Golden Globe Trotting

Award season is here! Last night was the Golden Globes. My favorite precursor to the Oscars and it didn't disappoint. 

Back as hosts were Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. They were, in a word, sublime. I love these women. They should host every award show. Ever.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler should host...well, everything!

Highlights from their opening include: 

"Gravity. It's the story of how George Clooney would rather float off into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age."

"Matt Damon is here, for Behind the Candelabra. Matt, on any other night, in any other room, you would be a big deal. But tonight, and don't take this the wrong way, you're basically a garbage person."

"Matthew McConaughey did amazing work this year. For his role in Dallas Buyers Club, he lost 45 pounds. Or what actresses call being in a movie."

These ladies are the coolest. Especially Amy Poehler. I want to BE Amy Poehler! Last year, she canoodled with Clooney:

This year she snogged Bono!

If we are caught in a Poehler Vortex, I don't wanna get out!

The US is caught in a Poehler Vortex and I love it!

Trends from the red carpet included black and white dresses, sequins, shades of red and baby bumps. Trends on the stage for acceptance speeches seemed to include being unprepared. But future nominees should be forewarned. Having no speech ready can make you look adorable like Merritt Weaver at the Emmys or my BFF Jennifer Lawrence:

The world's BFF - and mine - Jennifer Lawrence was adorable in her off-the-cuff acceptance speech.

Or it can make you look like you've been dipping a little to often into your table's giant bottle of champagne. Case in point? 

WTF? Jacqueline Bissett's speech seemed booze-soaked and weird.

There was a lot I loved about this year's Golden Globes. Breaking Bad got the recognition it deserved for a fantastic final season and one of the best series finales in the history of television! As I said at the announcement (before Aaron Paul's exclamation, I might add), "Yeah, bitch! Yeah!"

Bryan Cranston (awarded Best Actor, Drama, with Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul as they celebrate Breaking Bad's Best Drama win. I love these guys!

I was also pleased to see Jared Leto get the win for Dallas Buyer's Cub. 

Yay, Jordan Catalano! Jared Leto wins Best Supporting Actor, Drama.

Even though that meant my future husband the very talented actor, Bradley Cooper, could not win for American Hustle! I've got to see Dallas Buyer's Club before the Academy Awards. Ditto for The Wolf of Wall Street.

I was also thrilled to see Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams pick up statuettes for their work in American Hustle. I do believe I mentioned in my review of that film that I hoped they would be recognized. Yay me, for calling it!

Amy Adams looked gorgeous, as per usual, and was adorable as she warned producers that they could not shoo her off before she thanked her daughter. 

Adorbs. Love her.

I may have called that win. But there were a few that left me perplexed. Brooklyn Nine-Nine  for best comedy? Over The Big Bang Theory? And Modern Family? I think the show is cute and all... But best comedy? I don't see it.

The cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, voted Best Comedy.

I just don't get it. But I don't understand how my precious New Girl and The Mindy Project  could fail to be nominated either, so this whole category is a mystery to me....

Predicatable wins for me included Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street and Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyer's Club. I haven't seen either of those films, but the buzz on both of them is high and they are both extremely talented actors.

Though I'd still like to see a win for my Bradley Cooper. Let's just take a minute and appreciate how handsome my future husband he looked last night!

Bradley Cooper looking dapper at the 2014 Golden Globes.

Drink it in ladies; drink it in!

So what did you think of The Golden Globes? Any surprises for you? Who was snubbed that you would've like to see included. Hit me up in the comments!

Til next time,

Ginny...notJenny!

Do the Hustle!

I love movies. The Academy Awards is like my Super Bowl.

Every February, I settle down in front of the TV with my tasty snacks, ready to drink in all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood – the dresses, the jewelry, the stars! But I get the most fun waiting to see if my predictions come true for best picture, best actor and actress and best director.

To be accurate this year, it’s time I start compiling evidence. So last night I grabbed up my Carmike Rewards card, threw the bestie in the car and headed out to see my future husband the very talented actor, Bradley Cooper in American Hustle! And what a treat it was!

Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle.

This is the third David O. Russell movie I have seen and immediately fallen in love with -- The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, I love 'em!

The story is based on actual events. Based so loosely that the claim at the beginning reads, "Some of this actually happened." I got curious and did a little research on what actually happened. Pretty interesting stuff.

Cooper plays Richie DiMaso an ambitious FBI agent who traps two con artists -- Christian Bale's Irving Rosenfeld and Amy Adams' Sydney Prosser – into a plot to take down a slew of New Jersey politicians, including Jeremy Renner's Carmine Polito. Everything goes smoothly until the mob gets involved... Ain't that always the way?

Despite the serious nature of the predicament that Rosenfeld and Prosser find themselves in, the movie is very funny. Especially when it pokes fun at the utterly ridiculous hairstyles of its two leading men, Cooper and Bale.

Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and their ridiculous hair.

Christian Bale always commits himself to every part – both emotionally and physically – and American Hustle is no different. Bale gained forty-some pounds to play Rosenfeld. As an overweight person myself, is it wrong to admit that I found him just gross in this film?

Christian Bale in Hustle.

Maybe it was the greasy comb over mixed with the pot belly... It reminded me too much of my and all my friends' dads. And no one can find their dad sexy... But, I mean, look at him!

While I'm distracted with discussion of the cast members' hair, can I stop now and give a shout out to Amy Adams glorious red locks? I have a great hair dresser, but if she were a miracle worker I would take Adams' photo to the salon and say, "Give me this!"

Both Amy Adams and her hair are simply beautiful in American Hustle!

But let's be honest, most people aren't looking at Adams' hair in this film, but rather her (understatement of the year) plunging necklines.

Amy Adams' necklines, how low can you go?

I shared a theory with my friend that I'm sure the cost of hairspray used on the leading men in this film was quite high. Perhaps they opted to make up the difference by saving on fabric costs for the front of Adams' dresses!

But I'm not hatin'. Hell, if I looked like Amy Adams, I would just walk around straight up naked all the time -- she is GORGEOUS! And she shines in this movie. Sydney Prosser is ambitious, quick-witted and very manipulative. Adams plays this all very well while subtly giving us a look at Sydney's vulnerable side too. See, she is desperately in love with Irving. Alas he is married.

To Jennifer Lawrence.

My dream BFF, Jennifer Lawrence as Rosyln Rosenfeld.

Lawrence's Roslyn Rosenfeld is equal parts infuriating, endearing and chaotic. Does she have a habit of setting things around the house on fire? Yes, yes she does. But she never means any harm.

I have been a fan of JLaw since Winter's Bone. I'm a huge Hunger Games fan and I've already mentioned my love for Silver Linings Playbook. I think Jennifer Lawrence is just fabulous and in Hustle  she gets to display a little more of her comedic timing and did a great job!

American Hustle is truly a must-see movie. It's got humor; it's got real emotion; it's got a great story.

Oscar nominations haven't gone out yet, but American Hustle has already garnered Golden Globe nods for Best Musical/Comedy, Best Director, Best Actor for Bale, Best Actress for Adams, Best Supporting Actor for Cooper and Best Supporting Actress for Lawrence.

Of course I'd like to see Cooper win (a wife has to support her husband after all), but Adams and Lawrence are very deserving as well. I really hope they both go home with a little golden statue on Sunday!

Oscar nominations are January 16. Will the stunning cast from American Hustle make the list? And what will be the next film in my quest to guess the Oscar winners? I don't know, but I can't wait to find out!

Until next time,
Ginny...not Jenny