Golden Globes- Random thoughts....

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and misc ponderings…

Why hasn’t Elton John gotten those teeth fixed? I could loan him a few bucks.
Black People look really good in pink.

LARGE ANNOUNCEMENT: People with “class” KNOW NOT to clap for themselves.
Christina Ricci still has that forehead thing going on.

Richard Geres’ girlfriend/wife seemed awfully pissed off tonight. Doesn’t seem like a very nice lady…
Renee’ Renee’ … bad dress, bad dress.
All in all, a better show than usual.

It was kind of fun watching the people trying not to eat on camera, and trying NOT to be caught on camera talking about somebody else.

Al Pacino, not a great speech maker, but I love him anyway.
What WAS Sarah Jessica Parker and her nose thinking when she picked out THAT dress?

Tyra Banks won the Star With Class award tonight.

and except for the people picking food out of ther teeth on stage, Dick Clarks’ embarrassing chit chat with the Will & Grace folks and Meryl Streeps idiotic Howard Deanish lunatic rampage, the show went fairly smooth.

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I thought Michael Douglas’ “thank you” to Catherine Zeta Jones was strange. It seemed really half-hearted.

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Never watched a GG show before except a few snippits on entertainment shows. Is the production quality always so poor? For some reason, I couldn’t help but focus on the low ceiling in the place.

After about 10 minutes of very painful speachifying, I had to turn it off. Certainly no academy awards.

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There was an excellent documentary on CBC Newsworld’s series The Passionate Eye last week about the Golden Globes. The Foreign Press Correspondent’s Assn is largely peopled by barely-credentialled wannabees, apparently. There are a sprinkling of real journalists, but the vast majority are just there for the free gift baskets sent from studios, and the rare chances to rub elbows with B-list celebs; and, of course, last night’s big beanfest.

The monolithic clampdown that the Assn put out for its members not to speak to the fellow journalist doing the documentary would have put the Masons, Tri-lateral Commission, and the NSA to shame. The guy was getting doors slammed in his face all over Hollywood. But he dug up enough interviews from the last 5 years to show that the Assn (and by extension, the GG) is something of a farce.

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Ok. On the red carpet show, did it seem like Jamie Lee Curtis was being extra snarky to Joan?

Also:

I am so glad that Charlize won. She’s awesome. I predict this will be her breakout role and that now she will get all kinds of good parts.

Best dressed:
Uma
Charlize
Nicole
Johnny Depp
Brittany Murphy
Bernie Mac

Worst:
Sarah Ferguson
Scarlett Johansson (maybe it was just the boob shelf that bothered me)
Gwen Stefani
Tyra (mostly because of the ugly hairdo)
Sofia Coppola (get some heels and a dress that fits, honey, it’s an awards show)

I thought the ode to Michael Douglas was verrry tacky, but funny. I’m sure Catherine appreciated the innuendo and the flirting from Sharon Stone.

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Was there innuendo and flirting from Sharon Stone? (She would have been a great guest star for the Flinstones). I just saw the uncomfortable beginning and then had to change stations – I saw the “the basic instinct role made my career” and thought MD was reserved in his reaction to her (when the camera panned to him) but that was all I saw until he was thanking people.

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Bill Murray’s speech was a highlight for me. Funny but biting, and i thought it was weird that he didn’t mention Scarlett at all in the whole thing.

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I liked Renee’s dress. I don’t know how much of the Bridget Jones weight she still has, but she looked good–much more healthy than she did in the movie Chicago.
Kim Cattrall also had a great dress.
Nicole Kidman could put on a paper bag and look good, but the sequin flapper thing didn’t do much.

Wow, Sofia Coppola is a terrible speechmaker. She sounded like a complete airhead. Maybe’s she’s just shy.

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Cate Blanchett

:eek:

DAMN! She looked amazing! Even moreso than usual. And pregnant too!

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People who “investigate” the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have far too much time on their hands. Who cares? To cluck that they’re not “real journalists” is laughable. “Real journalists” don’t write about Hollywood movies. These are entertainment reporters and film reviewers. Nothing more, nothing less. They give out some awards (and Pia Zadora jokes notwithstanding, usually do a pretty good job of honoring deserving people and films), Hollywood gets to have a big, informal party before the “serious” Oscars, viewers get to see some good and bad gowns and hairstyles, small films and unknown actors get a bit of needed attention, everybody has fun and then goes home/turns off the TV.

