“But it’s still not as good as ‘Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow.'”
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“‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ - I think is the best of all the ‘Trial of Chicago’ movies,” Poehler quipped. Skewering the nomineesįey and Poehler showcased their razor-sharp wit, taking no prisoners as they introduced some of the nominated films and shows. “Let’s see what these European weirdoes nominated this year,” Fey said. They took on the show’s organizers, the 90-member Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has recently drawn headlines and much criticism after a Los Angeles Times probe uncovered some ethically questionable practices and that the organization has no Black members. “This is the 78th annual Hunger Games,” announced Poehler, underscoring the weird - and weirdly futuristic - nature of this 2021 awards, compared to years past. The opening segment was sometimes hilarious, often challenging and was filled with some great one-liners.
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Bi-coastal co-hostsĪlthough they were operating on different coasts, Fey and Poehler still managed to exhibit a good deal of chemistry and comic timing as they appeared via split screen. Here are some of the highlights of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s shindig from Sunday night: 1. Perhaps more so, actually, since it illustrated how the entertainment industry, as well as the overall human race, has been able to adapt to these incredibly difficult times. Yet, somehow, the Golden Globes still managed to be as intriguing as usual. This time around, however, they were located some 2,800 miles apart - on different coasts - with Fey being streamed in live from New York’s Rainbow Room and Poehler from Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The show was being co-hosted for the fourth time by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, after a six-year hiatus. The social distancing protocol impacted basically everything, starting with the hosts. Expect to see similar protocol, tactics and experiences when the trophies are handed out - in a no-contact fashion - at other biggie occasions to follow, including the Grammy Awards on March 14 and the Oscars on April 25.
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So welcome to the new normal for award show season, which the Golden Globes, as is its traditional if unofficial job, ushered in on Sunday night. Perhaps the strangest thing about the 2021 Golden Globe Awards - which was a Golden Globes like no other before - was just how normal it all felt.Īcceptance speeches delivered via streaming, a red carpet experience built mostly from social media posts, co-hosts located on different coasts, trophies delivered to winners at a later date, pre-show Zoom-style interviews from the stars’ own homes - all these things that are so necessary for social distancing and safety protocol - didn’t seem that bizarre one year into the coronavirus pandemic.