Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s marriage is officially over.

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.

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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.

“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.

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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.

Ted Danson was honored with the Carol Burnett Award at the 2025 Golden Globes.

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.

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“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.

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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.

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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.”

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.”

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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 Torres with the award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

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.”

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

Demi Moore gave viewers a moment to remember at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

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.’”

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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.”

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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.”

Ali Wong attended the 2025 Golden Globe Awards without Bill Hader.

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.

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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.

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.”

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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.

In Wong’s Golden Globe-nominated comedy special, she opened up about the origins of her relationship with Hader.

“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.”

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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.”

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco‘s engagement was the target one of Nikki Glaser‘s hilarious 2025 Golden Globes monologue jokes.

“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.)

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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.

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.”

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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.

“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.

Denzel Washington will not be adding another trophy to his mantel after the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

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.

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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.

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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.

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“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.”

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.

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“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.

Zendaya stepped out without boyfriend Tom Holland at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

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.

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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.”

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.”

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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.

Jamie Foxx celebrated his comeback at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 5.

The actor, 57, stepped out for the event at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Speaking to Zuri Hall during 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.

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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.

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—-.”

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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.’”

Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner made a rare joint appearance at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

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.

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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.

 

“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.

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“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.”

Later that month, a second source told Us that Chalamet and Jenner are “madly in love.”

“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.”

Jake Gyllenhaal and his girlfriend, Jeanne Cadieu, stepped out for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 5.

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.

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As for Gyllenhaal’s relationship with Cadieu, the couple have been dating since 2018, though they have kept their romance relatively under the radar.

During a June 2024 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Gyllenhaal dodged a question about whether he plans to marry Cadieu.

“I’m supposed to tell The Hollywood Reporter that?” he responded. “I’m not going to give you timing.”

Jake Gyllenhaal and Girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu's Relationship Timeline

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.

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“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.”

Angelina Jolie turned the 2025 Golden Globes into a mother-daughter date night.

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.

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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.

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.”

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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.”

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard looked as smitten as ever at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

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.

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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.

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.’”

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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.”

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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.”

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester celebrated his big night at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

The Nobody Wants This star, 45, and the Gossip Girl alum, 38, posed for photos on the red carpet ahead of the Sunday, January 5, ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Meester stunned in a light green shimmering dress with a cowl neckline, while Brody rocked a dark green double-breasted suit.

When asked about the biggest difference in his life from 20 years ago, Brody said on E! Live From the Red Carpet, “A family, you know, gives you a very different perspective. … I don’t want to quantify it, but it’s a big perspective shift. But hopefully it means in another 20 years I’ll be back as everyone’s favorite grandpa boyfriend.”

Brody is a first-time Golden Globes nominee. He is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for his role as rabbi Noah Roklov in the Netflix show Nobody Wants This. Shrinking’s Jason Segel, The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, Only Murders in the Building’s Martin Short and Steve Martin and A Man on the Inside’s Ted Danson are also nominated in the category. (White took home the award.)

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While fans have been enamored by his onscreen chemistry with his Nobody Wants This costar Kristen Bell since the series’ September 2024 premiere, in real life, Brody has been married to Meester since February 2014. The couple are parents of daughter Arlo, 9, and a son, 4, whose name has not been revealed.

The pair have maintained a relatively private romance over the years, but in December 2024, Brody offered an unprecedented glimpse into his connection with Meester.

“Despite the state of the world, I feel like I’m living my best life,” he told British magazine Stylist at the time. “I have a beautiful, dreamy family life. I have a good work-life balance and get to spend a lot of time with my kids. I’m in that really great period of middle age where I’m old enough to have seniority and work security but also still have enough of my body to be active and do all the things I want to. I’m a lucky guy.”

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As for the two’s holiday plans, Brody revealed how they tackle the festivities as a team.

