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  • Will Trump deter DACA immigrants from joining?
    A woman with shoulder length dark hair addresses a group of people in a library lined with shelves stocked with books.
    Jessica Altman, executive director of Covered California, speaks at the statewide “Let's Talk Health” campaign in Los Angeles on Nov. 13, 2024.

    Topline:

    California immigrants with DACA status are newly eligible to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Donald Trump’s election creates uncertainty about the future of the program.

    Why now? For the first time since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children can purchase subsidized health plans through Covered California, the state’s insurance marketplace. This move is expected to provide relief to thousands of so-called Dreamers, especially those who are freelancers, self-employed or have no other means of health coverage.

    Behind the uncertainty: The expansion is coming at an uncertain time both because of Donald Trump’s election as president and because of an ongoing lawsuit that contests the move to allow certain undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance through Affordable Care Act exchanges.

    The background: Trump in his first administration unsuccessfully tried to undo both the Affordable Care Act and the Obama-era policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that protects certain undocumented immigrants.

    Read on... for more on what people are considering.

    For the first time since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children can purchase subsidized health plans through Covered California, the state’s insurance marketplace.

    This move is expected to provide relief to thousands of so-called Dreamers, especially those who are freelancers, self-employed or have no other means of health coverage.

    But the expansion is coming at an uncertain time both because of Donald Trump’s election as president and because of an ongoing lawsuit that contests the move to allow certain undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance through Affordable Care Act exchanges.

    Trump in his first administration unsuccessfully tried to undo both the Affordable Care Act and the Obama-era policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that protects certain undocumented immigrants.

    Covered California officials and immigration attorneys say that while it is difficult to predict what will happen in the coming months, those eligible should take the opportunity and get health insurance as soon as possible.

    “Coverage is here right now. So if you need to go to the doctor, if you’ve been putting off care that you need, if you’ve never had the opportunity to get your preventive care, you can do that right now,” said Jessica Altman, the executive director of Covered California. “Let’s not let fears about the future prevent what can happen in the here and now and what you can have access to.”

    Altman and her team have been touring the state to spread awareness of the open enrollment period and this new access for DACA recipients.

    Created in 2012, DACA does not grant recipients legal status, but it does protect them from deportation and allows them work authorization. Up until now, they’ve only been allowed to sign up for health coverage through an employer. In California low-income DACA grantees can also sign up for Medi-Cal.

    The Biden administration announced a rule change in May that updated the definition of “lawfully present” for Affordable Care Act eligibility so that DACA recipients could buy insurance in the federal or state insurance marketplaces.

    “The rule is correcting a long-standing mistake of exclusion,” said Nicholas Espíritu, a deputy legal director at the National Immigration Law Center.

    For Trump’s Health and Human Services department to undo the rule, it would have to go through a similar administrative process, which includes a notice and public comment period, Espíritu explained. This route could take quite some time.

    By some estimates more than half a million people are protected by DACA, but it’s unclear exactly how many of them are without health insurance. One survey from UC San Diego and the National Immigration Law Center estimates about 20% are uninsured. That’s because with permission to work, most have been able to obtain coverage through an employer.

    Expanding coverage to DACA recipients is estimated to cost the federal government between $240 million to $300 million a year. However, because DACA recipients are young, with an average age of 30, they could potentially have a positive impact on the health insurance risk pool — younger and healthier individuals can help bring down the cost of premiums for everyone enrolled in marketplace plans.

    Covered California estimates that about 40,000 DACA recipients residing in this state are eligible for marketplace coverage this enrollment season.

    Open enrollment started Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31. People must sign up by Dec. 31 if they want their coverage to kick in Jan.1. DACA recipients can also get coverage for December 2024 if they sign up before the end of this month.

    GOP states challenge Affordable Care Act expansion

    The most immediate threat to Dreamers’ access to the Affordable Care Act is being fought in a North Dakota courtroom.

    In August, a group of 19 Republican attorneys general — from Kansas, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Idaho and other states — filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the insurance marketplace expansion to DACA recipients.

    They argue that allowing DACA grantees into the marketplace creates “additional administrative and resource burden” in states that run their own exchanges. They also argue that access to subsidized health care is likely to encourage undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S., and may eventually lead to more illegal immigration.

    California and 18 other states last month filed a brief in defense of the Biden benefit expansion.

