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“Sinners” wins two Golden Globes; loses out on Best Motion Picture

One Battle After Another emerged as a major winner, taking home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The film continued its strong showing by earning three additional honors, including Best Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor, along with Best Director and Best Screenplay awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson. Taylor’s win stood […]

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One Battle After Another emerged as a major winner, taking home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The film continued its strong showing by earning three additional honors, including Best Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor, along with Best Director and Best Screenplay awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson.

Taylor’s win stood out, as she surpassed fellow nominee Amy Madigan for Weapons. During her acceptance speech, Taylor delivered a powerful message of representation and empowerment, emphasizing that women of color belong in every space, their voices are significant, and their dreams deserve recognition.

“To my brown sisters & little brown girls watching tonight… We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter, our dreams deserve space,” Taylor said during her acceptance speech. 

Meanwhile, Hamnet, directed by Chloe Zhao, claimed the Best Motion Picture – Drama award, edging out Sinners in the final category of the evening. Despite the loss, Sinners still achieved notable recognition by winning the Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.

Addressing the audience, filmmaker Ryan Coogler reflected on the realities of the film industry, noting that filmmaking is often more about persistence than glamour. He expressed gratitude that the project received a theatrical release and shared how the team frequently reminded themselves during production in New Orleans that audiences would eventually experience the film on the big screen.

“We don’t always, when we work in the film business, wear tuxedos and get glammed-out. It’s usually a grind,” Coogler told the crowd. “It was an honor on this movie to know that it was getting a theatrical release. We would remind people every day, in the dog days of summer in New Orleans — we would say, ‘Hey, big movie. People are going to see this — big theater.’”

Sinners earned $280 million in the United States and was a rare movie that garnered both critical acclaim and massive popularity.

Coogler continued, “We didn’t know that they would show up, so we just want to say thank you that they did. It meant the world to us.”

Golden Globes winners: Movies

Best drama

  • WINNER: “Hamnet”
  • “Frankenstein”
  • “It Was Just an Accident”
  • “The Secret Agent”
  • “Sentimental Value”
  • “Sinners”

Best comedy or musical

  • WINNER: “One Battle After Another”
  • “Blue Moon”
  • “Bugonia”
  • “Marty Supreme”
  • “No Other Choice”
  • “Nouvelle Vague”

Best actor in a 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 actress in a 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 non-English language film

  • WINNER: “The Secret Agent”
  • “It Was Just an Accident”
  • “No Other Choice”
  • “Sentimental Value”
  • “Sirat”
  • “The Voice of Hind Rajab”

Best animated film

  • WINNER: “KPop Demon Hunters”
  • “Arco”
  • “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle”
  • “Elio”
  • “Little Amelie or the Character of Rain”
  • “Zootopia 2”

Best director

  • 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”
  • Chloe Zhao, “Hamnet”

Best actor in a comedy or musical

  • 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 screenplay

  • WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
  • Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, “Hamnet”
  • Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
  • Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
  • Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
  • Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”

Best actor in a comedy or musical

  • 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”

Cinematic and box-office achievement

  • WINNER: “Sinners”
  • “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
  • “F1: The Movie”
  • “KPop Demon Hunters”
  • “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
  • “Weapons’
  • “Wicked: For Good”
  • “Zootopia 2”

Best actress in a comedy or musical

  • 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 screenplay

  • WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
  • Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, “Hamnet”
  • Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
  • Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
  • Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
  • Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”

Best original song

  • WINNER: “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (music by Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Park Hong Jun, lyrics by Kim Eun-jae [EJAE] and Mark Sonnenblick)
  • “Dream As One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (music and lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson and Simon Franglen)
  • “I Lied to You” from “Sinners” (music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson)
  • “No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good” (music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)
  • “The Girl in the Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good” (music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)
  • “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (music and lyrics by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner)

Best supporting actor

 

  • 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 supporting actress

  • 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 original score

  • Winner: Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
  • Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
  • Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”
  • Kangding Ray, “Sirat”
  • Max Richter, “Hamnet”
  • Hans Zimmer, “F1: The Movie”

Golden Globes winners: Television

Best limited/anthology series or TV movie

  • WINNER: “Adolescence”
  • “All Her Fault”
  • “The Beast in Me”
  • “Black Mirror”
  • “Dying for Sex”
  • “The Girlfriend”

Best drama

  • WINNER: “The Pitt”
  • “The Diplomat”
  • “Pluribus”
  • “Severance”
  • “Slow Horses”
  • “The White Lotus”

Best actress in a 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 stand-up comedy performance

  • 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 supporting actress

  • WINNER: Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
  • Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”
  • Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
  • Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
  • Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”
  • Amy Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”

Best podcast

  • WINNER: “Good Hang With Amy Poehler”
  • “Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard”
  • “Call Her Daddy”
  • “The Mel Robbins Podcast”
  • “SmartLess”
  • “Up First”

