Well, the Golden Globes came and passed with plenty of black gowns, some jibes at Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, some unexpected winners, and even some slightly okay humour from Seth Myers, which went a long way to surpass his late night show and his usually dire Donald Trump material. So all in all, not a bad night… Hey, it’s not too late to replace Jimmy Kimmel with Seth Myers at the Oscars, you know?
Sure, the show wasn’t exempt from the usual cringeworthy moments, some shockers, disappointments and some worthy winners. Plus the term “mansplaining” wasn’t missed this year, as we had predicted in a terrible set-up and punchline joke with Amy Poehler via Seth Myers. Hmm, maybe he read our stuff beforehand? Nice touch, Seth.
Anyway, let’s watch Seth Myers’ opening monologue for a recap, shall we? We thought it would have been much worse, so let’s give Seth a hand to lead him into this article.
How about that? Surely there have been years of worse hosts before him, so it seems that he did a good job. He’s no Steve Martin, but who is, aside from the man himself?
Let’s now list the winners, and then go into some commentary as well as some more highlights from yesterday’s Awards ceremony. First however, some spoilers.
Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgard rightfully got their awards for ‘Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television’, and ‘Big Little Lies’ won the ‘Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television’ award, as we had predicted and had wanted for ‘Big Little Lies’. However, there were quite a few surprises as well. One of them was that Angelina Jolie didn’t pick up an award for ‘Best Foreign Language Film’, which shouldn’t be seen as a disappointment, since it will put her in good steed for an Oscar this year, we hope.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies WINNER
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Nicole Kidman was a worthy winner after that domestic violence victim portrayal in ‘Big Little Lies’. Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Variety
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Willem DaFoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All The Money in the World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri WINNER
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel WINNER
Issa Rae, Insecure
Frankie Shaw, SMILF
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Claire Foy, The Crown
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce
Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us WINNER
Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Sterling K. Brown, wins ‘Best Actor’ for ‘This Is Us’. Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Variety
Best Television Series — Drama
The Crown, Netflix
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu WINNER
Stranger Things, Netflix
This Is Us, NBC
The Hulu original series ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ won ‘Best Television Series’ Credit: HollywoodReporter
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies WINNER
David Thewlis, Fargo
Alexander Skarsgard wins his award for ‘Big Little Lies’, but he most certainly won’t be back for Season 2. Credit: EW
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Carter Burwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water WINNER
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
John Williams, The Post
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
“Home,” Ferdinand
“Mighty River,” Mudbound
“Remember Me,” Coco
“The Star,” The Star
“This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist WINNER
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
James Franco ‘The Disaster Artist’ wins Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and brought Tommy Wiseau up on stage. Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Variety
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies WINNER
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies
Best Motion Picture — Animated
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco WINNER
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Alison Janney, I, Tonya WINNER
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Alison Janney, wins Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for ‘I, Tonya’. Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC
Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, The Post
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri WINNER
Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game
Best Picture — Foreign Language
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
First They Killed My Father (Cambodia)
In the Fade (Germany/France) WINNER
Loveless (Russia)
The Square (Sweden, Germany, France)
Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
Jude Law, The Young Pope
Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks
Ewan McGregor, Fargo WINNER
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
Best Television Series — Comedy
Black-ish, ABC
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon WINNER
Master of None, Netflix
SMILF, Showtime
Will & Grace, NBC
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None WINNER
Kevin Bacon, I Love Dick
William H. Macy, Shameless
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace
Aziz Ansari wins best actor in a television series – musical or comedy for ‘Master of None’. Credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Best Director — Motion Picture
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water WINNER
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World
Steven Spielberg, The Post
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Big Little Lies, HBO WINNER
Fargo, FX
Feud: Bette and Joan, FX
The Sinner, USA
Top of the Lake: China Girl, Sundance TV
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird WINNER
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
Best Picture — Comedy or Musical
The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird WINNER
Best Picture in Comedy or Musical went to the film, ‘Lady Bird’ about an artistic 17-yeard old female growing up in Sacramento. Credit: Vanity Fair
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Tom Hanks, The Post
Gary Oldman, The Darkest Hour WINNER
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri WINNER
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World
Best Picture — Drama
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri WINNER
Now, let’s enter into quite a moment of bad sportsmanship. No matter how much you try to like James Franco, he does things like this… Making you question his motives, his ego and other things, whence not letting Tommy Wiseau say even two or three words, whilst collecting the ‘Best Actor Award for Musical or Comedy’ for ‘The Disaster Artist’. Watch!
James Franco could at least let Tommy Wiseau say one thing at the very end, but no! The disappointment on Tommy Wiseau’s face is all but apparent. Sort of a dick move, Franco… Good job.
Oprah Winfrey received the Cecil B. de Mille Award, and here’s her speech, where she praises the press in these complicated times and says “speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we have”. Thus she stands with the women whom have been sexually harassed and or raped, but stops short of mentioning the plight of “absolute truth” in abused children in Hollywood. Whilst she mentions the words “the injustice of secrets and lies”, but doesn’t remind or even mention a word or hint to any of the abused children by pedophiles in Hollywood. She didn’t touch upon those secrets at all.
So, whilst everyone cried and praised her speech, bowing down to Oprah, even suggesting afterwards that she should be the 2020 Democrat Presidential Nominee, she didn’t address something much worse, from underneath the red carpet, did she?
Given Corey Feldman’s revelations, which is just scratching the surface of the problem in the industry, that fact that they were not mentioned by Oprah is a shame. Oh well… Maybe women come before children, we suppose… Hmmm. She said that “Time is Up”, so we still await the uncovering of systemic pedophilia in the industry, one day…. But, it’s not coming from Oprah, that’s for sure.
Why doesn’t Hollywood support child star Corey Feldman in his quest to uncover this sickening strain of pedophilia in the industry, or even hear him out on it? Instead they placate him with a TV movie special called ‘A Tale of Two Corey’s’ as some sort of silencing tool. We suppose the plight of abused women are more important than the silenced plight of abused children?
In saying that, we can all look forward to The Oscar’s now. Which Awards surprised you the most and what was the best moment of The Golden Globes of 2018? Please tell us in the comments section down below.
Brainstain, over and out!
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