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Sunday, January 15, 2012

The 68th Annual Golden Globes: LIVE Blogging

In about 30 minutes, the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air LIVE on NBC, once again hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais. This awards ceremony, run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, honors achievements in both film and television. Once again, A Man and His Awards will be blogging while watching what Hollywood calls the "Party of the Year".

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EDIT: 8PM- The Show has begun LIVE from the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom (and it's the 69th, NOT the 68th)

8:01PM- "You get Britain's biggest comedian hosting the second biggest awards show on America's third biggest network"- Ricky Gervais

8:01PM- "Who needs the Oscars? Not me, not Eddie Murphy."

8:04PM- "A marriage that lasted 72 days. I've been through longer James Cameron acceptance speeches."- Ricky Gervais

8:07PM- Johnny Depp presents the first Best Drama Picture nominee of the night, "Hugo".

8:08PM- Gerard Butler and Mila Kunis present the first award of the night, Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

8:09PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Christopher Plummer for his role as an elderly man exploring his sexuality in the film Beginners. A standing ovation for the veteran of stage and screen.

8:10PM- "Welcome back to the home of King Kong, Rin Tin Tin, and all our youthful fantasies."- Christopher Plummer

8:13PM- Ashton Kutcher and Elle MacPherson present the role for Lead Actress in a Comedy or Musical TV Series.

8:14PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Laura Dern for the HBO comedy (which I use the term loosely) Enlightened. Dern is a former Miss Golden Globe, and also won for her role as Katherine Harris in the movie Recount, of which she was robbed on an Emmy.

8:16PM- Commercial Break

8:20PM- Julianne Moore and Rob Lowe present Miss Golden Globe (teleprompter error).

8:20PM- "When was the last time you did a cold reading in front of Steven Spielberg?"- Rob Lowe

8:20PM- Moore and Lowe present Best Miniseries or TV Movie.

8:21PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Downton Abbey (which also won the Emmy)

8:22PM- "The whole Downton adventure has been an exciting one, like an exciting child who just won the Olympics."- Julian Fellowes; "It's the audience that makes a success."

8:23PM- Lowe and Moore also present Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie.

8:24PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Kate Elizabeth Winslet for her role as Mildred Pierce (which won her the Emmy). She was a double-winner three years ago on the Golden Globe stage.

8:27PM- Frieda Pinto presents the first nominee for Best Musical or Comedy Film- Midnight in Paris.

8:28PM- Commercial Break

8:32PM- A Message from the Head of the HPFA and Jeremy Irons

8:33PM- Jake Gyllenhall presents the second nominee for Best Musical or Comedy Film- My Week with Marilyn.

8:34PM- "You don't have to thank everyone you met. [...] You just have to thank the main two- your agent and God."- Ricky Gervais

8:35PM- Melissa McCarthy and Paula Patton present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a TV Series- Drama.

8:36PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Kelsey Grammer for Boss.

8:37PM- McCarthy and Patton are also presenting TV Series- Drama.

8:38PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Homeland, Showtime's new thrilling drama.

8:40PM- Commercial Break

8:44PM- Jimmy Fallon and Adam Levine are going to present the Golden Globes for Original Score and Song for a Motion Picture.

8:45PM- First is Score.

8:46PM- The Golden Globe goes to...the Score from The Artist, composed by Ludovic Bource.

8:48PM- Then Song.

8:50PM- The Golden Globe goes to...the Song "Masterpiece" from W.E., co-written by Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Entertainment Madonna.

8:52PM- Commercial Break

8:56PM- Katharine McPhee and Debra Messing present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries.

8:57PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Idris Elba for Luther.

8:59PM- Brad Pitt presents the second Drama Motion Picture nominee, The Ides of March.

9PM- Kate Beckinsale and Seth Rogen present the Golden Globe for Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical.

9:01PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn.

9:03PM- Commercial Break

9:07PM- Sarah Michelle Gellar and Piper Perabo present the Golden Globe for Supporting Actor in a Television Program.

9:08PM- The Golden Globe goes to...(lol at Jesse Tyler Ferguson's sign) Emmy-winner Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones.

9:09PM- "I haven't seen Mildred Pierce, but I'm sure it's pretty good."- Peter Dinklage

9:10PM- "You're so much better than last year's audience."- Ricky Gervais; "There is a pecking order around here. TV stars around the edge. Movie stars in the middle."

