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A discussion with Joe Reid from Low Resolution on the Golden Globe Awards honoring the film and television of 2006. [please excuse spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors --this is merely a chat transferred to the page -ed.]
NATHANIEL: First things first because I have to get it off my chest.
JOE: Uh oh. You saw the dirty look Swank tossed Meryl's way
NATHANIEL: NO & WHAT?!? But we'll get to Beelzebub in a sec. Where did Beyoncé think she was going --To a casino in Reno? A hooker convention in DC? The MTV Video Awards?JOE: See, I thought she looked fabulous. About three people in the whole universe could pull that off, and she did.
NATHANIEL: All I could think of was Cristal from Showgirls ...."that whorey look" So, anyway beelzebub. Dirty look to Streep?
JOE: I was kind of hoping you wouldn't notice.
NATHANIEL: I didn't. I missed it given that I usually cover my eyes to prevent damage. It was bad enough that I was forced to look at her because they paired her with Jake Gyllenhaal on the stage. That was some sick joke on the HFPA's part
JOE: The consensus at my house was that she looked good, even though I thought the hair clip was maybe trying too hard. Then again, "maybe trying too hard" is her personal style, so...
NATHANIEL: not to give Hilary props or anything but trying too hard can be better than not trying at all. Hello Annette Bening.
JOE: Anyway, I think we should discuss the fashion first, like we did last year, because the real ceremony was light on talking points. And Annette's as good a jump-off as anyone, because not only was she dressed terribly, but she represented the worst trend of the night: ratty, unkempt hair. Did you notice that?
NATHANIEL: yes. The worst culprit was Vanessa Williams. And the most horrifying and damning thing I can say about her appearance on the actual show is that that was an improvement from her time on the red carpet. That represents her hair cleaned up if you can imagine.
JOE: But at least Vanessa put some thought -- demented though it may have been -- into that. Cameron Diaz, Maggie G, Sandra Oh, MLP...they just scrunched it up all gross and tangly. Thank god for Jennfer Garner and Evangeline Lilly, in the hair department at least. And of course the #1 hair of the night went with the #1 dress of the night, but we'll get to her later.
NATHANIEL: can't wait to hear who. But anyway the casual hair also led to misfortunes like Jessica Biel's . I dub it "quaalude bangs" --so casual she looked like she just woke up from a nap on the beach. Or maybe she was actually on quaaludes. she seemed really out of it.
JOE: Yes. Awful. I mean, her dress looked great, but...like you said, quaaludes.
NATHANIEL:Maybe she fears that she will end up back on television.. Needed something to 'take the edge off' the Globes must be the most surreal experience for those midlevel stars who are between film and television.
JOE: Well, it's the social climber's event of the season, no doubt.
NATHANIEL: that hierarchy of fame always cracks me up. Now of course you know i'm firmly on the film side but I think the worship of movie stars by tv stars is kind of hilarious since in all actuality film stars are far less watched than tv stars
JOE: Oh totally. I hardly ever think of it in those terms -- and now with actors like Chloe Sevigny tearing it up on TV, the disctinction seems even less -- but with the bigger stars, the worship is definitely there.
I'm not sure if Mary-Louise Parker is so much in awe of Penelope Cruz, for example, but I see your point.NATHANIEL: It must have something to do with television being too familiar --you don't really worship members of your family you just kinda hang with them. And movies still being somewhat lofty -- the "big screen" and what not.
JOE: Yep
NATHANIEL: And movie stars do have more longevity obviously so the social climbing aspect of it does make sense. i mean will people even know who evangeline lily is in 10 years? i barely know who she is now.
JOE: Well, right. She's not exactly one to go by. On the other hand, Sandra Oh? Will have a long career. I think it's just picking out the diamonds.
NATHANIEL: true. back to the hair for a second. Isn't it weird given the women being all casual and undone that the men were so cleaned up? I meana part from Will Ferrel who was playing with the ladies team as far as hair went, the look was sharp, short, trim.
JOE: Lots of good-looking fellas out there. Your best-dressed men?
NATHANIEL: You know. I usually try to pay attention but I couldn't say. I thought Peter Sarsgaard looked great (what liltte I saw of him) and Sacha Baron Cohen did himself a lot of favors last night obviously --looking so good and still being so f'in funny.
JOE: Sacha Baron Cohen was a BIG hit at the ModFab chat, I can tell you.
NATHANIEL: Yeah, I missed that --my apologies. Had too many people in my living room
JOE: I was just so happy he didn't show up in character. The fact that he's an undercover hottie seemed secondary.
NATHANIEL: right.
JOE: Okay, well, because I knew we were chatting, I actually took notes (nerd!), so I can tell you the best dressed guys were:NATHANIEL: Gah. i feel so unprepared. go...
JOE: Okay, first off: Ugly Betty's Michael Urie, who looked cute as hell with his "Marc" hair, but also was rocking a tie in the same shade of blue as Geena Davis's dress.
NATHANIEL: Yeah. he did look great. I noticed him even though I'm out of the tv loop
JOE: Some of the usual suspects: Brad Pitt, Justin Timberlake, always look great. The one I feel most guilty for saying: Ryan Seacrest. He annoys the fuck outta me, but I thought he looked awesome. Loved the tie.
NATHANIEL: See I thought Brad erred too far on the Madame Toussauds side of things. There was something so wrong about him and Angie last night.
JOE: Oh we'll get into Angie soon enough. Best dressed guy, by far, though? Marky Mark Wahlberg. Holy crap. What a teeny-tiny little heartbreaker.
NATHANIEL: Hee. Yeah, I had this moment of hoping he'd win which surprised me. Because otherwise I was on Murphy's side.
JOE: I continue to be left cold by the Murphy awards push. It's like Tim Robbins in '03 all over again. Though I don't think Eddie gave a straight-up BAD performance like Tim did.
NATHANIEL: No. I am left cold by the entire supporting actor awards. i don't LOVE any performance in the running. which makes it blah even though it's highly competitive
OK...the women. Worst dressed for you?
JOE: Ooh, okay, well first of all, Rinko Kikuchi wins the Lara Flynn Boyle award, which isn't strictly "worst" dressed, but "most dressed in a Halloween costume"
NATHANIEL: awwww
JOE: Come on. She looked like a poodle exploded onto her.
NATHANIEL: i was too distracted by the blonde hair to notice. People at my party kept being confused about who she was --same with Adriana Barazza
JOE: Adriana, I thought, looked fab.
NATHANIEL: yes. but i barely recognized her. Apparently she's an acting teacher in real life. very cool.
JOE: Aw, that's awesome.
NATHANIEL: Sooo hoping she gets an Oscar nod.
JOE: Oh me too. She was my favorite in that movie. By far.
Okay, straight-up worst dressed: Cameron Diaz...
NATHANIEL: TOTALLY
JOE: Annette... and Sienna damn Miller.
NATHANIEL: God. Sienna can't get it together at all. why are people hot for her again?
JOE: With a dishonorable mention to Angelina Jolie, who looked FAR too much like Melania Trump for my liking.
NATHANIEL:That was the strangest thing. We were all like 'why is ANGELINA JOLIE, one of the biggest stars on the planet, behaving as if she's a trophy wife?'
JOE: Angie was pissed off about something. She barely spoke to anyone, even when spoken to. It was kind of awesome.
NATHANIEL: too good for it?
JOE: Maybe.
NATHANIEL: it was like Julia Roberts and whatshisname at the Oscar ceremony arrivals for Erin Brockovich. We thought "ohmygod. they've totally been fighting" and, sure enough, after the ceremony we learn they'd already broken up before it.
JOE: Okay, your best dressed? Or your worst?
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