Open Thread: Golden Globes being hosted by… “Elvis’ last trip to the toilet”
Posted: January 15, 2012 Filed under: just because | Tags: golden globes, Ricky Gervais 140 CommentsWhile the red carpet arrivals are still going on, I thought I’d put up an open thread for the Golden Globes. And, the nominees are…. (that’s the Hollywood Foreign Press site’s nomination list, which should update with the winners as the night goes on and they are announced.)
Ricky Gervais is hosting again, so this year’s GG should generate no dearth of headlines! Here’s a preview from the Vancouver Sun:
Photograph by: Eduardo Munoz, Reuters, Postmedia News
Just 48 hours before the 69th Golden Globe Awards, mere mention of the name is enough to strike fear into the hearts of every Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise and Gibson-Cruise wannabe in Hollywood.Gervais, a self-confessed equal-opportunity offender, has been invited back to host the first major awards event of the year, despite a scorched-earth routine at last year’s Globes that had some Hollywood bigwigs suggesting that his U.S. work visa be revoked the next time he tried to cross the pond.
The real Gervais, of course, is a pale, pudgy, unassuming, self-deprecating twonk and obsessive tweeter who says things like (remarking about his recent profile for The New York Times), “[The Times] wanted to portray ‘the king of comedy,’ but, because of me, it looked more like Elvis’s last trip to the toilet.”
Wonk the Vote’s Golden Globe picks… (mostly I’m just going with the one I saw or want to see but haven’t gotten around to yet…)
- Best Motion Picture, Drama: The Descendants (want to see)
- Best Actress, Drama: Viola Davis, The Help (saw)
- Best Actor, Drama: Ryan Gosling (haven’t seen Ides of March, but I like Gosling’s acting better than the others…yes, seriously)
- Best Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical: Bridesmaids (saw)
- Best Actress, Comedy/Musical: Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids (saw)
- Best Actor, Comedy/Musical: Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love (want to see…just barely, probably will redbox when I’m bored)
- Best Animated Feature Film: No Kung Fu Panda II? No comment!
- Best Foreign Language Film: In the Land of Blood and Honey (Want to/Must See! Go Angie!)
- Best Actress, Supporting Role: Jessica Chastain, The Help (saw! she was brilliant in this role!)
- Best Actor, Supporting Role: No clue…haven’t seen any of the movies and don’t particularly want to
- Best Director, Motion Picture: Meh…no woman director, no dice
- Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: No woman writer, no thank you
- Best Original Score: No woman composer, no surprise
- Best Original Song: The Living Proof, The Help–Mary J. Blige et al. (saw/heard)
- Best TV Series, Drama: Haven’t seen any of them
- Best Actress, TV Drama: Haven’t seen any of them except Julianna Marguiles in early season 1 of The Good Wife…she was great!
- Best Actor, TV Drama: BRYAN CRANSTON, BREAKING BAD! (I love him and this show!)
- Best TV Series, Comedy/Musical: Enlightened (it’s the only one I’ve seen, and I like it a lot–but only seen first few episodes)
- Best Actress, Comedy/Musical: Would love to see Laura Dern, Zooey D., Laura Linney, or Amy Poehler win. Tina Fey is boring me lately.
- Best Actor, Comedy/Musical: I don’t know. I guess David Duchovny by default, even though I don’t watch Californication. Okay, I did watch for a season or two, but meh.
- Best Miniseries: No clue… haven’t seen any of them. I hear a lot about Downton Abbey though.
- Best Actress, miniseries: Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce… another one by default. Love Kate, just don’t watch much TV.
- Best Actor, miniseries: William Hurt? Too Big to Fail? (Again, no clue…just picking because of the title and I remember William Hurt in Body Heat)
- Best supporting actress, miniseries: Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce… (default; she’s a good actress)
- Best actor, miniseries: Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail… (default; Lol…I’m just going by Sideways from 2004… )
Are you watching/rooting for anyone tonight? Have at it in the comments, Sky Dancers.
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Quoting Ricky Gervais opening monologue, something to the effect of….
“the Hollywood Foreign Press has let me know if I insult anybody in the audience or them, blah blah, blah, they’d definitely invite me again to host next year”
Johnny Depp, first presenter…. Ricky Gervais is asking him “are you on recreational drugs… noooo…. have you seen the tourist yet?” Lol, Depp says No.
Christopher Plummer wins for supporting actor, motion picture… closes by saying his wife’s “bravery and beauty haunts him still.”
Laura Dern!! Enlightened!! Yay!
I’m really happy she won. It’s one of the few “new” shows i’ve bothered watching.
ooh Rob Lowe and Julianne Moore… he’s so tan and she’s so ivory… but they’re both so charming!