9:11PM- George Clooney presents the third Drama Motion Picture nominee Moneyball.

9:12PM- Jessica Alba and Channing Tatum present the Golden Globe for Animated Feature Film.

9:14PM- The Golden Globe goes to...The Adventures of Tintin.

9:16PM- Commercial Break

9:20PM- Ewan McGregor presents the third nominee for Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical, 50/50.

9:21PM- Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman present the Golden Globe for Screenplay.

9:22PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris. (Woody Allen is not here; "Come and get it, Woody"- Nicole Kidman)

9:23PM- Husband-and-wife William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman sing and present the Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in Television.

9:24PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Jessica Lange for American Horror Story.

9:26PM- Commercial Break

9:31PM- Madonna presents the Golden Globe for Foreign Language Film.

9:32PM- The Golden Globe goes to...A Separation (Iran).

9:34PM- Dustin Hoffman presents the Golden Globe for Actress in a TV Series- Drama.

9:35PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Claire Danes for Homeland. She's 3-for-3 at the Golden Globes.

9:37PM- Commercial Break

9:42PM- Emily Blunt presents Bridesmaids, the fourth Musical or Comedy Motion Picture nominee.

9:43PM- Tina Fey and Jane Lynch present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a TV Series- Musical or Comedy.

9:44PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Matt LeBlanc for Episodes.

9:46PM- Bradley Cooper presents the Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

9:47PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Octavia Spencer for The Help.

9:49PM- Commercial Break, then the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award to Morgan Freeman

9:54PM- Not quite, Reese Witherspoon presents the fourth nominee for Motion Picture- Drama, The Descendants.

9:55PM- Sidney Poitier comes onto the stage (and receives a standing ovation) to introduce Morgan Freeman.

9:58PM- Helen Mirren joins Sidney Poitier onto the stage

10:03PM- After a clip show of highlights from Freeman's illustrious career, a standing ovation as Morgan Freeman takes to the stage to accept the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.

10:06PM- "For the past 45 years, I've never worked."- Morgan Freeman (elaborating on the quote "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life")

10:07PM- Commercial Break

10:11PM- Robert Downey Jr. presents the fifth and final nominee for Musical or Comedy Motion Picture- The Artist.

10:12PM- Angelina Jolie presents the Golden Globe for Best Director.

10:13PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Martin Scorsese for Hugo.

10:16PM- Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas present the Golden Globe for TV Series- Comedy or Musical.

10:17PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Modern Family.

10:19PM- "They may be pasty and out of shape, but they are the best lovers I've ever had."- Sofia Vergara (in Spanish), then Modern Family co-creator Steven Levitan (in English)

10:20PM- Commercial Break

10:23PM- Michelle Pfeiffer presents the fifth nominee for Motion Picture- Drama, War Horse, based off last year's Tony winner for Best Play.

10:24PM- Jessica Biel and Mark Wahlberg present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical.

10:25PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Jean Dujardin as The Artist.

10:27PM- A few more Globes to go, but, yup, you guessed it...another Commercial Break

10:31PM- Queen Latifah presents the sixth and final nominee for Motion Picture- Drama, The Help.

10:34PM- Colin Firth presents the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama.

10:35PM- The Golden Globe goes to...Meryl Streep as The Iron Lady.

10:36PM- "When Ricky Gervais' deal fell through, and they came to me to play Margaret Thatcher..."- Meryl Streep

10:38PM- "Serious, challenging, weird movies, are like exotic birds [...] and every year, a new flock flies in [...] I'd like to thank my agent and God- Harvey Weinstein, 'The Punisher'"- Meryl Streep

10:38PM- "We made this for 25 cents in 25 minutes."- Meryl (with a Y) Streep

10:39PM- Jane Fonda presents the Golden Globe for Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy.

10:40PM- The Golden Globe goes to...The Artist. (Even Peppy comes up to the stage, classic)

10:42PM- Only two more categories...another Commercial Break

10:47PM- Natalie Portman presents the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama.

10:48PM- The Golden Globe goes to...George Clooney for The Descendants.

10:49PM- One final Commercial Break, and then the Award for Motion Picture- Drama.

10:54PM- Harrison Ford presents the final award of the evening, Motion Picture-Drama.

10:55PM- The Golden Globe for Motion Picture- Drama goes to...The Descendants.

