I’ll be covering the film portion of tonight’s events, and our stalwart TV Editor Danette Chavez will be commenting on the TV awards. Anybody who bet that Ricky Gervais would make an atheism joke, congratulations you won! I did appreciate his Epstein crack, though.
Ramy Youssef winning for his winsome performance in Ramy makes sense, when you consider that HFPA loves a new face. And is it just me, or did Youssef sneak in a little dig at host Ricky Gervais by thanking God just moments after the curmudgeon ragged on people who wanted to express gratitude to the divine?
Maybe I’m just on a family reunion wavelength because of Ricky Gervais’ drunken-uncle routine, but Ramy Youssef is the nephew who stepped out of “a walk” after dinner.
Meh…1917. Despite cinematography from the great Roger Deakins, this one did nothing for either A.A. Dowd or myself. Once you’ve seen one long-take spectacular, you’ve seen them all, I guess.
Russell Crowe’s uncanny impression of Roger Ailes in Showtime’s The Loudest Voice impressed HFPA, and rightly so—but the group of nominees still feels incomplete with Jharrel Jerome in the room.
Stellan Skarsgård, a first time nominee and winner, shares a self-aware anecdote about Milos Forman and his own immediately recognizable, but not always familiar face.
Looks like breaking a few Gregs was worth it for Jesse Armstrong and the Succession team. The celeb crowd at the Globes appear to be showing their support of the show—I’ve noticed a lot of Shiv bobs.
This is PBW’s first Golden Globe win, but she’s been on a hot streak this award season. The Fleabag creator gives a shout-out to Andrew “Hot Priest” Scott, whom she says “could have chemistry with a pebble.” We’ll find out when the sequel series, Dirtbag*, premieres in 2022.*this is not a thing
“I loved being Andrew’s pebble in this.” An impassioned debate about the relative hotness of Andrew Scott is happening right now at AVC HQ. Feelings are being hurt. Relationships are being tested.
Parasite, a rare film that’s been popular among critics, audiences, and awards bodies, was the obvious winner here. It’s a word I rarely throw around, but “masterpiece” isn’t too strong of a word for this one—and Bong Joon ho using the platform to shade Americans for not reading subtitles is exactly what I expect from a director who once referred to the Oscars as a “local” awards ceremony.
Catching my breath between TV awards, and applauding Bong Joon ho for pointing out that there is a literal world—of movies and more—outside of Hollywood.
Kate McKinnon being able to speak so openly about her own queerness on live television was undoubtedly made possible by people like Ellen DeGeneres, whose character, Ellen Morgan, came out in the groundbreaking two-part episode of Ellen in April 1997. I won’t pretend that DeGeneres has remained that kind of pioneer or even an ally, but 1. it’s TV trivia and 2. that’s what I’m here to do.
Going from The Tonight Show to a clip from an American Express commercial in her Carol Burnett Award reel really says a lot about Ellen DeGeneres’ career arc. In all seriousness, though, it’s hard to overstate what a big deal it was to come out on network TV in 1997. There was real fear behind those jokes about ruining her career.
This was a strong category this year, but never bet against Quentin Tarantino for a script writing award. Also never bet against Quentin Tarantino schooling the audience on film history in an awards speech. “This is really…lovely” is also some good (and possibly unintentional) shade from a two-time Oscar winner towards that other awards ceremony. Maybe everyone’s starting to get drunk!
Out of the two Laura Dern supporting roles this year, I prefer Marriage Story, but Jennifer Lopez winning this award would have been a more satisfying outcome.
For a second, I was confused by Laura Dern thanking Noah Baumbach in her acceptance speech, because I was sure she’d won the award for playing Renata Klein on Big Little Lies because, you know…
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is having a big 2020 after having an exceptional 2019. Fleabag deserves, of course. But I am really starting to feel like Barry is an underdog at these things.
Oh wow, Rocketman! I fully expected Frozen II to win this one.Also—there’s some intense analysis happening right now of the camera cutting to Beyonce’s reaction to Elton John’s win in regards to this:
Tired: Jojo Rabbit, a film that’s neither that sharp of a satire nor that moving of a Holocaust drama Wired: Sasha Baron Cohen making fun of Mark Zuckerberg in the Globes intro for Jojo Rabbit
The combined star power of Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston in this category couldn’t outshine Olivia Colman’s performance as Queen Elizabeth II in season three of The Crown. Like a lot of tonight’s winners, Colman keeps the acceptance speech short and sweet, but I wish we’d seen more of Oscar night Colman.
This year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award goes to Tom Hanks, the actor who shows up more than any other on “If something bad came out about this person, I’d be really upset” lists. By all accounts he’s a nice dude whose edgiest hobby is collecting typewriters, so love freely and without guilt, America.