    “Dreamers pay billions of dollars in taxes each year to help fund programs like the Affordable Care Act. Yet until now, they’ve been unable to access these programs themselves,” California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. “As home to more Dreamers than any other state in the country, California is proud to stand up for their right to access affordable healthcare.”

    DACA grantees in California pay an estimated $2.1 billion a year in federal taxes and another $1 billion in state and local taxes, according to figures from Center for American Progress.

    Biden health subsidies could end under Trump

    Arguably no other state has done more to expand health insurance coverage for its residents, including its immigrants, than California. The federal government’s move to open the insurance marketplaces to Dreamers complements California’s efforts.

    The state already offers Medi-Cal coverage to low-income earners regardless of their immigration status. But thousands of workers who earn above the Medi-Cal income limit don’t have many options for affordable coverage. Undocumented people technically can purchase a health insurance plan directly from a broker in the private market, but that’s without any type of financial assistance, making it unaffordable for most.

    Health policy experts say one way that Trump and the incoming Republican-led Congress could undermine the Affordable Care Act, not just for DACA recipients but for everyone, is by not renewing the “enhanced premium subsidies” afforded by the Inflation Reduction Act, which are set to expire at the end of 2025. The enhanced subsidies increased the amount of financial assistance available to those already receiving it and made aid available to others for the first time by capping what they pay for the premium of a standard plan to 8.5% of their income.

    Increasing the cost of coverage likely would result in some people going without health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office estimates 4 million people nationwide would drop their coverage in 2026 if Congress does not act to extend the subsidies.

    It’s unclear if Trump will once again go after the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. Republican efforts to repeal the health law in the past have failed, but during his first term, Trump was successful in eliminating or changing pieces of it.

    California health leaders say that they are having conversations about how to prepare for potential federal decisions that could impact the gains in coverage that California has made.

    “We’ve made such progress, and it’s been incredible and hard-fought,” said Altman at Covered California. “Even through the pandemic and the Medi-Cal redeterminations we’re at the lowest uninsured rate on record. We’ve lowered our uninsured rate more than any other state in the nation.

    “And so really it’s just thinking about…how do we keep moving forward on our mission, whether we have headwinds or tailwinds,” she said.

    Supported by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), which works to ensure that people have access to the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. Visit www.chcf.org to learn more.

  • Foo Fighters, a 'Grease' drive-in and more
    Dave Grohl sings into a microphone while holding a guitar on stage.
    The Foo Fighters play Dave Grohl's annual birthday show on Wednesday. This year, $25 of each ticket sale benefits Hope United.

    In this edition:

    The Foo Fighters play the Forum, a Grease drive-in on the Pier, Chicano radical history and more of the best things to do.

    Highlights:

    • Getty’s president, Katherine Fleming, will speak about her research expertise at the Getty Villa in a lecture titled "Bakeries and Synagogues: Shared Greek and Jewish Space of the Late Imperial Mediterranean."
    • The Foo Fighters are playing Dave Grohl's annual charity birthday show. This year, $25 of each ticket sale benefits Hope United. 
    • Experience the history of the Chicano rights movement through vibrant posters by 40 artists and collectives, on loan to The Huntington from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
    • Put on your poodle skirt and slick your hair back for a drive-in screening of Grease on the Santa Monica Pier.

    I had the privilege of attending the House Museum’s Fire Memorial event in the Palisades last week, and I was so moved by the ingenuity of the team preserving the remaining chimneys from houses burned in the fire, the beauty of the space and the resilience of the community. While last week was filled with somber events, this one was bittersweet but overall so positive, and that’s the energy I hope we can all bring into 2026.

    Music and art are scientifically proven to make you feel good. Licorice Pizza has your music picks, including Oscar-nominated composer Laura Karpman doing a live performance of her ‘American Fiction’ score at the Blue Note L.A. on Monday. On Tuesday, legendary rock photographer Henry Diltz will be in conversation at the Grammy Museum. On Wednesday and Thursday, powerpop brothers the Lemon Twigs will be at the Troubadour. Also on Thursday, local indie rock hero Ty Segall will be doing an early DJ set — 5 p.m. for my fellow in-bed-by-10 friends out there — at Sid’s Bar at the Sid the Cat Auditorium, free with RSVP.

    Elsewhere on LAist.com, you can check out Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas' new song inspired by his experience in the Eaton Fire and get our full coverage of the one-year anniversary of last year’s devastating wildfires from the LAist team.

