2023 Golden Globes Recap

 

Here’s my recap of the Golden Globes last night.

·       Jerrod Carmichael was an awful host. What’s with telling everyone to keep settling down? It’s a party, not stand-up show. He’s treating the celebrities like elementary children. Didn’t find his laid-back story of being asked to host because he was black funny. I did enjoy the camera people focussing on black celebrities to see if they were vibing with it and the white celebrities looking awkward.

·       There was a panel on the side wall that kept changing photos, it was hella distracting.

·       They could cut the runtime by not putting the Abbott Elementary folks at the back of the audience so they have to snake through hundreds of people to get to the stage.

·       Jack Nicholson used to sit in the front row of the Oscars and get loads of attention. At the Golden Globes, Nicholson is replaced by Brad Pitt. (runner up is Rhianna)

·       Natasha Lyonne had the best intro of the night taking loads of time to talk about how they were on a time crunch.

·       Some of these speeches went on way too long. Jennifer Coolidge’s intro and acceptance speech was too much. I like that Michelle Yeoh won but didn’t need her life story on coming to Hollywood forty years ago up to present day.

·       I enjoyed Regina Hall calling out Kevin Costner for missing the awards then immediately finding out that he was sheltering from flooding in Santa Barbara. Ouch.

·       Even Peters gave a nice quick speech. Thanked enough people and got off the stage.

·       Enjoyed Colin Farrell’s speech and warning about not leaving him hungry at breakfast.

·       Austin Butler thanked Denzel Washington. Apparently Denzel cold-called Baz Luhrmann and told him that he had just worked on stage with Butler and Baz had to audition this guy.

·       Loved Ke Huy Quan thanking Steven Spielberg for casting him in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

·       Loved Spielberg’s explanation of why he took this long to tell his early childhood story.

·       Enjoyed Eddie Murphy’s ‘three things to know’ sign-off.

·       I got 21 out of 27 categories ‘correct’

·       Most happy about Fabelmans, Spielberg, Farrell, RRR and Abbott winning awards.

·       Most disappointed about the losses for Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul, and RRR for the Non-English Language Film.

Anyway, here were the winners:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Fabelmans (predicted & wanted)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cate Blanchett (Tar) (predicted)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Austin Butler (Elvis) (wanted)

Best Motion Picture – Comedy
The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) (predicted & wanted)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) (predicted & wanted)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) (predicted)

Best Animated Feature Film
Guillermo De Toro’s Pinocchio (predicted & wanted)

Best Foreign Language Film
Argentina 1985 (Argentina)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Steven Spielberg (The Fablemans) (predicted & wanted)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin) (predicted)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz (Babylon) (predicted & wanted)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Naatu Naatu” (RRR) (wanted)

Best Television Series – Drama
House of the Dragon

Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Zendaya (Euphoria) (predicted)

Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kevin Costner (Yellowstone)

Best Television Series – Comedy
Abbott Elementary (predicted & wanted)

Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) (predicted)

Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) (predicted)

Best Supporting Actress TV Comedy or Drama
Julia Garner (Ozark) (wanted)

Best Supporting Actor TV Comedy or Drama
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary) (wanted)

Best Limited Series or TV Movie
The White Lotus (predicted & wanted)

Best Actress in a Limited Series
Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout) (predicted & wanted)

Best Actor in a Limited Series
Evan Peters (Dahmer-Monster) (predicted)

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series
Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus) (predicted)

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series
Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)