10:58PM- And that's all she wrote on the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Next Monday, the Golden Raspberry Award nominations, and the day after that, the nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Award nominees will be announced.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

The 68th Golden Globe Awards: LIVE Real-Time Updates

In less than an hour from now, the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air on NBC live from the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. The stars from television and movies will all be out tonight for what is billed as "the party of the year". Expect a lot of surprises, and as usual, lots of great fashion.

1st Update- 7:35PM: I have not turned the channel to the pregame show yet, as I am still watching football, as the New York Jets put the final nail in the New England Patriots coffin, taking a 27-14 lead right now with 1:46 left in the game. And now it's 28-14 Jets. (Courtesy of our brother blog, DJBC Sports Corner). (7:48PM) Jets win 28-21 and will play at Pittsburgh next Sunday night.

LIVE UPDATES:
8PM- The show has just begun, following the Red Carpet pre-show co-hosted by Carson Daly & Natalie Morales. Morales looks stunning in her gown reporting on the red carpet.

8:01PM- "It's going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking, or as Charlie Sheen would call it, breakfast."- Ricky Gervais in his opening monologue

8:02PM- "Wanna see Cher? No, because it's not 1975."- Ricky Gervais in his opening monologue
8:03PM- "My lawyers helped me with the wording of the joke. They're not here."- Gervais in his opening monologue about the snub of "I Love You, Philip Morris"/the Scientology joke

8:05PM- First Category of the Night- Scarlett Johannson presents Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

8:06PM- Christian Bale wins for Supporting Actor for his role as a drug addict in the film "The Fighter."

8:09PM- Julie Bowen (Modern Family) and LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles) present the Actress in a TV Series-Drama Category.

8:10PM- "Peg Bundy" (Katey Sagal in real-life) wins for Best Actress in a TV Series-Drama for the F/X Show "Sons of Anarchy".

8:12PM- Commercial Break

8:16PM- After a commercial break; Julianne Moore and Kevin Spacey introduce Gia Mantegna, daughter of "Criminal Minds" co-star Joe Mantegna as Miss Golden Globe; Moore and Spacey introduce the Miniseries or TV Movie.

8:17PM- "Carlos" is about Carlos the Jackal; "Pillars of the Earth" takes place in 12th Century England

8:18PM- "Carlos" about Spanish terrorist Carlos the Jackal pulls off a shocker by winning Best Miniseries or TV Movie, knocking off Emmy winners "The Pacific" and "Temple Grandin".

8:21PM- "Please present Ashton Kutcher's dad, Bruce Willis"- Ricky Gervais. Bruce Willis presents "Red", Best Motion Picture-Comedy Nominee, starring Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Dame Helen Mirren, and Mary-Louise Parker.

8:23PM- Two actors from "Country Strong"- Leighton Meester present Supporting Actor in a TV Program.

8:24PM- Chris Colfer wins the Golden Globe for Supporting Actor in a TV Program for his role as Kurt Hummel on "Glee".

8:25PM- "I think I dropped my heart between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. If anyone sees my heart, please pick it up for me...I'd like to thank Ryan Murphy for being my fairy godfather...to all the kids who our show celebrates, who are being constantly told 'no'..."- Chris Colfer in his acceptance speech

8:26PM- Commercial Break

8:30PM- We're back. Michelle Pfeiffer presents Alice in Wonderland, the next Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy nominee, directed by Tim Burton, and the latest Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration, starring Depp as the Mad Hatter.

8:31PM- Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) introduces the President of the Hollywood Foreign Press

8:33PM- Milla Jovovich (The Three Musketeers) and Kevin Bacon introduce Actor in a TV Series- Drama.

8:34PM- Steve Buscemi wins for Best Actor in a TV Series- Drama for HBO's new hit drama, "Boardwalk Empire" about Prohibition in 1920s Atlantic City.

8:35PM- "First of all, I have to thank Table 114, you guys are a lot of fun...now I have to put my glasses on before they play that sad music."- Steve Buscemi

8:37PM- Bacon and Jovovich also Present Best TV Series- Drama.

8:38PM- The streak is over- Boardwalk Empire halts Mad Men's three-year winning streak in the Drama Series race. Could this be a precursor to next August at the Emmys?

