Awards Shows Archives

January 11, 2009

Put a Fork in It - The Golden Globes are Done

The lovely Susan Sarandon introduced the nominees for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama and the award goes to Mickey Rourke for "The Wrestler". He receives a standing ovation from everyone in the audience, which is pretty incredible. He also snuck "Son of a bitch" into his speech and received a flipped bird from director Darren Aronofsky which managed to make it on camera. If I ever win an award for something, even if it's for having the most decorated cubicle in the office, I'm going to thank my dogs like Mickey Rourke did. Nicely played Rourke, nicely played.

Tom Cruise has toned down his crazy tonight and is presenting the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama to "Slumdog Millionaire". Christina Applegate is psyched and I just can't wait to hit the hay.

What did you think about tonight's Golden Globe awards? Did anyone get robbed? Did I miss anything embarrassing? Does anyone have any hot gossip from the event? Let us know in the comments!

More Awards!

The human eyebrow, incredible director Martin Scorsese awards Steven Spielberg with the Cecil B. Demille award for his accomplishments in filmmaking. Spielberg really has given us some incredible films. From "Jaws" to "E.T." to "The Color Purple" he has had a career that spans so many different genres and he's succeeded in all areas. The movie montage they've put together to celebrate this director probably could have been shortened by five minutes - but at least it isn't an acceptance speech for best catering during a Miniseries. Bring back Tracy Morgan!

Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman actually make me want to see "Last Chance Harvey". The two present the award to the Best Director in a Motion Picture which goes to Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire". You can tell from the sound of the audience how much the people involved in this film love the movie and its director.

Sigourney Weaver, the woman who broke my heart by not answering my 4th grade fan letter, introduces "Revolutionary Road" as a nominee for Best Motion Picture Drama. America's sweetheart Sandra Bullock introduces the nominees for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy. Colin Ferrell wins the award and once again I can't understand almost every other word he is saying.

Tracy Morgan Makes Everything Better

Glenn Close and Lawrence Fishburne present the award for Best Comedic TV Series and it goes to "30 Rock" which is fantastic. The best part of the night so far - Tracy Morgan's acceptance speech. If an awards show needs anything (and it needs everything) it's Tracey Morgan. In fact, they should hire him to do the acceptance speeches for everyone who wins an award - that would guarantee a happy audience. Remember this interview? It doesn't get much better than this.

Pierce Brosnan is destined to be a silver fox. He will always have a bit of 007 in him. He introduced "Mama Mia!" as one of the nominees for Best Film. Sean Combs needs to brush up on his teleprompter reading. He and Kate Beckinsdale introduce the nominees for Best Soundtrack for a Motion Picture and it goes to "Slumdog Millionaire".

Jane Krikowski and recovering sex addict David Duchovny take the stage and once again show that the writing for this show is a total bomb. Apparently David and Tea Leoni are still together - that's one thing I didn't know before watching this. Hail hail the gang's all here. The Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedic Television role goes to...Tina Fey. Obviously. Was there any douobt? Tina is getting a bit racy with her wardrobe choices, I wonder if she pulled something out of Blake Lively's closet. Taking a page out of Kathy Griffin's book, her acceptance speech included the words "suck it". Thank you "30 Rock" for putting some life into these stupendously boring shows.

Everyone is Getting Feisty

Either the sound system isn't working very well inside the auditorium or the celebrities who get invited to these shindigs would rather not have to pay attention to whatever is being said. For the second or third time tonight, the audience has been shushed and told to quiet down by whoever is presenting on stage. At least their booze is free, I have to talk to my dogs and bring my own Seagram's 7 to these parties.

Seth Rogan is looking incredibly good these days, "Zac and Miri Make a Porno" has done wonders for him. He and screen partner Elizabeth Banks present the award for Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture to Simon Beaufoy for "Slumdog Millionaire". His young actors cheer for him loudly, which is cute to see. Whoever was in charge of Simon's wardrobe gave him the entirely wrong size of shirt and jacket. It looks like he went shopping in daddy's closet.

My favorite Amy Poehler and McDreamy give the award for Best Actor in a comedic series to Alec Baldwin for his role on "30 Rock". Unfortunately for us, his speech wasn't as passionate as the voicemail message he left for his daughter a few years ago.

Renee Zellweger's dress makes it look as though she is a goth broom. She introduces "The Reader" as one of the nominees for best picture.

Terrance Howard and the incredibly gorgeous Megan Fox present the award for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Made-for-TV movie and it goes to Paul Giamatti in "John Adams". If I didn't like bad television so much, I would probably try to see this very celebrated movie.

We're a Third of The Way Down!

Colin "The Hedgehog" Farrell presents the award for Best Foreign Language Film which goes to "Waltz with Bashir". Farrell is up for an award for his role in the film "In Bruges" and made a pretty cute reference to his past drug abuse which doesn't happen very often. He's got a cold everyone, don't panic, he isn't pulling a Winehouse and snorting onstage.