    Events

    'Bakeries and Synagogues: The Shared Greek and Jewish Space of the Late Imperial Mediterranean'

    Monday, January 12, 6 p.m.
    Getty Villa + online
    17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades
    COST: FREE; MORE INFO

    Getty’s president, Katherine Fleming, will speak about her research expertise at the Getty Villa in a lecture titled "Bakeries and Synagogues: Shared Greek and Jewish Space of the Late Imperial Mediterranean." (I would have called it "From Babka to Baklava," but no one asked me. It’s part of The Gennadius Library’s Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series, and Fleming’s research expertise focuses on Mediterranean, Jewish and Greek history and religion, including the emergence of the Modern Greek state. The event is also available to join online. Dr. Maria Georgopoulou, Director of the Gennadius Library, said Professor Fleming’s scholarship "not only illuminates the past but also fosters a greater understanding of the enduring impact of these traditions on the modern world."


    Grease Drive-In 

    Thursday, January 15, 4 to 9:30 p.m.
    Santa Monica Pier
    200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
    COST: FREE, CURRENTLY WAITLIST-ONLY; MORE INFO 

    Put on your poodle skirt and slick your hair back for a drive-in screening of Grease on the Santa Monica Pier. There’s a waitlist for driving onto the pier, but I imagine it will be a fun, costumed, summer-lovin’ scene all the way down to the beach.


    'Radical Histories: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum'

    Through Tuesday, March 31 
    The Huntington 
    1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
    COST: $29; MORE INFO

    A black and yellow poster of a person's face with the words "Fuera de Indochina" on the bottom.
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    Courtesy The Huntington
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    Experience the history of the Chicano rights movement through vibrant posters by 40 artists and collectives, on loan to The Huntington from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is broken down by theme rather than chronologically, and it looks at moments like the Delano Grape Strike, the anti-war movement and more, all through the medium of printmaking. Free admission days — the first Thursday of each month — are available to book in advance.


    Foo Fighters: A Show Benefitting Hope United 

    Wednesday, January 14, 7:30 p.m. 
    Kia Forum
    3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood 
    COST: FROM $109; MORE INFO 

    I have rarely felt better than after Dave Grohl has screamed at me for a couple of hours. Maybe I’m oversharing here, but you too can let it all out (and to be sure, there’s a lot to let out lately!) at the Forum when the Foo Fighters play Dave’s annual birthday show; this year, $25 of each ticket sale benefits Hope United. Sadly, they will have a substitute guitarist for the gig since Pat Smear injured his foot in a “bizarre gardening accident,” but the band – as they always do – are taking the setback in stride and with a sense of humor.


    Writers Bloc: Jacob Soboroff 

    Tuesday, January 13
    Writers Guild Theater
    135 S. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills
    COST: $25; MORE INFO

    A photo collage showing portraits of journalists Jacob Soboroff and Mariana van Zeller. In the middle is the cover of Soboroff's book, "Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster."
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    Writers Bloc
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    Continuing the fire anniversary events this month, Palisades native and MSNBC reporter Jacob Soboroff has a new book out about the L.A. fires, Firestorm. He’ll be in conversation with Mariana van Zeller at Writers Bloc to discuss.


    Zinque Dry January NA Cocktail Challenge

    Monday, January 12, 5 to 10 p.m. 
    Zinque
    3446 Via Oporto, Newport Beach 
    COST: FREE; MORE INFO

    A poster advertising a "dry January" cocktail challenge in various Los Angeles neighborhoods.
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    Zinque
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    We're in the middle of dry January, so have a great, well-balanced non-alcoholic drink. The experts behind the bar at Zinque are hosting a $10 mocktail challenge, where guests will try three different NA drinks for $10 each and vote on the favorite that will make the menu all month long. On Jan. 12, the event is at the Newport Beach location; on Jan. 13, the event is at Zinque in West Hollywood.


    Coquito cocktails

    Monday, January 12, 6 to 9 p.m. 
    DTLA Proper Hotel 
    1100 S Broadway, Downtown L.A. 
    COST: FREE; MORE INFO

    A cocktail glass with a white drink and a stick of cinnamon on a fancy, well-lit bar.
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    Proper Hotel
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    If you’re having a more damp than dry January, check out this creative cocktail night, where some of SoCal’s top bartenders will debut their own bold versions of the classic Puerto Rican holiday rum-based drink, the Coquito. Bacardi Reserva Ocho will be featured as the rum, and guests will have the opportunity to sample each drink and vote for their favorites.


