HBO’s campaign psychodrama about the 2008 Republican presidential ticket, “Game Change,” picked up three awards: best TV movie or miniseries; a supporting-actor award for Ed Harris’s performance as Sen. John McCain; and a best-actress award for star Julianne Moore’s take on Sarah Palin. Director Jay Roach commended Moore with one more swipe at the former politician-turned-pundit: “Now with you and Tina Fey, we have three of the most incredible impersonations of Sarah Palin — counting Sarah Palin.”
To a standing ovation and sustained applause, former president Bill Clinton came onstage to introduce “Lincoln” as one of the best-picture (drama) nominees, and he showed once more that he can enliven just about any telecast, even when he gets only a couple of minutes to speak. (It can be done!)
Hank Stuever
Hank Stuever is The Washington Post’s TV critic and author of two books, “Tinsel” and “Off Ramp.”
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Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell pulled off the best comedy riff of the night while presenting the award for best actress (musical/comedy) and pretending to have seen each of the nominees’ performances. (Jennifer Lawrence won, for “Silver Linings Playbook.”)
Adele won the original song honors for “Skyfall” and seemed genuinely overjoyed. “We’ve been [lovely but unprintable British substitute for ‘wetting’] ourselves laughing over there,” said the singer, calling the evening out a rare treat for a new mum.
Kevin Costner accepted a Golden Globe for his performance in the History Channel’s “Hatfields & McCoys,” and used the opportunity to get nostalgic about the 1980s and the entire film and television industries. “It’s been a great ride,” he said, as if it’s the last we’ll ever hear him. Saying such cryptic things will from now on be known as “Jodie Fostering.”
Later on, Sacha Baron Cohen stumbled onstage, drink in hand, faux-blotto, in an attempt to do an impression of what everyone keeps hoping the Golden Globes will be: drunk and unhinged. The consistently irritating Aziz Ansari (“Parks and Recreation”) tried that shtick, too, with similarly unimpressive results, except that one really can believe he was blitzed out of his mind. After all that, Fey and Poehler did better drinky-winky bitter banter as the show headed into that inevitable downhill tumble in its final hour.
Making this event look glamorous is one of Hollywood’s most stunning achievements in special effects. And every year it seems to get a little better by just getting sloppier. It’s the awards show our culture most deserves.
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