Golden Globes-The Awards Show Wrap-Up

MOMENTS
Julia Louis-Dreyfus draggin’ on an electronic cig while tablemate Reese Witherspoon tried in vain to snap a selfie–Cute moment and Dreyfus was playing the aloof, sunglassed uber-diva.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was too cool to do a selfie with Reese Witherspoon.

A rare sighting of ice queen Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin–They both looked uncomfortable and dare we say embarrassed to be caught on camera.

Did Bono get some “work” done? Dang, he looks younger and more rested than he has in years. De-lish. He looked so good, Amy Poehler made out with him during the broadcast.

Bono at the 2014 Golden Globes.

Liam Neeson presented the montage of Best Motion Picture-Drama for Gravity, did he not get the memo that the Golden Globes are a little nicer than “business casual?” A little too dressed down for our tastes…

Emma Thompson looked amazing in her gold-bodiced dress. She took the stage to present Best Original Screenplay with a martini in one hand and her Louboutins in the other. She handed the martini to Sosie Bacon and tossed her shoes over her shoulder to grab the envelope and announce the winner. Must have been a helluva martini to rationalize tossing the Louboutins.

Emma Thompson was having a REALLY good time at The Golden Globes.

Robert Downey, Jr. just owns the stage and how is it this guy just doesn’t age?!? He looks the same as he did back in the early ‘80’s!!

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did an amazing job, AGAIN.

Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon brought out their Ms. Golden Globe 2014 daughter, Sosie Bacon. The Bacons have been married since 1988. Read that again and let it sink in.

Jim Carrey took a good dig at Shia Labeouf and the young actor’s struggle to not plagiarize everything that crosses his path.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture-Jennifer Lawrence didn’t trip on her way up to accept the award and had the coolest earrings. We LOVE this gal.

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Mini-Series, or Movie-Jacqueline Bisset for “Dancing on the Edge.” The five-time nominated actress finally won and was warmly congratulated by Jon Voight on the way to the stage. It was her first win and she was clearly shocked and overcome. It was great to see someone so humbled by an award win, even if the acceptance speech was a little off-kilter. We hope to see more work from this lovely, sassy and talented actress in the future.

Best Mini-Series or TV Movie-“Behind the Candelabra”. A very poignant look at the life and times of Liberace and his lover, Scott  Thorson, brilliantly played out by Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie-Elizabeth Moss for “Top of The Lake.” after seven nominations, this is her first win. As with a few other winners before her, it looked like she needed a map to navigate the maze of table and chairs on her way to the stage.

Best Actor in a Television Drama-Bryan Cranston for “Breaking Bad.” It was his fifth nomination and fourth win. America’s favorite meth maker was adorable, fun and poised as he accepted his award.

Best TV Series Drama-“Breaking Bad.” People really, really loved this show. Creator, Vince Gilligan created a masterpiece of a drama. We can’t wait to see what he does next.

Best Score Original-Motion Picture-Alex Ebert for “All is Lost.” P. Diddy was excited for Ebert’s win and gave a few cute words of encouragement before Ebert’s acceptance speech. Diddy shouldn’t have taken the mic at all and it looked like an attention grab.

Best Original Song-Motion Picture-“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela.” Music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr. and Brian Burton with lyrics by Bono. The guys were all dressed in black and looked amazing. They were very grateful for the win and gave major kudos to Nelson Mandela.  “We wrote a love story, or a love song rather, because it is what is extraordinary about the film…,” Bono said during the acceptance speech.

Best Supporting Actor in a Tv Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie-Jon Voight for “Ray Donovan.” It was his tenth nomination and fourth win. Why do we not see this man everywhere? He’s handsome, likable and seems like a lot of fun. “I’m truly humbled to be among my talented peers,” said Voight. He continued to praise his “Ray Donovan” fellow actors and crew and production staff.

Best Actress in a Film-Comedy or Musical-Amy Adams for “American Hustle.” During her speech, she talked about her manager and her first audition. She also thanked her daughter Aviana in a touching moment.

Best Actress in a TV Series-Drama-Robin Wright for “House of Cards.” She laughingly referred to the Hollywood Foreign Press as a “gaggle of characters” and called Kevin Spacey the “best play date ever” during her speech.

