euphoria.
Zendaya and Holland went public with their romance in July 2021. While the couple largely keep their personal lives out of the spotlight, a source exclusively revealed to Us Weekly in July that they are still going strong.
“These two are the real deal,” the insider told Us at the time. “They started as besties, and that’s [why] their relationship is rock solid.”
Tom Holland and Zendaya.Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Holland and Zendaya’s “low-key” approach to their romance has endeared them to their inner circle, the source noted.
“Their families are all in” on their relationship, the insider added, explaining that their loved ones “think they’re perfect together.”
Although fans are fascinated by the pair’s dynamic, they have not let the outside attention impact their connection.
“They’re each other’s biggest supporters,” the source said. “They ‘get’ each other.”
Since they began dating, Holland and Zendaya have continued to share the screen. They previously starred in three Spider-Man films together between 2017 and 2021, and he teased in October that they are gearing up to portray Peter Parker and Michelle “MJ” Jones-Watson again in the as-yet-untitled Spider-Man 4.
“Zendaya and I sat down and read it together, and we at times were bouncing around the living room,” Holland said of the script on the “Rich Roll” podcast.
The duo are also set to star alongside Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon in director Christopher Nolan’s next film, Deadline reported in November. Though plot details have not been revealed yet, the movie is scheduled to be released in July 2026.
The actor, 57, stepped out for the event at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Speaking to Zuri Hallduring E! Live From the Red Carpet, the comedian said that he’s feeling incredible after recovering from his 2023 health scare.
“You know how you take a picture on your cell phone and you hit that first filter and it brightens up? That’s the way life looks now. Everything is altered,” Foxx said, noting that the cliché of living every day like it’s your last has more meaning for him now. “When it actually happens to you, you appreciate it more, I appreciate these moments more. My two daughters in the back kept me alive … I’m just blessed, man.”
Foxx noted that he “drew upon” comedy greats George Carlin and Richard Pryor for his Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was, which is nominated for Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television at the awards show. Nikki Glaser, Seth Meyers, Adam Sandler, Ali Wong and Ramy Youssef also received nods in the category.
After the heavy subject matter of What Had Happened Was, Foxx noted that he wants to make something “funny funny” this year. “I had to do this first though,” he explained. “I had to let people know [what happened] in my way.”
Prior to Sunday’s ceremony, Foxx was already a Golden Globe winner, having secured a trophy in 2005 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his role as late musician Ray Charles in the biopic Ray. That same year, Foxx was also nominated for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television for Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story and for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Collateral.
Jamie Foxx.Joe Maher/Getty Images
Foxx’s appearance at the 2025 Golden Globes comes nearly two years after he suffered a medical emergency that left him hospitalized in April 2023. In his December 2024 Netflix special, he revealed for the first time that he had a brain bleed that led to a stroke.
Foxx explained that he experienced a bad headache at the time and asked a friend for some medicine. “Before I could get the aspirin, I went out,” he said.
“I don’t remember 20 days. What they told me was that they took me to the first doctor and that first doctor gave me a cortisone shot and sent me home,” he continued. “What the f— is that? I don’t know if you can do Yelps for doctors, but that’s half a star, n—-.”
Foxx’s younger sister, Deidra Dixon, ultimately sought a second opinion at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hospital, where a doctor informed her of Foxx’s brain bleed and stroke and told her, “If I don’t go into his head right now, we’re gonna lose him.”
After operating on Foxx, the doctor told his sister, “He may be able to make a full recovery, but it’s gonna be the worst year of his life.” He woke up from a coma after 20 days and then went to Chicago for rehab.
Foxx divulged that his sister and his daughter Corinne, 30 — whom he shares with ex Connie Kline — kept him out of the spotlight amid his recovery. (Foxx is also the father of daughter Anelise, 16, with ex Kristin Grannis.)
“They held me the f— down. ‘Nobody sees him!’ They cut it all off,” he recalled. “They didn’t want you to see me like that and I didn’t want you to see me like that. There’s another reason, too, why my daughter didn’t want nobody to see me. I was dizzy from the stroke. I was so dizzy, so my head would [shake]. She said, ‘They gon’ meme the f— out of this motherf—er.’”