8:38PM- "Holy f-in crap, we just won a Golden Globe Award."- Terence Winter, creator/writer/executive producer of "Boardwalk Empire"

8:39PM- "And to my family in Brooklyn, I can't believe I'm sitting in a table next to Al Pacino either."- Terence Winter

8:39PM- Commercial Break

8:42PM- Ted Williams' Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Commercial

8:43PM- We're baaaaaaaack...Andrew Garfield introduces "The Social Network", the first of five Motion Picture-Drama nominees

8:44PM- "That's my favorite movie of the year. The creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is worth 7 million dollars."- Ricky Gervais

8:45PM- Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) and Jennifer Lopez (Gigli, American Idol) present Original Song in a Motion Picture

8:45PM- "That was close. I almost wore the exact same thing."- Alec Baldwin (to Jennifer Lopez)

8:46PM- "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from the gawd-awful "Burlesque" for Original Song. Diane Warren, the songwriter wins her first Golden Globe.

8:49PM- Baldwin and Lopez also present Best Original Score for a Motion Picture as well.

8:50PM- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win for composing the score to "The Social Network".

8:51PM- Commercial Break

8:55PM- We're back. Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) present nominees for Animated Feature.

8:57PM- "Toy Story 3", the third of the "Toy Story" movies, by no surprises wins for Animated Feature. Well-deserved win. We all knew it was coming back in June. Next stop, Kodak Theatre in Hollywood

8:57PM- "Wow, were you two even born when the first 'Toy Story' movie came out?"- Toy Story 3 director, on Bieber and Steinfeld

8:59PM- Robert Downey Jr. presents the next category, Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

9PM- "I don't know if an actress can do her best work, unless I first slept with her."- Robert Downey Jr. presenting Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

9:02PM- Annette Bening wins for "The Kids Are All Right", beating her better half in the film, Julianne Moore, in the Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

9:03PM- "Julianne, you are a class act, thank you."- Annette Bening (citing her co-star, who helped make "The Kids Are All Right" possible)

9:05PM- "...and to the 1962 Golden Globe Winner for Most Promising Male Star, my husband, Warren Beatty."- Annette Bening

9:06PM- Commercial Break

9:09PM- Sylvester Stallone presents the second Motion Picture-Drama nominee, "The Fighter"

9:11PM- Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech) and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) present Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie.

9:12PM- Al Pacino wins the Golden Globe as Dr. Death for "You Don't Know Jack".

9:15PM- Rush and Swinton present the female counterpart for the latter category as well- Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

9:16PM- Claire Danes wins the Golden Globe for "Temple Grandin"

9:17PM- "I have to go fast, because that thing will yell at me."- Claire Danes during her acceptance speech

9:18PM- "She's working with incredible zeal on working with autism and on animal behavior."- Claire Danes about Temple Grandin

9:19PM- Commercial Break

9:23PM- Zac Efron presents the third Musical or Comedy in a Motion Picture Nominee- "The Kids are All Right", about a sperm donor returning to the lives of a lesbian couple

9:24PM- "He starred as the main role in the remake of a TV Show that I created, and now he's leaving the show, and killing cash cow for the both of us."- Ricky Gervais (on Steve Carell)

9:24PM- Tina Fey (SNL, 30 Rock) and Steve Carell (The Office) present the nominees for Best Screenplay

9:25PM- "Screenplays we would have written if we had time."- Tina Fey; "It never gets old"- Steve Carell; "And then there is the story of social networking and how it almost destroyed us."- Fey; "I heard about that movie on Facebook from a friend I've never met."- Carell

9:27PM- Aaron Sorkin wins the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for "The Social Network". It was 10 Years ago at the Globes that Sorkin won a Globe for TV Series-Drama for the most-honored Drama Series in the history of the Emmy Awards- "The West Wing"

9:28PM- "And I want to thank all the female nominees tonight for helping demonstrate to my young daughter that elite is not a bad word, it's an aspirational one. Honey, look around, smart girls have more fun, and you’re one of them."- Aaron Sorkin

9:29PM- Supporting Actress in a Television Program

9:30PM- A Supporting sweep for the Gleeks of McKinley High as Jane Lynch wins for Supporting Actress for "Glee".

9:31PM- "I'm nothing, if but falsely humbled."; "I get these 14-year olds vibrating out of their bodies telling me how wonderful 'Glee' is."- Jane Lynch

9:32PM- Commercial Break

9:35PM- Back to the Beverly Hilton and the Party....

9:36PM- "...A category that nobody cares about."- Ricky Gervais on the Foreign Language Film category

9:36PM- Olivia Wilde (House) and Robert Pattinson (Twilight series) present Best Foreign Language Film.