“I don’t do it a lot, but I’m a good host if I may say so myself,” he explained. “It’s usually a blur because I’m running around and making sure everyone is having a good time. But if we’re going to someone else’s, I like to think I make for good conversation. My wife and I have a dynamic: I will be the one that gets us there on time, but she will be the last to leave, long after I’ve started to get antsy to head home. So between us, we’re committed. We’re not just stopping by for an hour: if you have us, you have us.”

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Brody then gushed over Meester and what it’s like to watch her interact with others in a crowd.

“When you’re out somewhere in public, there’s something very nice about seeing the person you’re with from across the room talking to someone else,” he noted. “It’s a totally different perspective and, ideally, it’s a very lovely and flattering one. In my case, it definitely is.”

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been locked in a messy court battle ever since she filed for divorce in September 2016, but the pair were not always at odds.

The Oscar winners allegedly fell for each other while filming the 2005 action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The origination of their relationship instantly caused controversy since Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston at the time. The Friends alum filed for divorce from Pitt in March 2005.

Pitt and Jolie welcomed daughter Shiloh in 2006, the same year they adopted son Maddox and daughter Zahara. Jolie adopted son Pax in 2007 (Pitt followed suit in 2008). Their twins, Knox and Vivienne, were born in July 2008.

The couple officially tied the knot in France in August 2014, only to call it quits two years later. Jolie has accused her ex of being “physically and emotionally abusive” toward her and their kids on a September 2016 flight from California to France, which Pitt denied. The pair settled their divorce eight years later in December 2024.

Pitt filed a lawsuit against Jolie in February 2022, claiming she illegally sold her share of the French winery Château Miraval without his permission.

Scroll down to rediscover how Pitt and Jolie’s post-split relationship became so contentious.

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Matthew Gaudreau’s wife, Madeline Gaudreau, has welcomed the couple’s first baby after her husband’s tragic death in August.

“Tripp Matthew ,” Madeline wrote via Instagram on Sunday, December 29, welcoming the newborn. “Mommy & Daddy’s world.” Her post included a snap of Madeline holding the newborn’s tiny hand, alongside a small sign that reads, “He’s here.” She also tagged Matthew in the post.

Matthew and his brother, NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, were struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver while biking near their New Jersey hometown in August. Matthew was 29, and Johnny was 31.

Shortly after news broke of the brothers’ deaths, an online registry confirmed that Madeline was expecting her and Matthew’s first baby, due on December 31. A GoFundMe was launched in the aftermath of the accident to raise money to support Madeline and the pair’s son, Tripp.

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In the days after the tragedy, Madeline shared multiple tributes to her late husband, whom she wed in July 2021.

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“I have no words. I just miss you. I don’t know my life without you. I have never experienced a pain like this,” she wrote via Instagram in August. “I am so blessed you choose me to be your wife [and] to love me. You are the best thing about me.”

She continued: “I know you are watching down in just as much pain as I am looking up. I will keep going for you and our son. I love you so much, Matthew.”

In a subsequent Instagram Story post, Madeline wrote that Matthew was “the proudest” father-to-be and “couldn’t wait to be a dad,” adding, “He never missed an appointment. Can’t wait to see you live through our son.”

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Madeline described her relationship with Matthew as “the best 14 years of my life” in a September Instagram post, noting, “Can’t wait to see you again. Miss you so much.”

Later that month, Madeline became emotional while delivering a eulogy at a memorial service for Matthew.

“This last week has felt like I’ve been trapped in a nightmare I can’t wake up from,” she said. “I feel numb, angry, sad, blessed all at once. Some days, the thought of this new reality is debilitating, but mostly I just miss Matt.”

Through tears, Madeline said that she knew “Matt will surround his son for the rest of his life.”

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“I’m so thankful God gave us a child, a little Matty, to run around for life, to carry on his legacy,” she shared. “Tripp will know how much his father loved him, and I promise to do all the things with him we talked about.”

Madeline concluded her speech by urging people not to drink and drive. “Call a ride. Please do not put another family through this torture,” she said.