    CAP UCLA: Seth Parker Woods, Julia Bullock and Conor Hanick From Ordinary Things

    Thursday, January 15, 8 p.m.
    The Nimoy 
    1262 Westwood Blvd., Westwood
    COST: FROM $38.08; MORE INFO

    A collage of portraits featuring Conor Hanick, Seth Parker Woods and Julia Bullock.
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    Courtesy UCLA
    )

    Take a trip through the American songbook with a trio of elite musicians — Seth Parker Woods, Julia Bullock and Conor Hanick — at The Nemoy. 2022 Chamber Music America Michael Jaffee Visionary Award winner Woods is joined by Bullock, a Grammy-winning classical singer and artist and Hanick, a pianist “praised for his precision and articulation of classic and contemporary fare.” They will play works from George Walker, John Tavener, Maurice Ravel, Andre Previn and Nina Simone, as well as a new commission by Tania Leon.

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  • Activists find healing in woven ribbon and bows
    Two women sit infront of a hot pink satin fabric that says "Make braids, no raids." The fabric is is surrounded by colorful strings of lace and ribbon.
    Angie Portillo and Dulce Flores co-founded Ponte Your Moños, an initiative aimed at supporting and uplifting immigrant communities through traditional hair braids.

    Topline:

    Two SoCal Latinas are using the delicate, intimate art of traditional braids as a form of activism and resistance to the ongoing ICE raids, and support immigrant communities.

    What we know: Ponte Your Moños came about last summer after Dulce Flores and Angie Portillo wanted to find a way to help immigrant communities affected by ICE raids and to also create a space of healing and solidarity.

    What does hair have to do with politics? Indigenous communities wore braids as part of daily life and self-expression. But they also wore them during times of conquest and in resistance to modernization. Today, the hairstyle symbolizes a new form of resistance for many.

    Read on … for how the hairstyle has become a new act of resistance.

    You can’t miss them. The striking braids are woven with delicate lace and vibrant ribbon. It’s the statement and an Indigenous art that two SoCal Latinas are using as a form of open activism against the ongoing ICE raids and to support undocumented communities.

    Dulce Flores and Angie Portillo, co-founders of Ponte Your Moños, have braided thousands of trenzas, intricate braids that have roots dating back thousands of years before the Spanish colonization of Mexico.

    Today, amid the ongoing ICE raids, the two say it’s their message:

    “The braids signified a way for us to just show that we're here,” Flores said. “We’re here, and we're not going anywhere.”

    A pink satin fabric hangs on the wall that reads, "Make Braids, No Raids." A woman stands off to the right facing away from the camera. Her hair is in two braids decorated with pink and white ribbons, lace and bows.
    The women behind Ponte Your Moños use traditional ribbon braids as a form of open activism and resistance.
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    Courtesy of Ponte Your Moños
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    Since June, they’ve organized over two dozen pop-up events, braiding the hair of over 2,000 people.

    Proceeds have gone towards people who have been detained by ICE and to support immigrant families afraid to go out for necessities like work or groceries.

    “It made me feel anger. At the same time, we needed to figure out a way to really come together and do something to fundraise and give back to the community,” Flores said. “That's how Ponte Your Moños really came together – to braid because it was an act of culture and care and resistance, and also a space where Latinos and other individuals can come together.”

    Ponte Your Moños, translates to “Put on your bows.” The name of the initiative was inspired by a Mexican expression, “No te pongas tus moños,” or “Don’t put on your bows,” which means don’t be demanding or intense. But Flores and Portillo flipped its meaning and now say, do that and more.

    “Fashion is political,” Portillo said. “You don't like us, so I'm going to show you in your face that I don't care. I'm very proud of what I'm wearing, of what I am … y soporta porque (and deal with it because) we are not going anywhere.”

    Indigenous communities wore trenzas as part of daily life, for celebrations and self-expression.

    “(Braiding) carries that history, the identity, the ancestry,” Flores added. “Braids here for Latinos have become a visible way of expression of their pride and their resistance.”

    Alexandro José Gradilla, associate professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at Cal State Fullerton, said the history of the trenzas interwoven with the ribbon mark survivance – a type of survival, resistance and existence mixed together.

    “In many ways, the style survived despite multiple historical attempts to wipe it out,” Gradilla said. “The everyday existence of most Latina, Latino people, especially immigrants, is invisibility. These trenzas are definitely about being seen, but more importantly, being seen on one's own terms.”