9:37PM- They will be celebrating this Globe win in the streets of Copenhagen; "In a Better World" from Denmark wins the Globe for Best Foreign Language Film

9:38PM- Dame Helen Mirren presents The King's Speech, nominee for Motion Picture- Drama

9:39PM- "This film was inseminated in Australia...was gestated in England...and given life by a beautiful team..."- Helen Mirren on "The King's Speech", about King George VI's stammering speech

9:40PM- Vanessa Williams (Desperate Housewives) and Blair Underwood (LA Law, The Event) present Actress in a TV Series- Comedy or Musical

9:41PM- Laura Linney wins for "The Big C"; Linney was unable to attend the Golden Globes tonight due to the death of her father, playwright Romulus Linney IV.

9:42PM- Commercial Break; Gotta love Ernst & Young....they have the answer to everything, including who wins.

9:44PM- Kraft Macaroni and Cheese...if I wasn't blogging live reactions, I would get some right now...

9:45PM- "Must See TV" > "Comedy Night Done Right" (NBC's new three-hour Thursday night comedy block)

9:46PM- Back again....Jane Fonda returns to the Globes for the first time in a quarter-century; Jane presents "Burlesque", the least deserving Golden Globe nominee for Musical or Comedy Motion Picture; hopefully John Wilson gives "Burlesque" a ton of Razzie nods next week. ;)

9:47PM- Matthew Bomer (Royal Pains, Guiding Light) & Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) present Lead Actor in a TV Series- Comedy or Musical (or the other way around)

9:48PM- Kaley blushed when she read the envelope, which meant that her Emmy-winning co-star Jim Parsons won the Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series- Musical or Comedy

9:48PM- ^^"Kaley, if you can't tell, she's on the show with me."- Jim Parsons, accepting the Globe

9:50PM- Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) presents Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

9:51PM- Melissa Leo wins the Golden Globe for "The Fighter"

9:51PM- "All that and a kiss from Jeremy Irons."- Melissa Leo, accepting her Globe

9:53PM- Commercial Break; up next is the Cecil B. DeMille Award

9:58PM- Matt Damon presents the Cecil B. DeMille Award Lifetime Achievement Award to Academy Award winner Robert DeNiro

9:58PM- "I don't go to movies a lot, because I'm too busy making them."- Matt Damon

10:01PM- Long clip show montage of Robert DeNiro's illustrious career

10:03PM- Standing ovation for Robert DeNiro

10:05PM- "Matt Damon will someday get his own Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, and I hope to present it to him, if I'm still alive."- Robert DeNiro, on stage

10:09PM- Commercial Break

10:13PM- Back to Beverly Hills; Megan Fox presents the next "The Tourist", the fifth and final Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy Nominee.

10:14PM- Annette Bening presents the Best Director nominees

10:15PM- David Fincher wins for Best Director for Facebook...I mean, "The Social Network"

10:16PM- "I had no idea when I finished this film five months ago that I would be up here."/"Aaron and Scott, thank you for giving me your baby."- David Fincher accepting the Golden Globe for Best Director

10:17PM- Jimmy Fallon (SNL, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) and this month is named after her- January Jones (Mad Men) present TV Series- Musical or Comedy

10:17PM- "I love the Golden Globes. Everyone gets to drink and have a good time."- January Jones; "Nobody is pretentious..."- Jimmy Fallon

10:18PM- Glee-peat!! "Glee" wins for TV Series- Musical or Comedy for the second straight year

10:19PM- "Thank you to public school teachers. You don't get paid for it, but you are doing the most important job in America. Thank you very much."- "Glee" co-creator Ian Brennan, "Glee" acceptance speech

10:20PM- "Will Johnny Depp beat Johnny Depp?"- The Announcer

10:20PM- Another Commercial Break; hopefully I get to see the Ted Williams Kraft commercial one more time.

10:24PM- Alicia Keys presents the fourth Best Picture Drama Nominee- "The Black Swan", a psychological thriller which is more disturbing than Cam Newton's Heisman Trophy win

10:25PM- Halle Berry presents the Nominees for Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy- Can Johnny Depp beat Johnny Depp?

10:26PM- ^^ The Answer is NO...Paul Giamatti wins for "Barney's Version". Paul's late dad banned Pete Rose from baseball FOR LIFE.

