11:12 pm - 01/11/2013
This Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present th 70th Annual Golden Globe Award on NBC, and it will probably be a ridiculous production. How can we make this assumption? Well, empirically, of course. Whether it's stars drunkenly storming the stage or getting groped by network correspondents on the red carpet, here are nine of the most outrageous, absurd and downright hilarious moments in the history of the Golden Globes. Why should this year's be any different?
Ricky Gervais Sums It Up
Ricky Gervais summed it up when he joked the Globes are a louder, trashier and drunker version of the Oscars. When Gervais said they're more easily bought, George Clooney seemed to like the joke until the camera cut to him.
The Beginning of a Time-Honored Tradition
Until 1958, it was the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who presented the awards. That was until Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin got so bored the only thing that could keep them awake was crashing the stage and hosting the show themselves, cigarettes and whiskey in hand. Since then, the awards shows have been traditionally hosted by entertainers. They leave the cigarettes and whiskey backstage.
Scarlett Johansson is Groped On the Red Carpet
During the 2006 Golden Globes, E! decided to pass the mic to designer Isaac Mizrahi for the red carpet interview gig. Mizrahi used the opportunity to evaluate the dresses of the starlets, both verbally and, in the case of Scarlett Johnsson, manually. Watch the clip below to see Mizrahi wrap his mind around Johansson's dress by getting a handle on her boob. Johansson seemed to be a good sport about it: "I was thinking, 'Oh my god. This is happening on live TV.' ...I'd been prepping for two hours with hair and makeup and getting dressed. And the first interview I do, someone who I have never met before fondles me."
A Ridiculously Touching Gesture
When Ving Rhames, the star of "Don King: Only in America," walked onstage to accept the award for Best Actor in a Mini-Series, he tearfully told the other nominees how much he respected the art in their talents. Then he asked, "Is Mr. Jack Lemmon here? Would you please join me on stage, sir?" After Lemmon arrived he swiftly pointed to the award and joked, "Now don't give me that!" That's exactly what Rhames did, which Lemmon called "one of the nicest, sweetest moments I've ever known in my life."
Ridiculously Thankful: Brad Pitt
The 9 Most Ridiculous Moments in Golden Globe Awards History
This Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present th 70th Annual Golden Globe Award on NBC, and it will probably be a ridiculous production. How can we make this assumption? Well, empirically, of course. Whether it's stars drunkenly storming the stage or getting groped by network correspondents on the red carpet, here are nine of the most outrageous, absurd and downright hilarious moments in the history of the Golden Globes. Why should this year's be any different?
Ricky Gervais Sums It Up
Ricky Gervais summed it up when he joked the Globes are a louder, trashier and drunker version of the Oscars. When Gervais said they're more easily bought, George Clooney seemed to like the joke until the camera cut to him.
The Beginning of a Time-Honored Tradition
Until 1958, it was the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who presented the awards. That was until Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin got so bored the only thing that could keep them awake was crashing the stage and hosting the show themselves, cigarettes and whiskey in hand. Since then, the awards shows have been traditionally hosted by entertainers. They leave the cigarettes and whiskey backstage.
Scarlett Johansson is Groped On the Red Carpet
During the 2006 Golden Globes, E! decided to pass the mic to designer Isaac Mizrahi for the red carpet interview gig. Mizrahi used the opportunity to evaluate the dresses of the starlets, both verbally and, in the case of Scarlett Johnsson, manually. Watch the clip below to see Mizrahi wrap his mind around Johansson's dress by getting a handle on her boob. Johansson seemed to be a good sport about it: "I was thinking, 'Oh my god. This is happening on live TV.' ...I'd been prepping for two hours with hair and makeup and getting dressed. And the first interview I do, someone who I have never met before fondles me."
A Ridiculously Touching Gesture
When Ving Rhames, the star of "Don King: Only in America," walked onstage to accept the award for Best Actor in a Mini-Series, he tearfully told the other nominees how much he respected the art in their talents. Then he asked, "Is Mr. Jack Lemmon here? Would you please join me on stage, sir?" After Lemmon arrived he swiftly pointed to the award and joked, "Now don't give me that!" That's exactly what Rhames did, which Lemmon called "one of the nicest, sweetest moments I've ever known in my life."
Ridiculously Thankful: Brad Pitt
There are a few people actors are usually expected to thank when accepting their award: their agent, their family, possibly their co-stars, possibly God. All of these entities up to that point helped them get to where they are in their careers. Brad Pitt decided to first and foremost thank the entity that simply got him out of the bathroom and to the theater: Kaopectate. He wanted to know he was grateful to "the makers of Kaopectate" for doing "a great service for their fellow man," later revealing he needed the drug to help sooth his "nervous stomach." We get it. You only have so much time on the stage, so first thing's first.
If I was ScarJo I would have slapped him right there.
Also, Isaac said he was "doing a little research" for his own line.. hah. Cause that dress was working overtime holding up those bazookas.
I seriously doubt he meant any real harm. and I'm not saying that just because he's gay it's alright to touch any woman's breasts that he pleases, but... Idk, Idk. Is he a creeper?
Cause I wouldn't mind seeing the receipts. lol.
Edited at 2013-01-12 05:05 am (UTC)
Be quiet. You don't ever fondle a woman's breasts. Ever.
Come on, that's shit you learn in primary school.
Considering he thought it was okay to grope Scarlett, I'd say that's a big fat yes. Being gay makes no difference.
I don't know.. I mean, I'm not a woman.. but - Isaac is gay and she probably felt a lot less threatened by him than she would've if, say, Ryan Seacrest felt her up now that he's a big boy with his gay rumors squashed due to his "valid new relationship".
Also, Isaac said he was "doing a little research" for his own line.. hah. Cause that dress was working overtime holding up those bazookas.
I seriously doubt he meant any real harm. and I'm not saying that just because he's gay it's alright to touch any woman's breasts that he pleases, but... Idk, Idk. Is he a creeper?
Cause I wouldn't mind seeing the receipts. lol. I just - I seriously doubt she was scarred for life because the most flamboyant man in fashion felt up her dress in order to see how she was being held into the garment.
Haunt us with a repeat, please and thank you
TEE HEE HEE.
lol @ Christine Lahti being in the bathroom when they announced her win.
and it's even worse when (as was the case with scarlett) the man in question is gay, because apparently gay men are incapable of being assault-happy sexist pricks. it's so infuriating how that's such a common refrain in the gay male community, like being gay cancels out their male privilege. you don't hear women saying that they can't be homophobic because they're female.
ScarJo is better than you, basically.
Edited at 2013-01-12 10:58 am (UTC)
When I was fourteen, I did a ton of theater. And we used to always do improves during breaks from rehearsal.
Anyway, during one of them, someone groped my boobs. He swore I guess up and down that it was an accident and just his ~hormones or whatever, and everyone laughed out of ~uncomfortableness and I pretty much ran straight off the stage and to a friend, but I still was sort of laughing it off with everyone.
Later, I told my parents who called the director for me just to say I felt really shitty about what happened. Thankfully, the director was awesome and I'd known her (and still know her) for a long time and she talked to me and apologized for it happening and everything and talked to the kid that did it privately and told him to never touch me again.
BTW that boy tried to harass me again during a different improv like a year later and I stood up to him and wouldn't let him get anywhere near me.
Like, thank god the adults handled it well, but JFC it was humiliating even though I really tried not to show it.