Anyone who makes more of it than that needs to lighten up.

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Never seen the GG show before, and I wondered if this was the first. I agree with you about the production values; I kept wondering if the awards were being held in a local Hilton dining room, or if they had actually splurged and gone to the local Elks’ Lodge.

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According to my mom, Sting apparently went without a shirt. I must have been looking away every time he appeared on screen - can anyone else verify this? And if so, can anyone explain it?

Also, how cute was it to see Antonio Banderas’ daughter sitting on his lap?

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Sarah Jessica Parker is the most overrated “trend setter” of all time. I don’t understand why people always talk about her “style sense”. She dresses like someone blindfolds her and throws something on her that no one else would wear. And enough with the blue eyeshadow!

Cynthia Nixon needs a new set of teeth and liposuction.

I love Brittany Murphy. She seems so happy all the time!

Charlize was stunning and seems very down to earth. I don’t know anything about her, but she never comes off pissy to me.

Al Pacino is a mess and needs to accept his age. A train wreck with a pony tail.

Michael Douglas looks as old as his father. How CZJ can look at his wrinkled ass is beyond my comprehension. She must be thinking “only a few more years, and all his money is mine!”

Kevin Costner’s daughter looked older than his fiance. I loved when Joan Rivers gave her shit for accepting such a pathetic ring. He looked embarrassed and he should have been. I guess Waterworld kicked him in the ass harder than we all thought.

Diane Keaton’s hair looked like it needed a shampoo and a comb. Is the bed head look in style for a 60 year old?

Tom Cruise looked a bit too giddy for me. He was either on something, or he was convinced that he was going to win for “The Last Samauri”

I couldn’t figure out who looked more dead… Clint Eastwood, Michael Douglas, or Al Pacino.

Nicole Kidman is also a favorite… but I wasn’t crazy about the outfit.

Joan Rivers criticizes clothing, but dresses like an ass. And how much surgery can one person have? The docs that do her and Jacko should be in prison.

Bill Murray looked good, but old. I’m glad he won, but suddenly felt old myself.

Jim Carrey made me laugh with his announcement of “Elf”. Best line of the night.

I second the “clapping for yourself” comment. What is that, anyway?

Some of the worst speeches in the world… I guess if they don’t have a script, they can’t remember to thank the foreign press and the spouse without stammering for 10 minutes.

That’s it for me. I really didn’t watch it.

:smiley: :rolleyes: :stuck_out_tongue:

P.S. Pardon any typos. I’m tired.

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Horrors! How scandalous! Thank God it’s not like that at the Oscars! Menachem Riklis might be able to buy awards for Pia Zadora, but Harvey Weinstein could NEVER bully the Academy into showering Oscars on his films! The Oscars have too much integrity!

Seriously, though, take ALL awards with a shaker of salt, and you’ll never go wrong.

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Well, fair enough, Equipoise and astorian; but I should point out that by “real journalists” I meant “people who actually review films once in a while.” The majority of the rest of the FJCA seemed to be just made up of immigrant Danish car dealers or others with no clue about the entertainment industry, voting blindly based on who gave them the best freebies. Nothing at all like the Academy…umm, never mind.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

The doc gave some time to the history of the awards, in particular to the fragrant Ms Zadora and her husband. Gotta love Hollywood history! (And can’t let the Studio’s publicists write the only versions!)

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I was pleasantly surprised to see by Mary-Louise Parker’s acceptance speech that she can, in fact, move her lips when she speaks. In her performances in West Wing and Angels in America she looks like a bad ventriloquist.

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She also had the best line of the evening, when she, on a bet, thanked her infant son for the big boobs. I laughed.

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She also gets my award for best body of the night, seeing as how said infant son was born just 3 weeks ago. (And father of said son, actor Billy Crudup, walked out on her some six weeks prior to that, which, had it been me, would’ve resulted in a cookie and cake binge of dynamic proportions.)