10:26PM- "I'm a little jacked up, because I ate five boxes of Godiva chocolates. I never fell in love with Godiva chocolates."- Paul Giamatti

10:27PM- "I got to smoke and drink and (CENSORED) and get paid for it."- Paul Giamatti

10:28PM- Commercial Break; up next is Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

10:31PM- Down to the Wire...Two Best Picture Prizes, and Actor & Actress, Motion Picture-Drama are left....down...to...the...wire.....

10:32PM- And, we're baaaccck....Joseph Gordon-Levitt ([500] Days of Summer, Inception, 3rd Rock from the Sun) presents Inception, the fifth and final Motion Picture-Drama nominee; Remember when "South Park" did a spoof of "Inception"? Creating the world into a dream, filling it with a bunch of secrets, called inception...

10:33PM- Jeff Bridges presents Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama

10:34PM- Probably the most up-in-the-air category, Natalie Portman wins the Golden Globe for "Black Swan".

10:35PM- "Jeff Bridges, I love you, Thank you."- Natalie Portman, accepting her Globe

10:37PM- Tom Hanks and Tim Allen present the Golden Globe for Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

10:38PM- "We can kindly recall when Ricky Gervais was a chubby and a politely kind comedian."- Tom Hanks; "Neither of which he is now."- Tim Allen

10:39PM- "According to the HFP and Table 114, the Golden Globe goes to...The Kids are All Right."- Tom Hanks & Tim Allen

10:40PM- The Kids Are All Right wins the Golden Globe for Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical

10:42PM- Another Commercial Break; the NBC Thursday night stars in a promo for "Comedy Night Done Right"; "Amy Poehler and I are like Oprah and Gayle, only we're not denying anything."- Tina Fey in the promo

10:44PM- Only two categories left...

10:45PM- Back again...

10:46PM- Sandra Bullock presents the Golden Globe for Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama.

10:47PM- Colin Firth wins the Globe for his role as King George VI in "The King's Speech".

10:48PM- "Getting through mid-life stage with your dignity in tact is reassurance...this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson."- Colin Firth in his acceptance speech

10:49PM- from Goldderby Forums poster 742- "When Tom Hanks and Robert Downey Jr., good sports both, are calling you out for mean-spiritedness, Ricky, it's time to re-evaluate your material. I hope he didn't ever want to work with anyone in attendance tonight."

10:50PM- One more commercial break, and one final category- Motion Picture- Drama. Can Facebook coast to Golden Globe victory?

10:54PM- Last check at traffic with Michael Douglas presenting Motion Picture- Drama. Douglas received a standing ovation from the audience, less than a week after Douglas said that he won his battle against cancer.

10:54PM- "There's got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation."- Michael Douglas

10:55PM- And the Golden Globe goes to...Facebook!!!!! "The Social Network" wins the most Golden Globes of the night- four, and now has the keys to the Honda Prius on the ride to victory at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

10:58PM- That's all she wrote on the Golden Globies. Now I'm off to write a wrap-up for the February BC Bulletin, which will include Best and Worst Dressed, a Rundown of all 25 Winners, and a recap of the ceremony. Congratulations to all the winners!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Golden Globes- The Final Countdown & Predix

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air on Sunday night on NBC, hosted by Ricky Gervais. Lots of stars from television and movies will show up for this annual "party of the year".




MOTION PICTURES:

Motion Picture- Drama:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network- WILL/SHOULD WIN

Yes, "The King's Speech" has the most nominations, and is probably a sure bet to win because this is an awards show run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of foreign journalists. However, "The Social Network" is too hard to be ignored. This movie has dominated critics' lists all across the country as one of the ten best films of 2010, and with a Globe win, will sit comfortably in the driver's seat on Oscar Sunday.

Actress, Motion Picture-Drama:
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)- SHOULD WIN
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Halle Berry (Frankie and Alice)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)- WILL WIN
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)



Actor, Motion Picture-Drama:
Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)- WILL WIN
James Franco (127 Hours)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)- SHOULD WIN



Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical:
Alice in Wonderland- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist

It is no secret that Globe voters are smitten with Johnny Depp films, especially in recent history. This is a no-brainer as the latest Depp collaboration with Tim Burton will win this category. On a side note, "Burlesque" will still be in the running for another award, the Golden Raspberry.

