From Nikki Glazer to Julia Roberts, all of the best and worst moments of Globes night.
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Was it one of the best Golden Globes in years?
The ceremony, where “One Battle After Another” and “Hamnet” won best film, got a dopamine rush from host Nikki Glazer’s energetic return and a lively reunion between “Rivals” stars Conner Story and Hudson Williams, and “The Secret Life of Bees” stars Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning.
Julia Roberts, nominated for Best Actress for After the Hunt, was greeted with a surprise standing ovation for her long-awaited return to the Globes, taking time from the podium to celebrate Eva Victor’s Sorry Baby. And Snoop Dogg was clearly getting comically high when he announced this year’s podcast set to Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang.”
But at nearly three-and-a-half hours, the overlong show overstayed its welcome with groan-worthy content and underwhelming brand bonding. (Gambling predictions on screen? Live commentary distracting the announcer?)
Here are the highs and lows of this year’s Golden Globes.
Best Picture: Nikki Glazer mocks Justice Department, CBS News and Leonardo DiCaprio by cutting opening monologue
The comedian made a triumphant return to the Golden Globes stage with a razor-sharp opening monologue that touched on everything from “Wicked: For Good” to Jennifer Lawrence to Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros.
“Let’s get down to business,” Glazer said at the beginning of the show. “Start bidding on Warner Bros. at $5. Do you hear $5?”
The two-time Globe host criticized CBS News and the infamous Jeffrey Epstein list.
“There are so many A-listers,” Glaser joked, referring to Epstein’s files, “that A-listers are people who are on heavily redacted ‘lists.'” “And the Golden Globe Award for Best Editing goes to the Department of Justice. …And most of the editorial awards go to CBS News. That’s right, CBS News: The newest place to watch BS news in America.”
Glaser playfully photographed A-listers like Timothée Chalamet, George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio, quipping that DiCaprio accomplished so much “before my girlfriend was 30.”
“Leo, I’m sorry for joking,” Glaser said. “It’s cheap. I tried not to say it, but, well, we don’t know anything else about you. There’s nothing else. Come on! We’re serious! We looked it up! We looked it up! The most in-depth interview you ever did was for Teen Beat magazine in 1991. Is your favorite food still ‘pasta, pasta, more pasta?'” DiCaprio nodded, as if to say yes.
BEST: Teyana Taylor tearfully praises ‘brown girls’ in acceptance speech with ‘party in the back’
In the first big upset of the night, Taylor won the Best Supporting Actress trophy over Amy Madigan (Weapons) for her stunning performance as brave vigilante Paphidia Beverly Hills in One Battle After Another.
“Wait, look at my party in the back,” Taylor tearfully said as she took to the stage, showing off a diamond-encrusted thong exposed from a very low-back dress.
Taylor said she thanked the film’s director, Paul Thomas Anderson, for “your vision, your trust and your brilliance.” “I can’t thank you enough. I love you, we love you, and thank you so much for holding space for me and the entire cast.”
She ended her speech with a tribute to the “Brown sisters and little Brown girls watching tonight.”
WORST: PLAYLIST
Listen, we’re very happy that the Globe wanted to do away with the standard incidental music between speeches. However, some of the orchestral pieces could have been a little classier than the electrifying DJ set that blared throughout the show. “Sentimental Value” star Stellan Skarsgård won Best Supporting Actor to Usher’s rendition of “Yeah?” ‘One Battle After Another’ filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson takes the stage to LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock Anthem?’ This is a Hollywood awards show, not a fractal party. Save the top 40 for the afterparty. The one exception was Macaulay Culkin, who walked to present “Return of the Mac,” which he felt was fitting for his first Globes appearance in 35 years.
BEST: Fran Drescher teases Nikki Glazer’s ‘annoying voice’ while introducing Macaulay Culkin
At the beginning of the show, Glaser returned to the stage to sing a very off-kilter tribute to “Marty Supreme,” until one of the film’s stars, Fran Drescher, angrily interrupted her.
“You have to stop singing,” said the “Nanny” icon. “Your voice is so annoying!”
“That means we’re going to get a lot out of you,” Glazer deadpanned.
Drescher went on to introduce the next presenter on the telecast, Macauley Culkin, in her words, “a boy famously without a nanny.”
“It’s been 35 years since I went to the Globes,” the “Home Alone” star said to thunderous applause. “Thank you for having me again. You all have been so kind. I know it’s weird to see me outside of the holiday season. Surprisingly, I’m present all year round.”
BEST: Rose Byrne explains the bizarre reason her husband was absent from the show
The funnywoman from “Bridesmaids” and “Spy” looked genuinely surprised when she won Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role in the all-black motherhood drama “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”
“Obviously, I didn’t prepare anything,” Byrne said as she took the stage. “I didn’t sing in this movie. I’m really shocked!”
She went on to thank screenwriter and director Mary Bronstein for making the low-budget film, which was shot in “25 days for about $8.50.” She also gave a big shout out to her two young sons and her husband, actor Bobby Cannavale.
“I would like to thank my husband, Bobby, who was planning on getting a bearded dragon and couldn’t be here because he went to a reptile expo in New Jersey,” Byrne said, drawing laughs. “So, thank you. Thank you, baby.”
WORST: Ping this year’s nominees.
Sure, it’s fun to imagine all of us wining and dining at the Beverly Hilton with Hollywood’s elite. But for the second year in a row, the Globes made the bizarre decision to mark where actors were sitting with Google Maps-style pins around the ballroom. The bird’s eye view is neither bright nor attractive. In fact, it makes you feel more like an outsider than actually being an outsider. People at home would be happier if the producers focused their cameras on Jacob Elordi and Ariana Grande instead.
BEST: Don Cheadle surprises ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ co-star George Clooney
Clooney began handing out the final Motion Picture Drama award of the night as Cheadle stood next to Clooney. The actors have also co-starred in the “Oceans” trilogy and Steven Soderbergh’s “Out of Sight.”
Cheadle assured Clooney that he was only there for “moral support” and to chastise the “Jay Kelly” star for not receiving a standing ovation like his friend and co-star Julia Roberts or winning the Best Actor award.
“We’re all winners here,” Clooney said dryly, and Cheadle pointed out that Timothée Chalamet was only three years old the last time Clooney won. (To be fair, Clooney has won three acting awards, the last time in 2012 for “The Descendants.”)
“Knock them to death, Batman!” Cheadle playfully slapped Clooney’s derriere, drawing applause.
