75th Golden Globe Awards showcased glamorous winners and gracious losers

The 75th annual Golden Globe awards showcased glamorous winners and gracious losers, many of whom were dressed in black to symbolize their protest against sexual harassment.  

Here are the big winners of the evening.  Do you agree or disagree with the prize winners?  Do you think we'll see repeats at the Academy Awards?

Cecil B. DeMille award

Oprah Winfrey

MOVIES

Best motion picture, drama

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best motion picture, musical or comedy

"Lady Bird"  

Best actress in a motion picture, drama

Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best actor in a motion picture, drama

Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

Best actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy

James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"

Best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy

Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird"

Best supporting actor, any motion picture

Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri" 

Best supporting actress, any motion picture

Allison Janney, "I, Tonya" 

Best director

Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"

Best original score

Alexandre Desplat, "The Shape of Water"

Best original song

"This Is Me" (from "The Greatest Showman")

Best screenplay

Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" 

Best foreign language film

"In the Fade"

TELEVISION

Best television series, drama

"The Handmaid's Tale"

Best television series, musical or comedy

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Best limited series or motion picture made for television

"Big Little Lies"

Best actress in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television   

Nicole Kidman, "Big Little Lies"

Best actor in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television

Ewan McGregor, "Fargo"

Best actress in a television series, drama

Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale"

Best actor in a television series, drama

Sterling K. Brown, "This Is Us"

Best actress in a television series, musical or comedy

Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Best actor in a television series, musical or comedy

Aziz Ansari, "Master of None"

Best supporting actor in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television

Alexander Skarsgård, "Big Little Lies"

Best supporting actress in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television

Laura Dern, "Big Little Lies"

Manchester by the Sea will break your heart

Movie Title:    Manchester By The Sea

Grade:  B

Rating: R, 135 minutes

In a Nutshell: Casey Affleck delivers a powerful performance, mastering the art of subtlety. 

He recently won "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama" by the Golden Globes and has been nominated to receive the Best Leading Actor award by the BAFTA Film Awards.  That does no means end the list of awards this film has garnered.

Was it my favorite movie of 2016?  Definitely not.  Does it deserve some awards.  Yup.  I still think Denzel Washington should have won Best Actor for Fences though...

Uplifting theme: 

• Family is everything.
• Guilt, sorrow, grief.
• I've learned in my life that when someone behaves VERY badly and irrationally, I try to give them the benefit of the doubt because I know they are hurting either physically or emotionally.

Things I liked:

• I loved the jazz version of “Oh What A Beautiful Morning” in the bar scene towards the beginning of the movie.
• There is some soft humor to break up the dreary, somber sadness.
• Kyle Chandler gives the best performance I have seen him give.  He usually seems like he's acting, but he felt "real" in this story.
• Michelle Williams was fantastic.  The scene where she runs  into Lee Chandler on the street was breathtaking.  I literally stopped breathing while I watched her.  
• Director and writer Kenneth Lonergan doesn’t talk down to the audience and trusts that you will be able to follow the emotional ride and timeline. 
• You definitely don’t feel like you’re watching a movie, but rather, real life.  It’s almost like you’re a fly on the wall, watching real people go through some pretty terrible trials. 
• I love Matthew Broderick in anything, so even though he has a very small role in this film, it was great to see him.

Things I didn’t like:

• I like movies that allow me to escape the mundane, sadness of the world, but this movie throws you right in the middle of it and assaults you with incredible difficult situations and rough-and-tumble people you wouldn't want to spend a day with.
• There is a lot of bouncing around from past to present.
• No family should have to experience such heartache.
• Some of the music choices seemed mismatched for the scenes.  Most of it sounded like old Catholic music, yet the characters never really embraced their religion to help them through their struggles.  Elise (Gretchen Mol) tried, but was unsuccessful.
• I hate watching “Playas”…slimy, scumbag guys who sleep with a bunch of different girls.  
• How naive can parents be to allow their kid to close and lock their bedroom door with someone of the opposite gender inside?  My dad NEVER allowed that. EVER.

Interesting lines:

• “I can’t beat it.” - Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck)

Funny lines:

• “I think if you’re going to freak out every time you see a frozen chicken, I think we should go to the hospital. I don’t know anything about this.” – Casey
• “What happened to your hand?” – Patrick (Lucas Hedges)

“I cut it.” – Casey

“Oh, for a minute there I didn’t know what happened.” – Patrick

Tips for parents: 

• About a thousand F-bombs and other profanity.
• Pre-marital relations among teenagers.  There is a lot of discussion about it and you see some teens start to take off their clothes.
• People getting drunk and behaving badly.
• This is not a family-friendly movie.  It is a mature character study and look at coping with loss and sorrow.

@trinaboice 

2014 Award Show Season Begins!

It's January! So do you know what that means? Here come all of the award shows! The first major entertainment awards show of the year is the 71st Golden Globes. We'll see if these names continue a winning streak this season...

