January 17, 2005 |
TUBE TOPS
At last night's 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony, Desperate Housewives got in the last laugh on those who said the serialized murder mystery belonged in the drama category — it won not only Best Comedy Series but also Best Lead Actress, comedy, for Teri Hatcher. (Arrested Development's Jason Bateman was named Best Actor, Comedy.) On the drama side, Nip/Tuck took home Best Series; Deadwood's Ian McShane, Best Lead Actor; and Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay, Best Lead Actress. Guess the Hollywood Foreign Press Association finally got around to reading a few of the fan letters that Mike Ausiello has written her in this column. For a complete list of winners, click here. |
TAKE YOUR PIC
Although the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was intoxicated enough by the wine-soaked Sideways to name it 2004's Best Motion Picture, Comedy (and award it the Best Screenplay prize), The Aviator was the big winner at the Golden Globes. Not only did the Howard Hughes biopic claim the Best Film, Drama prize, but it also netted Leonardo DiCaprio a statuette for Best Actor, Drama. Collateral's Jamie Foxx lost to Closer's Clive Owen in the Supporting Actor, Drama, category, but went on to take Lead Actor, Comedy or Musical, for his stellar performance in Ray. The year's Best Actresses, according to overseas critics, were Million Dollar Baby boxer Hilary Swank (Drama) and Being Julia diva Annette Bening (Comedy or Musical). For a complete list of winners, click click here. |
POWER OUTAGE
Good thing Jennifer Garner's still got her day job: The Alias butt-kicker's Daredevil offshoot, Elektra, opened at the box office this weekend in fifth place. To give you some idea of how crummy that pic's $12.5 mil opening is, let's compare: Samuel L. Jackson's new hoops drama, Coach Carter, came in first with almost twice that much dinero ($23,600,000); in week No. 4, Meet the Fockers still raked in more green ($19 mil) than J. Gar in Spandex; the zebra-riding adventure Racing Stripes took third place (with more than $14 mil); and even the relatively low-profile Topher Grace/Dennis Quaid dramedy In Good Company beat Elektra by nearly $1,500,000. |
CASEY KASEM, HE AIN'T
In what we can only assume is a sign of an imminent apocalypse, Jerry Springer has been tapped to host a new radio talk show in Cincinnati, where he was once mayor. But wait, it gets better — the trash-TV icon is said to be planning to use the politically oriented program to challenge the Bush administration on everything from the war in Iraq to the future of Social Security. How he'll fit in married strippers dating their cousins, we're afraid to ask. |
AW, SH--!
Poor John Mayer and his potty mouth. Everyone who was anyone in showbiz participated in NBC's benefit for victims of the tsunami, and the "Your Body Is a Wonderland" singer was the only one to get caught uttering an expletive during the live telecast. While backing away from his microphone during a guitar solo, out the offending synonym for poop came before censors could hit the "mute" button. |
MOMMIE DEAREST
And they say that justice is blind. Scandal magnet Courtney Love has won back full custody of Frances Bean, her 11-year-old daughter with late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The little girl had been living with the Hole howler's stepfather and sister since Mom overdosed on painkillers in front of her back in 2003. |
CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR
Robert Blake almost got cut a break Friday when a crime-scene reconstructionist testified that he'd found no blood on the clothing worn by the Baretta star on the night of wife Bonny Lee Bakley's murder. But, the expert added, because of the distance between the gunman and the victim, the shooter's togs would not necessarily have been splattered; hence, Blake remains on the hot seat. |
LIFE AND DEATH
State officials in New Jersey are alleging that staffers of The Simple Life shot a deer last week just so that the defenseless animal could be gutted on air by dimwit celebutantes Paris and Nicole. A rep for the reality sitcom already has countered that no one associated with the show was involved in the incident, and we certainly hope they're telling the truth. Seriously: What could be less entertaining than watching a hare-brain Ginsu Bambi? |
COP ROCKED
Jason Patric has filed a lawsuit against the Austin police officer who collared him in March for public intoxication and evading arrest. The Lost Boys heartthrob claims his civil rights were violated because the cop used excessive force and falsely imprisoned him. Although the charges against Patric were dropped a month after his arrest, rumor has it that many Texans still haven't forgiven the actor for doing Speed 2. |
OUR BIG FAT OBNOXIOUS NETWORK
Although Playing It Straight wasn't good enough for us to watch for free, Fox now believes that viewers will cough up hard-earned dough to see it! That's right — beginning Monday, the network will be offering all eight episodes of the series on Fox.com as pay-per-view programming. Read it again: pay-per-view! Shortly thereafter, the five unaired eps of My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss will be made available on the website at no cost to anything but the audience's intelligence. |
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
Eat your heart out, Nicole Kidman! Duprey Cosmetics has chosen Traci Lords to be its new face. The company's cofounder, Brian Duprey called the Melrose Place alumna and sometime John Waters muse "the ultimate temptress." And us? Oh, we agreed. We agreed. |
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