Andie MacDowell’s daughter is Miss Golden Globe.
Downton Abbey wins for TV Miniseries… I figured! Seemed to have all the buzz.
Kate Winslet takes the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries (Mildred Pierce).
Go Kate! She looks stunning as usual.
Lol… I guess I’ll stop live-blogging ALL of the minutiae until somebody shows up in this thread besides me. 🙂
sorry, it takes me lots of minutes or so to type a comment – broken shoulder and one handed hunt and peck does that. Can’t speak for other lurkers, but am very appreciative.
HT, ouch…sending you healing energy!
No worries, take your time, but thanks for letting me know someone is reading!
great thread Wonk. i don’t have a tv (wonder why?) and don’t go to many movies, yet there is still asmall fascination with them. i hop that Gervaais has not toned down his wit,
He’s baaaaack.
“We’re already five minutes over. That’s your fault.”
ooh Jake Gyllenhaal, my silver screen boyfriend. LOL
Kelsey Grammar won over Bryan Cranston. Oh well. Bryan’s won quite a few in a row.
huh, Grammer over Cranston? makes no sense unless grammer hasa new series in the works and it needs a buildup.
Agreed.
The Artist wins… for original score, I think.
Homeland won (TV Drama?) Anyone watch it? Good cast, looks like.
Best Original Song… they’re playing musical clips.
The Keeper has a good song.
Still pulling for Mary J. Blige/Help.
Madge wins for Masterpiece. The song is catchy.
Thanks for live-blogging, Wonk. I tuned in late, and I don’t intend to stay with it since Downton Abby comes on in a bit. But it was great being able to catch up with your comments.
thx and you’re welcome… I really want to watch Downton Abby now!
LMAO… NBC commercials are so bad. “Harry Connick joins cast of SUV” … the music they played is sooo cheesy and melodramatic.
Maybe Harry can help them with the music. Saw him at Tanglewood Jazz Festival a few years back…enthralling!
🙂 I love Harry and his voice/music.
I love Idris Elbe. “Luther” is great.
I haven’t seen it, but I’m intrigued…
Brad Pitt, who just entered the stage to present, looks like crap, imho.
Maybe, but his voice sounded wonderful!
I still see Brad Pitt as the guy who treated Tracy Gold badly in Growing Pains. Not fair, I know. 🙂
I still see Brad Pitt as the young guy in Thelma and Louise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdXKxwKIspc&feature=fvst
Oh yeah BB, that role of JD was awesome! It is still my favorite role of his.
Seth Rogen enters the stage with his co-presenter and opens with “I’m currently trying to conceal a huge erection.”
Michelle Williams wins for My Week with Marilyn… I actually do want to see that, forgot about that.
Me too. Haven’t seen it yet.
Peter Dinklage wins, for supporting role in HBO miniseries Game of Thrones…. hmm, maybe I need to put that on my DVD list, too.
I started with the books. It makes following the miniseries a little easier but you don’t have to read them first. They’re very long books!
At the end of his speech, he said he was inspired by Martin Henderson and advised us to “Google his name…” so I did.
Dwarf left disabled after being thrown to the ground
A dwarf who is facing life in a wheelchair after being picked up and thrown to the ground has blamed England’s rugby team for giving his attacker the idea.
Martin Henderson suffered injuries to his back and legs after being dropped on to the hard ground as he had a cigarette outside a pub in Wincanton, Somerset.
The life-changing attack on the 37-year-old came shortly after the England players visited a ‘dwarf-tossing’ competition at the World Cup in New Zealand.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C01%5C16%5Cstory_16-1-2012_pg9_1
janicen–TY! that’s really amazing (inspiration) and disturbing (backstory).
Heartbreaking isn’t it?
Hey, this is way better than watching it on TV! Thanks, Wonk.
good evening BB! Glad you’re here.
Random, but on the topic of movies: Am I remembering this right/wrong…you love Bad Santa? (I ask, bc I like that movie a lot too.)
I love that movie.
Yeah I am with you there BB, just an aside, did you all see that Huntsman is out…
Well that’s that then, re: Huntsman.
So glad I’m watching the Globes instead 🙂
No, I didn’t. That’s good.
Puss in Boots looks fun as far as animated film nominees go.
Adventures of Tin Tin wins. Stephen Spielberg, no wonder!
That’s one movie I did see. I took my nephews to it. It was OK.
Playing clips from 50/50 (best picture nominee). Looks like another redbox selection.
Best Screenplay goes to Woody Allen/Midnight in Paris. He’s not there. That’s that.
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy presenting together — cute!
Jessica Lange wins for TV supporting actress (American Horror Story)… she looks radiant.
