Thank God it’s back! I love the Golden Globes: booze-filled, non-sensical but with occasionally amazing outfits. And oh yeah - awards! Here are my thoughts.
The Winners – Maybe I’m just paying a little less attention than usual, but I feel like there are a few less foregone conclusions than we have had in the last few years. And I love getting to the Oscars and not knowing for sure what’s going to happen.
Best Actor – I’m officially on board the Mickey Rourke comeback train. I love a good underdog story of redemption, and he’s just the right mix of contrite and deserving...yet eccentric enough to keep you on the edge of your seat. And his speech was far more interesting than most of what we’ve seen.
Best Actress/Best Supporting Actress – The Globes did Kate Winslet no favors last night! I believe that everyone likes Kate Winslet and wants her to win an Oscar. Probably more than they want, say, Anne Hathaway, with her terrible brides movies, too prominent features and terrible terrible taste in men, to win an Oscar. But whenever there’s a double nominee, the voters need some signal to tell them which of the two awards the nominee should win. By winning both, voters didn’t get that signal at all, which may result in split vote mayhem and yet another Lucci situation for Kate. Her hope at this point is that they ignore The Reader and just give her the one best actress nomination so she doesn't split her votes. All that said – the speeches. I don’t understand how she couldn’t pull it together. It was borderline distressing for the second award. My only hope is that she was hammered because after winning the first time she decided no way she was winning both, let loose and started slamming tequila shooters. Either way, both of the speeches were not what I expected – too emotional, without focus and filled with awkward pauses. There were two things that were great though – 1. she is so in love with Leo. I don’t blame her, but it's a little obvious, and kind of sad when her seemingly septegenerian husband has to look on. And – 2. She dissed Angelina so hard! Whether she meant to or not. And Angie no likey. Loved that!
Supporting Actor – Look, I’m not heartless. But it’s been almost a year since Heath Ledger died. And while his performance was amazing in the Dark Knight, it bothers me a bit that there is not another option out there. Has anyone else even ever had a chance at this? All I know is that by the time the Oscars roll around I’ll be glad to see the last standing ovation so that everyone can really move on.
Best Picture – I’m super behind. I’ve only seen Benjamin Button. I will get up to speed, but one thing is clear: Slumdog Millionaire has to be #1 on my list.
The Clothes
Yay! Some really horrendous ass-y looking clothes, for the first time in a long time! Thank you Renee Zellwegerfor showing up looking totally ridiculous! Cut out shoulders? With blonde tendrils atop the head? Disastrous. Did we learn nothing from Gwyneth Paltrow's early 2000's cutlet crisis? If her Alexander McQueen/french braids outfit taught us anything, its that black mesh should never combine with a nude bodice. Ever!
Also disastrous? Whatever terrible wig shop Drew Barrymore stopped by on her way to the show. Her hair was so bad that it is truly impossible to notice how truly ethereal and pretty that dress was. Also making it even harder to see Drew's dress was her odd handholding attachment to Jessica Lange, who rocked an older look but shouldn’t be sporting a belted waist at this stage.
Not quite rocking an older look: Glenn Close. How horrible was that pantsuit? The gold brocade jacket was so boxy and old lady looking. And pegged gold pants? It was all without redemption, but making it worse was her hair color. Such a platinum, nearly white color with such an old lady outfit? This is much closer to Blanche Devoraux than the snazzy professional lady she’s been playing on Damages. (Although even Blanche would not sport that Sophia-esque hair color.)
Another fashion don’t: Debra Messing. That terrible ponytail didn’t distract enough from the dress. The halter was so thick and 80s, and it made her flat ness more prounounced than usual. (Also more pronounced -- her nose with that make up job).
Angelina – thanks for gracing us with your presence. But wearing the same boring shapeless silhouette, again, and the nude color, it’s like you can’t even be bothered with it. And we are so over you.
Then there’s J Lo. I really liked La Lopez’s get up…in 2000, when we first saw it. I fear that she thought Ben A. was going to pull up in his Bentley time machine and whisk her away from her tired life with Marc Anthony. She may even have settled for P Diddy and the built in excitement of gun charges in exchange for a yacht emblazoned with Louis Vuitton logos. But, lo siento La Lopez, too much time has passed.
Looking better, in my opinion, was Kate Beckinsale. I loved the structure of the white dress and she rocked it. Also rocking white in a very non-bridal way was Eva Mendes. I loved the turquoise necklace and the surprising bow at the side. Finally, Sandra Bullock’s dress flowed so well and fit her like a glove. I can’t pick a winner in white because they were all so pretty. (I was less enamored of Salma Hayek's white, I thought it was too tight and not that interesting.)
Red was gorgeous but sort of boring on Eva Longoria. I liked Kyra Sedgwick’s version better, with the structured bubble train. It doesn’t hurt that she’s got such a fabulous bod.
I couldn’t get over the great blue dress on Jennifer Morrison, it might just be my favorite. Her House co-star Olivia Wilde took a risk in the pink poof, and she wore it well. I liked Cameron’s bright pink, which created a perfect beach-y vibe in contrast with the black/white/nude business of everyone else.
Young Miley Cyrus was age appropriate and pretty for the teen set. I wasn’t so keen on Hayden Panettiere and her boring boob-squashing strapless.
As for the men – loved the gray ties on Rainn Wilson and Keifer Sutherland. Collin Farrell continues to clean up well. And McDreamy remains so even if his show is totally over. But – you know it’s coming – there’s only one Leo. Made for the cut of a tux, the man simply can’t be beat.
Quick Run Down of my Awards:
Best Dressed: Jennifer Morrison and Eva Mendes
Worst Dressed: Renee Zellweger. No competition.
Best Dressed Man: Leonardo Dicaprio
Worst Dressed Man: Ashton Kutcher
Worst Facial Hair: Sting
Sexiest Woman: Megan Fox and Beyonce
Most Likely to Have Shopped at David’s Bridal: Christina Applegate
Most Likely to Have NO Innate Fashion Sense: Jenna Fischer
Most Disappointing: Amy Adams
Most Improved: Evan Rachel Wood
Most Inappropriate Dress for Someone Without Cleavage: Tina Fey
Pointiest Rack: America Ferarra
Squashiest Rack: Hayden Panettiere
Most Disturbingly Bouyant Rack: Miley Cyrus
Needed One More Inch in the Dress (or one more pre-show colonic): Blake Lively
Best Speech: Tracy Morgan
Worst Speech: Kate Winslet
Worst Hair: Drew Barrymore
Look That I Should HATE but Don’t: Marisa Tomei
Biggest Red Carpet Waste of Time: Rumer Willis
Worst Sense of her Own Coloring: Rumer Willis
Strangest Comment: "I am a tranny." Megan Fox
Brilliant as usual and I couldn't agree more. I am excited by the fact that I also gave Sting worst facial hair...we are still in sinc!
Posted by: Christina | January 13, 2009 at 07:22 AM