The 72nd Golden Globes started out pretty much how we expected with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosting: irreverent and funny.
The pair made jokes about everything from the “spoiled” actors and actresses to the marriage of George Clooney and the controversy surrounding North Korea’s issue with the Sony film “The Interview.”
“Tonight we celebrate all the great television shows we know and love as well as all the movies that North Korea was okay with,” Fey said.
“‘Boyhood’ proves that there are still great roles for women over 40 — as long as you are hired when you are under 40,” Poehler said as she joked about ageism in Hollywood.
There was a moment of uncomfortable tittering when they made a joke about Sleeping Beauty just thinking she was “having coffee with Bill Cosby,” referencing allegations that the actor drugged and sexually assaulted women.
Fey earlier told E! that she and her bestie are going to take advantage of being in the final year of their three-year Globes contract to push the envelope with their humor.
“Listen, it’s our last time!” she said. “What are they going to do, fire us?! Who cares!”
The first award of the evening, best supporting actor in a motion picture, went to J.K. Simmons for his role in “Whiplash”
“Birdman,” starring Michael Keaton as a former superhero-playing actor trying to recharge his career with a Broadway play, leads all other films with seven Golden Globe nominations.
The critically acclaimed movie was nominated for best comedy or musical, best actor in a comedy or musical (Keaton), best supporting actor (Edward Norton), best supporting actress (Emma Stone), best director (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu), as well as best screenplay and best score.
The 72nd Golden Globes is produced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and is viewed by many in Hollywood as a good predictor for the Oscars. This year, “Boyhood” and “The Imitation Game” earned five nominations, and Ava DuVernay made history becoming the first African American woman to be nominated for directing for her work on “Selma.”
DuVernay’s film joins “Boyhood,” “Foxcatcher,” “The Imitation Game” and “The Theory of Everything” in being nominated for best drama.
On Sunday, preteen “Annie” star Quvenzhané Wallis worked the red carpet like a pro. The youngster — who in 2013 was up for a best actress Oscar for “Beasts of the Southern Wild” — is nominated this year for a Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical.
“It’s awesome,” Wallis told CNN. “Not every 11-year-old can be at the Golden Globes.”
Actress Jennifer Aniston has been having a moment and stirring a great deal of buzz with her performance as a woman who becomes obsessed with the suicide of a member of her chronic pain support group. Aniston is nominated for a best dramatic actress Golden Globe and told the Los Angeles Times she’s happy to be getting noticed for her performance, rather than the usual paparazzi driven attention paid to her personal life.
“To be having a conversation about my work, as opposed to the other BS, is really so refreshing,” she said. “I feel like a plant that’s just been starving for nourishment. I needed a good rain.”
Among the television categories, “Fargo” led all nominees with five nominations, followed by “True Detective” which had four and “Jane the Virgin,” which received two.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will once again host this year’s awards show.