Madge is presenting… Ricky Gervais introduction of her was kinda dull…
Madge is firing back… also kinda canned and stupid. This was really rehearsed.
Gotta love when someone “insults” a man by calling him a woman. Burn! :-p
From Iran… “A Separation” wins for foreign film! Neat!
Nice little speech too.
it has a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes?! Wow…
Claire Danes wins Best Actress for Showtime’s Homeland … wow, nice little full circle from her My So Called Life win when she was 15.
Too bad Jared Leto (“Jordan Catalano,” Danes’ romantic interest on MSCL) is not in sight! 😉
NBC’s “SMASH” previews look good.
OOH Emily Blunt is presenting…. LOVE her.
She’s looking gorgeous in a yellow/gold dress… and she’s presenting clips from Bridemaids! Perfect.
Tina Fey (in burgundy) and Jane Lynch (in black) presenting together… love it! They both look nice.
A mature-looking salt-n-pepper haired Matt LeBlanc takes the Globe for TV Comedy actor.
Bradley Cooper…oozing sex appeal as usual for no understandable reason.
He’s presenting to Best supporting Actress in Drama picture.
Octavia Spencer wins!!! Wow, I’m really happy. She was fantastic. I had a hard time choosing between her and Jessica Chastain. (Both from The Help!)
She looks so pretty.
she just quoted Dr. King, wow!! ….”all labor has dignity”
Damn, I’m teary-eyed.
I didn’t see the movie but I intend to. It looks like she had trouble with the length of that dress and the high heel shoes too.
Reese Witherspoon… I think she wants to burn her ex with her fabulousness. Ever since they split, she really gets all glammed up for these events.
It worked, she looks fabulous!
Standing O for Sidney Portier
he’s presenting (lifetime award, I’m assuming) to Morgan Freeman, so awesome
Wow. What a moving speech!
Helen Mirren on stage…
WOO HOO!!!!
I love Helen! (is anyone here surprised LOL?)
Morgan loves Helen too 🙂
I adore Helen Mirren! That’s one more movie I saw.
YAY for Morgan Freeman!! The Globes are really a treat this year, it feels like.
Yes, bravo!
awwwh (the good kind of awwh!) Freeman says that Sidney being on the stage to present him the award means that “what they call the Cecil B. Demille award in my house will also be known as the Sidney Poitier award”
I must say… Ricky Gervais seems like he’s been restrained. He’s barely (if at all) been visible for the past hour or so it seems.
hmmm… Robert Downey Jr. is up to present… wonder if he’s going to make any reference to Ricky Gervais, (given the whole brouhaha between the two last year).
btw, to follow up on that–I didn’t detect anything except for a long pause by Downey at the beginning.
I loved what Robert said last year. Ricky was over the line and Downey had the nerve (and the street cred) to call him on it.
I like Ricky but I thought last year was kind of awkward on his part and what Downey said was quickwitted and fair game.
IMHO, Ricky tried too hard last year to prove he would’t pull any punches roasting Hollywood, and to be fair–lots of people enjoyed it…but I thought it was meh. and this year he just fell short, seemed muzzled by NBC/HFP/etc. wish he really would balance it out by doing MORE of his commentary on religion, but I guess he feels there’s only so much he can do on that with a broader general audience. Shrug.
Ohhh The ARTIST is THAT movie (they’re playing the clips–silent/B&W).
I SO want to see that.
Angie’s presenting… I don’t care for her dress but she looks gorgeous.
Martin Scorsese wins for Hugo, Director.
ooh they let Angelina present to Martin for director even though her directorial debut didn’t win for foreign and it being foreign probably kept it out of the running for director…. Clever clever.
I wish I could throw her some food. She looks like she hasn’t eaten in weeks.
Ain’t that the truth!
Ricky’s baaaack.
Ricky introduced Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas…. Ricky got bleeped for what he said about them. Missed the entire punchline.
Must have been dirrrrty. Before he was bleeped, Gervais said that he just met them and they must be interesting people but he couldn’t tell… probably bc of how hot they are, but more vulgar, I’m guessing.
Modern Family wins for BestTV Comedy.
Love Modern Family.
Funny speech.
Ricky is definite disappointment this year, guns are NOT blazing.
Ayup.
Michelle Pfifer up to present… I like her dress.
She is stunning.
Mark Wahlberg… yummy.
He’s having all of his tattoos removed, and he’s having his kids watch the painful procedure. The plan is it will discourage them from ever doing it.
ouch.
Jessica Biel with him (Wahlberg) to present.
Best actor in a Comedy movie: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
really need to see that.