Best Supporting Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture-Jared Leto for “Dallas Buyer’s Club.”. He cleans up nicely and he’s a hard working actor. Good for him.

Best Screenplay-Spike Jonze for “Her.”

Actor TV Series, Comedy or Musical-Andy Samberg for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” What a fun and goofy and adorable acceptance speech. He thanked his “team” and all his co-stars and crew. He was very thankful and it showed.

Best Foreign Language Film-“The Great Beauty” from  Italy.

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie-Michael Douglas, “Behind the Candleabra.” He has garnered eleven nominations and this was his fourth win. To Matt Damon, he said, “The only reason I’m up here and you’re not is that I had more sequins.”

Best Animated Feature-“Frozen”

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy-Amy Poehler. She accepted her award and then proceeded to make out with Bono. As you do.

Best Actor-Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical, Leonardo DiCaprio in “Wolf of Wall Street.” Of course, Martin Scorsese was the first person he thanked and rightfully so. Their industry partnerships in the past 15 years have been the stuff of legend. Was “Wolf of Wall Street” a comedy or a musical? Hmmm….

Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical-“American Hustle.” Drew Barrymore looking radiant in her pink and red be-speckled white dress presented the award. The cast, producers and director accept the award. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were yukking it in the background while they were on stage during the acceptance speech. It’s probably because they know that after tonight’s ceremony, their asking price per film just shot through the roof, again. Look for Jennifer Lawrence to become the highest paid actress in Hollywood in 2014. It’s going to happen.

Best Actress-Motion Picture-Drama-Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine.” Yet another Woody Allen leading lady who took home a Golden Globe . Ms. Blanchett also looked like she was being attacked by a massive black lace doily and still managed to look amazing.

Best Actor, Motion Picture-Drama-Matthew McConnoughey for “Dallas Buyer’s Club.” He beat out nominee Robert Redford and he rambled a bit, but thanked his mom for forcing him to go outside and play while he was growing up. Cute!

Best Motion Picture-Drama-“12 Years a Slave.” Director Steve McQueen was clearly moved and in shock. His masterpiece had A list talent and crew and surely this bodes well for the upcoming Oscars. He then asked for someone to hit him because he still couldn’t believe it.

Golden Globes Red Carpet-The Ladies, The Gentlemen and The “Meh”

Ahhh, The Golden Globes. The precursor to The Oscars, but with more fun and more drinking. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler slayed the GG stage again this year and we’re huge proponents of having them host permanently. Nobody does it better.

All of us at Show Business Report are huge fans of fashion and the 2014 Golden Globes red carpet didn’t disappoint…for the most part. Here are our picks for best dressed ladies and gents, along with a few looks that left us a bit puzzled.

MEN
Andy Samberg just looked great. Clean cut, happy, put together; well done.
Leonardo DiCaprio cleans up nicely. When he ditches the baseball cap and shorts he looks ultra classy, even without a supermodel flavor-of-the-month on his arm.
Usher broke the mold and changed up the color. He was oh-so-cool. And Matthew McConoughey? Ode to Mary Jane? Disneyland Haunted Mansion host? Who knows?

   

               (L-R)-Andy Samberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Usher and Matthew McConaughey and wife, Camila Alves.

WOMEN
Heidi Klum was gorgeous. Her Marchesa gown kept with the hot trend of florals with an impeccable cut and a gorgeous train.
Kate Beckinsale inspired with the 1920’s-inspired fashion theme of “The Great Gatsby” with a black and silver gown that simply dazzled and fit her like a glove.
Kerry Washington was bumpin’. Ms. Washington looked formal, put-together, comfortable and happy. This maternity dress was an adorable departure from so many other awards show gowns in recent memory. Other bumpin’ mamas-to-be included Drew Barrymore and Olivia Wilde and they looked adorable, too. So what was Jennifer Lawrence’s excuse? The gown was one band width too much. If she had just left off the bottom black band that dress would have been a winner.

     

(L-R) Heidi Klum, Kate Beckinsale, Kerry Washington and Jennifer Lawrence

The what-the-what?? dress was worn by Julia Roberts. The Dolce and Gabbana black and white gown was a cross between and Catholic school uniform, 70’s tube top and Spanx. It was edgy–that is if grabbing clothes off your bedroom floor and wearing them to an awards show was edgy.

