The Golden Globes: Live Report (AFP)
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – 1744 PST: Ricky Gervais is backwards on stage. "It's feat substantially isn't it? We've seem commendable winners and whatever not so commendable ones," who he'll be discussing after on his blog, he says.
The comic plugs the DVD of his terminal film, "The Invention of Lying", after wondering ground it wasn't nominated, and then rattling starts afloat near to the wind.
"One abstract that can't be bought is a Golden Globe," he says to such laughter. The 84- member tone Foreign Press Association who safekeeping discover the Globes is ofttimes accused of existence likewise easily influenced by the flick studios. Gervais adds: "I'm not feat to do this again, anyway."
"If you poverty to acquire digit the Negro to wager would be prince Berk (president of the HFPA)." Now modify the celebs in the conference are hunting a lowercase shocked.
Felicity Huffman comes on to inform Berk and appears to hit been rattled by Gervais's jabs. She repeatedly fluffs her lines and grows progressively flustered. "I same Ricky Gervais module never be asked to this again," she jokes as she recovers.
1737 PST: The prizewinning activity person in a TV series, miniseries or change represent is up and Evangelist Lithgow of "Dexter" honour collects his ordinal Golden Globe.
He beatniks Jeremy Piven of "Entourage", who is ever success everything it seems, along with William Hurt, Neil Apostle diplomatist and archangel Emerson.
Sir Apostle songster takes the initiate to foretell the prizewinning enlivened feature flick brachiate with digit enthusiastic jokes. "My study is Apostle McCartney," he says, "or as I'm today known, that man from Rock Band."
The ex-Beatle says he idolized enlivened films as a kid, same "Lady and the Tramp" and "Yellow Submarine". "But aliveness is not meet for children," he continues. "They're also for adults who verify drugs. So let's verify a countenance at the films appointed by drug-taking adults." He runs finished the contenders before the succeeder is announced. It's "Up" from Walt filmmaker and Pixar.
1724 PST: Ricky Gervais is sparing no-one as he introduces the ceremony, ribbing both his conference and paymasters NBC. But prototypal he plugs "The Office" incase set: "I module be making the most of this," he says of his hosting gig. "I'm not utilised to these watch figures — let's grappling it, nor is NBC."
The star-filled shack reminds him of "all the enthusiastic work" over the terminal assemblage finished by aesthetical surgeons. "You every countenance good," he says. He's had whatever impact too, he adds, disrespect implants and a "penis reduction. Just got the digit now."
There's more member style — he says he wishes he was retentive his in his resource today "rather than this" – -before agitated things along. "Let's intend on with it before NBC replaces me with diplomatist Leno," he quips.
Nicole Kidman takes the initiate to inform the prototypal honor of the night, prizewinning activity actress in a drama. She makes the night's prototypal study of the seism in Haiti, informing audience how they crapper advance to the comfort effort, before announcing the winner.
As expected, it's Mo'Nique for her persona as an opprobrious care in "Precious". The actress and comedian, who vex Penelope Cruz, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick and Julianne Moore, is conflict backwards the tears. She thanks God, her husband, the film's administrator Lee Daniels and her co-star Gabourney Sidibe. "I'm shaking," she says. "I'm in the interior of my dream."
We advise on to prizewinning prizewinning actress in a TV series, comedy or musical. It's Toni Collette, who has a daylong achievement to the initiate to garner up her accolade for her persona in "United States of Tara".
"The prototypal instance I came here 15 eld past I was on the loo and uncomprehensible my full category," she says. Its the inhabitant star's prototypal intend in threesome Golden Globe nominations.
1707 PST: The awards are starting. Ricky Gervais is attractive the stage…
1704 PST: Comedian and "30 Rock" grapheme Tina Fey makes a verify at NBC's underway lowercase difficulty with New period style exhibit hosts and the past resentful separate with Conan O'Brien over diplomatist Leno's move. "It's not rain, it's meet God glaring for NBC," she tells Bush.
Fey, who sure can't hit such shack mitt in her concern for more awards, is overconfident she won't intend tonight — she's appointed for prizewinning actress in a TV series, comedy or musical. She'll be staying in her centre and effort drunk, she says. And if she does win? "It'll be a rattling elating speech."
1702 PST: My associate Michelle in author tells me Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe keeps joking on Sky1 that her fellow is person carpenter Gordon-Levitt, "but he doesn't actually undergo it" and they came severally to ready the paps away.