The actor, 29, and the reality star, 27, were spotted at the Sunday, January 5, ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The pair were seen smiling and laughing while host Nikki Glaser made a jab at Chalamet’s mustache.
Chalamet is nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown. He is competing against The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody, Queer’s Daniel Craig, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo, Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes and The Apprentice’s Sebastian Stan in the category. (Brody took home the award.)
This marks Chalamet’s fourth Golden Globe nomination during his career. He previously received nods for Call Me by Your Name in 2018, Beautiful Boy in 2019 and Wonka in 2024.
Last January, Jenner was on hand to support Chalamet at the 2024 awards show. Although he walked the red carpet solo, she joined him inside the venue, where the couple — who were first linked in April 2023 — showed PDA.
The pair “couldn’t keep their hands off each other” during the ceremony, a source exclusively told Us Weekly at the time.
Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner at the 81st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.Christopher Polk/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images
“They only had eyes for each other, and it was clear they were totally into one another,” the insider added.
While Jenner — who shares daughter Stormi, 6, and son Aire, 2, with ex-boyfriend Travis Scott — opted not to accompany Chalamet on the red carpet, the two “barely left each other’s sides” once they met up inside.
“They shared a few kisses, and it was obvious they had amazing chemistry,” the source said, noting that the duo had their legs interlocked while chatting at their table. “They didn’t stop flirting the entire night.”
“Everything is going great between them. They both have really busy schedules but make as much time for each other as possible,” the second source shared in January 2024. “Timothée is always making Kylie smile. They have a very special connection.”
Throughout the past year, Chalamet and Jenner have rarely been seen in public together, but a third insider revealed in July 2024 that the couple prefers to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.
“Kylie and Timothée hang out with each other frequently and communicate on a regular basis,” the third insider told Us. “They’ve gone on a number of dates recently, but they always do their best to try and stay under the radar as much as possible.”
The actor, 44, and the model, 28, made a rare joint public appearance at the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Gyllenhaal wore an unbuttoned white dress shirt with his tuxedo and sported a buzzcut. Cadieu also showcased a black-and-white tuxedo-inspired look on the red carpet.
Gyllenhaal is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama for his role as prosecutor turned murder suspect Rusty Sabich in the Apple TV+ show Presumed Innocent. He is competing against Mr. & Mrs. Smith’s Donald Glover, Slow Horses’ Gary Oldman, The Day of the Jackal’s Eddie Redmayne, Shōgun’s Hiroyuki Sanada and Landman’s Billy Bob Thornton in the category.
Prior to the 2025 awards show, Gyllenhaal was previously nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Love & Other Drugs in 2011 and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Nightcrawler in 2015.
Still, Gyllenhaal revealed that his personal life had become a priority as of late.
“I think we all get into that space of work, work, work, and for a long time my career took precedence, but I’m at a point in my life where I realize that family really is the only thing that matters to me,” he explained.
Nearly three years earlier, Gyllenhaal pointed to his desire to settle down during an October 2021 appearance on The Howard Stern Show.
“All I want is to be a good husband and a father. … That really is all I want,” he said at the time. “And now that I have fulfilled a lot of things in my career that I feel comfortable with, I can safely say that. I don’t know if I could have said that before.”
Gyllenhaal also gushed over Cadieu, calling her “such a good person” who is not a fan of the spotlight.
“That’s part of the reason why I just adore her. … Not at all the main reason, but you know, one of them,” he raved. “I love her so much.”
Zahara Jolie and Angelina Jolie attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.Amy Sussman/Getty Images
The actress, 49, was accompanied by her eldest daughter, Zahara, 19, at the Sunday, January 5, ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. “Z is here,” Jolie told Variety on the red carpet, noting that Zahara gave her metallic gown her stamp of approval. “She’s hiding over there ‘cause you’re live,” she joked about her daughter not joining her on camera.
Zahara complemented her mother’s sparkling look in a white dress featuring silver metallic embroidered detail. While Jolie wore her hair half-up, Zahara pulled hers back in a chic updo.