Not that he needs it or anything, but mentioning Holland Taylor, Barkhad Abdi, and Lina Wertmüller in his lifetime achievement award acceptance speech buys Tom Hanks nothing but goodwill in my book.
Hey, at least it wasn’t Todd Phillips. (In all seriousness, Sam Mendes a baffling choice, given the field also included Scorsese, Tarantino, and Bong Joon ho. It may have been a case of vote splitting between those three, or may simply have been a matter of the HFPA being suckered in by the spectacle of 1917, as empty as it might be.)
The “scariest show” of 2019 wins for best limited series/TV movie, which might be why Tiffany Haddish needs to lean on the production team as Jared Harris accepts the award.
It’s interesting (and a little unexpected) how far Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood is pulling ahead of The Irishman tonight, but I’ve been pulling for Pitt all season for this award, so I’m happy. His line reading of “Uhhhh…can I help you?” in this film’s finale was my favorite of last year, and that dad joke about Titanic in his awards speech was very corny and very cute.
As the resident Rocketman stan, may I say: woooooo, Taron Egerton! Yeah!As someone who saw Knives Out and thought Daniel Craig ate, I have to say this could’ve gone the other way and I would’ve been just as happy.
Another Rocketman win I absolutely did not see coming. DiCaprio will probably get nominated for an Oscar, and Craig stands a slim chance of a Supporting Actor Oscar nom, but—and it gives me no pleasure to type these words—this is probably the end of the awards road for Eddie Murphy. The kid from Jojo Rabbit is just happy to be there.
I actually said, “woah!” when they announced this one, but this category was full of wild cards, so there was no real “expected” choice. I believe this is A24’s first win of the night, and definitely a first for Awkwafina. I’m a big fan of The Farewell and maintain it got screwed over by the Globes’ oddly provincial rules—a film has to have more than 50% of its dialogue in English to qualify for the main awards, which is how an American production ended up in the Best foreign Language Film category—so happy to see it get some love.
A very good film with a great screenplay and some great performances, and an excellent example of the mutability of the Globes’ drama and musical-comedy categories. (I thought it was funny.)
Place your bets now, because Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood’s Oscar odds are looking very good after tonight. Note that only the female cast members in attendance came up on stage to accept this award, while DiCaprio and Pitt stayed at the table—subtle commentary on all that (misguided, imo) line-counting furor over the summer?
The film categories have had far more upsets than any of the TV ones. On my end, it was a pretty tame night, although that might just be because the Emmys were one long string of surprises. I’ll let Katie Rife take us out.
As Danette said, it was a much wilder night for film than it was for TV, but not in a good way (Awkwafina’s upset for The Farewell excepted). I expected to see Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood win a bunch of awards, and, for as much as certain segments of Twitter hate that film, Phoenix winning for Joker was practically a foregone conclusion. But the raft of awards for 1917, a film that did not appear on The A.V. Club’s Best Films of 2019 list, was surprising. I also wasn’t expecting Zellweger to win for Judy, another unexceptional film that triumphed on the strength of showy but surface-level bravura.And with Dolemite Is My Name and—more surprisingly—The Irishman walking away empty-handed, looks like Netflix’s hold on the film industry isn’t as tight as Gervais joked that it was in the opener. There’s been a lot of talk about upheaval in the film industry these past few years, but tonight proved that, in the HFPA, at least, the old guard hasn’t been deposed just yet.
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Welcome to The A.V. Club’s coverage of the 2020 Golden Globes awards, a.k.a. Uncle Ricky’s Drunken Ranting Hour!
I’ll be covering the film portion of tonight’s events, and our stalwart TV Editor Danette Chavez will be commenting on the TV awards. Anybody who bet that Ricky Gervais would make an atheism joke, congratulations you won! I did appreciate his Epstein crack, though.
Ramy Youssef winning for his winsome performance in Ramy makes sense, when you consider that HFPA loves a new face. And is it just me, or did Youssef sneak in a little dig at host Ricky Gervais by thanking God just moments after the curmudgeon ragged on people who wanted to express gratitude to the divine?
Maybe I’m just on a family reunion wavelength because of Ricky Gervais’ drunken-uncle routine, but Ramy Youssef is the nephew who stepped out of “a walk” after dinner.
Meh…1917. Despite cinematography from the great Roger Deakins, this one did nothing for either A.A. Dowd or myself. Once you’ve seen one long-take spectacular, you’ve seen them all, I guess.
Russell Crowe’s uncanny impression of Roger Ailes in Showtime’s The Loudest Voice impressed HFPA, and rightly so—but the group of nominees still feels incomplete with Jharrel Jerome in the room.
I actually…didn’t see this one. Bohemian Rhapsody scared me off, honestly. It’s a favorite of Danette’s though!
