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LIVEBLOG: 2010 Golden Globe Awards
Sunday, January 17, 2010 4:28 AM
Tonight is the night when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (supposedly) honors the best in American film and television!
It's the 2010 Golden Globe Awards!
Let's face it, half the fun of watching an awards show is the yelling and the complaining and the celebrating and the snarkiness and the outfits (I guess?), and like a lot of things, it's always more fun in a group. And if you aren't throwing your own Golden Globes watching party tonight, well then Murmur can be your virtual Golden Globes party. Just use the coasters, and don't spill any of the spinach dip on the rug.
My family does an Oscar pool and an Emmy pool but we don't do one for the Golden Globes. Why? Well, at the end of the day no really cares who wins a Golden Globe. Plus, the categories often make no sense. Also, the awards are hard to predict because the HFPA is notoriously bribe-friendly. So why watch what usually turns out to be the most fun awards show of the year? Alcohol! That's right -- this isn't your uptight Academy Awards, this is the Golden Globes! Not only can't the star power be matched, but just about everyone in the room is drunk. All of the television and film stars sit at tables and are plied with freeze booze and that often makes for much more entertaining speeches. And considering what's going on in late night right now, this should be a lot of fun.
Normally I'd tell you the picks from my ballot, but since I'm not doing any picks I'll just list the nominations:
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Up In The Air
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up In The Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Tobey Maguire - Brothers
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It's Complicated
Julie&Julia
Nine
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy of Musical
Sandra Bullock - The Proposal
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Julia Roberts - Duplicity
Meryl Streep - It's Complicated
Meryl Streep - Julie&Julia
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy of Musical
Matt Damon - The Informant!
Daniel Day Lewis - Nine
Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlburg - A Serious Man
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmina - Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick - Up In The Air
Mo'nique - Precious
Julianne Moore - A Single Man
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Herrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
Best Animated Feature Film
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess And The Frog
Up
Best Foreign Language Film
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
Best Director - Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Jason Reitman - Up In The Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Basterds
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino - Up
Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
James Horner - Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
Karen O and Carter Burwell - Where The Wild Things Are
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"Cinema Italiano" - Nine
"I See You" - Avatar
"I Want To Come Home" - Everybody's Fine
"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" - Crazy Heart
"Winter" - Brothers
Best Television Series - Drama
Big Love (HBO)
Dexter (SHOWTIME)
House (FOX)
Mad Men (AMC)
True Blood (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Glenn Close - Damages (FX NETWORK)
January Jones - Mad Men (AMC)
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (CBS)
Anna Paquin - True Blood (HBO)
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (TNT)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Simon Baker - The Mentalist (CBS)
Michael C. Hall - Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Jon Hamm - Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie - House (FOX)
Bill Paxton - Big Love (HBO)
Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
30 Rock (NBC)
Entourage (HBO)
Glee (FOX)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Toni Collette - United States Of Tara (SHOWTIME)
Courteney Cox - Cougar Town (ABC)
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)
Tina Fey - 30 Rock (NBC)
Lea Michele - Glee (FOX)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell - The Office (NBC)
David Duchovny - Californication (SHOWTIME)
Thomas Jane - Hung (HBO)
Matthew Morrison - Glee (FOX)
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Georgia O'Keeffe (LIFETIME)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
Into The Storm (HBO)
Little Dorrit (PBS)
Taking Chance (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Joan Allen - Georgia O'Keeffe (LIFETIME)
Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens (HBO)
Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens (HBO)
Anna Paquin - The Courageous Heart Of Irena (CBS)
Sigourney Weaver - Prayers For Bobby (LIFETIME)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Bacon - Taking Chance (HBO)
Kenneth Branagh - Wallander: One Step Behind (PBS)
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Endgame (PBS)
Brendan Gleeson - Into The Storm (HBO)
Jeremy Irons - Georgia O'Keeffe (LIFETIME)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Adams - Hung (HBO)
Rose Byrne - Damages (FX NETWORK)
Jane Lynch - Glee (FOX)
Janet McTeer - Into The Storm (HBO)
Chloë Sevigny - Big Love (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Michael Emerson - Lost (ABC)
Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
William Hurt - Damages (FX NETWORK)
John Lithgow - Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Jeremy Piven - Entourage (HBO)
The 2010 Golden Globe Awards roll out at 8pm EST/7CST! The very funny and charming Ricky Gervais is hosting! Let's do this!
