Sunday, January 16, 2011

FROM THE SAME PEOPLE WHO PREFERRED EVITA PERON TO MARGE GUNDERSON**: Welcome to the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, three hours during which I'm mostly rooting for chaos -- both in terms of the awards choices and the behavior of the celebrities attending.  Ricky Gervais, don't let us down: stir the pot properly.


** Credit: Matt's twitter feed.

43 comments:

  1. StvMg8:01 PM

    Can Ricky Gervais top last year's line?: "I drink as much as the next man, unless the next man is... Mel Gibson!"

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  2. StvMg8:04 PM

    And we have our answer. Indeed, he can.

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  3. say more. Am catching up.<span> </span>

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  4. Joseph Finn8:20 PM

    Christina is hitting the Twitter feeds, and I love someone's description of Michelle Williams' dress as a shower curtain.

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  5. Heather K8:25 PM

    I think Bruce Willis forgot to bring his eyebrows.

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  6. StvMg8:28 PM

    But we at least have to credit Bruce Willis for being a good sport after the "Ashton Kutcher's dad" introduction from Gervais.

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  7. KCosmo8:28 PM

    Yay Chris Colfer!

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  8. I'm not watching live, but sure as hell seems to me that Dianna Agron is the clear winner of the fashion Glee-off, particularly given that Lea Michele seems to be wearing a Pink Thing from Six Flags.

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  9. J. Bowman8:29 PM

    I'm reasonably certain he's beating the crap out of Gervais backstage right now.

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  10. And wow, never though I'd write these words, but Christina Hendricks does not look good in this outfit.

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  11. His reaction was one of the best I think I've ever seen. Genuine shock on his face. He really does look like a Hummel figurine!  Love him!

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  12. J. Bowman8:31 PM

    Oh, and speaking of Willis, my hotel is right next door to Nakatomi Plaza!

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  13. J. Bowman8:35 PM

    I'm sure we all love us some Buscemi around here, but did anyone really see this happening fifteen years ago?

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  14. StvMg8:37 PM

    Too many great one-liners to count. Here's a link to the whole monologue.

    http://tv.gawker.com/5735192/watch-ricky-gervais-extremely-uncomfortable-golden-globes-monologue

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  15. Safe to say Marky Mark is officially the most successful Wahlberg?

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  16. Just me, or assuming that everything goes as expected in the top categories, is the only real top-tier Oscar category with legit drama Supporting Actress?  (And that's largely got drama because Steinfeld has been honored in other categories at other ceremonies.) Portman, Firth, Bale, Fincher, Sorkin, and Social Network all seem like veritable locks at this point.

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  17. Heather K8:45 PM

    Dear Andrew Garfield, if you hair is bigger than yourself it is probably too big. Or you are a southern beauty queen.

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  18. And the Heather Mills crack was not bad either.

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  19. Firth-Eisenberg is a legit battle.

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  20. J. Bowman8:50 PM

    Neither of those guys is Trent Reznor, right? He's sent a stunt double?

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  21. rosebudpeas8:50 PM

    Good Lord, what ate Christina Aguilera?

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  22. Trent in a suit?  What?  Someone call my 20-year-old self and shock the hell out of him.

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  23. StvMg8:52 PM

    This certainly won't help any Oscar forecasts in the Best Actress race, since Portman and Bening are in separate categories.

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  24. Sophietje8:53 PM

    I know, right?  I don't think I've seen Trent Reznor since a NIN concert 15+ years ago, so it took me a few minutes to figure out which was him!

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  25. Portman's won almost everything where the categories don't split--Bening is an extreme dark horse.  And I think Eisenberg v. Firth isn't really a fight--Firth's a much-loved veteran with a showy part, while Eisenberg's part is enigmatic and likely to be seen more as a triumph of writing and directing than performance.  Wouldn't shock me to see Eisenberg not even nominated.

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  26. EGOT watch is on.

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  27. Matt B9:00 PM

    Is it me or is Ricky Gervais hosting this thing like he doesn't want to be asked back to do this anymore?

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  28. It's interesting because a couple of the big competitors for score were disqualified by the Academy for taking too much from preexisting sources (True Grit for taking from American hymns, Black Swan for taking from Tcaichovsky) while Social Network's showiest score bit is an adaptation of "Hall Of The Mountain King" and Inception's entire score is built around a very slowed down non-original cue that's important to the story.

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  29. Annette Bening: is that hair deliberate? Is it Pacino hair?

    "And to the 1962 Winner of the Golden Globe for most promising actor ..."

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  30. Apparently something orange.

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  31. Sorkin FTW!!

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  32. Mr. Cosmo9:33 PM

    Ah, Dianna Agron.  They need to give her a bigger role so we can have an honest Monica vs. Rachel-level debate.
    (Of course, it's Rachel and Quinn.)

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  33. Andrew9:53 PM

    Shut up, Donnie!

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  34. Someone forgot to tell De Niro that he's pretty terrible at doing comedy.

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  35. I admired The Fighter a lot (and probably would even moreso if I saw the source material that Russell has apparently slavishly parrotted), but I really don't get the praise for Melissa Leo.  It's a cookie cutter "harpy mom" role that's not terribly well-written or developed, even if she's perfectly good in the role.  Much the same could be said about Adams' role, but at least it's a sort of role that we haven't seen her do before.  (And I do think the dynamic changes if Steinfeld is nominated, which gives the Academy a way to honor True Grit in a big category.)

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  36. Paul Giamatti...godiva chocolates...Halle Berry....awkward

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  37. Matt, do you think the big wins by The Social Network (screenplay, director, best picture/drama) shake up the Oscar race at all? I'd assumed Sorkin would win the Oscar for screenplay, but I figured The King's Speech was the clear front-runner for Best Picture. Now I'm not so sure.

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  38. I think his last joke all but guarantees he won't be asked back (though very funny). I wonder if they'll cut it for the west coast.

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  39. Eric J.11:31 PM

    So how many years away are we from the Nine-Inch-Nails jukebox musical?

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  40. spacewoman11:33 PM

    So great how happy his castmates are for him, too.

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  41. Social Network has been the frontrunner all along.  The supposed King's Speech chance is that:

    A)  It's traditional and calm and will thus appeal to the old fogey types who make up a not-inconsiderable portion of the Academy's voting base.
    B)  It's actor-driven and actors are the single biggest voting block in the Academy.

    The biggest sign of a potential upset would be a SAG win for King's Speech in the ensemble category.

    The wildcard this year is how ranked choice voting affects things.  King's Speech seems likely to be in nearly everyone's top 5 on the final ballot.  The film that has the biggest problem due to ranked choice is probably Black Swan, because it's so incredibly polarizing--folks are either gonna rank it #1 or #10, which isn't as good in a ranked-choice scenario as the film that has tons of 2-3 votes.

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  42. Wow. If your neck ruffle is bigger than you bosom AND you're Christina Hendricks...

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  43. calliekl10:28 PM

    He's got the whole world, in his hands....
    **shudder**

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