The 69th Annual Golden Globes: A Rant
In case you missed it last night, here's what went down. IT WAS REALLY BORING.
In case you missed the Golden Globes last night, here's what went down.
IT WAS REALLY BORING. The fashion AND the winners. The only vaguely interesting / accurate / good winners were for Best Supporting Actor and Actress for TV (Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones and Jessica Lange for American Horror Story) and Best Actor in a Miniseries (Idris Elba for Luther).
Otherwise it felt no different to, like, three years ago and who likes living in the past? Stale and irrelevant. New shows aren't getting enough props. (I haven't seen Homeland, though, which one Best Drama and Best Actress). Please, Modern Family is entertaining but it isn't ROCKET SCIENCE.
The winners for film were just zzzzzzzzz.
And Ricky Gervais's suit was ridiculous in a late nineties way but was much funnier than most of his jokes.
As for the fashion, Zooey Deschanel's dress looked like a computer game, Salma Hayek resembled a miniature Beyonce/Black Eyed Pea hybrid and Idris Elba sure wore some blingin' shoes. Much love to Michelle Williams, who wore velvet; Tilda Swinton, because she's Tilda Swinton; and Sarah Michelle Gellar who looked nice and fresh against a carpet full of nudes and blacks and plums.
Here are some key looks that caught our eye, for better or worse.
And just in case you care, here are the winners (in bold).
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Artist
50/50
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PICTURE
A Separation (Iran)
The Flowers of War (China)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA)
The Kid With a Bike (Belgium)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Adventures of Tintin
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Arthur Christmas
DIRECTOR
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
ACTOR, DRAMA
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
ACTRESS, DRAMA
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris
ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Kate Winslet, Carnage
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball
ORIGINAL SCORE
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, War Horse
ORIGINAL SONG
"Hello Hello" - Music by Elton John. Lyrics by Bernie Taupin. Gnomeo & Juliet
"The Keeper" - Music and lyrics by Chris Cornell. Machine Gun Preacher
"Lay Your Head Down" - Music by Brian Byrne. Lyrics by Glenn Close. Albert Nobbs
"The Living Proof" - Music by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason Jr. Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas. The Help
"Masterpiece" - Music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry. W.E
TV SERIES, DRAMA
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland
ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland
ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl
Enlightened
ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big To Fail
ACTOR, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Idris Elba, Luther
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West, The Hour
ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Romola Garai, The Hour
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
WINNER Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
SUPPORTING ACTOR, SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, Too Big To Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Morgan Freeman
Here's to the countdown to the Oscars. Please, somebody do/say/wear something crazy!
Emily Royal
