2007 Golden Globes
penny January 16th, 2007
Ah, I didn’t see the show. To those of you who did, care to tell some stories? I’m just here to do a bit of useless and boring commenting, often unrelated to the results of the Globes.
Warren Beatty: He joins the likes of Walt Disney, Alfred Hitchcock, and some others as he receives the prestigious Cecil DeMille award for his contributions to the industry. Beatty, Disney and Hitchcock are also recipients of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, given to outstanding producers.
*Did you know that the part of Bill in the film Kill Bill was originally written for him. However, Beatty turned down the role because he felt the film was too violent.
Babel was awarded Best Motion Picture (Drama) and Dreamgirls bagged the title for Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical). I have yet to see both movies.
*Babel stars Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt. Casting sounds interesting enough don’t you think? I’ve heard so much raves about this movie. Dreamgirls sounds to me like another “Walk the Line” meets “That Thing You Do” kind of movie. Why not, give Beyonce a chance?
Best Actresses: Helen Mirren in The Queen is Best Actress (Drama), Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada (Musical/Comedy)
*I saw The Queen on TV… sorry but I fell asleep on the dinner table. I woke up every now and then to some gasps of disbelief, but that’s more on the story not the actress. Meryl Streep is delightful as always. I read the first chapters of this book in Powerbooks Live in Greenbelt. She was exactly the type I had in mind for Miranda!
Best Actors: Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (Drama), Sacha Cohen in Borat (Musical/Comedy)
*I like Forest Whitaker, in a mellow sort of way. Good to hear he won an award! The oldest film I can remember him in was in Good Morning Vietnam with Robin Williams in the late 80s. Did you know that he was originally cast in the role of “Sawyer” on “Lost” (2004)? He backed out when he was cast in the film First Daughter (2004). Sacha Cohen… no comment…
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls
*I saw her being interviewed by David Letterman some nights ago. She could sing! Then I learned she was one of the American idol contestants.. not a winning Idol, but look at her now with a Globe! Talk about good fortune.
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls
*Is this Eddie’s first Globe? I don’t remember him winning an Academy Award either… I could be wrong. One interesting fact about Eddie that I didn’t know before was that he turned down the role of Winston Zeddemore in Ghost Busters (1984).
Best Animated Feature: Cars
*Loved this film! But did it gross as well as (or better than) the earlier Pixar films?
Best Foreign Language Film: Letters From Iwo Jima (Japan, US)
*I want to see this film… I’m not a big fan of Clint Eastwood (yes! he is the director of this Japanese film), not until I saw him on Letterman a month ago. Bah, David Letterman is my film artist guru!
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
*I am kicking myself for not seeing this movie. The casting (Nicholson, Damon, DiCaprio, Wahlberg, Sheen, Baldwin) drew me to it, but I just didn’t have the time. I think the only Scorsese movie I’ve seen in entirety is Goodfellas.
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan for The Queen
*ZZzzzzz…
Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Painted Veil
*Wow, bested Hans Zimmer for the Da Vinci Code?
Best Original Song: The Song of the Heart, Prince Rogers Nelson for Happy Feet
*I want to own this film! Supposedly all-Aussie save for Robin Williams
Best TV Series: Grey’s Anatomy (Drama) and Ugly Betty (Musical/Comedy)
*A reason to watch Grey’s Anatomy: Patrick Dempsey. Full Stop. Ugly Betty, Ajay told me this is a rip-off of Betty la Fea. It’s showing here too but I don’t like watching it.
Best Actresses: Kyra Sedgewick in The Closer (Drama) and America Ferrara in Ugly Betty (Musical/Comedy)
*Kyra is Kevin Bacon’s better half right? She’s fantastic in this TV series. I watch it whenever I can but I keep forgetting its time slot.
Best Actors: Hugh Laurie in House and Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock
*Way to go, Dr. House! You are THE man. Your American accent is flawless! Uh, 30 Rock?
Best Mini-Series/Motion Picture for TV: Elizabeth I
*ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Best Actress in a Mini-Series/Motion Picture for TV: Helen Mirren in Elizabeth I
*ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Best Actor in a Mini-Series/Motion Picture for TV: Bill Nighy in Gideon’s Daughter
*I love Bill Nighy! He’s totally disgusting! hehe. I have yet to see this show though, maybe he’s in a serious role here. Anyway, I recall Bill from the films Love Actually (the perverted singer) and Underworld (that ghoulish vampire).
Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series/Motion Picture for TV: Emily Blunt in Gideon’s Daughter
*Isn’t Emliy Blunt in Lost as that pregnant girl? She’s Aussie I think.
Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series/Motion Picture for TV: Jeremy Irons in Elizabeth I
*Jeremy Irons, my favorite musketeer and lion’s voice, hands down.
didn’t watch this. same timeslot as 24.
i’m waiting for Departed in torrent.
ay, si Emily Blunt pala yung isang assistant ni Meryl Streep sa The Devil Wears Prada.
di ko napanood, oscars lang saka emmys (for TV) ako interesado. I liked Devil Wears Prada, buti nanalo si Meryl, after I saw that the first time I thought it was Glenn Close then I saw the credits, nde pla.
tinalo ng Grey’s Anatomy for best tv series ang mga pambato naming Heroes, Lost at 24.
parang unfair sa Heroes, kalahati pa lang sa season 1 ang pinalabas nila. and as for 24, sila pa rin ang Emmy-winning series and Best Actor. Yung Lost, puro imbento na lang kasi sila, wala nang point yung story.
Mejo weird nga yung voting ng Golden Globes, less than 100 ang bumoboto. Malamang bagsak sa statistical reliability kumpara sa Emmys and Oscars. Ilan bumoboto sa Emmy? Sa Oscars syempre libu-libo ang academy members.
pano kasi yung lost, pitong episodes lang ang pinalabas last year. anong mapapala mo dun?