Johnny’s wife, Meredith Gaudreau, was also pregnant at the time of the accident. As she prepared to welcome their third child, Madeline vowed to support her sister-in-law.

“We will forever share this extreme heartbreak and terrible bond,” Madeline wrote via Instagram in September. “However, the boys couldn’t have picked stronger women as their wives and mothers of their children. We will carry each other through every season as the boys would do for each other. They blessed us with children. Through them we will always have a part of them earth side with us forever.”

Cole Sprouse, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes and Vanessa Morgan are among the Riverdale stars whose offscreen relationships have made headlines over the years.

Reinhart and Sprouse won over fans as lovebirds Betty and Jughead on the CW drama, which premiered in January 2017. So viewers were ecstatic to discover the duo were a real-life couple when they were first linked in July 2017.

After dating on and off for three years, the costars called it quits in 2020. However, Sprouse and Reinhart were not the only Riverdale stars to pair up off screen. Mendes also dated Charles Melton from 2018 to 2019.

As the show continued to gain a following, multiple stars from the series took the next step by starting families. Morgan welcomed son River with Michael Kopech in January 2021, while KJ Apa and then-girlfriend Clara Berry became parents to son Sasha in September 2021.

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Beyoncé brought a little country Christmas to her halftime show performance during the NFL’s Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game, armed with many tricks up her sleeve.

The Grammy winner, 43, performed songs from her Cowboy Carter album during her set at NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston on Wednesday, December 25, in what was dubbed the “Christmas Game Day Beyoncé Bowl.”

Beyoncé arrived on the stage via horseback, galloping past a garage of vintage cars while wearing a white oversized fur coat with a coordinating cowboy hat and a diamond choker necklace. After renditions of “16 Carriages” and “Black Bird,” the singing icon strutted onto the field for a showstopping performance of “Ya Ya,” changing into a sequined bodysuit. Beyoncé also sang “RIIVERDANCE” with Shaboozey, “LEVII’S Jeans” with Post Malone (sitting in a denim-covered truck), “Jolene” and “Texas Hold ‘Em” featuring 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy joining the backing dancers.

“It’s only right that we do ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ for the first time in Houston, Texas on Christmas,” Beyoncé quipped in her introduction before concluding, “Merry Christmas, God bless y’all.”

While singing “Black Bird,” Beyoncé was joined by Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts, all of whom were featured on the LP.

The Christmas Day halftime show, which aired on Netflix, marks the first time Beyoncé sang Cowboy Carter songs live since the album’s March release. However, it is not her first rodeo when it comes to the NFL as she previously headlined the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans and returned to perform alongside Coldplay and Bruno Mars during the 2016 Super Bowl halftime show.

Earlier this year, Beyoncé made history with her Cowboy Carter album, venturing into the country music genre for the first time in her career after previously dominating the pop and R&B fields. Her single “Texas Hold ‘Em” was the first song by a Black female artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and she became the first Black woman ever to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

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Despite its success, the project still drew controversy, with some country music radio stations ignoring fan requests to play the songs on air and the 2024 Country Music Association Awards completely snubbing the album.

While accepting the Innovator Award from Stevie Wonder at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in April, Beyoncé called out “all the record labels, every radio station [and] every awards show,” emphasizing that the music industry needs to become “more open to the joy and liberation that comes from enjoying art with no preconceived notions.”

In her speech, Beyoncé explained, “Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream, and that road can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is saying what everyone believes is impossible.”

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“Being an innovator often means being criticized, which often will test your mental strength,” she added. “Being an innovator is leaning on faith and trusting that God will catch you and guide you.”

Beyoncé also mentioned several artists who have “dedicated their lives and their art to creating shifts,” including Tracy Chapman, Prince, Tina Turner and Michael Jackson.

She noted, “[They] defied any label placed upon them, thank you for executing your dream so we could all follow.”