Coolidge was honored for her performance on The White Lotus in 2023, and her emotional thank you to series creator Mike White in the middle of her acceptance speech was an instant classic: “My neighbors talk to me and stuff like that. I never got invited to a party on my hill, and now everyone invites me!”
The 2022 Golden Globes won’t air… and a year later Jerrod Carmichael addresses the elephant in the room
After nearly a year of controversy over the diversity of the Globes’ voter base and accusations of self-dealing, NBC announced it would not broadcast the 2022 ceremony until meaningful reforms were made. As a result, that year’s winners were announced on social media and at a private Hollywood Foreign Press Association event without an audience, press or livestream.
When the ceremony returned to the air in 2023, the host, Jerrod Carmichael, quickly reminded attendees of the events of the past two years in an opening monologue that was as piercing as it was hysterically funny.
Michelle Williams speaks out for reproductive rights
It’s nothing new for celebrities to focus their speeches on political issues, but when Williams stood up to accept a Globe for her role in Fosse/Verdon in 2020 she did so with a speech that no one could forget. “I am grateful for the recognition of the choices I have made, and I am also grateful to have lived at a time in our society where choice exists. Because as women and as girls, things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice,” Williams said, reminding women that election year to “vote in your own best interest. That’s what men have been doing for years and that’s why the world looks so much like them.”
Beyoncé arrives fashionably late
Queen Bey was nominated for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture for her work The Lion King“Spirit,” but – as befits musical royalty – she skipped the start of the 2020 ceremony and snuck in through the back of the room just as Kate McKinnon introduced Ellen DeGeneres for the Carol Burnett Award. Although Beyoncé didn’t win in her category that year, her subtle yet striking entrance still belongs in the Globes Hall of Fame.
Emma Stone apologizes loudly for her role in whitewashing Hello
Host Sandra Oh joked about the 2015 film at the 2019 Golden Globes Helloin which white actor Emma Stone played a role written for a part Hawaiian, part Chinese woman. The joke wasn’t entirely shocking, as the film received a lot of attention for its casting choice, which many saw as a whitewash; the real surprise was hear Stone scream “I’m sorry!” from her seat in the audience.
Seth Meyers sheds light on Hollywood’s predatory past and present