Best actor in a 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 supporting actor

  • 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 actress in a 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 actor in a drama

  • WINNER: Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
  • Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
  • Diego Luna, “Andor”
  • Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
  • Mark Ruffalo, “Task”
  • Adam Scott, “Severance”

Best comedy or musical

  • WINNER: “The Studio”
  • “Abbot Elementary”
  • “The Bear”
  • “Hacks”
  • “Nobody Wants This”
  • “Only Murders in the Building”

Best actor in a limited series

  • 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 actress in a limited series

  • 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”

Carol Burnett Award

Sarah Jessica Parker

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Helen Mirren

 

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Study: Waiting Lists for Child Care Assistance Nearly Doubled

BLACKPRESS USA NEWSWIRE — “Since the expiration of tens of billions of dollars in federal child care funding in 2023 and 2024, an already fragile child care system has been pushed even closer to the brink.”
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The National Women’s Law Center released its annual State Child Care Assistance Policies report, finding that the number of children placed on waiting lists for federally funded child care assistance nearly doubled between 2024 and 2025 — and that number has only continued to grow.

The report serves as a key resource for state lawmakers, advocates, and policymakers by tracking state child care assistance policies and identifying where states are strengthening support for families and early educators — or falling behind.

“This deeply troubling increase in the number of children on child care waiting lists is the result of a failure to invest in this crucial sector,” said Karen Schulman, senior director of state child care policy and author of the report. “Since the expiration of tens of billions of dollars in federal child care funding in 2023 and 2024, an already fragile child care system has been pushed even closer to the brink.”

Key findings in the report related to waiting lists for child care assistance include:

• 17 states had waiting lists or a freeze on intake for child care assistance in February 2025, up from 13 states in February 2024.

• Approximately 106,700 children nationwide were added to waiting lists between February 2024 and February 2025, bringing the total to 225,500 children in February 2025 — a 90 percent increase compared to February 2024.

• The numbers climbed even further between February 2025 and summer/fall 2025, with more than 175,000 additional children added to state waiting lists in just a few months — a 78 percent increase.

• At least seven states newly began placing families on waiting lists or freezing intake, while at least 10 additional states saw their waiting lists grow, after February 2025.

The report also includes state-by-state data on key child care assistance policies, including income eligibility limits, parent copayments, provider payment rates, and eligibility policies for parents searching for work.

Click the link to learn more: Warning Signs: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2025.

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Venus Williams Calls a Sabalenka Exit a Tragedy

ROLLING OUT — Crucially, Williams did not read the comment as a real farewell. She said she did not believe Sabalenka truly wanted to leave, calling such an outcome a loss for both the player and the sport.
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The seven-time major champion read frustration, not a real goodbye, in the world No. 1’s words

By David Kesiena | Rolling Out

When the world’s top-ranked player said she wanted to walk away from the sport, Venus Williams chose empathy over alarm.

Aryna Sabalenka’s blunt remark after her French Open quarterfinal collapse rattled plenty of fans, but Williams heard something different in it. The seven-time Grand Slam champion treated the comment as the raw reaction of a hurting athlete rather than a serious signal about her future.

The collapse that triggered the comment

Sabalenka looked headed for a routine win over Diana Shnaider. She took the opening set 6-3 and built a commanding lead in the second, climbing to 4-1 and later serving for the match at 5-4 while sitting just two points from victory.

Then everything unraveled. Shnaider stormed back to steal the second set 7-5 and bageled the world No. 1 in the third, with Sabalenka dropping 12 of the final 13 games in gusty conditions that reached around 26 mph. The 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 result sent Shnaider into her first Grand Slam semifinal and extended Sabalenka’s long wait for a maiden Roland Garros title.

In the aftermath, Sabalenka did not soften her feelings. She told reporters she had no thoughts and no emotions left and felt like quitting on the spot. She described being stuck in a deep, dark mental hole during the match, unable to find her way back.

What Venus Williams said about Sabalenka

Williams reacted with understanding. She admitted the moment made her sad and said she had been swept up in Sabalenka’s emotions, feeling a surge of empathy for her. She praised the Belarusian for laying everything bare on court, where every feeling shows.

Crucially, Williams did not read the comment as a real farewell. She said she did not believe Sabalenka truly wanted to leave, calling such an outcome a loss for both the player and the sport. Rather than scold her, Williams offered a gentle observation about the rhythm of professional tennis. She suggested players might benefit from a little more time to gather themselves before stepping in front of the cameras, a quiet acknowledgment that athletes are routinely asked to dissect painful defeats before the sting has faded.

