Welcome to The A.V. Club’s coverage of the 76th Golden Globes. Follow along with our writers’ commentary and analysis below.
Welcome to The A.V. Club’s coverage of the 76th Golden Globes. Follow along with our writers’ commentary and analysis below.
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CapeWatch 2019 has begun with Deborah Messing on the E! red carpet show. Bets at the office are that we’ll see at least two more.
One minute until showtime! In the spirit of the drunkest event of awards season, I’ll be celebrating with champagne.
Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg have already shown more chemistry and energy in the first minute of their monologue than Michael Che and Colin Jost showed throughout their entire Emmys gig.
There’s something very 2019 about the concept of a “nice roast.”
I love that Sandra Oh almost broke during that “First Man” bit.
Also a pretty solid Sonic The Hedgehog burn there from Andy Samberg.
hey does anybody know if emma stone yelled “im sorry!” for aloha?
Michael Douglas wins for Netflix’s The Kominsky Method, which is probably just the first upset of the night.
Thank god for change…and the first award goes to the same old bullshit.
That Pepcid AC joke sold me on watching the rest of the broadcast for the first time in a decade.
That Pepcid AC joke sold me on watching the rest of the broadcast for the first time in a decade.
Shoutout to Chadwick Boseman for doing the Wakanda Forever salute, even though he got sick of it six months ago.https://twitter.com/70squill/status/995683064297676801
So I kind of want to see Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh host everything. Golden Globes, Oscars, bar mitzvahs, whatevs.
…goes to Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse! Not a surprise, given the universal rave reviews, but still a bit of an upset given how late in the year it debuted.
The methed out Spiderverse people are freaking out the Wakanda people.
“tongue lashing” … “good with her hands” …. the innuendo in this The Favourite segment is thicker than overcooked oatmeal.
A Cardi B/Nicki Minaj joke seems about culturally relevant enough for the cast of The Big Bang Theory.
Sounds like the room is as confused about this win as we are.
Richard Madden picks up his first Golden Globe (off his first nomination) for The Bodyguard, which has to mean that Pose’s Billy Porter and The Americans’ Matthew Rhys split the HFPA vote… right?
The Americans wins! Because TV Editor Erik Adams is still on hiatus, I post this video in his honor.
The Big Bang Theory presenters overstay their welcome… just like their show.
Apparently E made a joke. And a really good one at that.
Note that, although it’s a very funny movie, both Spike Lee and John David Washington have stated that they consider BlackKklansman to be a drama.
Ben Whishaw wins for Paddington 2. Wait, wait—terribly sorry, we mean A Very English Scandal, of course. Yes, rather.
We still love you, Henry Winkler!
Gotta love Jamie Lee Curtis’ give-no-fucks attitude. “over 55? Okaaay”
Patricia Arquette wins for Escape At Dannemora, which, like Spider-Man: Into The SpiderVerse, showed up a little late in the year to make many “best of” lists but was riveting TV. Arquette’s win is totally deserved, though—she also gives excellent acceptance speech.
I’m choosing to believe that Patricia Arquette said something truly filthy, maybe “how many motherfucking teeth does a bitch need?” followed by a blowjob joke, in that speech.
Jamie Lee’s haircut made her look like Exeter from This Island Earth….
“Anti vaxxers put a napkin on your head.” Nice.
CapeWatch 2019 continues with Lucy Liu, in a suitably luxe outfit for introducing Crazy Rich Asians.
Yeah, sure, I’ll take Steve Carell praising Carol Burnett, the first Golden Globe television special achievement award recipient.
We’ve obviously written quite a bit about Carol Burnett and her comedic endeavors over the years; a few of those links are below, for the uninitiated.
There’s Lucy, there’s Carol and then everyone else.
I just need Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh to host everything, Golden Globes, Oscars, bar mitzvahs. Whatevs.
^got kinja’d
Justin Hurwitz wins for First Man; as the announcer pointed out, Hurwitz has already won a Globe for his work with director Damien Chazelle on La La Land. The First Man score, like a lot of things about that movie, was slept on this year, although we did include it in our best film scores of the year list.
“Shallow,” obviously. Although the Black Panther soundtrack overall was incredibly strong, its place somewhere between a score, a soundtrack, and an “inspired by” record may have hurt it here, as awards voting bodies are notoriously allergic to ambiguity. Plus, “Shallow” is a good song.
wow, *no one* was listening to that lead-in.
Fuck you, Kinja.
The award goes to Regina King in If Beale Street Could Talk! The Favourite had an amazing ensemble—and just statistically, had good odds to win—but King’s performance in this film is so soulful, and so moving. Well deserved.
Regina King promises that every project she produces over the next two years will have 50 percent women (presumably, behind the camera), building on Frances McDormand’s famous “inclusion rider” speech at last year’s Oscars.
Sandra Oh thanking her parents in Korean as they sat in the audience beaming blew some serious dust up into my eyes.UPDATE: Twitter clarifies that she said “mom, dad, I love you” in Korean. Wow, it’s dusty in here.
