The 69th Golden Globes were handed out Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. While most of the buzz surrounding the show was whether or not Rocky Gervais would stick it to snobbish Hollywood actors(which he didn’t. ) there were some surprises (Meryl Streep winning her 298083 Globe statue,let someone else have a chance)and cheers ( Matt Leblanc finally won something!).

The Golden Globes have always been seen as a blueprint to the Academy Awards and I think the this year will be one of those years where in some categories like Best Actress will be a fight to the finish with the likes of Meryl Streep, Viola Davis and Michelle Williams most likely guaranteed nominations.The other categories?, eh the Hollywood Foreign Press relied on their usuals as winners like Martin Scorseise, Kate Winselt and George Clooney.  The most notable winners from last night is Octavia Spencer who won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for ‘The Help’ and Idris Elba for his work in the Miniseries ‘Luther’. It’s hard enough for Black Actors to get work let alone win big awards so congratulations to Ms. Spencer and Mr. Elba.

Honorable Mention: Laura Dern. I think she is one of those actors who are good but doesn’t always get public recognition. She won for Best Actress in a TV series/Comedy, good for her.

Please Accept Your Award Then Graciously Sit Back Down: Madonna was her forever self-loving her. She has work so hard the past few months to make everyone accept her as a serious director, expect it was a win for Original Song not Best Director. Listening to her acceptance speech, you would have thought differently.  She has that, I’m a director now for reals, Angelina Jolie syndrome.

Hollywood Legends: Sidney Poitier and Helen Mirren presented Morgan Freeman with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement.

Full Winner’s List

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Descendants
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
The Artist
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best TV Series Drama
Homeland

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Idris Elba, Luther
Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Best Director – Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Midnight in Paris
Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tin-Tin
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Masterpiece” — W.E.
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Artist
Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation

Best TV Series – ComedY

Modern Family

Best Actor in a TV Comedy Series
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Best Actress in a TV Series Comedy or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Best Actress in a TV Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Best TV Movie or Miniseries
Downton Abbey

Going head to head with Adam Sandler’s Jack and  Jill, Relativity Media’s The Immortals takes the number one spot at this weekend’s box office. As widely reported Jack and Jill was not a favorite among critics, an ongoing story with Adam Sandler movies as of late, even landing the funny man on the Forbes over-paid actors list. Leonardo DiCaprio starer J Edgar. opened in it’s first weekend at #5 preceded by Puss in Boots and Tower Heist. Reel Steel staring Hugh Jackman rounds out the top ten.

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For the second weekend in a row the Hugh Jackman robot boxing story “Reel Steal” is atop of the weekend box office. It is also nice to see Hugh Jackman on top of the box office again.

Weekend Estimate Chart

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Box Office predictors who thought Cowboys and Aliens would take the weekend were in for a  surprise as some movie goers opted to see the movie staring the little blue people from your childhood instead giving ‘Cowboys’ come competition. Final numbers will be out tomorrow but currently both studios Universal and Sony are claiming the number one spot. This is the second weekend in a row where box office predictions have turned out wrong. Last weekend Captain America was up against Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II and it was predicted that Potter would reign for a second weekend when in the end Captain America came out victorious.

Date: July 31, 2011

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Universal released the first pictures of their upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman at Comic Con this weekend. Directed by Rupert Sanders it stars Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Chris Hemsworth as The Huntsman, Charlize Theron as The Evil Queen and Sam Chiflan as the Prince.This film is set to arrive in theaters June 1, 2012.

Not to be outdone Relativity Media also released their first images of their version of the classic tale. Directed by Tarsem Singh staring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen, Lily Collins as Snow White and Armie Hammer as the Prince. This film is due in theaters weeks late on June 29, 2012.

Yahoo! Movies has posted the first two movie posters from the Warner Bros.  Sherlock Holmes sequel. The first trailer from the much anticipated movie is expected to be released later this week. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry and will be in theaters December 16, 2011.

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TELEVISION

Comedy Series
“30 Rock” (NBC)
“Are We There Yet?” (TBS)
“Glee” (FOX)
“Modern Family” (ABC)
“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

Actor in a Comedy Series
David Mann – “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” (TBS)
Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA)
LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
Phil Morris – “Love That Girl!” (TV One)
Terry Crews – “Are We There Yet?” (TBS)

Actress in a Comedy Series
Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
Essence Atkins – “Are We There Yet?” (TBS)
Salli Richardson-Whitfield – “Eureka” (Syfy)
Tatyana Ali – “Love That Girl!” (TV One)
Vanessa Williams – “Desperate Housewives” (ABC)

Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special
“America: The Story of Us (Part 4)” (History)
“Filling the Gap” (PBS)
“Luther” (BBC America)
“Sins of the Mother” (Lifetime Movie Network)
“The Wronged Man” (Lifetime Movie Network)

Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special
Benito Martinez – “Lies in Plain Sight” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Idris Elba – “Luther” (BBC America)
Jon Seda – “The Pacific” (HBO)
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali – “The Wronged Man” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Michael Jai White – “One Angry Juror” (Lifetime Movie Network)

Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Jill Scott – “Sins of the Mother” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Lucy Liu – “Marry Me” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Rosie Perez – “Lies in Plain Sight” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Tamera Mowry – “Double Wedding” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Tia Mowry – “Double Wedding” (Lifetime Movie Network)

RECORDING

New Artist
B.o.B (Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Bruno Mars (Elektra Records)
Jason Derulo (Warner Bros. Records)
Nicki Minaj (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown)
Willow (Roc Nation/Columbia Records)

Male Artist
Cee Lo Green (Elektra Records)
Jay-Z (Roc Nation/Def Jam)
Kanye West (Island Def Jam Music Group)
Ne-Yo (Island Def Jam Music Group)
Usher (Laface/Jive Records)

Female Artist
Chrisette Michele (Island Def Jam Music Group)
Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol Records)
Mary J. Blige (Geffen Records/Matriarch)
Rihanna (Island Def Jam Music Group)
Sade (Epic Records)

Song
“Bittersweet” – Fantasia (J Records)
“Fistful of Tears” – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
“Forget You” – Cee-Lo Green (Elektra Records)
“Soldier of Love” – Sade (Epic Records)
“Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)” – Alicia Keys (J Records)

Album
“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” – Kanye West (Island Def Jam Music Group)
“Now and Then” – Smokey Robinson (Saguaro Road/Cracker Barrel/Robso Records)
“Raymond vs. Raymond” – Usher (Laface/Jive Records)
“Soldier of Love” – Sade (Epic Records)
“Wake Up!” – John Legend and The Roots (Columbia Records)

LITERATURE

Literary Work -Fiction
“A Taste of Honey” – Jabari Asim (Broadway Books)
“Getting to Happy” – Terry McMillan (Penguin Group)
“Glorious” – Bernice L. McFadden (Akashic Books)
“Till You Hear From Me” – Pearl Cleage (Ballantine Books/One World)
“Wench” – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad)

Literary Work -Non-Fiction
“Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority” – Tom Burrell (SmileyBooks)
“Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC” – Editors: Faith S. Holsaert, Judy Richardson, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, Dorothy M. Zellner (University of Illinois Press)
“Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History” – Dr. Julianne Malveaux (Last Word Productions, Inc.)
“The History of White People” – Nell Irvin Painter (W.W. Norton & Company)
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” – Michelle Alexander (The New Press)

MOTION PICTURE

Motion Picture
“For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
“Just Wright” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
“The Book of Eli” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
“Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?” (Lionsgate)

Actor in a Motion Picture
Anthony Mackie – “Night Catches Us” (Magnolia Pictures)
Common – “Just Wright” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Denzel Washington – “The Book of Eli” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jaden Smith – “The Karate Kid” (Columbia Pictures)
Morgan Freeman – “Red” (Summit Entertainment)

Actress in a Motion Picture
Halle Berry – “Frankie & Alice” (Freestyle Releasing)
Janet Jackson – “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?” (Lionsgate)
Kerry Washington – “Night Catches Us” (Magnolia Pictures)
Queen Latifah – “Just Wright” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Zoe Saldana – “The Losers” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

DOCUMENTARY

Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
“For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots” (PBS)
“Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel” (Metaphor Films)
“If God is Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise” (HBO)
“Waiting for “Superman” (Paramount Vantage)
“William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe” (POV)

WRITING

Writing in a Comedy Series
Aaron McGruder – “The Boondocks” -The Fund-Raiser (Cartoon Network)
Daniel Chun – “The Office” -Nepotism (NBC)
Kenny Smith – “Pair of Kings” -Where the Wild Kings Are (Disney XD)
Myra J. – “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” -Meet the Racist (TBS)
Vali Chandrasekaran – “30 Rock” -Khonani (NBC)

DIRECTING

Directing in a Comedy Series
Joe Morton – “Eureka” -Stoned (Syfy)
Justin Lin – “Community” -Modern Warfare (NBC)
Ken Whittingham – “30 Rock” -Anna Howard Shaw Day (NBC)
Kevin Rodney Sullivan – “Modern Family” -Game Changer (ABC)
Michael Schultz – “Chuck” -Chuck vs. “The Couch Lock” (NBC)

Source:News One

The Tourist being nominated as many times as it was was the big clue that HFPA was just looking for higher ratings vs. quality show. And by inviting Ricky Gervais back was an even more obvious ploy it was and was always about ratings. The Golden Globes needed the higher viewing turn out after declining ratings as the years have gone on.  And they finally got it but at what expense?