Sabalenka walks it back

The story did not end on that bleak note. Within days, Sabalenka signaled she was not actually quitting, framing the press-conference outburst as heat-of-the-moment honesty rather than a plan. At the time of the loss she had also left the door open, saying she would see how she felt in a few days and hoped to get back on track mentally. The walk-back lined up with how Williams had read the situation from the start.

It is not the first time a Paris quarterfinal has pushed Sabalenka to her limit. In 2024 she exited at the same stage and skipped her press conference entirely because of illness, with the tour later releasing her quotes on her behalf. The pattern underscores how heavily this particular tournament has weighed on her despite deep runs in recent years.

For now, attention shifts to the grass. Wimbledon offers Sabalenka a quick chance to reset, and a strong showing there would turn this French Open meltdown into a footnote rather than a turning point.

Originally published by Rolling Out — https://rollingout.com

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COMMENTARY: Using Art, Healing, And Community to Transform Mental Health Dialogue

THE CAROLINIAN — Operating at the intersection of the arts and mental health, Darkness RISING uses music, storytelling, wellness programming, and community engagement to inspire healing while addressing barriers that have historically prevented many Black Americans from accessing mental health support.
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By Judaea Ingram | Special to The Carolinian

RALEIGH, N.C. – Music filled the air as families danced through the crowd, children gathered around activity stations, and community members explored wellness resources from local organizations. Black-owned businesses lined the streets while people stopped for chair massages, conversations, and moments of connection inside the wellness suite.

At the center of the event stood a simple but powerful reminder:

“You Matter.”

For Darkness RISING, those words represent far more than a slogan. They reflect the organization’s mission to break the stigma surrounding mental health in the Black community while creating spaces centered on healing, honesty, and hope.

Operating at the intersection of the arts and mental health, Darkness RISING uses music, storytelling, wellness programming, and community engagement to inspire healing while addressing barriers that have historically prevented many Black Americans from accessing mental health support.

The organization hosts a variety of programs and events throughout the year, including block parties, wellness workshops, mixers, kickoff events, community classes, and Darkness RISING: Live — a free annual arts and wellness festival now celebrating its ninth year.

The festival combines entertainment with healing-centered resources, featuring live music, dancing, singing, food trucks, Black vendors, children’s activities, mental health resources, wellness spaces, and opportunities for open conversations about mental health.

While the events may feel celebratory on the surface, organizers say the deeper purpose is creating safe spaces where people can feel comfortable discussing mental health without fear of judgment.

Darkness RISING also provides free nationwide resources, including a Black Mental Health Resource Packet, a Black Mental Health Provider Database, and its “Find Me a Therapist” initiative, which helps connect individuals with culturally competent care.

The organization’s work is rooted in addressing longstanding inequities that continue impacting mental health access within Black communities.

Historically, segregation, redlining, racial discrimination, incarceration, poverty, and unequal healthcare access have contributed to higher rates of behavioral health challenges while simultaneously limiting access to proper treatment and support. Darkness RISING approaches those issues through what organizers describe as a transformative justice lens, focusing on healing rather than punishment and creating equitable wellness opportunities for marginalized communities.

Its REBUILD program specifically supports justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people of color through free therapy and wellness support, while the REBUILD Youth program focuses on young people impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences, also known as ACEs.

For Rudolph, therapy became life-changing after decades of incarceration and years of rejection after returning home.

“Came home in 2015, started my own computer company, investing in real estate, did the normal thing and got some jobs here and there and was met with rejection after rejection and people telling me I am not a good person,” Rudolph shared. “Even had a rejection in church.”

He said one of the hardest battles became overcoming the mental barriers created during incarceration.

“I got in touch with a couple of friends, and they explained to me how I had to get over the mental hurdles and get rid of the way my prison mindset was in order to survive and become successful,” he said.

Rudolph later moved to North Carolina hoping for a fresh start, but the struggle continued.

“Things were looking bad,” he said. “Could not get a job. The struggle was real.”

Eventually, therapy and support through organizations like Darkness RISING helped begin his healing process. He said working alongside other justice-involved men through therapy gave him the ability to rebuild mentally while finding community with people who understood his experiences.

Stories like Rudolph’s reflect the foundation behind Darkness RISING’s mission: ensuring people feel seen, supported, and worthy of healing regardless of their background or circumstances.

Community members who attend the organization’s events often describe them as emotionally transformative.

Some participants say Darkness RISING encouraged them to seek therapy for the first time, while others say the organization gave them a safe space to openly discuss struggles they previously kept hidden.

“I have been encouraged by the beautiful, generous, brave and open individuals who come together and use their talents to create art, share personal experiences and provide hope to those who may be struggling with mental health,” one participant shared.

By combining art, wellness, education, and community outreach, Darkness RISING continues changing how mental health conversations happen within the Black community.

Not through silence.

But through healing, honesty, connection, and joy.

Originally published by The Carolinian — https://caro.news

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