This year, one of the biggest names in attendance at the Golden Globe Awards was Taylor Swift [1], even though she has no part in any of the nominated works. Since the Golden Globes [2] honour both film and television, the annual ceremony is pretty much always a who's who of Hollywood, with stars from the movies mingling with their small-screen counterparts, but we didn't see the singer's appearance coming — but we should have.
Swift actually had two awesome reasons to be at the show. She was tapped as a presenter for the best original song award (won by A Star Is Born's signature song "Shallow" [3]), alongside Idris Elba [4] (or should we say DJ Idris Elba [5]?). The surprisingly matched pair [6] actually have a musical connection: they're co-starring in the upcoming film adaptation of the 1980s hit musical Cats [7].
Even without being asked to present, though, we're pretty sure Swift would have been in attendance anyway. Why? In the role of supportive girlfriend. Swift's boyfriend of over two years [8], Joe Alwyn, is part of the ensemble cast of The Favourite [9], the historical comedy nominated for several awards at the ceremony.
Swift and Alwyn have been dating since late 2016, and although they've kept their relationship pretty private [10], we've seen them out from time to time [11] at major events.