Monday, January 12, 2009

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the 66th Annual Golden Globes

The Good:

Slumdog Millionaire wins every Globe it was nominated for.

30 Rock and Mad Men win Best Comedy Series and Best Drama Series respectively

Tina Fey addresses nasty internet bloggers in her acceptance speech, and flippantly tells them to, "suck it!"

Tracy Morgan, accepting the award for Best Comedy for 30Rock, "I'm the new face of post-racial America. Deal with it Cate Blanchett!!!"

Both of Kate Winslet's acceptance speeches (even though I wanted Cruz to win supporting actress)

COLIN FARRELL WON!!! COLIN FARRELL ACTUALLY WON!!!!

Kate Winslet, receiving the Best Lead Actress - Drama award, congratulates her fellow nominees, except for Angelina Jolie, whose name she blanks out on. The camera then cuts to Jolie trying her best to not look pissed. God I love live TV.

For the first time in YEARS, the speech by the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press was SHORT (and even a little amusing).

Virtual unknown Sally Hawkins (Best Actress - Comedy) is on the verge of tears and so stunned that she can barely hold herself up.

They actually kept the show within the slotted 3 hour run time.

Director Darren Aronofsky playfully gives Mickey Rourke the middle finger during Rourke's acceptance speech.

Emma Thompson. Just having her there makes things 15% better.

They finally stopped asking celebrities "who are you wearing". It's about damn time.

Ricky Gervais and Sacha Baron Cohen's somewhat brutally funny introductions while presenting.

The Bad:

Ricky Gervais being used only to introduce...The Jonas Brothers. WHY ARE THESE TEENYBOPPER FREAKS AT A ****ING AWARD SHOW?????

Anna Paquin...please go away, and don't come back until your teeth are fixed.

Renee Zellweger. What happened there?

The ominous announcer-voice introducing Jennifer Lopez as an "actress". Right...just like I'm the reincarnation of Tchaikovsky.

Megan Fox telling a red carpet interviewer that she hates the way she looks and that sometimes she, "feels like throwing up!" Classy broad, eh?

The Ugly:

Why was Glenn Close dressed like a MAN?




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