Ricky Gervais hosted last night’s Golden Globes Awards, a repeat gig from last year because everyone liked how he gleefully made fun of Hollywood. He returned this year with a promise to be meaner, and he followed through (watch the monologue below), resulting in a lot of dripping gashes getting offended. FilmDrunk has a breakdown of which media outlets have twats for TV reviewers, but the gist of it is this:
“Ricky will not be invited back to host the show next year, for sure,” a member of the [Hollywood Foreign Press Association] told me, adding that Ricky’s relentlessly mean shtick could have even larger consequences. “For sure any movie he makes he can forget about getting nominated. He humiliated the organization last night and went too far with several celebrities whose representatives have already called to complain.” […]
“Ricky blew it big time. It’s one thing to make fun of celebrities but it’s another to make them totally uncomfortable,” an insider tells me. “People in that room were furious but had to sit and smile because the camera’s were on them. It really says something when several people who attended said they would have felt safer with Kathy Griffin hosting.” [Popeater]
What a steaming pile of pig sh*t. The overblown media reaction is only going to coddle these delicate egomaniacs even more. Make them sit there and take their lumps like adult human beings, maybe it’ll make them think twice before mailing in crap like The Tourist.
Here’s Gervais’s opening monologue.
https://www.hulu.com/embed/UhLdoOm6BNosQcSTw5vBvQ
Again, the mainstream media doesn’t know how to report about comedy. They report that the crowd hated the monologue, but there are plenty of laughs among the groans. Besides, I read the groans as surprise that Gervais would take on such targets as Angelina Jolie and the HFPA, not disgust with Gervais. Humor is supposed to surprise people. (If you can’t watch the Hulu player, catch the clip at Gawker TV.)
Also, I thought Robert Downey, Jr.’s dig back at Gervais was done in good humor, not anger.
https://www.hulu.com/embed/YgcMaTaQFT2MOkLKSeh3Sw
I thought that was well done. Thin-skinned people deserve to be stabbed. (Metaphorically, of course.) (*sharpens knife*)
Anyway, here are the TV nominees and winners:
TELEVISION, DRAMA
* Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)
ACTRESS, DRAMA
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
* Katey Sagal, Sons Of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
I assume this the HFPA making up for Segal’s total snub last year. Moss turned in a better performance this past season.
ACTOR, DRAMA
* Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
I love both Steve Buscemi and “Boardwalk Empire,” but I thought Cranston and Hamm both displayed a lot more range in tougher roles.
BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Big C (Showtime)
* Glee (FOX)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
At least it wasn’t “Nurse Jackie”?
ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Toni Collette, United States Of Tara
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
* Laura Linney, The Big C
Lea Michele, Glee
ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee
* Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
“The Big Bang Theory” isn’t my bag, but everybody seems to think Parsons is great, so whatever. He did a good job making fun of himself in his acceptance speech, which I appreciated.
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
* Carlos (Sundance Channel)
The Pacific (HBO)
Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)
The last five hours of “The Pacific” torched my brain in a PTSD sort of way, so it would’ve gotten my vote, but to be fair I never saw “Carlos.”
ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Hayley Atwell, Pillars Of The Earth
* Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Judi Dench, Return To Cranford
Romola Garai, Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List
Jennifer Love Hewitt was nothing but bronzer and tits in a clam shell of a dress. I almost wanted to see her win just to laugh at her more.
ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Idris Elba, Luther
Ian McShane, Pillars Of The Earth
* Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack
Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE, TV
Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
* Jane Lynch, Glee
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE, TV
Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-O
* Chris Colfer, Glee
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
David Strathairn, Temple Grandin
Oy, people really like “Glee.” I’d pick the choices apart, but really: it’s the Golden Globes. Besides, Colfer and Lynch gave nice, genuinely appreciative speeches, so I won’t hate on them (until tomorrow or the next time it’s convenient). Besides, those winners paved the way for this:
I love that woman.
