Golden Globes

One of the better awards shows I've seen. My favorite quote about the show is from Nathan Lane, who said that the Golden Globes are more fun than the Oscars, comparing the Oscars to the wedding and the Golden Globes to the bachelor party. Coverage here was broken up, as the E! Red Carpet coverage was shown live in the morning but the show itself was broadcast on a delay at night on one of the free-to-air channels.

I haven't seen most of the contenders but still had my favorites, so I was glad that "Brokeback Mountain" won a few. I was also very pleased that Hugh Laurie of "House" won, as it's one of my favorite shows right now. Cheers too for Philip Seymour Hoffman's win for "Capote": I always like it when people win for "the role of a lifetime" as more standard acting performances are likely to come again for many of the other actors (like Heath Ledger). I was annoyed, for example, when Stephen Rea didn't win for "The Crying Game" (losing to Al Pacino's chewing-the-scenery performance in "Scent of a Woman") or when Bill Murray lost for "Lost in Translation" to Sean Penn in "Mystic River" last year.

Hugh Laurie for "House" had one of the best speeches of the night: he noted that he had 172 names of people to thank. Since he knew, however, that no one watching had the patience for that, he drew three names at random out of his pocket "and everyone else can just lump it." I also got a giggle when Chris Rock noted that the ceremony was taking place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which meant "you only have to be nice to black people for two more hours." The award for Speech the Person Will Wish Was Never Made This Morning goes to Epatha Merkerson, who said that she couldn't concentrate because she was having a hot flash. Most fannish speech goes to Larry McMurtry, who thanked his Hermes 3000 typewriter.

Favorite Moments on the E! preshow were all from Isaac Mizrahi, who was fabulously entertaining but will probably never be invited to do it again, given that he quizzed most of the women about what underwear they were wearing, if any! This line of questioning reached its height when he asked Eva Longoria whether she "waxes her hoo-ha." When Scarlett Johansson revealed that her bust support was built into the gown, Mizrahi proceeded (without asking) to poke at her boobs! Favorite Moment on the show itself for me was when Harrison Ford brought his drink on stage and handed it to co-presenter Virginia Madsen so he could open the envelope.

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Golden Globes

One of the better awards shows I've seen. My favorite quote about the show is from Nathan Lane, who said that the Golden Globes are more fun than the Oscars, comparing the Oscars to the wedding and the Golden Globes to the bachelor party. Coverage here was broken up, as the E! Red Carpet coverage was shown live in the morning but the show itself was broadcast on a delay at night on one of the free-to-air channels.

I haven't seen most of the contenders but still had my favorites, so I was glad that "Brokeback Mountain" won a few. I was also very pleased that Hugh Laurie of "House" won, as it's one of my favorite shows right now. Cheers too for Philip Seymour Hoffman's win for "Capote": I always like it when people win for "the role of a lifetime" as more standard acting performances are likely to come again for many of the other actors (like Heath Ledger). I was annoyed, for example, when Stephen Rea didn't win for "The Crying Game" (losing to Al Pacino's chewing-the-scenery performance in "Scent of a Woman") or when Bill Murray lost for "Lost in Translation" to Sean Penn in "Mystic River" last year.

Hugh Laurie for "House" had one of the best speeches of the night: he noted that he had 172 names of people to thank. Since he knew, however, that no one watching had the patience for that, he drew three names at random out of his pocket "and everyone else can just lump it." I also got a giggle when Chris Rock noted that the ceremony was taking place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which meant "you only have to be nice to black people for two more hours." The award for Speech the Person Will Wish Was Never Made This Morning goes to Epatha Merkerson, who said that she couldn't concentrate because she was having a hot flash. Most fannish speech goes to Larry McMurtry, who thanked his Hermes 3000 typewriter.

Favorite Moments on the E! preshow were all from Isaac Mizrahi, who was fabulously entertaining but will probably never be invited to do it again, given that he quizzed most of the women about what underwear they were wearing, if any! This line of questioning reached its height when he asked Eva Longoria whether she "waxes her hoo-ha." When Scarlett Johansson revealed that her bust support was built into the gown, Mizrahi proceeded (without asking) to poke at her boobs! Favorite Moment on the show itself for me was when Harrison Ford brought his drink on stage and handed it to co-presenter Virginia Madsen so he could open the envelope.

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