Film: January 2008 Archives

I did not watch the globes last night – Instead I was riveted by the first installment of “Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles” – If I were THE GAP I would get that T-shirt Lena Headley was wearing into the store window TODAY – I’m sure Trey Laird is signing up Lena Headey for some ads right now. (some of you may recall Ms. Headey from high minded films like Possession – I would add "the Brothers Grimm," but no one saw that – or more likely, as Queen Gorgo in "the 300."

            As for the Globes, although we all know that the Hollywood Foreign Press association is actually less than 100 journalists – I always bought into the big party idea – Actors from film and TV in the same room, getting looped on cocktails and saying things they might not say at other awards show – that is until that was seized upon by the forces of marketing – a forced/fake ploy ”Watch out – anything can happen!"

            But the reason for my soft spot for the Globes is that the night my daughter was born, the waiting area outside the delivery room featured a TV that was playing the Globes. There was a very disparate group assembled there (there’s a whole other story there, but I’ll save that for another time) but the Globes provided us with fodder for conversation – a common ground – to discuss and relate to. Everyone, including the nurses at the desk, embraced the show as a distraction, as a celebration at a time of celebration… and so the very notion of The Golden Globes brings a smile to my face.

            This year, however, I will miss my favorite part of the Globes – seeing how fast the fashion worn by the (female) winners makes into the window of ABS, the clothing store famous for knocking off – I mean creating fashions “inspired by…..”

BY THE WAY – WHY IS IT…. British and Australian actors and actresses have no trouble ditching their accents to play Americans (the afore-mentioned Ms. Headey, as well as Hugh Laurie, Rachel Griffiths, Frances O’Connor) but Americans….can only seem to adopt a British accent as an affectation (Madonna).

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