The 2026 Golden Globe nominations will be announced bright and early Monday morning (Dec. 8), which means we’ll soon have answers to some of this year’s top award show questions:

Will Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande be nominated for their roles in Wicked: For Good? Both received Golden Globe (and Oscar) nominations for their work in the first Wicked film.

Will KPop Demon Hunters be nominated for best animated feature film and for the relatively new cinematic and boxoffice achievement award? And will the film’s biggest hit, “Golden,” be nominated for best original song?

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Will Miley Cyrus and Andrew Wyatt be nominated for best original song for the second year in a row? They were nominated at this year’s Globes ceremony for co-writing “Beautiful That Way” from The Last Showgirl. They are strong contenders for a nod at next year’s show for “Dreams as One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Will Ludwig Göransson be nominated for both best original song and best original score for his work on Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster Sinners?

Will Hugh Jackman and/or Kate Hudson be nominated for their lead roles in Song Sung Blue, which is studded with Neil Diamond songs?

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If you’re on the West Coast and you want to see the nominations announcement live, you’re going to have to get up early on Monday. The announcement will be at a much more civilized hour for fans on the East Coast. All 28 categories will be unveiled at 8:15 a.m. ET/5:15 a.m. PT on CBSNews.com, with 11 exclusive categories revealed at 8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT on CBS Mornings.

Viewers can also stream the announcement live on the CBS News YouTube and TikTok channels. The nominees will be highlighted across Golden Globes social media accounts as they are announced, with the complete list of nominees available on the Golden Globes website immediately following the announcement.

The nominations will be read by actors Marlon Wayans and Skye P. Marshall.

The 83rd annual Golden Globes will be hosted for the second year in a row by comedian and actress Nikki Glaser. The show will air live coast-to-coast on Sunday, Jan. 11 (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/5:00-8:00 p.m. PT) on CBS, and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S..

This year, all 28 award categories will have six nominees, with the exception of Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, which will feature eight. No one knows for sure what those eight films will be, but pundits have their eye on Avatar: Fire and Ash; F1 The Movie; KPop Demon Hunters; Sinners; Superman; Weapons; Wicked: For Good and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle, a Japanese animated action film. Barbie and Wicked won the award the first two times it was presented.

The newly minted best podcast category will debut as part of the 83rd annual Golden Globes.

The Golden Globes, which likes to call itself “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” is the world’s largest awards show to celebrate the best of film, television, and now podcasting. Dick Clark Productions will plan, host and produce the annual Golden Globes.

As previously announced, Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker will be honored on a separate program, Golden Eve, at which they will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award, respectively. The program is set to air on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on-demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream live but will have access to on-demand the day after the special airs.

The Golden Globes are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.

Organizers of the 2026 Music Sustainability Summit have announced the program for the event this spring.

Happening on April 15 at Solotech Studios in Hollywood, Calif., the event will feature panels on topics including:

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  • Beyond Concert Tees: What Merch Says About Who We Are
  • Carbon: Ensuring That What Gets Measured Gets Managed
  • Designing Mega Events to Leave a Legacy of Sustainability
  • Fan Travel: Getting There Is Half the Fumes
  • From Fan Engagement to Real Impact
  • Getting into Gear: Instruments, Materials, and Nature
  • Getting to Zero: Best Practices in Offsets and Their Alternatives
  • Regulation, Reporting, and Digital Product Passports
  • Sh*t Happens (and What to Do When It Does)
  • Small Venues, Big Solutions: Sustainability in Small and Midsize Venues
  • Thought for Food: Putting Foodservice Sustainability on the Menu
  • Under the Lights: How Music and Sports Can Team Up on Sustainability

These topics form the Summit’s theme of “Turning Ideas Into Action,” focusing on scaling ideas and initiatives that are forming the music industry’s approach to sustainability. Speakers on each of these topics will be announced in the coming months. Registration for the upcoming Summit is available here, with early bird pricing available until January 14.

2026 will mark the third annual edition of the event, which is produced by the Music Sustainability Alliance, an organization that works to expand sustainability projects throughout the music industry.

“The Summit is our annual gathering of professionals seeking to elevate their impact in aligning the music industry with industry, community, and planetary goals,” MSA co-founder and CEO Amy Morrison says in a statement. “While the climate crisis is increasingly upending weather patterns, supply chains and daily life, the solutions are growing, too, demonstrating the potential for artists, venues, fans and others to harness the power of music and culture for the benefit of all.”