Random question: What do you suppose it smells like in that room? For some reason, all I can think of is Salisbury steak. I feel like that's what the room would smell like - maybe it's the 80's inspired decor surrounding the stage.

Did anyone else catch a glimpse of Cameron Diaz? She looks like she hasn't been able to get a dye job in four months and is just letting it grow out. The coral dress she was wearing was very pretty though.

"The Dark Knight"'s Maggie Gyllenhaal and Aaron Eckhardt present the award for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie. Laura Linney wins for her role in "John Adams" - which as I recall, she also won the Emmy for. How many awards shows do we need people? At what point do we just say, "Hey, you know what - we really only need one of these." The time should be now people.

Best Mini-Series or TV Movie

I'm assuming Drew Barrymore is going for the Marilyn Monroe look but it comes off a little more trashy than I think it's supposed to. Also, her tongue ring was a bit more noticeable on the red carpet than it has been in the past. Somewhere Justin Long is smiling.

The Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series or TV movie goes to John Adams. Tom Hanks accepts the award as an Executive Producer and delivers a quick, sweet and spirited speech. It is much appreciated since any more booze would have me in a blackout in about ten minutes.

It's got to be really hard being Rumer Willis when your mom is Demi Moore. When your mom is hotter than you are and tells you not to slouch while on national television - it's time to go home, eat a bucket of Ben & Jerry's and call it a day. Sadly, Rumer can't do that. In some sobering news, Heath Ledger has won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film. Director Chris Nolan is accepting on his behalf and as we cut to break, everyone is running to the bar.

Nope, The Golden Globes Aren't Any Better

FINALLY, Ricky Gervais makes the show worth watching. There's no music performances to to drown out the sound of boredom in the room, which has apparently taken over the celebrity audience. Gervais, who was not nominated for an award, at least pointed out the fact that Holocaust movies never have any gag reels at the end. Let's get Sarah Silverman involved, I'm sure she'd make a gag reel out of anything.

Billy Ray and Miley don't clap when the Jonas Brothers take the stage to present the award for Best Animated Feature. Even Beyonce was clapping and she could've totally passed up on the opportunity. Do I smell a war brewing? Cyrus versus Jonas? One can only hope. "Wall-E" won the Golden Globe in this category.

Johnny Depp takes the stage to present the award for Best Film Actress and the crowd goes wild. Tom Hanks whistled and hollered for Johnny, Tom Cruise looked for a couch to jump on and I'm sure someone threw their panties up on stage. Sally Hawkins wins the Golden Globe for Best Actress in the film "Happy-Go-Lucky", and is so moved she can barely get through her speech. The only thing making this bearable is her charming British accent and the shout out she gives to the lovely and talented Emma Thompson who was also nominated.

Best Actors and Actresses in Television

Don Cheadle subtly adds a bit of funk to the boring suit and tie all the other men are wearing. Even just adding stripes to his black and white neck accessory has

Jorge Camara makes me want to kiss him on that gigantic mustache of his. As President of the Hollywood Foreign Press, he has vowed to skip the long boring speech usually given at these shows, so that we can have more fun wondering if Michael C. Hall will beat out Jon Hamm for Best Actor in a TV Series. Is it just me, or does it look like Jorge's mustache clippings could very well be the hair that makes up Martin Scorcese's eyebrows.

Stache and Brows

Zac Efron's greasy hair and Hayden Panettiere give the award for Best Actor in a TV Series - which goes to Gabriel Byrne.

The newest Spock and Captain Kirk give the Best Actress award to Anna Paquin for her role in "True Blood" - the role that launched a thousand screams of "SOOKIE!" Truth be told, the show is pretty terrible but is hard not to watch. Vampires, sex, vampires screaming "Sookie" while having sex. What's not to love?

We're Moving on to Television

Eva Longoria's dress is doing something a little bizarre in her chest area but the red mermaid cut is actually very nice on her. I saw her once while I was wasting a day shopping in Las Vegas. She's tiny and looks good even in jeans and a sweatshirt.

Tom Wilkinson wins the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "John Adams". Alec Baldwin looks like he's in a food coma from a five pound honey-baked ham. I haven't seen "John Adams" but I'd like to think Neil Patrick Harris was robbed. Not for his role on "How I Met Your Mother" but for "Doogie Howser M.D."

The award for Best Supporting Actress on a Television Show goes to Laura Dern for her performance in "Recount". She and husband Ben Harper are so stinkin cute together, it's nice to see how lovey they are in front of a large audience and national television.

Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song Goes To...

There are many people who are loving life right now - Kate Winslet just won an award for Best Supporting Actress in "The Reader". J. Lo was the presenter for this award and dressed up like an award herself. The flowing gold dress was not a great choice - when Rumer Willis looks better standing next to you, you know something is wrong.

