The Golden Globes!

[jlh]

I feel that the style notes are not spoilery. However, I am cutting the result comments for my Antipodean friends. So:

Sting, when you wear a jacket, it's good to wear a shirt as well.
Jeff Bridges, cut your fucking hair
Renee, you look so much better with the Bridget Jones pounds I can't even deal.
Nicole, I think you're going to catch it for that hair but I say, good on you for taking a chance. It didn't suck; you've just looked better.
Latifah, you rule for being a large woman rocking a baby pink gown. You looked fabulous standing next to
Gwen, who is still working her Jean Harlow thing from the Howard Hughes movie she's doing (much as in the video for It's My Life) and looked long and lean and wonderful.
Here's for different body types!

Awww for Antonio bringing his daughter.
Awww for Sofia Coppola bringing her cousin Nic Cage as her date.



I have almost never been so personally satisfied with an awards show. Angels in America swept as it should; LotR got the big stuff as it should; Lost in Translation also won where it should. The acting awards for film and TV were perfect, perfect. So here is the very very short list of awards I have a quibble with:

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Diane Keaton, Something’s Gotta Give
I would have preferred Scarlett Johansson for Lost in Translation, but I appreciate the symbolism of this win.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Al Pacino, Angels in America
Okay. Meryl won for best actress. Mary Louise Parker for best supporting actress. Granted, Emma Thompson wasn't nominated but I think that's okay; we all know who she is, and she won for Wit in this category not long ago. Ben Shenkman and Patrick Wilson were also nominated; Jeffrey Wright won. So who is missing?
JUSTIN KIRK, who played the man the angel appears to, wasn't even NOMINATED. What the hell? If there is a lead in this truly ensemble cast it is Prior Walter! That said, since he wasn't nominated, I'm glad Al won so that Angles could sweep the acting awards.

The rest, with which I heartily agreed:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Charlize Theron, Monster

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Sean Penn, Mystic River

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Lost in Translation

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Tim Robbins, Mystic River

Best Director - Motion Picture
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation

Best Foreign Language Film
Osama (Afghanistan

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
“Into The West”—The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
Music & Lyrics By: Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox

Best Television Series - Drama
24 (FOX)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Frances Conroy, Six Feet Under

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Anthony Lapaglia, Without a Trace

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
The Office

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and The City

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Ricky Gervais, The Office

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Angels in America (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Meryl Streep, Angels in America

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Mary Louise Parker, Angels in America

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jeffrey Wright, Angels in America

Comments

[bowdlerized.livejournal.com]

I heard that what happened with Justin Kirk is that he was submitted under supporting, but the nominating committee didn't think his was a supporting role. They disqualified him from that category, but at that point it was too late to submit him for lead--hence no nomination at all.

Hmm, now that I think about it, it might've been the opposite--that he was submitted and DQed for lead and then couldn't be nominated for supporting. It's been a while since I heard. In any case, it was a technicality. Too bad, because he was more than deserving.

[zorb]

Renee, you look so much better with the Bridget Jones pounds I can't even deal. So, so true. I did not have the urge to feed her a sandwich once this evening.

And I also agree that this was an immensely satisfying awards ceremony. Almost every award went where it should have.

[aome.livejournal.com]

Latifah, you rule for being a large woman rocking a baby pink gown. You looked fabulous

Which was exactly my point after a red-carpet interview of Charlize went like this:
"You had to gain 30 pounds for your role. How did you feel about that? I mean, you're so beautiful!"

as if you couldn't be something other than a stick, and still beautiful. In fact, not yet having seen Latifah at the time, I used her specifically as a "Hellooo? Large women can be beautiful!" example to a friend, who wholeheartedly agreed. QL is stunning, she really is.

[1anonymous1.livejournal.com]

Agreed on the Renee bit. But then I prefer people to have more body fat, I mean really, what would you do if your plane crashed in some freezing environment?

Also about QL, she is awesome. Ugh, and Jude Law was so friggin hot.

[dinahrae.livejournal.com]

Queen Latifah totally rocked my socks - she always manages to look great, but somehow that dress fit in a way that I cannot quite explain.

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I so agree about Renee. She looked more than horrible at last year's Oscars, it's good to see her healthy and pretty again.

[misscora.livejournal.com]

Absolutely absolutely with Renee, and Bridges. The hair, oh gods, the hair. I kind of think Nicole's hair was a little silly, not that it looked bad, just a little silly.

Whah! I missed QL... *pouts* Now I'm going to have to hunt down pictures.

[(Anonymous)]

I have to agree with everything above except for Gwen Stefani. She looked like a frickin' Q-tip, with white poofy hair, a pale face, and skinny white dress. Silly Gwen. She made QL look even better and healthier.