What a drag Sunday night's Golden Globes awards telecast turned out to be. It was far worse than I had expected. The chemistry-challenged co-hosts Nancy O'Dell and Billy Bush (from Access Hollywood) did some mostly crappy adlibbing between announcing the winners with little fanfare.
After last year's broadcast which had some sweet and touching moments, like America Ferrera winning for Ugly Betty, this was utterly boring and disappointing, painful to watch.
I truly hope the producers get back to the bargaining table and end this writers' strike as soon as possible so we don't have to sit through another awards "announcement" like this again.
As for my predictions before the show, I did worse than usual: only 6 out of 14 film categories correct. Atonement, the Best Picture-Drama winner, is fabulous and very deserving. It will get a nice box office bounce from this win, I'm sure. I haven't yet seen No Country for Old Men or There Will Be Blood, but I have a feeling these two films will most certainly be in the race for Best Pic at the Oscars next month, despite tonight's losses. It looks like the Best Picture race for the Oscars remains wide open.
It was also great to see Julie Christie win for Away From Her. Her stunning performance in that beautifully romantic movie now seems like the Best Actress Oscar frontrunner.
Here is the full list of winners.
Best Motion Picture Drama: Atonement
Best Director, Motion Picture: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: Ethan and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Marion Cotillard, La vie en Rose
Best Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Best Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Best Animated Feature Film: Ratatouille
Best Score - Motion Picture: Atonement
Best Original Song - Motion Picture: "Guaranteed," by Eddie Vedder for Into the Wild
Best TV Series Drama: Mad Men
Best Actor in a TV Drama: Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Best Actress In A TV Drama: Glenn Close, Damages
Best TV Series Musical or Comedy: Extras
Best Actor in a TV Musical or Comedy: David Duchovny in Californication
Best Actress in a TV Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Best TV Mini-Series or Motion Picture: Longford
Best Actor in a TV Mini-Series or Motion Picture: Jim Broadbent, Longford
Best Actress in a TV Mini-series or Motion Picture: Queen Latifah for Life Support
Best Supprting Actor in a TV Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture: Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture: Samantha Morton, Longford
1 comment:
I saw both Atonement and Juno yesterday, and was wowed in separate ways on both. Ellen Page was incredible and i really think her performance should have earned her a prize -- but i havent seen avian rose (sic)...
If the writers are still on strike, guess this would be just like the 1994 World Series that was cancelled. Crappy. And they'll have to run 2 years of dead people on the next Oscars.
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