the GLOBEY'S

Hope everyone enjoyed the Golden Globes on Sunday....

Here are my brief observations about the night.

The pre-show red carpet was a mess.  Nancy O'Dell would lump random combinations of people together who couldn't hear her questions because the crowd was screaming... and she KEPT asking people how they felt about Heath Ledger and if they thought he was going to win.  Maybe a crazy noisy awards show red carpet isn't the best platform to reflect on the tragedy of his untimely death.  

I love how (a badly groomed) Sting called her out a couple of times on her incorrect announcement that he was nominated for an award that evening.

The Golden Globes are always a lot of fun because you add the element of booze.  When the show started there was often the sound of a noisy crowd when someone was trying to talk.  It cracked me up how J-Lo, the first presenter, "shushed"  the crowd....  "Shh... Mama talking."

I also realized that Don Cheadle's resume will now include both "Hotel Rwanda" AND "Hotel for Dogs."  I can't wait for the DVD "Don Cheadle HOTEL Collection."

Eva Mendez looked a little like she just came from a performance as a napkin in Broadway's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! 

Ricky Gervais was (as always) brilliant

Best intro of the night that cracked me up... "Here are the stars of "Jonas Brothers. -  A 3-D Experience" ... The Jonas Brothers!"

Drew Barrimore and Jessica Lange acted a little like drunkin' lovers throughout the night.

 I am very nervously excited for their upcoming HBO film about "Grey Gardens."  "Grey Gardens" is a very favorite subject of mine.  Much more on this in a future post.

I was very happy for the wonderful Tiny Fey who told all her internet haters to "Suck It."

Also very happy for the amazing film "Slumdog Millionaire" and Kate Winslet - who won 2 awards!

La-hOVED Sally Hawkin's speech after winning best actress in a Musical/Comedy for "Happy Go Lucky."  

This is a wonderful film and a beautiful performance by her that hopefully will get more attention with current Oscar Buzz.  Here's the trailer.

And now... we await Oscar nominations which come out on January 22nd.  The Academy Awards will be broadcast on ABC on February 22nd at 8pm ET.

Besides "HAPPY GO LUCKY,"  here have been my favorite movies that have gotten some heavy duty Oscar Buzz.

- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - A-MAZING... very inspiring movie and a wonderful love story

- MILK - a WONDERFUL very poignant film about a true american hero.  WONDERFUL performances all around. 

- WALL-E - an animated masterpiece

- DOUBT - loved Viola Davis

- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - beautiful film - a great unconventional love story - amazing performance by Brad Pitt

- THE DARK KNIGHT - Heath Ledger steals the show... also loved Maggie Gyllenhaal

Here are the ones I have yet to see, but am very excited for...

RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

FROST/NIXON

THE READER

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

THE WRESTLER

Stay tuned for much much more Oscar talk!