Acting wise, which is suppose to be the real reason people watch this thing, in the major categories I was satisfied with the winners: Annette Beinning, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Paul Giamatti, Melissa Leo. As much as I love Johnny Depp and Jake Glynhaal their nominations were a big wtf. ‘The Kids Are Alright’ winning for best Comedy great, but The Social Network for Drama? Eh. Yeah everyone saw it, it was a good movie, ok whatever.  I just can’t take a movie about Facebook seriously enough to be winning big awards like this especially over other films like Inception and The King’s Speech. And it won other categories like Screen Play and Director?!?!?

As for the TV awards, eh didn’t really care, honestly there is no real good tv on nowadays. Did I mention I am not a Gleek.

Now for Gervais. Some media sites are applauding him for sticking to self rightous Hollywood but come on he did cross a line a few times Sunday even if it is in front of the vainest of people. Now yes he did have some funny lines (Charlie Sheen, Sex and City, Hugh Hefner, Downey Jr.’s porn flicks) making fun of Jewish people, joking about the head of HPFA,Downey Jr.’s rehab stint(s) or the line at the end “Thank you God for making me a Atheist” were either too much or played out jokes. I literally cringed at his closing line. It was like he was trying way too hard, which I believe he admitted too. What is even funnier is reading Gervais trying to save his ass from the firing line the past two days. Yeah he can make these jokes but he is apart of the same business as he is joking about so you can only go so far as to biting the hand that feeds you.

But Gervais wasn’t even the kicker of the night, there were two awkard moments that stand out to me. Robert Dinero’s acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille award and Robert Downey Jr.’s Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical presentation. Both were awkward, and probably so awkward it made them funny.First De Niro’s speech had some funny moments but it did get awkward when he talked about people getting deported which included members of the HFPA, waiters in the room and Javier Bardem. Check out Matt Damon’s face when he says it and how he was smiling but not wanting to laugh and looking at the audience to see there reaction.

I don’t think he was being and out right racist or even is a racist himself( his wife just happens to be black) just a poor taste in joke writing on his part.

Then Iron Man Mr. Robert Downey Jr. chose to be sexual with his presentation and the uproar was that he was inappropriate insinuating that actresses only make it by sleeping their way to the top. Some people liked it, some people didnt. I have seen paragraph rants about how he lacks respect for women or ‘his poor wife’.  Downey Jr. has always had an eclectic sense of humor and with his wife being a major Hollywood producer who left being co-president of Silver Pictures to produce with her husband (you should familiar yourself with her if you don’t know her because she’s awesome) it’s a stretch to say he lacks respect for women,plus he worships his wife. It was just an awkward joke that only he could pull off.  What made entire thing funny in the end and Downey Jr.’s saving face for himself is acknowledging that his wife was in the audience.  But what really has creeped me out is the fans photoshopping the hell out of his “moment” with Emma Stone which I assume it’s done by the youngish fans who tuned in to watch Justin Bieber and don’t know any better. Yes girls he looks young enough for Ms. Stone but he’s been acting before she was born.

He did zing Gervais at the beginning though.

I think this was the oddest Golden Globes I have seen in while.  Bravo HFPA. Job well done.

It was a very light affair at the Christmas box Office when it comes to new releases. Usually this time of year brings about numerous films vying for your holiday spirit, but this year it was a light affair.

I guess Yogi Bear and Gulliver’s Travel could be seen as box office failures with neither winning over the kid audience.  As much as I like Jack Black the best version of Gulliver’s Travels and probably the most familiar version  is that of Dave Fleischer in 1939.

Weekend Box Office Estimate Dec. 24-26

Title	Engagements		Estimated Weekend Box Office
1.	Little Fockers (Universal)	3,536	$34,000,000
2.	True Grit (Paramount)	3,047	$25,600,000
3.	Tron: Legacy 3D (Disney)	3,451	$20,100,000
4.	Chronicles of Narnia…Dawn Treader (20th Century Fox)	3,532	$10,800,000
5.	Yogi Bear 3D (Warner Bros.)	3,515	$8,800,000
6.	The Fighter (Paramount)	2,511	$8,500,000
7.	Gulliver’s Travels (20th Century Fox)	2,546	$7,200,000
8.	Black Swan (Fox Searchlight)	1,466	$6,600,000
9.	Tangled ( Disney)	2,582	$6,500,000
10.	The Tourist (Sony)	2,756	$5,700,000
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