Stellan Skarsgård, a first time nominee and winner, shares a self-aware anecdote about Milos Forman and his own immediately recognizable, but not always familiar face.
Looks like breaking a few Gregs was worth it for Jesse Armstrong and the Succession team. The celeb crowd at the Globes appear to be showing their support of the show—I’ve noticed a lot of Shiv bobs.
It’s time
We are all friends of Hoffa at The A.V. Club.
This is PBW’s first Golden Globe win, but she’s been on a hot streak this award season. The Fleabag creator gives a shout-out to Andrew “Hot Priest” Scott, whom she says “could have chemistry with a pebble.” We’ll find out when the sequel series, Dirtbag*, premieres in 2022.*this is not a thing
“I loved being Andrew’s pebble in this.” An impassioned debate about the relative hotness of Andrew Scott is happening right now at AVC HQ. Feelings are being hurt. Relationships are being tested.
Parasite, a rare film that’s been popular among critics, audiences, and awards bodies, was the obvious winner here. It’s a word I rarely throw around, but “masterpiece” isn’t too strong of a word for this one—and Bong Joon ho using the platform to shade Americans for not reading subtitles is exactly what I expect from a director who once referred to the Oscars as a “local” awards ceremony.
Catching my breath between TV awards, and applauding Bong Joon ho for pointing out that there is a literal world—of movies and more—outside of Hollywood.
The first-ever winner was, uh, Carol Burnett.
Kate McKinnon being able to speak so openly about her own queerness on live television was undoubtedly made possible by people like Ellen DeGeneres, whose character, Ellen Morgan, came out in the groundbreaking two-part episode of Ellen in April 1997. I won’t pretend that DeGeneres has remained that kind of pioneer or even an ally, but 1. it’s TV trivia and 2. that’s what I’m here to do.
Not to detract from Kate McKinnon’s heartfelt, funny speech, but America’s Dad really has been stealing the show with his reactions tonight.
Going from The Tonight Show to a clip from an American Express commercial in her Carol Burnett Award reel really says a lot about Ellen DeGeneres’ career arc. In all seriousness, though, it’s hard to overstate what a big deal it was to come out on network TV in 1997. There was real fear behind those jokes about ruining her career.
Lauren Graham, just barely tolerating Tim Allen, is a mood.
I would have preferred Daniel Craig read his bit in a Detective Benoit Blanc voice, but fine.
I don’t think Tim Allen not knowing what Apple TV+ is was a bit.
Succession picks up another award as Brian Cox nabs his first Golden Globe. And let’s just say, he is way more humble than Logan Roy.
This was a strong category this year, but never bet against Quentin Tarantino for a script writing award. Also never bet against Quentin Tarantino schooling the audience on film history in an awards speech. “This is really…lovely” is also some good (and possibly unintentional) shade from a two-time Oscar winner towards that other awards ceremony. Maybe everyone’s starting to get drunk!
Goes to Missing Link. Hey, at least it wasn’t The Lion King!
You heard it here first: I should have given this movie a higher grade than a B+.
Out of the two Laura Dern supporting roles this year, I prefer Marriage Story, but Jennifer Lopez winning this award would have been a more satisfying outcome.
For a second, I was confused by Laura Dern thanking Noah Baumbach in her acceptance speech, because I was sure she’d won the award for playing Renata Klein on Big Little Lies because, you know…
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is having a big 2020 after having an exceptional 2019. Fleabag deserves, of course. But I am really starting to feel like Barry is an underdog at these things.
Oh wow, Rocketman! I fully expected Frozen II to win this one.Also—there’s some intense analysis happening right now of the camera cutting to Beyonce’s reaction to Elton John’s win in regards to this:
Tired: Jojo Rabbit, a film that’s neither that sharp of a satire nor that moving of a Holocaust drama Wired: Sasha Baron Cohen making fun of Mark Zuckerberg in the Globes intro for Jojo Rabbit
Arquette had already won the Emmy counterpart of this award for the same role, but now she gets to say “I beat Meryl.”
The combined star power of Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston in this category couldn’t outshine Olivia Colman’s performance as Queen Elizabeth II in season three of The Crown. Like a lot of tonight’s winners, Colman keeps the acceptance speech short and sweet, but I wish we’d seen more of Oscar night Colman.
This year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award goes to Tom Hanks, the actor who shows up more than any other on “If something bad came out about this person, I’d be really upset” lists. By all accounts he’s a nice dude whose edgiest hobby is collecting typewriters, so love freely and without guilt, America.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were married in 1988, by the way.
Not that he needs it or anything, but mentioning Holland Taylor, Barkhad Abdi, and Lina Wertmüller in his lifetime achievement award acceptance speech buys Tom Hanks nothing but goodwill in my book.
