Slog - Comments on Golden Globes Canceled

Comment by Amelia

Amelia — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:11:18 -0800

I saw that coming the second Katherine Heigl announced she wouldn't be coming...

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:13:14 -0800

Shame..

Comment by Mahtli69

Mahtli69 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:26:13 -0800

I hadn't realized they still held the Golden Globe awards at all.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:28:01 -0800

And the world continued to turn...

Comment by Giffy

Giffy — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:34:03 -0800

Oh god, no! Wait what are the Golden Globes again?

Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty

Fifty-Two-Eighty — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:40:14 -0800

I keep waiting for someone to write a script about the writers' strike. But then again, even if they did, no-one could produce it because of the writers' strike....

Comment by Pia Zadora

Pia Zadora — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:48:23 -0800

Awww, too bad. They really meant so much to me.

Comment by Just Me

Just Me — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:58:32 -0800

I am sure some of the scabs would write something for the show.

BTW, Golden Globes are used by many to make Oscar predictions.

Comment by flamingbanjo

flamingbanjo — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:14:15 -0800

Makes sense. Without writers to provide scripted banter, the ceremony could easily become a tedious forced march, with viewers forced to endure an hours-long litany of Hollywood self-congratulation punctuated by the hapless presenters' feeble attempts at topical humor.

Comment by Reality Check

Reality Check — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:14:52 -0800

And who really cares?

Comment by pretentious

pretentious — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:26:07 -0800

i have never watched the golden globes in my life.
but if they revamped it as a completely adlibbed catastrophe, with resplendent Stars inanely babbling and fidgeting and making humane asses of themselves? i totally would.
pity the missed opportunity...

Comment by bummed

bummed — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:42:22 -0800

First, you guys temp me with stories about suicide. Now, you post this and leave me no other choice. I gotta find a rope.

Comment by madamecrow

madamecrow — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:43:25 -0800

It's not so much about not having writers but that the stars won't show up since SAG supports the WGA's strike. Does Miss Golden Globe Rumer Willis get to host the press conference?

Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty

Fifty-Two-Eighty — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:14:38 -0800

Probably. The talent can show up for the news conference, as it was only the TV broadcast that was being struck, not the awards themselves.

Comment by Chris B

Chris B — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:34:34 -0800

Well they haven't been the same since Pamela Anderson had reduction surgery, really...

Oh, sorry. Wrong golden globes....

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:24:30 -0800

OH NO!

Where will I go?!? What will I do?!?

Comment by Gomez

Gomez — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:00:59 -0800

Good riddance. They're worthless.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:13:36 -0800

I think @5 said it best. Nobody really watches those, except during commercials when they're bored and flip thru channels.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:25:48 -0800

Where's Fnarf and his bleedhole?

Comment by kerri harrop

kerri harrop — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:55:30 -0800

the only awards show worth watching, if only because everyone in attendance is clearly loaded.

how i long for the glory of boozy television, in the manner of match game pm, the gong show, and even late night with carson.

and, live television? fucking forget about it. the potential for things to go sideways is so deliciously great.

Comment by lawrence clark

lawrence clark — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:20:46 -0800

Sucks to be a Golden Globe nominee/winner this year.

Comment by crk on bellevue ave

crk on bellevue ave — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:50:59 -0800

Okay, I'm a bit culture lacking.

You've got the Grammy Awards, which is for Music.

You've got the Emmy awards, which is for TV

You've got the Academy Awards for movies.

You've got the MTV Movie Awards; the premier movie award of our time.

What are the Golden Globe awards? The only thing I can think is that it is somehow related to the Golden Girls. Am I close?

Comment by GOLDEN GLOBULAR FAN

GOLDEN GLOBULAR FAN — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:28:15 -0800

@22 - Roughly 86 Hollywood foreign press correspondents who wield enormous power given that their choices are precursors for Oscar nominees and winners.

As an example, there are seven nominees for Best Motion Picture Drama this year; usually, there are only five (like the Oscars); this means there had to be several ties and that no one film nominee could have received many more than 15 votes.

But for award show junkies, the Globes are much more light-hearted and inebriated and the intimate setting in Merv Griffin's Beverly Hills ballroom provides celebrity coziness and faux sincerity.

However, the physical award itself is uglier than sin and looks like a stone dildo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe

Comment by TONY AND EMMY OSCARSON

TONY AND EMMY OSCARSON — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:54:14 -0800

"Good riddance!" So harsh. The Golden Globes are not going away; they're simply revealing the winners without pomp, circumstance or the movers and shakers who once a year celebrate themselves for making movies most of us watch. Sounds like someone doesn't like Christmas.

Comment by Geni

Geni — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:48:59 -0800

I love the Golden Globes show. It's the only one of the major awards shows where the nominees sit at their tables and drink for hours before their names are called. They'll say ANYTHING once they get onstage, because they're totally hammered by then. It's fabulous.

Comment by catnextdoor in albuquerque

catnextdoor in albuquerque — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:32:34 -0800

As a member of the film makers union, I couldnt really give a rats ass. However, I'm still pissed I'm out of a job until someone gives them their fucking money.