It's shocking how badly a mood all of these wins have put me in. Glee? No Jon Hamm? Jeff Bridges? Sandra Bullock? Nothing for Hurt Locker OR 500 days!?? Jeez, this should not annoy me as much as it does.
People just got interested in the pretty graphics. If they actually graded the film in terms of story and acting.....Avatar had no chance of winning.
Did anyone else notice the TrueBlood in the credits?..Fan responsible for credits production possibly?
Hurt Locker still has a very good chance. If Up in the Air and Avatar split the vote, and with 10 nominees this year enough votes could be spread around for it to sneak in.
Nobody in this industry seems to respect Quentin Tarantino. I mean at all.
He has no chance no come Oscar time. No Chance.
DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!
I literally just kicked the table over. This is......God now it's gonna win the Oscar!
Haha - Jason Reitman did not look pleased. Maybe after his early win he thought they were going to sweep.
Im gonna have to lean towards Avatar...fingers crossed for Inglorious or Hurt Locker..never know..might be another Glee surprise in house.
Sad about Clooney -- that really was his best performance -- but I love Jeff Bridges so that's okay. I've only seen the trailer but his performance looks amazing.
Between his appearance on Conan this week and now this, I am starting to think The Dude not that much of stretch for Bridges. Can't wait to see this movie.
I think Jeff Bridges is going to win the Oscar too. It feels like one of those "Reward the industry veteran that everyone likes" type years.
Usually we can watch the Golden Globes and get an idea of who's going to win an Oscar but I can safely say I have no f*cking clue about the Oscars.
i didn't see any movies beside The Hangover in Best Picture (comedy/musical) but i find it great that it won haha
Well it doesnt look like (at this rate anyways) that Inglourious Basterds will win the biggest award.
What more does Tarantino needs to do? Honestly that was his best film, period! He can't do better then that unless he's God!
I love Inglorious and think that it was strides better than his last few projects, but Pulp Fiction will always be considered his best film.
It's got just as much chance as anything else. No one film has dominated - the film awards have been spread out.
Hangover was the most consisted, entertaining and (more importantly) the funniest movie of 2009. Totally deserves it.
Now I'm really upset....
Oh well, Glee will never match it's 'great' first season plus with a looong hiatus most people will have forgotten about it.
This is the worst 5mins I ever had in my life.
Tarantino gets snubbed then the worst show ever gets the Comedy nod. Bullshit.
I mean, this was a good year for directing so I can't complain. And I love that Cameron mouthed "I hope she wins" while the camera was on him.
have lingered 30 minutes behind all night, and now have to go to defcon-1 to help a very angry toddler go to sleep (ie: camp out in the tv-less master bedroom).
i look forward to following along tomorrow :)
I love that many of the actors are like, "Get on with it." And Taratino and Cameron are both nodding along with him about film reservation.
worse reading cue cards...but ide do him...wait does that make me gay if hes a werewolf during the action
30 Rock wins everything...i cant honestly say that I have seen every episode, but what I have seen, I thinks it funny, but it sweeps everything
I'll take your word for it, its just hard for me to believe something can be that dominating when there is an abundance of good comedy out there
Hey Conor just to let you know, this won't let me post comments like every other time.
I dont know if it's me or the abundence of people posting on here...
Gerard Butler's "Up in the Air" had a slight similarity to Arnold's in Total Recall.."Give those people air"
Rob Blajouchic (or however you spell it) should be rotting in a god damn prison somewhere. Where is the justice?