    Flores said today, many Latina women are wearing them as a symbol of cultural appreciation, pride and to make a statement.

    What role does hair play in politics? 

    The two had taken a page from history during the Chicano Movement when Zoot Suits were used as a form of resistance.

    Gradilla said visibility makes braiding an important political tool, a form of activism that calls attention to oneself.

    “It is about understanding the mainstream gaze of how we are looked at, either we're sexualized or we're looked at as criminals. When one self-fashions or self-creates, you're saying, ‘No, this is who I am. You do not get to impose or project your stereotype or your image of me onto me,’” Gradilla said.

    The ribbon braids were worn by Indigenous women during times of conquest and also by the Adelitas, the female soldiers of the Mexican revolution, he added.

    “Now you're seeing a modern twist on it in many ways. I would call it a form of Rasquache politics,” Gradilla said. Rasquachismo is a resourceful form of political expression to reclaim narratives and stereotypes. “You can still be wearing your hoodie, your jeans, but you have these trenzas, and that's what makes it Rasquache, you're mixing two cultural forms into one.”

    Flores said Ponte Your Moños is about solidarity and storytelling.

    “Beyond this project, Ponte Your Moños really creates a space of healing and education and cultural expression, especially (with) what's going on,” Flores said. “It's a way for us to really connect back with our culture, but at the same time, show that resistance and also give back to the community that is being affected.”

    The initiative’s next pop-up is part of the Galentine’s Day Pop-Up Estez Beauty Bar and Spa at 2615 W. 190th St in Redondo Beach from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

  • Here's the running list of winners

    Topline

    The 2026 Golden Globes were live Sunday night, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser for the second year in a row.

    The context: From One Battle After Another to The Pitt, this list will be updated with the winners. Spoilers ahead!

    Read on... for who won, and who lost, this year.

    Updated January 12, 2026 at 00:20 AM ET

    Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor and Noah Wyle each took home acting awards at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.

    Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the show for the second year in a row, joking in her opening monologue that the Golden Globe for best editing should go to the Justice Department, seemingly referencing the Epstein files — and that the award for most editing ought to go to CBS News, calling it "America's newest place to see B.S. news." (New CBS News editor in chief, Bari Weiss, recently drew criticism for pulling a segment about a detention center in El Salvador from 60 Minutes.)

    Teyana Taylor's prize was for best supporting actress in a motion picture, one of four awards for One Battle After Another, which also won the evening's prize for best musical or comedy motion picture. Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson took home awards for screenwriting and directing.

    Wyle's award was for The Pitt, which also won the prize for best TV drama.

    Chalamet's win was the only prize for Marty Supreme, which was nominated as a comedy. Hamnet won the award for best drama film; Jessie Buckley took home the award for best actress in a drama for the same movie.

    The Netflix series Adolescence took home trophies for best limited or anthology series, along with prizes for actors Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty. The Studio took home the prize for best TV musical or comedy, with Seth Rogen winning the top prize for actors in that group.

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler won the Globes' very first prize for the best podcast.

    The nominees in each category are below, with winners noted in bold.

    Best motion picture – drama
    Winner: Hamnet (Focus Features)
    Frankenstein (Netflix)
    It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
    The Secret Agent (Neon)
    Sentimental Value (Neon)
    Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

    Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – drama
    Winner: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
    Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
    Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
    Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
    Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
    Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

    Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – drama
    Winner: Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
    Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
    Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
    Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
    Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
    Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)

    Best motion picture – musical or comedy
    Winner: One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
    Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Bugonia (Focus Features)
    Marty Supreme (A24)
    No Other Choice (Neon)
    Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)

    Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy
    Winner: Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)
    Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
    Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
    Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
    Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
    Emma Stone (Bugonia)

    Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy
    Winner: Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
    George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
    Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
    Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
    Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice)
    Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

    Timothée Chalamet on the Golden Globes red carpet.
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    Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
    Winner: Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
    Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
    Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
    Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
    Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
    Amy Madigan (Weapons)

    Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
    Winner: Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
    Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
    Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
    Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
    Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
    Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

    Best original song – motion picture
    Winner: "Golden" – KPop Demon Hunters
    "Dream as One" – Avatar: Fire and Ash
    "I Lied to You" – Sinners
    "No Place Like Home" – Wicked: For Good
    "The Girl in the Bubble" – Wicked: For Good
    "Train Dreams" – Train Dreams

    Best screenplay – motion picture
    Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
    Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
    Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
    Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
    Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
    Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet)

