golden globes :: a recap

oh what a night! of course last night was the golden globes and every year i am glued to the television to watch. this year was no exception. being a big fan of many of the movies this year i couldn't help but think this year was going to be a tough one - and boy was it - but now we have our winners and we are now on the road to the oscars!

best motion picture - drama
winner :: babel
nominees :: bobby, the departed, little children, the queen

i personally have not seen babel - i do however plan on getting to the theatre before the oscars to take in this movie - it looks like it could be the movie to beat this year. when it comes down to the oscars my top three to beat will be babel, the departed, and my personal favorite - dreamgirls.

best motion picture - musical or comedy
winner :: dreamgirls
nominees :: borat: cultural learnings of america for make benefit glorious nation of kazakhstan, the devil wears prada, little miss sunshine, thank you for smoking

this was the category that i've actually seen most of the movies nominated. i was very happy that dreamgirls took the highest honor although had the devil wears prada taken it i would not have been too upset - but i did jump out of my seat for dreamgirls. i do hope it takes top honors at the oscars this year but i have my doubts it'll make it to the final round. with last year's brokeback mountain upset - i don't know what to expect from the academy this year.

best performance by an actor - motion picture - drama
winner :: forrest whitaker - the last king of scotland
nominees :: leonardo dicaprio (for both blood diamond and the departed), peter o'toole, will smith

i've seen none of these films - so i cannot comment on the win. my only comment - however - is that i'm so glad that forrest beat the snot out of leotardo dicraprio - can't stand that guy - he's like up there with russell crow and nick cage as actors i'd sooner watch burn then piss on if they were on fire!

best performance by an actress - motion picture - drama
winner :: helen mirren - the queen
nominees :: penelope cruz, judi dench, maggie gyllenhaal, kate winselt

this one was hard for me. each one of these women gave fantastic performances (either that i've seen or from what i've heard). helen mirren winning didn't shock me (she was nominated for 3 and took home 2 globes for the night - the other for her performance in elizabeth i and she was competing against herself in the same category for her performance in prime suspect). i believe she ultimately will take the oscar for best actress this year for the queen. the tough one was judi dench - wow - her performance in notes on a scandal was supurb. they were my 2 top picks going into the awards.

best performance by and actor - motion picture - musical or comedy
winner :: sacha baron cohen - borat: cultural learnings of america for make benefit glorious nation of kazakhstan
nominees :: johnny depp, aaron eckhart, chiwetel eliofor, will ferrell

um yeah - why was this idiot even up there? i mean i guess potty humor is all the rage but come on! i hope to god this does not get him a nomination for the oscars. my personal favorite in this category was chiwetel eliofor - but i knew that was a long shot in hell - he must have thought so too - he didn't even show up!

best performance by an actress - motion picture - musical or comedy
winner :: meryl streep - the devil wears prada
nominees :: annette benning, toni collette, beyonce knowles, renee zillweger

ok so not a shocker here. i'm secretly thirlled it wasn't beyonce but it would have been nice to see dreamgirls take everything they were nominated for (they lost best song to prince and happy feet - oh well - poor beyonce - i'm sure you'll get to sing it for the oscars). i've always loved toni collette - one of these days she'll get her honors i just know it. as much as i hate to admit it - renee wasn't half bad in miss potter - not sure if it was strong enough to be nominated but i didn't cry when she lost - poor squish face.

best performance by an actor in a supporting role - motion picture
winner :: eddie murphy - dreamgirls
nominees :: ben affleck, jack nicholson, brad pitt, mark wahlberg

very happy on this one - i didn't think he was going to pull it away from either jack or mark but way to go eddie - see you at the oscars - this'll sure be his year for a nomination an - maybe - maybe - a win? shut up - to think of all those 80s standup films - hehe.

best perfornance by an actress in a supporting role - motion picture
winner :: jennifer hudson - dreamgirls
nominees :: adriana barraza, cate blanchett, emily blunt, rinko kikuchi

of course of course - she pulled it off - her breakout role - and against some very strong nominees - but i do think that jennifer hudson is this year's cinderella story and flash in the pan performance. way to blow your entire wad in one year - but i love you for it and i hope you have another gold statue in your hands after oscar night is over - then what - tony award? humm - go girl - stunningly beautiful last night - so happy for her.

best director - motion picture
winner :: martin scorsesse - the departed
nominees :: clint eastwood (for both flags or our fathers and letters from iwo jima), stephen frears, alejandro gonzalez inarritu

not a shock. what is a shock is that clint eastwood is still alive - he looked like a walking corpse - he must sleep in an oxygen tent to stay alive or something. good luck marty - maybe this year will be your oscar year!

on to the television.

being that i now work for a major television network - i felt that i had to root for the home team. i think of all of the nominations - we collected one. yee fuckin' haw. all the television awards did for me is remind me why i don't watch tv and remind me of the things that i've been meaning to watch but don't care to get tied down to a weekly something. god bless dvds and netflix - i like to take in my television viewing in one lump sums a season late - lol. ain't nothing better than sitting home on a rainy saturday and watching a marathon of some great television show.

one of the best speeches of the night was from ugly betty star america ferrera. i've never seen the show but she was so sweet and sincere. it was one of those 'awww' award moments.

in all - it was great - but even better - american idol starts again tonight - woo hoo - will paula abdul be drunk the entire season - watch and find out!