Opening the page, I scanned the list of categories—"Best Party, Best DJDJ," "Platinum Ho Award (Biggest Slut)"—recognizing nominees who'd later become nightlife elite, like DJ Junior Vasquez, scene queen Susanne Bartsch, and photographer Patrick McMullan.
I suspect they fear that if we do watch -- and fat chance in my case, because I have 10 hours of the last season of Damages cued up to go on the Tivo -- we'll recognize their nominee for what he is, a coiffed Ken doll in an Armani suit, loaded up with stock phrases that appeal to the worst instincts of the worst people in this country.
I didn't recognize any nominees, though the actress Barbara Rush — a svelte eighty-year-old teetotaller, who visits the spa twice a year and goes for a seven-mile walk every morning — was just finishing her retreat.
Broadcast networks ABC, CBS and PBS had no winners and scant representation among the nominees recognized on the broadcast.
Brosnahan took home a surprise Golden Globe for her snappy performance as a housewife turned unlikely stand-up comedian in Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". And it's so refreshing to see Rae (a two-time Golden Globe nominee) get recognized by the academy for her funny-yet-vulnerable run as a heightened version of herself in her HBO dramedy, which she co-created with Larry Wilmore.
In turn, the nominee was recognized by her fellow employees and received a small token of gratitude.
The GOP nominee has recognized this himself, praising the Kurds multiple times (when he isn't mixing them up with the Quds Force, an Iranian military organization that is less friendly to U.S. interests).
As I scrolled through, I recognized many of the nominees and quickly noticed something that seems to be on-trend in the industry: the lack of diversity was blaring.
Like Coburn, many Democrats, recognizing that the nominee was reluctant to disclose her views, used their questions to draw attention to issues personally significant to them.
Though "The Good Wife" was not recognized as a best drama nominee, its star Julianna Margulies, who won the Emmy for lead actress in a drama last year, was again nominated in the category.
Selma is an acclaimed film not without controversy, but this should not have disqualified DuVernay for the Best Director nomination given that the film has been recognized as a Best Picture nominee coupled with excellent reviews.
