Golden Thoughts on the Golden Globes

• I used to think that the Hollywood Foreign Press was cute in the way they voted for quirky shows and movies, now I’m just annoyed.
• Ugly Betty taking home best comedy is a travesty since first and foremost it’s not a comedy. Any show that’s based on a telenovela is by definition a drama.
• The only redeeming aspect of Betty’s America Ferrera winning Best Actress, was the awkward non-interview with Maria Menudos afterwards. The interview featured America waiting while Maria babbled about the lifetime achievement award, America walking away then coming back 2 seconds later, Maria insinuating that America was lucky to have been cast because the network hated her, and of course this gem of a wrap up by Maria: “The Globes rolls on to…more wins for you.”
• Is it just me or did the foreign press tend to reward foreign nominees all night except in the foreign film category where they gave it to a Yank named Clint.
• I was shocked that The Queen took home best screenplay. By all accounts the film is average except for the performances so to see it win a non-acting award was a shocker.
• Never bet against Pixar even when there’s a swarm of animated penguins breathing down their neck.
• I felt like I was watching the NFL playoffs during the Tom Hank’s Presents the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Warren Beatty segment. Seriously there were like 5 graphics on the screen with 3 picture in picture windows.
• Do you think Tom Hank’s spent all night making that tribute on iMovie?
• Did I mention recently that I hate Tom Hanks?
• Eddie Murphy shocked me by not giving some kind of shout out to the recently passed James Brown, especially since his character and performance borrow heavily from the Godfather of Soul.
• I’m embarrassed that I own 2 Justin Timberlake songs after the guy showed no class and made a short joke about Prince. (Actually I was already embarrassed but this just adds to it.) If I were him I’d watch his (sexy) back.
• Even though he won the Globe I’ve got this sinking feeling that Scorsese is still going home empty handed Oscar night.
• Until the bloated Beatty/Hanks segment the show was making great time and had not cut any speeches short, however thanks to them we had to see the only good speech of the night by Sacha Baron Cohen get played off.
• Nice to see Cohen take home an award. Hopefully this will help him lock up an Oscar nomination.
• I didn’t know Gillian Anderson was still alive let alone working.
• Uhh…Forrest….uhh…Whitaker….uhh…gave…uhh…the…uhh…most…uhh…uncomfortable…uhh…speech…uhh…of…uhh…the…uhh…night.
• Despite all the missteps I was pleased to see the HFP recognize Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock. Hopefully next year we can see the actual show get a nomination.
• Why is Jennifer Hudson supporting and Beyonce leading? They have about equal screen time and it’s clear that Hudson is the star of the pic.
• Speaking of Beyonce, didn’t she look fit to be tied after not only loosing twice but then having to watch Hudson claim her prize?
• Think of how short the show would have been if they didn’t bother with clips for all 10 best picture nominees.
• Isn’t it a foul to have someone from the actual movie introduce the film as Jamie Foxx did? I wonder if he was a last second replacement.
• While the Globes can give some indicators towards the Oscar’s they don’t usually mirror each other. That being said it certainly appears that Babel and Dreamgirls are likely to battle it out for Best Picture.