Never in my life did i think that someone accepting an award would udder a phrase that included, Im a vessel
Okay so nobodies from Grey Gardens can't get their speech done.....But a rambling, drunken Meryl Streep can?
Meryl always give great speeches. They should let her go on as long as she wants, like they do when Jack Nicholson wins anything.
I quite enjoyed JULIE & JULIA, though the JULIA parts were much stronger than the JULIE parts. Meryl Streep was amazing.
It's like:
"Ok walk down the stairs, make a right. Then you wanna go down the hall, make a left. When you see the catering you have gone too far. When you see the roundabout, go on it and then veer to the right. Finally there are steps, not to the stage but to the moving platform...."
I dont know if I would use Yellow Submarine to encompass Paul McCartney.
It's Beatles but.....I dont think that is the one song people remember.
I got bored with DEXTER after two episodes, though I hear all over the place that John Lithgow was amazing this past season. Almost makes me want to skip ahead to check it out.
Barely 8:15 and we've already had references to Ricky Gervais' penis and a winner thanking someone for having the balls to do something. The Golden Globes!
This is not a dig on the show or on Toni Collette (who I hear is great on this show), this s merely an observation, but I have never met anyone who has ever seen THE UNITED STATES OF TARA.
Anyone seen it?
I expect a lot of great Conan/Leno jokes. Haven't seen Precious but I heard she was incredible in it. On my to see list.
Hooray!
Mo'nique really deserves it. For the first time she was a serious actress and she wins. She did a great job in Precious.
Ugh. Flipped over to the find they are still on the red carpet, shrieked and flipped back to football.
I want to join in the liveblogging but the lady hates when I pull out the laptop while watching tv. I might pop up in here a couple of times though.
just realizing how little a fan I am of some of these noms. It's Complicated for best screenplay, but no (500) days or In the Loop? Glee and Entourage for best comedy, but no Community or Parks and Recreation? Matthew Morrison and no Joel McHale? Madness!
Yeah, yo don't really watch the Golden Globes for the nominations. Sometimes they really do get it right and award great stuff, but more often than not it's bizarre.
Although I don't know that I'd include COMMUNITY and/or PARKS with these nominees. Certainly not over GLEE.
Let us remember the horrifying tragedy of Haiti.....While we wear outfits almost half a million dollars and limos the size of hummers.
I'm really hoping that they don't spend the entire night referencing Haiti. Not because it's not important, but because it always comes off as so smug and self-congratulatory at these award shows where millions of dollars are spent on frivolity.
Reference it in the beginning, mention a few charities and then move on, I say.
My satellite TV service in Curacao gets NBC, but it has no audio. So I will be watching THE HURT LOCKER instead (for the first time!) and possibly replying to this post with my thoughts.
50:23: Not only did this movie go there, but it kind of liked it there and staked out an incredibly creepy summer home.
1:00:36: Holy crap, then it went to a different THERE that I do not want to even think about spoiling.
1:15 or so: The scene where Mackie draws his knife on Rennie is unreal. This movie is loaded with great performances.
1:20:03: The tension in this picture is so high that if I saw it in a theater I probably would have urinated all over myself by now.
Can't wait to watch this. Although it was a coin flip between this and Human Target.
Anything involving Inglourious Basterds is what I want to win. If QT wins for Directing then he should be a shoo in for the Oscars. Oh and it's a long shot but I want Modern Family to win best comedy.
i may or may not be there. it would mean watching non-kid tv before kid-bedtime *and* convincing my husband that gervais makes the award show worth "watching".
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i am sad for me that i missed this live blog, but 95% of my comments would have been about the fashion, which didn't get much play here.
some of the women looked fabulous and liked all the color and metallics. hurrah for all of the age-appropriate dressing.
BUT there were entirely too many dresses slit up to the cooters or sheer that it made little difference.