    Best director – motion picture
    Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
    Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
    Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
    Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
    Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
    Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

    Cinematic and box office achievement
    Winner: Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
    Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
    F1 (Apple Original Films)
    KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
    Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)
    Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
    Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

    Best motion picture – animated
    Winner: KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
    Arco (Neon)
    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment)
    Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
    Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
    Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

    Best original score – motion picture
    Winner: Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)
    Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
    Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)
    Kangding Ray (Sirāt)
    Max Richter (Hamnet)
    Hans Zimmer (F1)

    Best motion picture – non-English language
    Winner: The Secret Agent (Neon) - Brazil
    It Was Just an Accident (Neon) - France
    No Other Choice (Neon) - South Korea
    Sentimental Value (Neon) - Norway
    Sirāt (Neon) - Spain
    The Voice of Hind Rajab (Willa) - Tunisia

    Best television series – musical or comedy
    Winner: The Studio (Apple TV)
    Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    The Bear (FX on Hulu)
    Hacks (HBO Max)
    Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
    Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

    Best television series – drama
    Winner: The Pitt (HBO Max)
    The Diplomat (Netflix)
    Pluribus (Apple TV)
    Severance (Apple TV)
    Slow Horses (Apple TV)
    The White Lotus (HBO Max)

    Best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
    Winner: Adolescence (Netflix)
    All Her Fault (Peacock)
    The Beast in Me (Netflix)
    Black Mirror (Netflix)
    Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
    The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

    Best performance by a male actor in a television series – drama
    Winner: Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
    Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
    Diego Luna (Andor)
    Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
    Mark Ruffalo (Task)
    Adam Scott (Severance)

    Best performance by a female actor in a television series – drama
    Winner: Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)
    Kathy Bates (Matlock)
    Britt Lower (Severance)
    Helen Mirren (Mobland)
    Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
    Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

    Best performance by a female actor in a television series – musical or comedy
    Winner: Jean Smart (Hacks)
    Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
    Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
    Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
    Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
    Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)

    Best performance by a male actor in a television series – musical or comedy
    Winner: Seth Rogen (The Studio)
    Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
    Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
    Glen Powell (Chad Powers)
    Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
    Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

    Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television
    Winner: Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
    Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
    Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)
    Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)
    Tramell Tillman (Severance)
    Ashley Walters (Adolescence)

    Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television
    Winner: Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
    Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
    Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
    Catherine O'Hara (The Studio)
    Parker Posey (The White Lotus)
    Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)

    Best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television
    Winner: Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
    Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
    Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)
    Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
    Jude Law (Black Rabbit)
    Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)

    Best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television
    Winner: Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
    Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)
    Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
    Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River)
    Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)
    Robin Wright (The Girlfriend)

    Best performance in stand-up comedy on television
    Winner: Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality)
    Bill Maher (Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?)
    Brett Goldstein (Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life)
    Kevin Hart (Kevin Hart: Acting My Age)
    Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts)
    Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman: Postmortem)

    Best podcast
    Winner: Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Spotify)
    Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (Wondery)
    Call Her Daddy (SiriusXM)
    The Mel Robbins Podcast (SiriusXM)
    Smartless (SiriusXM)
    Up First (NPR)

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  • Veteran actor dies at 69

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    Veteran actor T.K. Carter, who appeared in the horror film "The Thing" and "Punky Brewster" on television, has died at the age of 69.

    Details: Carter was declared dead Friday evening after deputies responded to a call regarding an unresponsive male in Duarte, California, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Police did not disclose a cause of death or other details, but said no foul play was suspected.

    DUARTE, Calif. — Veteran actor T.K. Carter, who appeared in the horror film "The Thing" and "Punky Brewster" on television, has died at the age of 69.

    Carter was declared dead Friday evening after deputies responded to a call regarding an unresponsive male in Duarte, California, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

    Police did not disclose a cause of death or other details, but said no foul play was suspected.

    Thomas Kent "T.K." Carter was born Dec. 18, 1956, in New York City and was raised in Southern California.

    He began his career in stand-up comedy and with acting roles. Carter had been acting for years before a breakthrough role as Nauls the cook in John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic, "The Thing." He also had a recurring role in the 1980s sitcom "Punky Brewster."

    Other big-screen roles include "Runaway Train" in 1985, "Ski Patrol" in 1990 and "Space Jam" in 1996.

    "T.K. Carter was a consummate professional and a genuine soul whose talent transcended genres," his publicist, Tony Freeman, said in a statement. "He brought laughter, truth, and humanity to every role he touched. His legacy will continue to inspire generations of artists and fans alike."


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