Golden Globe Awards 1/15

tony touch · 01-15-2007, 07:11 PM

Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) takes home first award of the night...

ufo4sale · 01-15-2007, 07:33 PM

For what?

jimborst · 01-15-2007, 08:30 PM

Is the show in HD where you are, my affiliate is doing SD.

Royster · 01-15-2007, 08:34 PM

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Is the show in HD where you are, my affiliate is doing SD.

It's not widescreen in NYC, but the resolution looks better than SD. I'm about 75 minutes behind realtime (13 minutes in) and Jeremy Irons looks terrible.

gossamer88 · 01-15-2007, 09:03 PM

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It's not widescreen in NYC, but the resolution looks better than SD. I'm about 75 minutes behind realtime (13 minutes in) and Jeremy Irons looks terrible.

You're right. I'm in the NYC area and although it is SD, it looks pretty damn goood.

Turtleboy · 01-15-2007, 09:06 PM

Is it possible to have HD but not widescreen?

Kablemodem · 01-15-2007, 09:13 PM

I get 1080i broadcasts that say they are 16:9 but aren't widescreen. They are wider than 4:3, but not full width. This is with OTA on my Samsung LCD. The Golden Globes aren't on here yet, so I can't say how it looks.

Royster · 01-15-2007, 10:28 PM

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Is it possible to have HD but not widescreen?

Sort of. The broadcaster could be sending a 1080i signal with black bars filling up the space outside of a 4:3 picture.

I switched back and forth between my Series 1 receiving an SD broadcast and my Series 3 receiving a 1080i signal from WNBC-DT. The S3 picture was definitely more detailed. It looked better than an upconverted SD broadcast.

JMikeD · 01-15-2007, 11:08 PM

Anyone remember that show on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association several years ago? As I recall, the HFPA's sole reason for existence is to give out the Golden Globe awards. There was some discussion that in the industry, the awards are a big joke.

mwhip · 01-15-2007, 11:23 PM

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Anyone remember that show on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association several years ago? As I recall, the HFPA's sole reason for existence is to give out the Golden Globe awards. There was some discussion that in the industry, the awards are a big joke.

Yep. It used to just be a luncheon where the stars came and got drunk.

avery · 01-15-2007, 11:38 PM

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For what?

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture.

omnibus · 01-16-2007, 12:10 AM

Best acceptance speech line: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) who with his co-stars testicles and anus in his face thought "I'd better win an award for this"......he did.

Neenahboy · 01-16-2007, 12:36 AM

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There was some discussion that in the industry, the awards are a big joke.

Well, if the AMPAS doesn't abandon their little experiment and lengthen the awards season once again, that's what the Oscars will turn into.

mmilton80 · 01-16-2007, 06:26 AM

Why does the Hollywood Foreign Press give out awards and why do we care?

marksman · 01-16-2007, 10:18 AM

I will derail this thread and actually talk about the show for the moment. Don't want to sidetrack those who are worried about the signal that it was broadcast on or whether it should exist or not. For those, I apologize.

I thought there were few remarkable moments in the broadcast. For me the Golden Globes is usually the best award show, because you have both tv and movie people together, but more importantly you don't have all the stupid production and fluff that riddle every other award show. I don't want musical performances, skits, and the rest.

Some good points, I thought Hugh Laurie's speech was pretty good. He acted unprepared, but came across very prepared. I thought Tom Hanks "tribute" to Warren Beatty was pretty good. It is interesting to watch some of the Actors struggle when they have to get up at a microphone, but clearly not a problem for Tom Hanks. Sascha Cohen was also pretty good. He had some of the audience rolling on the floor. Was good to see him win for best actor in a comedy.

In general, was not too thrilled with any of the rewards. As is standard for these award shows, a significant portion of the rewards go to people who acted in vehicles that almost nobody saw or ever heard of... and there was no difference here. Beyond that, the mainstream winners not really stuff I am interested in. Some of the big winners like Ugly Betty, America Ferrara, Grey's Anatomy, Babel... not really up for any of those. Was good to see Alec Baldwin win for 30 Rock. He is excellent on that show, but I would have not minded any of the canidates to win that category. Was good to see Scorsese win, even though I am not sure he deserved it. I thought The Departed was really good, but I am not sure it was because of the directing.

Was also funny/odd when Prince won for best song and he was not there, and clearly he was expected to be there. So Justin Timberlake ducked down like he was really short and accepted the award for him, and then later they seemingly FORCED Hugh Grant to go out and have Prince stand up and take a bow. Both sides of that were surreal. Almost as weird when I saw Prince sitting behind Eddie Murphy and wondering where he was before.

Finally Eddie Murphy. Man Eddie Murphy used to be so funny. I saw him there and I was wondering if he might ever be funny again. Delirious, Raw, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, he was a genius. Now he is not funny at all. I was hoping he might at least be funny or amusing or entertaining in his acceptance speech, but he really wasn't...

Royster · 01-16-2007, 10:40 AM

The Golden Globes are the Iowa Caususes of the awards season -- they are the first out of the gate. I have to agree that I prefer the GGs to the overblown theatrics of the Emmys and Oscars. I don't know if it's a joke, but the guests seemed to take it somewhat seriously -- they were almost all of them present though that may have been more because of the freely flowing Moet than anything else. I swear that every time I saw Annette Benning on screen she was sipping from her glass.

I enjoyed the show and liked rooting for my shows. I don;t care very much if the Foreign Press Association exists only to stage the GGs. It's not like the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences does much of anything else but the Oscars.