Sandra Oh wins the Best Actress in a TV Drama award for her incredibly nuanced and provocative performance in Killing Eve. She joins Amy Poehler and Candice Bergen in scoring an award on the same night they hosted.
Sandra Oh and her parents have now had more screentime in this broadcast so far than any Asians in all previous award shows combined.
Emma Stone: “no”
Remember when commenters could have live discussions on AV Club articles?
Mahershala Ali, Green Book. Overall, this was an incredibly strong category, much stronger than Best Actor this year. This is Ali’s first Golden Globe; he won an Oscar for Moonlight in 2017.
“don’t worry, it’s just screenplay.”
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly, Green Book. Buckle up, you’re going to hear that title several more times over the course of this telecast.
As we move forward with the bigger film awards (so far, it looks like Green Book is going to run away with this thing), your periodic reminder that the HFPA only has about 90 members.
Patricia Clarkson secured this win when she first sauntered into the Sharp Objects premiere as Adora Crellin (and you just know Jean-Marc Vallée is thinking he’ll be back next year).
Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph should host the Golden Globes next year, right?
Christian Bale, Vice. Although there are valid criticisms to be made about Vice (as a work of satire, it’s pretty shallow), Bale completely disappears into his roles (so! many! pies!), and voters love that. Plus, you can’t be too mad at a speech that contains the line, “thank you to Satan, for giving me inspiration on how to play this role.”
Roma, clinching that best-foreign-film consolation prize, as critical favorites (Roma was nominated for three Globes overall) in languages besides English often do.
Darren Criss, who delivered what The A.V. Club deemed the performance of 2018, wins Best Actor for portraying Andrew Cunanan in The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. Criss picked up the Emmy equivalent of this award in September—how far he’s come from Tegan And Sara singalongs.
Getting Sam Elliott to narrate the Jeff Bridges highlight reel was a good idea, but the lack of Starman in this montage is unacceptable.
Phew, thanks Chris Pine.
I sooo wish we could just get rid of a ALL of the categories.He/She WAS GREAT. YAAAY!
Great hippie-dad energy from Jeff Bridges in that speech.
Alfonso Cuarón for Roma, a film that takes all of Cuarón’s signature high-tech directorial flourishes and applies them to an intimate story.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan picks up her second consecutive Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV series, Comedy or Musical. Abe and Rose must be so proud.
The winner is… The Kominsky Method. Just think, some day we’ll tell our grandchildren about the night we watched The Kominsky Method beat The Good Place (not to mention Barry) to win best TV comedy.
Two things as we head into the home stretch of the night. First, CapeWatch 2019 pays tribute to Billy Porter, who did not get the chance to display this glorious cape on the Golden Globes stage:
Second, you know the publicity hounds at the Church of Satan want in on Christian Bale’s speech:
Another foregone conclusion: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story wins for best limited series/TV movie. Congrats to all the nominees, including the excellent Sharp Objects and Escape At Dannemora.
Olivia Colman, The Favourite! Legendary performance, legendary star, legendary speech. Her delight at getting free sandwiches and riding on a private jet is very relatable.
goes to Green Book. Not the most exciting award (to put it mildly) in a ceremony that’s losing momentum.
Now would be a good time to bring Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg back, Globes producers.
The looks on the audience’s faces during Peter Farrelly’s speech say it all.
And this is when I decided to go to bed and cry some more over my recently-put-to-sleep cat. Miss you so much, Molly Doodle. You never liked Chuck Lorre, either.
goes to Glenn Close in The Wife. We wrote very admiringly about Close’s performance in this film when it came out, but given how little awards-season press it’s gotten, this is a surprise. A nice surprise, but a surprise nonetheless.
“We have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say, I can do that, and I should be allowed to do that.” A standing ovation for Close, who’s clearly moved by winning the Best Actress-Drama award.
Velvet tuxedo jackets: roughly a dozenCapes: three (although Billy Porter’s is so magnificent, it should count for ten)Sparkly harnesses holding steady at one
Did Rami Malek just threaten to Roberto Benigni the audience?
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody. This was Malek’s award to lose. Chatter about how eerily he resembled Freddie Mercury—as we mentioned with Christian Bale, an acting technique that’s catnip to awards voters—started before there was even a trailer for the film.
Bohemian Rhapsody. Now all that’s left is to debate which was a more disappointing win, this or Green Book.
That was a rather unceremonious end to the night: After hyping up Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg as hosts, the duo virtually disappeared in the second half. Hopefully that means they’re saving some energy to host the Oscars next month. And finally, congrats to this year’s Mozart In The Jungle, The Kominsky Method.
Perhaps an unceremonious end was for the best, given how deflating the last half of that ceremony was. Given the HFPA’s competing urges to be the first to reward something (which helps explain why so many shows no one has heard of clean up at the Globes) and to fete celebrities (which helps explain frequent out-of-nowhere wins for well-known names), this year’s ceremony was about what we expected.So, um, see you next month at the Oscars?
8 out of 27 – that’s not very good at all.