Two days before their Golden Globes outing, Zahara joined her mother at the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards in Palm Springs, California. The two sported opposite colors at the event, with Jolie contrasting her daughter’s white gown in a black silk dress.
Zahara is one of six kids Jolie shares with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, including Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16.
At this year’s Golden Globes, Jolie is nominated for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for her role as opera singer Maria Callas in the biographical drama Maria. The Last Showgirl’s Pamela Anderson, Babygirl’s Nicole Kidman, The Room Next Door’s Tilda Swinton, I’m Still Here’s Fernanda Torres and Lee’s Kate Winslet are also up for the award.
Prior to the 2025 awards show, Jolie won three consecutive Golden Globes between 1998 and 2000 for her performances in George Wallace, Gia and Girl, Interrupted. She has received a total of nine nominations throughout her career.
Zahara Jolie and Angelina Jolie attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Jolie’s family outing at the Golden Globes comes just days after news broke that she finalized her divorce from Pitt, 61. The exes split in September 2016 and were declared legally single in 2019 but did not sign off on a divorce settlement until Monday, December 30.
“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family,” Jolie’s lawyer James Simon told Us Weekly in a statement at the time. “This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.”
A rep for Pitt declined to confirm or comment on the news.
As for the pair’s children, they have supported their mother throughout the lengthy legal battle.
“The kids have grown up seeing that some people have so much power and privilege that their voices don’t matter. Their pain doesn’t count,” a source close to the matter told Us in December 2024. “They have wanted [Angelina] to speak up for herself, to defend herself over these years but she reminds them to focus on changing laws over telling public stories.”
Despite the headline-making ordeal, the insider said that Jolie “doesn’t speak ill” of Pitt publicly or privately to their children, adding that she has been “trying hard to be light after a dark time.”
The Nobody Wants This star, 44, and the Parenthood alum, 49, walked the red carpet together on Sunday, January 5, before the event at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
Bell wore a shimmery metallic gown for the big night, completing the look with rose gold earrings, cuff bracelet and two rings, all courtesy of Reza.
Shepard finished off his classic suit with a pair of casual Vans black-and-white checkerboard sneakers and black sunglasses.
Bell is nominated for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for her portrayal of agnostic sex and dating podcaster Joanne on the Netflix romantic comedy Nobody Wants This. The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, Hacks’ Jean Smart, Agatha All Along’s Kathryn Hahn, Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson and Only Murders in the Building’s Selena Gomez are also competing in the category.
Bell was previously up for the same award in 2019 for her performance on The Good Place, but she ultimately lost to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Rachel Brosnahan.
Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
As for her personal life, Bell has been married to Shepard since October 2013. The couple share daughters Lincoln, 11, and Delta, 10.
After Bell and her Nobody Wants This costar Adam Brody made headlines for their impressive chemistry on the series, Shepard expressed his support for the duo.
“Even I can acknowledge watching it, like, ‘Whoa, that’s hot,’” Bell told eTalk in September 2024 of her onscreen PDA with Brody, 45. “My husband said the same thing. Like, watching the first episode he was like, ‘Oh, my God, I want you to kiss him so badly.’”
The following month, Shepard joked about Bell’s fictional connection with Brody.
“We watched that scene together, the kissing scene, which I’d argue is the very best kissing scene ever, ever put on film,” he said at the New Yorker Festival in October 2024. “And my best friend, Aaron, from childhood, he goes, ‘Does she ever kiss you like that?’ No, I didn’t even know she could kiss like that.”
Shepard then quipped that his chemistry with Bell is “not as good as her and Brody.”
Bell, for her part, attempted to explain the approach behind her unique bond with Brody, who has been married to Leighton Meester since February 2014 and shares daughter Arlo, 9, and a 4-year-old son (whose name has not been revealed) with the actress, 38.
“I’m not trying to be reductive, but I think there’s a math to it,” Bell told eTalk. “You have two actors that know how to stare dopily into each other’s eyes, and you have to have the confidence to expand that and really sit the anticipatory value before the kiss — which I think is really important.”
She added: “Whether or not people want to see you end up with someone is a crapshoot, and we just kind of got lightning in a bottle.”
