Leon Thomas’ Mutt received a Grammy nomination for album of the year at the 68th annual awards, but another “Mutt” got there first. Robert John “Mutt” Lange has been nominated for album of the year three times, as the producer of Shania Twain’s Come on Over and as one of a platoon of producers of Backstreet Boys’ Millennium and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way.

As Marvin Gaye might say, “I’ll be doggone.”

Thomas and Lange have something in common beyond their “Mutt” connection. Both received their first Grammy Awards as songwriters. Thomas won best R&B song in 2024 for co-writing SZA’s “Snooze.” Lange won best song written specifically for a motion picture or for television in 1992 for co-writing Bryan Adams’ “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Lange has since won four more Grammys – best country album for producing Twain’s The Woman in Me, best country song for co-writing (with Twain) her smashes ‘You’re Still the One” and “Come on Over” and best rock album co-producing Muse’s Drones with the band. Lange and Twain met at Nashville’s Fan Fair in June 1993. They were married six months later; separated in 2008 and divorced in 2010.

Thomas has six Grammy nominations this year, including best new artist, best R&B album for Mutt and best R&B performance for “Mutt (Live from NPR’s Tiny Desk).”

Final-round Grammy voting begins one week from today – on Friday Dec. 12 and continues until Jan. 5. The 68th annual Grammy Awards will be presented on Feb. 2 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

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?

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?

How to Watch

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.

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.

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.’”