MickeS · 01-16-2007, 10:43 AM

Aren't all these awards pointless anyway? I forgot that the GG was on last night, but generally that one is a lot more fun than the Oscars.

TonyTheTiger · 01-16-2007, 11:03 AM

All the awards shows exist for is to promote the industry. How many times do you think "Oh, if it's that good, I must see the movie" or, like my wife, "We must see as many of the nominated films as possible before the Oscars are awarded".

Women will always watch these shows to see what Versace or Dolce & Gabana dress their favorite stars are wearing or how ridiculous "she" looked in that dress!

Marketing, just marketing.

drew2k · 01-16-2007, 02:45 PM

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The Golden Globes are the Iowa Caususes of the awards season -- they are the first out of the gate.

Actually, the People's Choice Awards are first out ... and they are such a joke that only the winners show up!

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I have to agree that I prefer the GGs to the overblown theatrics of the Emmys and Oscars. I don't know if it's a joke, but the guests seemed to take it somewhat seriously -- they were almost all of them present though that may have been more because of the freely flowing Moet than anything else. I swear that every time I saw Annette Benning on screen she was sipping from her glass.

I've seen a few specials and documentaries, and read a few Ebert articles, about how serious the Globes actually are in terms of marketing "winning" vehicles and promoting candidates for Academy Awards. It goes without saying that Globe winners get lots of free publicity, as do the associated studio, movie or TV-show, actors, directors, etc. If you win a Globe, you're that much closer to receiving a vote in balloting for the Academy Awards, simply because you're more known today than you were yesterday.

DeDondeEs · 01-16-2007, 03:37 PM

I turned it on for a second after 24 was over and it had some long wind bagged presentation by Tom Hanks about Warren Beatty, followed by a long wind bagged acceptance speech by Warren Beatty, I then turned it off and went to bed.

The only thing worse than hoisting a celebrity up on a pedestal like they cured cancer or something, is the celebrity thinking they deserve to be hoisted up and thinking that they did cure cancer.....

drew2k · 01-16-2007, 04:02 PM

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I turned it on for a second after 24 was over and it had some long wind bagged presentation by Tom Hanks about Warren Beatty, followed by a long wind bagged acceptance speech by Warren Beatty, I then turned it off and went to bed.

The only thing worse than hoisting a celebrity up on a pedestal like they cured cancer or something, is the celebrity thinking they deserve to be hoisted up and thinking that they did cure cancer.....

I guess you didn't pay close attention to Beatty's speech before you turned it off ...

My take is he certainly DIDN'T feel like he deserved to be there. He was very self-deprecating, alluding to his own paltry accomplishments when compared to the likes of Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, etc.

I don't understand why you turned it on in the first place, with your attitude about celebrity status. Surely you knew better before you flipped to NBC!

DeDondeEs · 01-16-2007, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by drew2k

I guess you didn't pay close attention to Beatty's speech before you turned it off ...

My take is he certainly DIDN'T feel like he deserved to be there. He was very self-deprecating, alluding to his own paltry accomplishments when compared to the likes of Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, etc.

I don't understand why you turned it on in the first place, with your attitude about celebrity status. Surely you knew better before you flipped to NBC!

But if you don't feel like you deserve something, why would you stand there for 10-15 minutes talking about it?

drew2k · 01-16-2007, 04:25 PM

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But if you don't feel like you deserve something, why would you stand there for 10-15 minutes talking about it?

He was just fulfilling an Andy Warhol prophecy ...

(On a more serious note, maybe he felt he had to, out of respect or gratitude to the Golden Globes' "governing body", which selected him for this special award?)

mitkraft · 01-16-2007, 04:44 PM

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I guess you didn't pay close attention to Beatty's speech before you turned it off ...

My take is he certainly DIDN'T feel like he deserved to be there. He was very self-deprecating, alluding to his own paltry accomplishments when compared to the likes of Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, etc.

I don't understand why you turned it on in the first place, with your attitude about celebrity status. Surely you knew better before you flipped to NBC!

Oh yeah, I forgot about this. I thought it was odd that they were going on about all he'd done, when there were only like 5 films that they kep referencing and showing clips from over and over again.

Royster · 01-16-2007, 06:52 PM

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Actually, the People's Choice Awards are first out ... and they are such a joke that only the winners show up!

The New Hampshire of the awards season?

Bananfish · 01-16-2007, 07:33 PM

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Oh yeah, I forgot about this. I thought it was odd that they were going on about all he'd done, when there were only like 5 films that they kep referencing and showing clips from over and over again.

Heh, they did slip an Ishtar scene in there though.

Amazingly, he's actually only been in 8 movies in the last 30 years, and only 22 overall, so he doesn't really have the catalog to feature that a Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino or Clint Eastwood does.

That Don Guy · 01-16-2007, 09:45 PM

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There was some discussion that in the industry, the awards are a big joke.

The joke became public in 1982, when they had an award for "Best New Personality", which Kathleen Turner lost...to Pia Zadora. ("Coincidentally," Pia's husband threw some sort of party for the HPFA members during the voting.) The awards disappeared from network TV for 13 years.

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Well, if the AMPAS doesn't abandon their little experiment and lengthen the awards season once again, that's what the Oscars will turn into.

Unfortunately, it's a two-edged sword for AMPAS; the short deadline punishes smaller films, as Academy members don't have time to see them, but if the nominating deadline is after when the Golden Globes are announced, there will always be claims that "the HPFA helps determine the Oscar nominees" - never mind that a Globe didn't do Leonardo DiCaprio any good in terms of getting an Oscar nomination for Titanic.

-- Don