LISA of BLACKPINK has scored her next big acting gig. According to Variety, the K-pop superstar will appear alongside Korean action veteran Don Lee (Train to Busan, Eternals) and Squid Game star Lee Jin-uk in an expansion of Netflix’s Extraction film franchise titled Tygo.

The movie is based on an original graphic novel created by sibling duo Anthony and Joe Russo (Avengers: Endgame) and Ande Parks, with the Russo brothers also signed on as producers. The story follows Tygo (Lee), a former child-soldier-turned-mercenary who goes on a revenge mission through the Korean criminal underworld after a job goes sideways.

“I’m so honored to be a part of this project and grateful for the opportunity to work alongside such incredible actors,” Lisa said in a statement about the project that will be directed by Lee Sang-yong (The Roundup). “Being in an action movie has always been a dream of mine, so for my film debut to be such an exciting project feels very special.”

Lee was also excited to sign on, saying, “I’m thrilled that this project, which I’ve been developing for years with AGBO, is finally moving into production. Tygo brings a distinctly Korean identity into the global Extraction universe. We can’t wait to unleash its explosive energy on audiences worldwide.” Jin-uk added, “As a fan of the ‘Extraction’ franchise, it’s a great honor for me to join this universe. I’m especially excited and grateful to be working with Don, whom I’ve always admired, and with Lisa as well.”

Lisa (credited by her given name Lalisa Manobal) made her acting debut in this year’s third season of The White Lotus.

The first Extraction film in the franchise was been seen by 90 million households in its first four weeks, with the second chapter hanging around at No. 1 on Netflix’s Global Top 10 movies list for seven weeks, racking up more than 123 million views, according to Variety.


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Republic Records and Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer Freddy Wexler have jointly signed JYT (Just Your Type), a new boy band that will be the subject of a multi-part docuseries documenting their formation, it was announced Friday (Dec. 5).

Composed of five members aged 15-17 — Caden, Tyler, Bryan, Recker and Toby — JYT was formed through an unusual process that saw the members choose each other, a press release states. The group has spent the last year in “intensive development” in Los Angeles, training with choreographers led by Nick DeMoura, who has worked with stars including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Usher and Megan Thee Stallion. DeMoura choreographed JYT’s first visual project — the video for their debut single “What U Want,” released on Friday (Dec. 5).

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“From the moment these five kids stood in a room together, I knew we had something special,” said Wexler, who has written and produced for artists including Selena Gomez, Shakira, Halsey, Kanye West and Lil Wayne. “JYT isn’t a manufactured boy band, they chose each other. I’m thrilled to be partnering with Monte and the incredible team at Republic, with whom I’ve shared some of the most pivotal moments of my career. America hasn’t launched a global boy band in decades, and these kids are about to change that.”

“My first interaction with Freddy was nearly 20 years ago when I tried unsuccessfully two separate times to sign him to a record deal,” added REPUBLIC founder and chairman Monte Lipman in a statement. “Two decades later, I’m proud to call Freddy an extraordinary partner as producer, label head, and creative force; as we launch an explosive new band together via his label Wexler Records / Republic Records. In the spirit of never say never, we finally found a way to be in the Freddy Wexler business after all these years.”

Added DeMoura, “When I first saw JYT dance, I felt the same fire that made NSYNC a movement, not just a band. These kids train like athletes, perform like veterans, and have the potential to be this generation’s defining boy band…which is exactly why I wanted to be part of this.”

According to the release, JYT has racked up more than 500,000 followers across platforms before releasing any music.

Watch the video for “What U Want” below.


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Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have been together for more than two years, but on Thursday (Dec. 4) the couple celebrated a major milestone: their first Christmas as a married couple. The singer and producer/songwriter, who got married on Sept. 27, posted a series of cute photos and videos on Instagram in which they trim their Christmas tree and share a sweet kiss in between hanging ornaments.

“Our first Christmas as a married couple,” Gomez, 33, wrote in the post. In the first, time lapse video, they are sitting on the floor picking out ornaments, with Gomez dressed in a grey holiday sweater and white short shorts and Blanco, 37, rocking a brown-on-brown ensemble as they busily get ready and take time out for a quick kiss. The rest of the photos and videos chronicle their holiday cheer, concluding with a tender image in which Blanco is bent over putting a bit of bling on a lower branch as Gomez gently places her hand on his signature head of curly hair.

The couple got married in an intimate ceremony at Sea Crest Nursery in Santa Barbara, Calif. in September. And though they looked happy and relaxed, a few weeks later, during her panel at Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 15, the Only Murders In the Building star admitted to having irrational fears that she could lose everything she’s worked for, including her relationship with Blanco.