Another win for The Artist. I can’t wait to see it. Also another whole line bleeped out. Thank goodness our censors protect us so we don’t have to think too much!
Did they do that on purpose because it’s a silent film or did they really bleep him?
Ohhhh! That would be clever if they did!
Dying to see The Artist. Wahlberg seems angry? Why is he presenting comedy category? Should have had Andy Samburg AS Mark! Lol! “Say hi to your mother for me.”. Hee,hee!
Queen Latifah up! Radiant and regal as always! And her dress is uber-sparkly.
she’s presenting the clips from The Help!
Damn, got to give them credit this year — they really made apt choices for a lot of these presenters for movies/winners.
I love Queen Latifah, she is beautiful and looks like a real woman should look.
ooh ooh
Colin Firth!!!!!!
Standing O for Meryl Streep!
She just said, “Oh shit, I forgot my glasses…” It looks like they are passing them up.
Colin, yummy as ever, says really angry religious people outside (protesting Ricky Gervais)… something about pestilence. ROFL!!
Colin Firth presenting Best Actress. HAHA! Awesome…
Meryl Streep takes it! for Iron Lady. WOO HOO!!!!!!
Colin Firth presenting to Meryl Streep 🙂
WTF Meryl Streep got bleeped?!
OMG George Clooney is trying to get Meryl Streep her reading glasses… this is too much fun tonight!
She thanked “…god, Harvey Weinstein…”! LOL!
LOL!
Stupid NBC…playing the “wrap up” music on Meryl Streep?
Meryl finished by saying “love you Viola, you’re my girl!”
Jane Fonda up in black and leopard print (rawrrrr!)… presenting for Best Comedy/Musical picture….
The Artist takes it! Awesome.
omg there’s a Dog up on stage!! Too adorable!
Doggie steals the show!
Expecting a Clooney win for the Descendents. ??
I don’t know, I didn’t see it. He seems a sentimental favorite, but this is the H-Wood foreign press, so who knows?
You called it!
He was great, but his young female co-star was the STAR!
Ricky Gervais introducing “the very foolish” Natalie Portman (for having a family, consequently not getting nominated for anything after having a fabulous year last year)… Lol, somewhat funny, Ricky… but this just isn’t Ricky’s day.
Natalie looks lovely and gorgeous as always. Love her.
Yup, George Clooney takes it for Best Actor/Descendants. I’m liking his speech.
The pants of Clooney’s tux are too long!
LOL.
Personally I’m a big fan of Clooney pre-ER, back when he was on that soapy primetime Sisters!!
I was pretty sad to see him leave ER. It was never the same after that.
Wow, thanks to his Fasbender joke–that speech will never make a clip show in 50 years! :). Nice props to his pal Pitt though.
Harrison Ford is presenting to Best Motion Picture:
THE DESCENDANTS!
Wow, didn’t see that coming.
producer saying George Clooney (cue camera pan to Clooney) is their “quarterback.”
Good night, but not a lot of excitement. No stand out speeches. Lots of good movies though last year. Thanks for the blog. It was fun.
I enjoyed it this year more in terms of the films and little moments, but Gervais’ performance was a total downer tonight. Anyhow, thanks for chiming in jimbekind, and good call on Clooney!
Thanks for blogging, Wonk. I wouldn’t have bothered to watch if I hadn’t stumbled upon your post. I’m so glad I did!
Thanks for blogging with me,janice 🙂
Wonk, thanks for the play by play – I missed all but the final hour. My once a year out to dinner tonight – even missed the Red Carpet, which is usually my favorite part. Ricky wasn’t as caustic/funny as usual – sad, sad, sad, sad. I am an awards show junky even if I haven’t seen the movies/tv shows.
Repeat of Downton Abbey ep 2 at 7 next Sunday, in case you want to pick it up then. Wonderful series. Got hooked last year. Hugh Bonneville, the Earl of Grantham, is great. He was in Notting Hill and so adorable in that.
HT – broke your shoulder? OMG. Hope the doc gave you powerful pain pills to get through it. Hope it wasn’t cat related!
Connie…Thank you for the info re: Dowton Abbey. I’m going to check my On Demand too!
Just popping in to say that I saw both “Iron Lady” and “The Descendants” and the acting is absolutely wonderful
Meryl Streep is an American Institution, from Kramer vs Kramer to Sophie’s Choice to Doubt to The Devil Wears Prada to Angels in American this woman is unbelievable in her artistry.
George Clooney is one of the best understated actors in the industry. You are hardly aware that he is acting, his performance is that good.
Though most of the show was boring with everybody thanking people known only to themselves. it was a treat to see these two garner the best for their performances which border on brilliant.
This thread got super-long, so I made a fresh one for overnight…