The award for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture has veterans Bruce Springstein and Peter Gabriel fighting newcomers Miley Cyrus and Beyonce Knowles. The Boss wins the award - which means we thankfully don't have to hear an acceptance speech by Ms. Cyrus (who stuck her tongue out to the camera as it panned the crowd). Bruce gives Mickey Rourke a nice shout out in his acceptance speech along with wishing Clarence Clemons a happy birthday. What happened to Mickey Rourke's face? It is something not of this earth, and not in the same way Megan Fox's is. If anyone has insight, please leave some in the comments.

Soundcheck Would Be Nice

If you missed any of the interviews on the red carpet, here's a little rundown of what it sounded like, "Hey there, so you've got a new movie coming out - are you excited?" "What? I can't hear you. I'm sorry, what? There's some yelling going on over there." Captain Obvious, Nancy O'Dell, then says, "There's people yelling over there behind us,", thanks hon, we can see them.

We're about to get inside and get the awards started - let's do this!

Blake Lively Brought Her Dad and Her Cleaveage to The Show

Serena Van Der Woodsen's wardrobe has made its way into the real life fashion rotation for Gossip Girl's Blake Lively. It's really cute and sweet that she brought her Dad as her date but the purple dress she's wearing is a bit too revealing for it to be normal to have him standing over her all night.

Beyonce and Sigourney Weaver are getting interviewed by a very clingy Nancy O'Dell. She's got a little death grip on Beyonce's side which is unsettling to watch. I've always loved Sigourney Weaver's acting but have a bone to pick with her over a certain fan letter sent from my fourth grade classroom with a homemade friendship bracelet inside. I received no letter back; not even a fake signed picture. There's still time to make it up to me though - you hear that Sigourney?

Maggie Gyllenhaal is wearing a bold single-shouldered blue leopard print number with her signature deep red lipstick. It's not a look that many women can pull off but she is one who can. Another win for Kate Winslet - Maggie mentioned her in her interview as well.

Zac Efron is in dire need of a haircut. Who let him out of the house like that? Drew Barrymore is an Anne Hathaway fan. Hopefully Angelina didn't overhear this or it could mean trouble for Drew. Speaking of trouble for Drew, her bouffant hairdo was an interesting choice.

The men on the red carpet haven't taken too many fashion chances this evening. It's all black suits all the time - with the only change being a necktie vs. bow tie. Sean "Diddy" Combs is rocking a giant bow tie and Stephen Spielberg's is hanging crookedly off his neck. Let's jazz it up a little here fellas! Where's the color?

Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio are back on screen and back on the red carpet together. She looks stunning, absolutely stunning. It's funny to think of Leonardo Dicaprio as the little runaway who came into the lives of the Seaver family on "Growing Pains". His voice has pretty much stayed the same - and his face hasn't changed much either. Both are up for awards for their roles in Revolutionary Road.

Tom Cruise doesn't have Katie or Suri attached to his arm right now - is the earth going into retrograde? Oh Nancy did some investigative work and apparently Katie is enjoying her last night on Broadway and will be joining Tom later. Sting and his wife Trudie look like they're ready to get inside the building, find an empty room and get it ON. His hair has gone dark; his facial hair is scruffy and long and he's got a gleam in his eye that makes me feel like he's getting lucky in about five minutes.

The show is about to start and I can't wait for something interesting to happen. Check back for updates as they come.

On The Red Carpet at The Golden Globes

Oh boy, the Jonas Brothers are coming out with a 3D movie - a la Miley Cyrus's Hannah Montana movie. I've said it once and I'll say it again - I'm not all that convinced these three boys all have the same father. I can see some similarities in two of them but the third straight-haired tone deaf one seems like the giant pink elephant in the room. The cutest pink elephant in the room, but still.

Wow, someone completely bit it while walking down the red carpet. She was holding a couple of drinks and about to pose for a photo op but tripped backwards and will probably be thrilled to know I am going to watch it over and over again on the DVR.

Speaking of Miley Cyrus, she and her flat-ironed dad, Billy Ray, are enjoying the spotlight. There seems to be a Grecian theme this evening in terms of wardrobe choices. Miley has a long flowing dress on with ugly shoes underneath (her words, not mine).

Peter Gabriel and his lovely wife are in attendance and he will hopefully be beating down Miley Cyrus for the Best Original Song award. I love Peter Gabriel, but this interview is like listening to Charlie Brown's teacher on cough syrup.

America Ferrera seems completely bored with questions about how she feels about her role on "Ugly Betty". Actually, she seems mostly bored when answering questions about everything.

Poor Steve Carrell - his interview with Tiki Barber keeps getting cut into with images of Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Kate's name also gets brought up during Eva Mendes's interview which I'm hoping means she'll win an award for something - even if it's just an award for taking over other people's interviews.

So far, the Golden Globe red carpet interviews have left much to be desired. If this is any indication for how the night is going to go, I'll need some Red Bull, vodka and a footlong sub from Subway delivered as soon as possible.