4 Thoughts on The Golden Globes

1. The Host - So, I really liked Nikki Glaser as the host. I think she was really charming, seemed extremely happy and grateful to be on that stage, and she told some really funny & sharp jokes - and most were told in a loving way rather than mean-spirited. I laughed multiple times - some of my favorite jokes: 

- The Bear, The Penguin, Baby Reindeer...these are not just things found in RFK's freezer, these are TV shows nominated tonight.

- We have got some huge movie stars here tonight: Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell. And we have some huge TV stars as well: Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell.

- Who else is here: Oh look! It's two-time holocaust survivor Adrien Brody!

- If you lose tonight, please just keep in mind that the point of making art is not to win an award, the point of making art is to start a tequila brand so popular that you never have to make art again. 

She also did a very funny Adam Sandler impression with Sandler joining her. It seems like she's getting some pretty rave reviews of this hosting gig, and I'm happy for her. I would definitely be happy to see her get more hosting gigs in the future. My husband is a big fan of hers (although I still couldn't get him to watch this - he watched part of the monologue, but he doesn't even understand half of the references so it was pointless). I think she did too many costume changes that seemed unnecessary (the only relevant one was the pink sparkly number because she did a Wicked/Conclave joke), but overall, she did great. On a side-note, does she remind anyone else of Jennifer Lawrence? 

2. The Show - The host was great, but the rest of it??? A MESS. There were so many technical problems, and the angle of the camera for the presenters was WILD. It was so awkward - and the audience behind them is so distracting especially when one of them was Jeremy Strong dressed like that. I also didn't even notice the trivia at the bottom during each presenter's introduction because it was so tiny. I only noticed it because someone mentioned it on Twitter, and I was like "oh is that what that is???". The stage also seemed very small - and everything just felt crowded. Most of the presenters failed hard. The only presenters who were solid were Seth Rogen & Catherine O'Hara doing a whole riff on their successful Canadian roles (all made up), Harrison Ford & Anthony Mackie - once Mackie went off-script and started announcing his love for Sebastian Stan and then beat-boxing while Ford opened the envelope. Also, Melissa McCarthy, and dare I say, Awkwafina were really funny (I don't typically like Awkwafina, but she played off of Melissa well). Everyone else, LITERALLY everyone else (!!) made me cringe. Also, since when do they not air the Cecil B. DeMille winner??? Viola Davis deserves that moment and we deserve to see it! WHAT THE FUCK?! And they should always show clips from the nominated performances. It's weird that the only clips they showed were for the stand-up comedy category?? Nobody even cares about that award. The winners gave fairly boring speeches (Demi was the most heartfelt), but Colin's made me smile - him thanking Carolina from Craft Services was really cute. 

3. The Winners - I'm so happy for Demi Moore - what a win! I can not believe that she's been doing this for 45 years and this is her first award for acting?! That's insane to think about. I know a lot were rooting for Mikey Madison (I haven't seen Anora yet, but I'm a Better Things fan, so I love Mikey), but she's young and this is really her first critically acclaimed film - she'll have plenty of other opportunities ahead of her. I know everyone loves Sebastian Stan, but I don't get it. I haven't seen either of his films this year, though, so I'll keep my mouth shut (for now). I can't stand Adrien Brody, but he's a good actor. His awards run is going to be just as insufferable as last time (I can tell by the speech he gave - also when the film won he ran and stood up on one of the chairs and I was like "OH NO NOT AGAIN", but he stopped himself and let the actual filmmakers have their moment). I also think it's SO disrespectful to reward lead performances in the supporting category. Zoe has MORE screentime than the supposed lead performance??! (Yes, someone counted up their screentime and I'm glad because this is an egregious count of category fraud). I love Zoe - and she's been in the business for a longtime. Surely, she deserves recognition, but this is not the way. I also don't think Emilia Perez is an award-worthy film (and I liked it!). It seems to be a very contentious film among critics - and I can see the backlash (especially the critique from Mexicans, as it's made by a French man who had "no interest" in doing research on Mexican culture). As for the television side, I still haven't seen Shogun (I KNOW! IT'S ON THE LIST!), so I can't speak for all those wins (but I love Anna Sawai!). I did root for Harrison Ford though (a first!) because he's incredible in Shrinking. I love Hacks and it's probably the best actual comedy on television right now (aside from shows that never get nominated like It's Always Sunny). Jodie Foster is great, but she's stolen both the Emmy (from Juno Temple) and now the Golden Globe (from Cristin Milioti - I think Cristin will get the Emmy though since Foster already won, she's got no real competition so far). Overall, I like that aside from Shogun sweeping, a lot of the awards were split to give multiple films & series wins. It makes things interesting for the Oscars and the Emmys (the awards that actually matter). 

4. The Fashion - OH NO what happened to Emma Stone's hair?!!! I know it's for a role, but I screamed at that pixie cut. She's gorgeous so she still looks good (of course!), but I love her gorgeous red hair. Anyway, I also wish her dress was much shorter - the length was so weird, it looked like she was going to trip over it. The worst part of the whole show is that I don't even have a favorite dress - they were all so boring. A sea of gold dresses that just screamed "please nominate me for an Oscar!", among a sea of red dresses. And I guess long gloves are back in, and I hate it on most; it always distracts from the dress (see: Kerry Washington - I LOVE the hot pink dress, but she styled it ALL WRONG). I guess I'll pick Elle Fanning as my favorite. I don't love the dress, but I appreciate that she took a risk. And I think best, overall look, is clearly Zendaya (although, the dress is ill-fitting in the stomach, and she knows it - she keeps pulling at it and covering her stomach the whole time on the carpet). I appreciate Ayo's nod to Julia Roberts with the grey suit. I also think it's really cool that two big stars wore dresses that they've worn before (Cate Blanchett & Viola Davis)!!! I wish more stars did that - it's such a waste to have a dress that you wear ONCE! The worst dressed is obviously Ali Wong - she looks like she killed a Muppet. I like that the men went all out for their red carpet looks too - it should be fun for them too! I kind of like the Tiffany blue look from Andrew Scott. And Andrew Garfield looked great in that hunter green suit. But, Glen Powell looked a mess (take the glasses off!). And, of course, I have to mention Jeremy Strong - clearly wanted to be the center of attention with this look and he succeeded (that's not a compliment).