Ricky Gervais keeps walking back on the stage like a little British storm cloud.
Sorry Ricky, but Natalie Portman’s joke was way better.
There are only a couple of TV awards left to hand out tonight: best actress in a limited series/TV movie, and best limited series/TV movie.
Hey, at least it wasn’t Todd Phillips. (In all seriousness, Sam Mendes a baffling choice, given the field also included Scorsese, Tarantino, and Bong Joon ho. It may have been a case of vote splitting between those three, or may simply have been a matter of the HFPA being suckered in by the spectacle of 1917, as empty as it might be.)
I don’t hate Joker as much as some of of my A.V. Club film colleagues, but I certainly don’t think it’s worth all this awards fuss.
Michelle Williams wins for Fosse/Verdon, and gifts us with yet another insightful and compassionate acceptance speech.
“Vote for your own self interest…it’s what men have been doing for years. That’s why the world looks so much like them.”
The “scariest show” of 2019 wins for best limited series/TV movie, which might be why Tiffany Haddish needs to lean on the production team as Jared Harris accepts the award.
Tiffany Haddish and Salma Hayek are better than these stale jokes about their accents.
Makes sense that someone from HBO would take umbrage at a joke about Netflix running everything. #prestigeTVthunderdome2020
This is another one that’s grown on me since my initial viewing. Just so charming.
The score was one of the best parts of Joker, so, sure. That’s Hildur Guðnadóttir with an “i,” thanks.
It’s interesting (and a little unexpected) how far Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood is pulling ahead of The Irishman tonight, but I’ve been pulling for Pitt all season for this award, so I’m happy. His line reading of “Uhhhh…can I help you?” in this film’s finale was my favorite of last year, and that dad joke about Titanic in his awards speech was very corny and very cute.
As the resident Rocketman stan, may I say: woooooo, Taron Egerton! Yeah!As someone who saw Knives Out and thought Daniel Craig ate, I have to say this could’ve gone the other way and I would’ve been just as happy.
Another Rocketman win I absolutely did not see coming. DiCaprio will probably get nominated for an Oscar, and Craig stands a slim chance of a Supporting Actor Oscar nom, but—and it gives me no pleasure to type these words—this is probably the end of the awards road for Eddie Murphy. The kid from Jojo Rabbit is just happy to be there.
Hey, remember Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
I actually said, “woah!” when they announced this one, but this category was full of wild cards, so there was no real “expected” choice. I believe this is A24’s first win of the night, and definitely a first for Awkwafina. I’m a big fan of The Farewell and maintain it got screwed over by the Globes’ oddly provincial rules—a film has to have more than 50% of its dialogue in English to qualify for the main awards, which is how an American production ended up in the Best foreign Language Film category—so happy to see it get some love.
A very good film with a great screenplay and some great performances, and an excellent example of the mutability of the Globes’ drama and musical-comedy categories. (I thought it was funny.)
Funnier than you might think!
Haven’t seen Ricky Gervais in a while. Guess he’s finally taking that nap he obviously needed.
Place your bets now, because Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood’s Oscar odds are looking very good after tonight. Note that only the female cast members in attendance came up on stage to accept this award, while DiCaprio and Pitt stayed at the table—subtle commentary on all that (misguided, imo) line-counting furor over the summer?
Joaquin Phoenix’s acceptance speech tonight is edgier than anything in Joker.
FX sizzle reel—I’m awake again after Joaquin Phoenix’s rambling speech.
Goes to Renee Zellweger, who’s also had whatever Joaquin was having. A safe, yet unexpected choice—classic Globes.
What.The.Fuck.1917 now has three Golden Globes, Joker two, and The Irishman zero. I hope Martin Scorsese gets stinking drunk tonight, he deserves it.
The film categories have had far more upsets than any of the TV ones. On my end, it was a pretty tame night, although that might just be because the Emmys were one long string of surprises. I’ll let Katie Rife take us out.
As Danette said, it was a much wilder night for film than it was for TV, but not in a good way (Awkwafina’s upset for The Farewell excepted). I expected to see Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood win a bunch of awards, and, for as much as certain segments of Twitter hate that film, Phoenix winning for Joker was practically a foregone conclusion. But the raft of awards for 1917, a film that did not appear on The A.V. Club’s Best Films of 2019 list, was surprising. I also wasn’t expecting Zellweger to win for Judy, another unexceptional film that triumphed on the strength of showy but surface-level bravura.And with Dolemite Is My Name and—more surprisingly—The Irishman walking away empty-handed, looks like Netflix’s hold on the film industry isn’t as tight as Gervais joked that it was in the opener. There’s been a lot of talk about upheaval in the film industry these past few years, but tonight proved that, in the HFPA, at least, the old guard hasn’t been deposed just yet.