The “75th Golden Globes” went down last night . . . and as expected, women were at the forefront, since this was the first major award show since last year’s sexual harassment scandals and the #MeToo movement.
Here are some top takeaways from the show…
The biggest winners were, as expected, “Big Little Lies” and the movie “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”, which both took home four awards.
Again, as expected, the movies “Lady Bird” and “The Shape of Water”, and the TV shows “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, won the next most . . . all of them won two awards apiece.
Seth Meyers was the host, he opened with this line: “Welcome, ladies and remaining gentlemen . . . it’s 2018, marijuana is finally allowed, and sexual harassment finally isn’t. It’s gonna be a good year!”
Seth had one joke that no one knew how to react to. It was when he joked about Harvey Weinstein. He said, “Harvey Weinstein isn’t here tonight because, well, I’ve heard rumors that he’s crazy and difficult to work with.
“Don’t worry, he’ll be back in 20 years when he’s the first person ever booed during the In Memoriam.” That made a lot of people gasp and Seth added, “It’ll sound like that.” (For what it’s worth Harvey is 65, so Seth is having him die at 85.)
I know so many people who idolize Betty White, our very own Mauler being one of them. So, I always find her interviews interesting. Most recently, the 96-year-old Golden Girl was asked to share her secrets for living a long life. She said, “Accentuate the positive, not the negative.” She went on to say, “I get bored with people who complain about this or that. It’s such a waste of time.”
As for Betty’s diet? She keeps it real, she eats what she loves, like vodka and hot dogs.
Finally, Betty has some advice for aspiring entertainers. She says, “Learn your lines and come in prepared. Don’t think you can wing it, because you can’t.
Over the weekend, Justin Bieber posted a picture of himself, topless, reading the bible. The caption read “Wowzers.” For anyone who didn’t notice he was reading the bible, it seems like quite a braggy post.
Instead of the normal red carpet banter, it was all about women’s equality. And at the beginning of E’s red-carpet coverage, host Giuliana Rancic said, “We’re not asking WHO are you wearing? We’re asking WHY are you wearing black?”
That blew up in her face almost immediately though when Debra Messing started talking about former E! News host Catt Sadler, who quit last month after she found out her male co-host had been making almost twice her salary.
Debra said, “I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts.”
One of the biggest moments during the Golden Globes last night was Oprah winning the Cecil B. DeMille award. The honour is given to a “talented individual who has made an incredible impact on the world of entertainment.” Past recipients include Sidney Poitier, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, and George Clooney. Oprah is the first ever black woman to receive the honour. Many said Oprah took them to church with her acceptance speech. Here is a bit from the last minute of the 9 minute speech…
Brad Pitt attended Sean Penn’s annual gala for Haiti on Saturday and tried to win a private Game of Thrones viewing party with its star Emilia Clarke. He first bid $80,000, then upped his amount to $90,000. When Emilia’s co-star Kit Harrington offered to join the viewing party, Brad went up to $120,000. “Emilia was covering her mouth and giggling,” an eyewitness dishes. Leonardo DiCaprio, who was in attendance, was apparently very amused by the whole thing. Unfortunately for Brad an unknown person at the event ended up winning the viewing party after bidding $160,000. Not sure how he let that happen?!
Now, speaking of Kit Harington, he was caught on video getting kicked out of a New York City bar on Friday night. The clip shows Kit hovering over a pool table, grabbing cues and slurring as he tries to argue with a group of people. He then attempts to find his coat and gets told off by a woman he tries to push past. “Say excuse me,” she snaps. A witness says Kit left the bar once after being asked, but returned later and had to be physically removed by bouncers.
According to my source, Taylor Swift allegedly banned Lindsay Lohan from her dressing room during one of the Jingle Balls. I guess Lindsay just showed up and no one really knew what to do with her. There was a big room backstage to hold Katie Holmes and the other celebrity presenters, but Lindsay wasn’t presenting or introducing anyone. All the musical artists had their own dressing rooms, but Lindsay wasn’t performing. She was left to just wander around backstage. Ed Sheeran was kind enough to stop and take pictures with Lindsay, but Taylor Swift wanted nothing to do with her.
Taylor’s dressing room was where all the cool kids were hanging out. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Ed were all spending time with Taylor while Lindsay was not allowed anywhere near her.
Maury Povich has offered to help Cardi B, who is rumored to have called off her engagement to rapper Offset amid cheating accusations. He wrote to Cardi, Tweeting, “@iamcardib if you ever need a Lie Detector Test or have more relationship drama… you know you can always call Uncle Maury!”
Cardi and Offset got engaged onstage during a concert in October. But after an alleged sex tape featuring Offset leaked online in December, Cardi was spotted ringing in the new year without the impressive ring he gave her. Most people say it was not Offset in the tape…so who knows. Maybe Maury actually could help.
Demi Lovato’s Simply Complicated documentary might be getting a part two. Demi is in talks with YouTube about making a follow-up to the successful project. She debuted Simply Complicated on YouTube back in October, and it has already garnered almost 13 million views to date.
According to my source, Taylor Swift allegedly banned Lindsay Lohan from her dressing room during one of the Jingle Balls. I guess Lindsay just showed up and no one really knew what to do with her. There was a big room backstage to hold celebrity presenters, but Lindsay wasn’t presenting or introducing anyone. All the musical artists had their own dressing rooms, but Lindsay wasn’t performing. She was left to just wander around backstage. Ed Sheeran was kind enough to stop and take pictures with Lindsay, but Taylor Swift apparently wanted nothing to do with her.
Taylor’s dressing room was where all the cool kids were hanging out. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Ed were all spending time with Taylor while Lindsay was not allowed anywhere near her.
Basically, Lindsay showed up to a party uninvited, have you ever done that?