Actress, Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical:
Emma Stone (Easy A)- SHOULD WIN
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right)
Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs)- WILL WIN
Angelina Jolie (The Tourist)



Actor, Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical:
Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland)- WILL WIN
Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version)
Kevin Spacey (Casino Jack)
Jake Gyllenhall (Love and Other Drugs)- SHOULD WIN
Johnny Depp (The Tourist)

If Johnny Depp wins, it will be for his role as the Mad Hatter in his latest collaboration with director Tim Burton. If Depp loses, then it is up in the air to see who will win.

Supporting Actress, Motion Picture:
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
Mila Kunis (Black Swan)- SHOULD WIN
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)- WILL WIN



Supporting Actor, Motion Picture:
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Michael Douglas (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)- WILL/SHOULD WIN

Michael Douglas has been through a lot personally in the past several months, fighting throat cancer and getting accolades for reprising his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gecko in the sequel to the 1987 film "Wall Street". Douglas is a cinch to win this category.


Best Animated Feature:
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3- WILL/SHOULD WIN

This isn't even close. "Toy Story 3" was the most heartbreaking movie of the summer of 2010, and is a future Best Picture nominee.

Best Director- Motion Picture:
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)- SHOULD WIN
David Fincher (The Social Network)- WILL WIN
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)


Best Foreign Language Film:
Biutiful (Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am In Love (Italy)
In a Better World (Denmark)

Best Screenplay- Motion Picture:
Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle (127 Hours)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids are All Right)- SHOULD WIN
David Seidler (The King's Speech)
Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)- WILL WIN

Sorkin has been a Globe nominee before, but as Executive Producer of his hit TV drama "The West Wing" and short-lived dramedy "Sport Night". This is a tough race to handicap, as all of the five screenplays seem scrumptious to the writer's palate.

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Best Television Series- Drama:
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)- WILL WIN
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)- SHOULD WIN

Globe voters are in love with the "IT" factor when it comes to the small screen. While "Mad Men" has won the last three years, it is time for Globe voters to step further back in time, from the 1960s to 1920 Atlantic City. A possible spoiler is AMC's "The Walking Dead".

Best Actress- Television/Drama:
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife, CBS)- WILL WIN
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men, AMC)
Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs, USA)
Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy, F/X)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer, TNT)- SHOULD WIN

Best Actor- Television/Drama:
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)- WILL WIN
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, AMC)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Showtime)- SHOULD WIN
Jon Hamm (Mad Men, AMC)
Hugh Laurie (House, Fox)

Best Television Series- Comedy or Musical:
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Big C (Showtime)
Glee (Fox)- WILL WIN
Modern Family (ABC)- SHOULD WIN
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
30 Rock (NBC)

Yes, "Modern Family" won the Emmy back in August, but "Glee" is a universal hit, both on the small screen and on the Billboard charts. Can you sing "repeat"?

Best Actress- Television/Comedy or Musical:
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara, Showtime)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie, Showtime)
Tina Fey (30 Rock, NBC)
Laura Linney (The Big C, Showtime)- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Lea Michele (Glee, Fox)

Best Actor- Television/Comedy or Musical:
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock, NBC)
Steve Carell (The Office, NBC)- SHOULD WIN
Thomas Jane (Hung, HBO)
Matthew Morrison (Glee, Fox)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory, CBS)- WILL WIN

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Carlos (Sundance Channel)
The Pacific (HBO)- WILL/SHOULD WIN
Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)

Best Actress- Television/Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Hayley Atwell (Pillars of the Earth, Starz)
Claire Danes (Temple Grandin, HBO)- WILL WIN
Judi Dench (Return to Cranford, PBS)- SHOULD WIN
Romola Garai (Emma, PBS)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Client List, Lifetime)

Best Actor- Television/Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Idris Elba (Luther)
Ian McShane (Pillars of the Earth, Starz)
Al Pacino (You Don't Know Jack, HBO)- WILL WIN
Dennis Quaid (The Special Relationship, HBO)
Edgar Ramirez (Carlos, Sundance Channel)- SHOULD WIN

Best Supporting Actress- Television:
Hope Davis (The Special Relationship, HBO)
Jane Lynch (Glee, Fox)- WILL WIN
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Julia Stiles (Dexter, Showtime)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family, ABC)- SHOULD WIN

Best Supporting Actor- Television:
Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-O, CBS)
Chris Colfer (Glee, Fox)- SHOULD WIN
Chris Noth (The Good Wife, CBS)
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family, ABC)
David Strathairn (Temple Grandin, HBO)- WILL WIN