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 are speaking to me and things like that. I was never invited to one party on my hill, and now everyone’s inviting me!”
The 2022 Golden Globes aren’t broadcast…and a year later, Jerrod Carmichael addresses the elephant in the room
After almost a year of controversy regarding the diversity of the Globes’ voter base and accusations of self-dealing, NBC announced that it would not be airing the 2022 ceremony until there was meaningful reform. As a result, that year’s winners were revealed on social media as well as at a private Hollywood Foreign Press Association event without an audience, press, or a live stream.
Then, in 2023, when the ceremony was back on the air, its host, Jerrod Carmichael, was quick to remind 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 awards speeches on political issues, but when Williams got up to accept a Globe for her role in Fosse/Verdon in 2020, she did so with a speech nobody could forget. “I’m grateful for the acknowledgment of the choices I’ve made, and I’m also grateful to have lived at a moment 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 self-interest. It’s what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them.”
Beyoncé makes a fashionably late entrance
Queen Bey was nominated for best original song for a motion picture for her work on The Lion King’s “Spirit,” but—as befits musical royalty—she skipped the beginning of the 2020 ceremony, sneaking in through the back of the venue just as Kate McKinnon was introducing Ellen DeGeneres for the Carol Burnett Award. Although Beyoncé didn’t win in her category that year, her subtle yet distinct entrance still belongs in the Globes hall of fame.
Emma Stone loudly apologizes for her whitewashing role in Aloha
Host Sandra Oh made a joke at the 2019 Golden Globes about the 2015 film Aloha, which cast Caucasian actor Emma Stone in a role that was written for a part-Hawaiian, part-Chinese woman. The joke wasn’t totally shocking, as the movie received a high level of scrutiny for the casting choice, which many saw as whitewashing; the real surprise was hearing Stone yell “I’m sorry!” from her seat in the audience.
Seth Meyers calls out Hollywood’s predatory past and present
