"Deal with it, Cate Blanchett"
Mostly Movies —
Eight genuine Golden Globe moments: (Spout Blog) We all like to make fun of the Golden Globes, even when the telecast *doesn’t* involve the bequeathing of an unusual amount of power for Billy Bush. So prepare to have your mind blown: there were eight moments on tonight’s telecast that actually trancended my knee-jerk cynicism over awards in general, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Awards specifically. Some were funny, some were borderline surreal, and all struck me as — gasp! — genuinely unscripted.
The Bagger in L.A.: Post-Game Pyrotechnics
Carpetbagger —
A reader could be forgiven for opening up Spoutblog prepared to see the Golden Globes ripped to shreds. Writing there, Karina Longworth generally wears cynicism as eyeliner and puts a ferocious gimlet eye on all the nonsense that goes with the award season. But if you are like the Bagger and left the broadcast of the Globes feeling weirdly elated, Ms. Longworth does a freakishly smart deconstruction on how that came to pass. Another hack ...