“This is how I work personally, but something great happens in my life, I expect something bad to happen,” Gomez told the audience. “So instead of being present and saying, ‘OK, wow, we’ve done a great thing,’ which I do, I’m always thinking, ‘OK, but this could all go away tomorrow. How can I make sure that doesn’t happen?’”

She added, “I would say that’s my biggest conflict sometimes when wonderful things happen. I got married and then I was sobbing, because I was like, ‘I’m gonna die the next day.’”


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Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business in a landmark $72 billion deal, uniting two of Hollywood’s most influential entertainment companies. The agreement, announced early Friday, will give Netflix control of Warner Bros.’ film and television assets, including HBO Max and DC Studios, alongside its own dominant streaming platform and original hits such as Stranger Things, Kpop Demon Hunters and Squid Game.

The transaction, structured as a cash-and-stock deal valued at $27.75 per Warner share, places Warner’s enterprise value at approximately $82.7 billion. The deal is expected to close in late 2026, following Warner’s planned spin-off of its Discovery Global cable operations into a separate publicly traded company.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the merger will combine Warner’s legendary catalog — from classics like Casablanca and Citizen Kane to franchises such as Harry Potter and Friends — with Netflix’s culture-defining originals. “Together, we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling,” Sarandos said.

Sarandos’ co-CEO Greg Peters highlighted the deal’s potential to broaden Netflix’s global reach and “accelerate our business for decades to come,” while also providing members with more choices, “attracting more fans to our best-in-class streaming service, strengthening the entire entertainment industry and creating more value for shareholders.”

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav called the partnership a union of “two of the greatest storytelling companies in the world,” add, “By coming together with Netflix, we will ensure people everywhere will continue to enjoy the world’s most resonant stories for generations to come.”

Warner Bros. shares climbed nearly 3% in premarket trading, while Netflix and Paramount each slipped more than 2%.

Despite the optimism from executives, the acquisition has sparked industry concerns. Cinema United warned the deal poses “an unprecedented threat to the global exhibition business,” while the Directors Guild flagged “significant concerns” about its impact on creative and competitive dynamics. If it passes regulatory muster, the merger would transform the entertainment industry, creating a powerhouse with unparalleled production capabilities, a vast library of intellectual property, and dominant streaming reach — paving the way for a new era of media consolidation.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The Backstreet Boys are going back to the start. The boy-turned-man band announced the dates for a six-night 2026 residency in Germany on Friday morning (Dec. 5), slated to kick off on Sept. 25. The gigs at the Merkur Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf, dubbed Into the Millennium — Homecoming: Live in Germany, will be the band’s only European gigs next year.

They will also mark a return to the country where the group scored their first-ever platinum record 30 years ago when — before U.S. audiences really caught wind of them — German fans helped make “I’ll Never Break Your Heart” a top 10 hit in that country.

“When we talk about this being a homecoming, it’s because Germany is where everything clicked for us,” the group’s Brian Littrell said in a statement. “It’s where our dream stopped being hypothetical and became something real. Coming back for these shows feels full circle.”

In a promo video for the run, the group — Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson and Littrell — make their way to an airplane hangar, where they encounter some of their vintage late 1995 stage gear and crates of dusty Millennium CDs. Gathered for a photo shoot in their all-white outfits, things go sideways when the backdrop falls down, prompting Littrell to ask, “Guys, are we doing this again?,” as Richardson announces “our ride’s here fellas,” while their BSB-branded private jet idles in the background.

The release notes that long before the group became one of the best-selling boy bands in music history, Europe, specifically Germany, was where they initially took off. “They recorded some of their biggest hits overseas and spent their first years performing across Europe, building a loyal audience show by show,” according to the statement. “German fans were among the very first to pack venues, call radio stations, and wait outside hotels, giving the group an early glimpse of what their career would become.”

The shows will take place on Sept. 25, 26, 27, 29, 30 and Oct. 2, with sign-ups available here now for access to an artist pre-sale beginning on Dec. 12 at 12 p.m. CET; a general on-sale will kick off on Dec. 15 at 10 p.m. CET.

The German Millennium shows will kick off more than a year after the band wrapped their run of 20 gigs at Las Vegas’ Sphere in August. The release promised that the band will bring “an unforgettable, stadium-sized celebration of the Backstreet Boys’ legacy. The group will bring their iconic, five-time GRAMMY-nominated Millennium album to life on stage, featuring beloved classics like ‘I Want It That Way,’ and ‘Larger Than Life’ along with a powerful lineup of their greatest hits.”

Check out the promo video for the German shows below.


