Years pass, we all get older, the awards show must goes on.
Yesteryears movie star fallrises into this years comeback narrative.
One young ingenue works so hard that she practically becomes a recurrent weather event.
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A promising career disintegrates, reforms, dominates.
You go away for tax evasion, you come back with a purple tuxedo.
A rallying cry sounds: No more private jets to Palm Springs!
Charlize Theron explains videotapes.Tom Hanksexplains how filmmaking once involved making film.
My first time here I was 14 years old,Laura Derndeclared on the same stage.
Michelle Williams got Tiffany Haddish clappingabout reproductive rights.
Tom Hanks demanded to know who else ever guest-starred onThe Love Boat, and Kathy Bates raised her hand.
Ive never been to the Golden Globes, said Awkwafina,accepting a Best Actress prizeforThe Farewell.
And Im here now, and its this, and its great.
Some victories were baffling, which is what you want from the Golden Globes.
You know nothing about the real world.
I know that, for some people, his whole anti-host posture has gotten old.
If ISIS started a streaming service, youd call your agent.
Not exactly an apolitical statement, that shading capitalist juggernauts into terrorist villainy.
Still, his truth-to-power spirit has emboldened the Globes.
The more he makes fun of this nonsense, the more daring this nonsense seems to become.
His name is Mark Zuckberg.
Michelle Williams used herFosse/Verdonvictory to offer a passionate (if vague) personal narrative about womens reproductive rights.
Was this all too preachy for you?
The balance was just right, I thought, personal and moving when it wasnt fleet and absurd.
A different presidentgot a very different shoutoutfrom regular winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
There wasa lot of love forRocketman, soElton Johnmust be shaking a lot of hands this awards season.
The cutaway-cam seemed to keep finding Jennifer Aniston.
I dont think malice was intended.
The show prepared its own internal counterarguments.
The Globes do serve a legitimate artistic purpose, roulette-wheeling brilliant creators onstage when you least expect it.
This is all what I love about the Golden Globes, when the ceremonys on fire.
Showbiz is goofy, and showbiz is profound.
Joaquin Phoenix rambled in multiple directions and came out strong against jetaway desert weekends.
Hanks sang a few bars of theLove Boattheme tune through a cough-medicine rasp.
Even the blissfully surprised winning directors ofMissing Linkbarely seemed to know whatMissing Linkwas.
Beyonce and Jay-Z were faces in the crowd.
Brian Cox began his victory speechby apologizing for his victory.
Many people claimed they didnt bother to write speeches.
So this years Golden Globes were the right blend of silly and serious.
I felt good, I laughed.
Were all gonna die soon, and theres no sequel, said Gervais.
You never know where life takes you, huh?
Hopeless and then hopeful?
Not a bad way to start a new decade.Grade:A
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