The Golden Globes ceremony, the 80th in number, which took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, was as always long and cumbersome, with many categories, which are not always understood, and soaked in alcohol, something that the ceremony is known for (Mike White, the creator of “The White Lotus”, said who intended to give his acceptance speech in Italian, upon receiving the award for “The White Lotus”, but is too drunk to do so). This time the ceremony was also supposed to atone for the bad name it got as being run by a racist body, which did not include a single African-American member among its ranks, and another sin in a series of corruption cases, because of which it was not broadcast on television last year.
But that was a long time ago: if last year it seemed that the life of the foreign correspondents’ booth, and its festive event – which sometimes predicts the results of the most important ceremony, the Oscars – was in danger, now it has returned with a hall full of stars and stars (besides Cate Blanchett, Amanda Seyfried and Zendaya – who won awards but were not there to receive them).
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Host Jarrod Carmichael with Tom Cruise’s Globes. The music that interrupted the speeches became the number one enemy of the ceremony
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Jerrod Carmichael, a black and gay stand-up comedian, the host of the ceremony, who was also chosen because of his identity, put things on the table. He revealed that he was paid $500,000 “to be the black face of this crooked organization.” He also said at the beginning of the evening: “I won’t say that the Foreign Correspondents’ Cell is a racist organization… It’s just that they didn’t have a single black member until the death of George Floyd, so do what you want with this information.” He added that in his opinion there has been no significant change within the organization, “I think that today there are maybe six black members in it.” Later on in the evening, St. some more Hollywood icons, maybe not with the virulence that characterized one of his predecessors, Ricky Jarvis, but definitely in a stinging way. For example, when he went on stage with the three figurines of Tom Cruise in his hands, which he supposedly found backstage, and referred to the announcement of the “Top Gun” star that he would return the figurines he received at the Globe ceremonies due to their racism.
“Let’s take these three things and exchange them for the safe return of Shelley Miscavige” – he said of the wife of David Miscavige, head of the Church of Scientology (to which Cruz belongs) – who suspiciously disappeared from public view a decade and a half ago. Regarding “The Devilmen”, Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical film, which won not only the best film, but also the best director award for Spielberg, Carmichael said that Kanye West, known for his anti-Semitic remarks, watched it “and it changed everything for him”.
“I always say that if I prepare something written it will bring bad luck, so I don’t prepare anything in advance,” Spielberg said when receiving the director’s award and it was obvious that he was moved by the honor he was given. Spielberg’s speech was prolonged and not interrupted by piano music, which seems to have become enemy number one for many award recipients this evening, including Michelle Yeoh, who won the lead actress award for her role in “Everything Everywhere at Once,” who threatened to beat up the sound producer.
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Jennifer Coolidge with the Globe for her role in “White Lotus”
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Other big winners at this ceremony were “Ghosts of Inishrin” in the category of the best musical-comedy film and “Argentina 1985” in the foreign film award; In television, “Dragon House” won the drama award, “Game of Thrones'” Freakville, the parent series that was somewhat neglected by the Globes and never won an award as a series, and “Abbott Elementary School,” an acclaimed series that happens to have a black cast, won the comedy awards . The mini series award was not surprisingly won by “The White Lotus”, and the award for its supporting actress was won by Jennifer Coolidge, whose words as an award presenter this evening, and her speech of thanks for receiving the award, we will save for the end, as is customary to do with the best things.
Emotional moments at the ceremony were when Jeremy Allen White, the chef from The Bear, who won the award for best actor in a comedy series (for some reason), trembled when he mentioned his beloved manager Chris Hobein who had died. And when Ki Hoi Kwan won the actor award for his role in “Everything Everywhere at Once,” he thanked Steven Spielberg for discovering him as a child actor in “Indiana Jones.”
Then it was Jennifer Coolidge’s turn, he came twice to be exact. The 61-year-old actress, who in the remarks preceding the awarding of the award to actor Tyler James Williams, for his supporting role in the series “Abbott Elementary School” was confused and said that she was giving him the Oscar, and said that when she was approached to present the award, she acknowledged the honor. “Then I hung up the phone and had an anxiety attack,” she revealed. Because the stage floor is very slippery, and she was afraid of falling flat. The producer she spoke with suggested she “wear Crocs,” she revealed, but she refused. “I said to her, ‘What, are you kidding me? With a Dolce & Gabbana dress? You know those crazy Italians are out of their minds!'”
When she received the supporting actress award for her role in “The White Lotus”, she proved that not only Italians can lose their minds. She said that at the beginning of her journey she thought she would be the Queen of Monaco “but someone else did it”. Then she thanked five people who for 20 years gave her small roles:- Ryan Murphy, Michael Patrick King (“Sex and the City”), Reese Witherspoon and the Weiss brothers (“American Pie”).
Then she thanked Mike White, the creator of “The White Lotus”: “I want you to know that I had big expectations and dreams in my youth, but what happens is that they evaporate…get older and bad things happen. And you, Mike White, gave me hope. You gave me a new beginning,” she said to him as his eyes fill with tears. “Even if it’s the end and you killed me. You’ve changed my life in a million different ways. My neighbors talk to me now, and things like that. I’ve never been invited to any party in my area, and now everyone invites me… You make people want to live longer lives, and I don’t I wanted to… so in short, I just want to say, Mike White, I love you! It was really fun, thanks!”.