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Taylor Swift’s Showgirl is back in Australia’s chart spotlight.

The U.S. pop superstar returns to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with The Life Of A Showgirl (via Universal), after two weeks adrift.

Showgirl lifts 3-1 on the latest chart, published Dec. 5, for a seventh non-consecutive weeks at the summit. With that effort, it becomes her fourth longest-reigning album after Midnights (16 weeks at No. 1), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (14 weeks) and The Tortured Poets Department (eight weeks), the latter of which is up 21-16 on the current frame. Earlier this week, Swift was confirmed by Spotify as the most popular artist with the streaming giant’s users in Australia.

The top new release on the ARIA Chart belongs to homegrown blues and roots duo Pierce Brothers, as Moonrise opens its account at No. 14. That’s Jack and Patrick Pierce’s seventh top 50 appearance on the all-genres ARIA Chart, and it’s the top-ranked Australian recording of the week, giving it leadership of the ARIA Top 20 Australian Albums Chart.

Also new to the top 20 is Melbourne singer Jemma Siles, whose debut EP Scripts Of Fate bows at No. 18.

The Queen of Pop, Madonna, enjoys another top 20 appearance on the ARIA Chart as
Bedtime Stories – The Untold Chapter. The 30th anniversary homage to the singer’s R&B-flavored sixth album collects early demos, alternate versions and rarities, and it appears at No. 20.

Close behind is Aussie punk rock act Godspeed, which bags a top 40 debut with These New South Whales, new at No. 23.

Over on the ARIA Albums Chart, Olivia Dean can’t be moved from the throne as “Man I Need” holds top spot for the third straight week. The English singer was recently in the market, for a performance of the song at the 2025 ARIA Awards and a separate outdoor set at Fleet Steps. She’ll return next year for a tour proper.

The hottest new release is “I Run” by British producer Harrison Walker (aka HAVEN), which sprints in at No. 9. The controversial single reached No. 8 in October, but was scrubbed by a slew of streaming platforms following claims that its vocals were AI generated. There’s no such problem with this new version; British singer Kaitlin Aragon provides the vocals. It’s the only new release in the top 50, a tally that includes no homegrown recordings.

CMAT has extended her long-term global record deal with longtime partner AWAL, the label has revealed exclusively to Billboard U.K. The Irish country-pop songwriter has released three albums on the Sony-owned firm, having signed with it four years ago.

The 29-year-old artist, born Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, put out her debut album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead in 2022 and followed up with the Ivor Novello and Mercury Prize-nominated Crazymad, For Me. Both records topped the charts in her homeland.

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It was the release of third LP Euro-Country earlier this year (Aug. 29) that pushed CMAT’s stature into a new stratosphere entirely, peaking at No. 2 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart as well as reaching the summit on the Irish Albums Chart. The album was supported with show-stealing appearances at major U.K. and Ireland festivals including Glastonbury and All Together Show, alongside a run of stadium tour support slots for Sam Fender.

Barry O’Donoghue, manager of CMAT, said in a statement: “After a whirlwind three albums in just over three years, and a very memorable 2025, we are excited and indeed delighted to extend our arrangement with the top tier team at AWAL.”

Lonny Olinick (AWAL CEO) added: “CMAT is one of those artists that you know matters from the moment you meet her. We have been so fortunate to have a front row seat to her masterful artistry over these last three albums and know the world stage is set for her. Our entire team is beyond excited to continue partnering with CMAT and Barry on these next incredible chapters.”

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Euro-Country includes standout tracks such as “The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station” and “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me.” The latter spawned a TikTok dance trend dubbed the “Woke Macarena” – thanks to simple choreography – which then translated into real-world success, with the song marking CMAT’s first placement on the Official U.K. Singles Chart (peaking at No. 42).

The album was greeted with near-unanimous five-star reviews from the British press, and also landed CMAT her second consecutive Mercury Prize nomination. Matt Riley (U.K. president, AWAL) noted: “CMAT is a unique and world class artist and it’s been immensely rewarding for everyone at AWAL to be a part of the emergence of a superstar.”

CMAT is currently on a sold-out headline tour across the U.K. and Ireland, which will conclude on Dec. 5 with a date at Dublin’s 13,000-capacity 3Arena. Next summer, she will top the bill at London’s Lido Festival, with support from the likes of Father John Misty and Sharon Van Etten.

AWAL’s roster also includes Laufey, Djo, Little Simz and Jungle. In September, the full-service recorded music company announced the launch of a new division, AWAL Middle East, which will be headquartered in Dubai in partnership with Sony Middle East.


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