![]() ![]() It felt that way, at least, because there was a real pleasure to the old Hollywood machinery working itself back up again! This was probably the most “normal” awards show since COVID - the Emmys have not yet figured it out, and the Oscars that might have come closest were randomly derailed this year. Even Jerrod Carmichael, who had begun the broadcast talking about how venal and unworthy this show was, was willing to defend it once it got going. It was stunning not merely for its timing, just before two stars of “Top Gun: Maverick” took the stage to present awards, but for its angle of approach. He had no more significant bits after the monologue, but he was a presence on the stage, generally being so benignly encouraging of the stars he introduced that his hardest-hitting joke of the night - calling out Globes critic Tom Cruise for his ties to the alleged scandals of Scientology - caught in the throat. ![]() (Two key moments of delight late in the ceremony: When one presenter, Natasha Lyonne, cracked that the show had to come in by 11 at around 11:05 eastern time, and when another, Regina Hall, simply could not keep a straight face while reading Teleprompter language about absent winner Kevin Costner’s deep desire to be there.)Ĭarmichael’s presence grew warmer as the show progressed. If you like actors speaking to camera, this awards show was all-killer, almost-no-filler - and it was, radically, allowed to come in almost 20 minutes over time even with several winners staying home. Through the COVID era, we have seen various awards shows, notably the Emmys, radically constrain winners with play-off music while allowing endless useless bits to flourish. In this, the Globes were an unqualified success. I am a believer that awards shows are shaped by the speeches given - and by what the speakers are allowed to give. There were good reasons for the Globes to have left the air, and there is much about their legacy to critique this broadcast was also a reminder that there are, despite it all, reasons the Globes are still here. The speeches were stem-winding and often strange, and the sense of occasion was alternatingly grave and buoyant in that perfect Globes way. But as to whether or not they were able to keep up a good face for their strange purgatorial year, back on NBC one more time before the contract expires but exiled to Tuesday night - well, they hadn’t changed much. It lies to others to determine the degree to which the Hollywood Foreign Press has changed meaningfully. Hadn’t everyone in the audience - an incomplete but very robust complement of Hollywood stars - agreed to show up as well?) “I took this job assuming they hadn’t changed at all,” he said. Carmichael, acid-tongued as any Globes host in recent memory but a less-well-known quantity than any, evinced a clear-eyed sense of what is possible in Hollywood. Obviously, he had said yes, but was not averse to raking the show over the coals in explaining why (money, primarily - a half-million dollar paycheck, he said) or in elucidating what wrongs had been done in the past. Addressing the show’s absence for a year, after its presence on-air had paused amid scandals around a lack of racial inclusion in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, among other issues, Carmichael, a Black comedian, described considering whether or not it was worth lending his name and reputation to the show’s comeback. Welcome back, Ricky.Jerrod Carmichael opened the Golden Globes by attempting to deconstruct the show before it began. “Tina and Amy are a hard act to follow but Ricky is completely fearless and entirely up for the job,” NBC’s president of alternative and late-night Paul Telegdy said. The HFPA is expected to announce his return as Golden Globes host shortly with a tease (on left). Still, he has been a standout as a presenter at every awards show he has attended, with his bits going viral, keeping him very much in the conversation for any top awards-show hosting gigs. Gervais had vowed to never host the Globes again. He shocked Hollywood with his pointed barbs, making headlines, drawing big ratings and leading to then-HFPA President Phillip Berk’s comment after the 2011 show that The Office star had “crossed the line.” But Gervais was back by popular demand for one more hosting turn in 2012 before he passed the baton to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who hosted the event the last three years to strong reviews. Gervais was the first emcee in a very long time for the Globes when he was tapped for the gig in 2010. Look who is back! Ricky Gervais, the e nfant terrible of the Golden Globes, is set to return as host of the awards show January 10. ![]()
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