Julia Roberts-Still a Pretty Woman, just with a really weird dress.

And last but not least, is Paula Patton. Oh, poor Paula Patton. This disaster of a dress almost looks good on one side, but viewed from the other looks like the designer didn’t finish the dress and then the actress was attacked by a rogue gang of lily flowers.

Paula Patton. Part dress+Part flower=All Disaster

Gilligan’s Island to Set Sail on the Big Screen

Shipwreck or train wreck? Ready or not, a “Gilligan’s Island” movie is in the works. Warner Bros. is currently in development on a feature length film about the lovably daffy crew and tourists that get tossed at sea and on to a deserted island after a three hour tour…A THREE HOUR TOUR.

The original cast of Gilligan’s Island (1964-1967)

The film currently has comic actor Josh Gad (“Book of “Mormon,” “1600 Penn,” “Frozen”) attached to the project. What iconic role he will step into has not yet been discussed, although we can see him as either Gilligan or the Skipper.

Actor Josh Gad is attached to “Gilligan’s Island.” What role will he play? We don’t care, as long as the script is GOOD!

Let’s rundown some casting options. Let’s say, for the sake of argument that Gad will take the role of Gilligan. We’d like to see John Goodman as The Skipper (obvious choice and we love him), Gary Oldman as The Professor, Lindsay Lohan as Ginger (c’mon, the shipwreck needs a train wreck), Dakota Fanning as Mary Ann, and Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins as Lovey Howell and Thurston Howell III (crazy, but you can’t go wrong with two Oscar winners who were together forever).

Ross Schwartz, the son of the late “Gilligan’s Island” creator Sherwood Schwartz, is on board as a producer. The show ran on television for from 1964-1967 and then later spun off three made-for-tv movies.

Since Hollywood has done just about every ‘60’s television series as a big screen film, we see this one going either way. What will be interesting to see is if film audiences are receptive to the dated material. After all, how many dresses did Ginger bring with her on that three hour tour? And how in the world do you make a coconut cream pie on an island? And how exactly do you make spark plugs out of seashells? I guess we will find out the answers to these conundrums and more in the near future. We’ll be right back after this commercial break…

RIP, Joan Fontaine (1917-2013)

A classic Hollywood actress has left us. Joan Fontaine was known for such films as “Rebecca,” “Gunga Din,” “Jane Eyre,” “Ivanhoe,” and “Island in the Sun.” She was nominated for an Academy Award three times during her career and won her sole Oscar in 1942 for her portrayal of Linda in the Alfred Hitchcock film “Suspicion.” She famously had a bitter, but not-often-spoken-of rivalry with her older sister, Olivia de Havilland (“Gone with the Wind,” “The Heiress”). Interestingly, the duo became the first sisters to win Oscars and also the first ones to be nominated for the award in the same year. Her bitterness (or competitiveness) was very evident in Fontaine’s quote, “I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did (Olivia won hers in 1947), and if I die first, she’ll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!” Sadly, it is reported that the sisters remained permanently estranged.

“Rebecca” director, Alfred Hitchcock with Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier

Fontaine was married four times and had one child, daughter, Deborah. She also informally adopted

Beloved Actor Peter O’Toole Dies at Age 81

Peter O’Toole died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by family and friends in the hospital. While the loss to his family and close friends we cannot relate to, the world of entertainment has lost an icon and a gentleman who was loved the world over by millions. His command of the camera, his chiseled good looks, his piercing blue eyes and his absolute believability in every role he portrayed made the British star completely relateable to generations of film, television and stage fans. Peter’s daughter Kate released a statement saying, “His family are very appreciative and completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of real love and affection being expressed towards him, and to us, during this unhappy time.”

Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence in “Lawrence of Arabia.”

Perhaps best known for his role as T.E. Lawrence in “Lawrence of Arabia,” Peter O’Toole had an amazing career that spanned decades and included other notable roles in “Becket,” “The Lion in Winter,” “Man of La Mancha” and “Man Friday” in his earlier career. He took a turn for super edgy in the controversial and sex-fueled, “Caligula” in 1979.