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!

5 Things I Learned From the Golden Globes

Sunday was the Golden Globes – one of the few chances for Hollywood's golden stars of film to rub elbows with the unwashed masses from television. But seriously, how great was it to see Amy Poehler hobnobbing – even canoodling – with George Clooney???

This year was one of the best yet. Tina Fey and Poehler were way more beautiful and witty than the host from the past few years, Ricky Gervais! On top of being entertained, I learned a lot! Here's the scoop:

1. I need to see Silver Linings Playbook. Like, NEED to.

I love Bradley Cooper. I love Jennifer Lawrence. Put them together and that's reason enough to go, in my book. But the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave J.Law the award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical over Meryl Streep, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Emily Blunt. Those are some serious names, y'all. And it's got me thinking she probably did a pretty good job. I gotta check it out!

2. Jodi Foster is cuckoo catchoo. Like, seriously. Not because she's a lesbian. Not because she thought it was witty to come out without really coming out. But because seems to be under the impression she can be an actress of her stature and still expect an amount of privacy. Jodi. you already have as much privacy as you're going to get. You want more? You may want to look into a new career.

3. The world needs to have more awards for Anne Hathaway. I love this woman. She is talented, she is beautiful and she can SING! I thought her speech was adorable and touching and I could watch her win shit all day long.

4. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are adorable. I have loved Ben Affleck for years. I love that he's not afraid to make fun of himself. And he's a damn good director! I hate that he was not nominated for Best Director for the Oscars! If you ask me, both of them need to look good ol' Academy straight in the eyes and say, "Argo fuck yourselves!" 

See the movie. You'll get that one.

Seriously. See the movie. It's great!

5. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are the bomb.com! 

There were many highlights from the evening courtesy of these two, including Tina Fey asking Taylor Swift to stay away from Michael J. Fox's son because she needed some alone time to heal. As I saw on the Internet the other day, when is someone going to write a song about Taylor Swift titled, "Maybe it's Me"?

Here's some other winner from the duo:

"When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron" -- Poehler referring to Kathryn Bigelow, the director of the movie "Zero Dark Thirty," a movie featuring the torture of terror detainees.

"I have not seen someone so totally alone and abandoned like that since you were on stage with James Franco at the Oscars," Fey to Anne Hathaway about the latter's performance in "Les Miserables."

The way they introduced George Clooney: "This next presenter is so handsome he makes young George Clooney look like garbage. Please welcome middle-aged George Clooney."

Great show ladies; hope to see you next year!