Funny girls Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the glitzy shindig for the second time. The first award of the night went to Jennifer Lawrence, who won for Best Supporting Actress for "American Hustle", still in theaters across the country. Last year she took home a trophy for Best Actress for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook."

Below is a listing of all the big winners (and losers) of the evening. You always have to wait until the end of several hours to find out which movie won "Best motion picture", but I'm going to start you off with that big announcement!

Best motion picture, drama

• "12 Years a Slave" -- WINNER
• "Captain Phillips"
• "Gravity"
• "Philomena"
• "Rush"

Best actress in a motion picture, drama

• Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine" -- WINNER
• Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
• Judi Dench, Philomena"
• Emma Thompson, "Saving Mr. Banks"
• Kate Winslet, "Labor Day"

Best actor in a motion picture, drama

• Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
• Idris Elba, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
• Tom Hanks, "Captain Phillips"
• Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club" -- WINNER
• Robert Redford, "All is Lost"

Best motion picture, comedy or musical

• "American Hustle" -- WINNER
• "Her"
• "Inside Llewyn Davis"
• "Nebraska"
• "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy

• Amy Adams, "American Hustle" -- WINNER
• Julie Delpy, "Before Midnight"
• Greta Gerwig, "Frances Ha"
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Enough Said"
• Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"

Best actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy

• Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
• Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
• Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street" -- WINNER
• Oscar Isaac, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
• Joaquin Phoenix, "Her"

Best animated feature film

• "The Croods"
• "Despicable Me 2"
• "Frozen" -- WINNER

Best foreign language film

• "Blue is the Warmest Color"
• "The Great Beauty" -- WINNER
• "The Hunt"
• "The Past"
• "The Wind Rises"

Best supporting actress in a motion picture

• Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"
• Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle" -- WINNER
• Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
• Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"
• June Squibb, "Nebraska"

Best supporting actor in a motion picture

• Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
• Daniel Brühl, "Rush"
• Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"
• Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"
• Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club" -- WINNER

Best director, motion picture

• Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity" -- WINNER
• Paul Greengrass, "Captain Phillips"
• Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
• Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
• David O. Russell, "American Hustle"

Best screenplay, motion picture

• Spike Jonze, "Her" -- WINNER
• Bob Nelson, "Nebraska"
• Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan, "Philomena"
• John Ridley, "12 Years a Slave"
• Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, "American Hustle"

Best original score, motion picture

• Alex Ebert, "All is Lost" -- WINNER
• Alex Heffes, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
• Steven Price, "Gravity"
• John Williams, "The Book Thief"
• Hans Zimmer, "12 Years a Slave"

Best original song, motion picture

• "Atlas," "Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
• "Let It Go," "Frozen"
• "Ordinary Love," "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" -- WINNER
• "Please Mr. Kennedy," "Inside Llewyn Davis"
• "Sweeter Than Fiction," "One Chance"

Best TV series, drama

• "Breaking Bad" -- WINNER
• "Downton Abbey"
• "The Good Wife"
• "House of Cards"
• "Masters of Sex"

Best actress in a TV series, drama

• Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
• Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black"
• Taylor Schilling, "Orange Is the New Black"
• Kerry Washington, "Scandal"
• Robin Wright, "House of Cards" -- WINNER

Best actor in a TV series, drama

• Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad" -- WINNER
• Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"
• Michael Sheen, "Masters of Sex"
• Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
• James Spader, "The Blacklist"

Best TV series, musical or comedy

• "The Big Bang Theory"
• "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" -- WINNER
• "Girls"
• "Modern Family"
• "Parks and Recreation"

Best actress in a TV series, musical or comedy

• Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl"
• Lena Dunham, "Girls"
• Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
• Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation" -- WINNER

Best actor in a TV series, musical or comedy

• Jason Bateman, "Arrested Development"
• Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"
• Michael J. Fox, "The Michael J. Fox Show"
• Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
• Andy Samberg, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" -- WINNER

Best TV movie or miniseries

• "American Horror Story: Coven"
• "Behind the Candelabra" -- WINNER
• "Dancing on the Edge"
• "Top of the Lake"
• "White Queen"

Best actress in a miniseries or TV movie

• Helena Bonham Carter, "Burton and Taylor"
• Rebecca Ferguson, "The White Queen"
• Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Coven"
• Helen Mirren, "Phil Spector"
• Elisabeth Moss, "Top of the Lake" -- WINNER

Best actor in a miniseries or TV movie

• Matt Damon, "Behind the Candelabra"
• Michael Douglas, "Behind the Candelabra" -- WINNER
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Dancing on the Edge"
• Idris Elba, "Luther"
• Al Pacino, "Phil Spector"

Best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or TV movie

• Jacqueline Bisset, "Dancing on the Edge" -- WINNER
• Janet McTeer, "The White Queen"
• Hayden Panettiere, "Nashville"
• Monica Potter, "Parenthood"
• Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"

Best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or TV movie

• Josh Charles, "The Good Wife"
• Rob Lowe, "Behind the Candelabra"
• Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
• Corey Stoll, "House of Cards"
• Jon Voight, "Ray Donovan" -- WINNER