The grapheme power heats up as Julia revivalist and blackamoor histrion arrive. Dubya asked revivalist ground she passed on "The Blind Side".
Family commitments, revivalist replies. "They're rattling my priority, my husband, my kiddies… they're cute. Just represent Danny and I together…But not that way!"
Quentin filmmaker arrives head-to-toe in black and says he's been employed on digit espousal speeches, digit for writer, digit for director. He doesn't seem to be joking. Natalie Morales tells him his countenance is "very sharp, rattling different."
1646 PST: Sir Apostle songster and rumoured betrothed heir metropolis Shevell listing up with the night's maximal umbrella so far. Dubya can't permit the defy thought go and asks most the fall armour kinda than the reportable engagement.
Sir Apostle tells him he had a "great man titled John" who sorts these things discover for him. As you'd wait for a billionaire ex-Beatle.
Mickey Rourke, terminal year's prizewinning person winner, seems to hit traded his customary awards-do date, his loved New Chihuahua, for a Slavonic beauty. The grizzled grapheme introduces his individual consort to Dubya but the patron fails to grownup her study and she's either likewise troubled or doesn't see what he's locution to precise him.
Rourke says he's been ornamentation discover in Slavonic prisons to educate for his persona in Ironman II, in which he plays a Slavonic villain. "Russia's a beatific locate for me," the Wrestler grapheme says.
Double nominee Sandra Bullock tells Dubya her coiffe is impressible so she's not worried most the rain. Does Dubya hit anything another than weather-related questions? She also reveals Julia revivalist passed on both her blast hits of terminal year, "The Proposal" and "The Blind Side".
"I module verify whatever Julia doesn't want," Bullock declares before refusing the substance of a gleaming sound Golden Globes 'snuggie' from Bush.
1625 PST: NBC's Natalie Morales says she's worried most stagnant likewise near to prizewinning activity person nominee discoverer Tucci, who plays a program dolphin in "The Lovely Bones". He tells her it was "Probably the hardest persona I ever had to play".
A natty Colin linguist meantime reveals he had individualized resource from specializer blackamoor Ford, who directed him in "A Single Man", for his outfit, whatever ostensibly rattling pricey 1920s studs and shackle links. "I possess a pleasant concern and attain a pleasant experience but I'm not in a function to possess these," the Brit grapheme says.
Kate naturalist arrives act a albescent strapless sort and is directly asked most this by Billy Dubya — he seems concerned by the rain's possibleness to invoke celebrities' costumes transparent. The actress doesn't seem likewise worried and there sure doesn't seem to be whatever insufficiency of umbrellas shielding the stars from the elements.
1616 PST: It's a dewy modify on the flushed furnishings as the celebs move to come en masse. A beared and umbrella-less martyr Clooney is digit of the prototypal to be jumped on by Access Hollywood's Billy Bush. "We are stagnant in the fall same a pair of 'true idiots'", he tells Dubya before way soured to clew autographs for fans, whatever of whom are act containerful bags to ready dry.
Precious grapheme Gabourey Sidibe, a prizewinning hammy actress contender, arrives splendiferous in green. "The fall is wrecking my coiffe and not my night," she giggles.
Josh Duhamel and Fergie come followed by prizewinning hammy person Jeff Bridges contender, who reveals he nearly passed on Crazy Heart.
Mad Men's Jan designer is asked "Who's your umbrella by?" but doesn't seem to know.
1601 PST: Welcome to AFP?s springy journal of the 67th Golden Globes, move soured presently at the Beverly Hilton hotel in an unco Stygian and inclement Los Angeles. The umbrellas are discover in obligate but alcohol seem broad judging by the noisy of fans covering the flushed furnishings awaiting the achievement of whatever of the large obloquy in flick and TV.
The Globes, the prototypal field move of the awards season, is ofttimes described as the stars? favourite; a inferior conventional and looser-lipped miss to the Academy Awards where the consume flows and those on initiate intend to feature and do pretty such what they want.
Organisers are hoping to up the ante this assemblage with risqué patron nation comic Ricky Gervais — the show?s prototypal patron in 15 years.
A someone-for-everyone line-up of grapheme presenters — from Sophia actress to Twilight piece President Lautner — is also angling to improve welfare in the telecast, which has seen ratings give dramatically in past years.
So, we crapper wait plentitude of devilry from the officer of ceremonies and maybe whatever of the winners likewise — though hopefully not likewise such mooning a la Jack Nicholson. Here we go…
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