Posted on 01/17/2006 6:09:13 AM PST by thehumanlynx
Brokeback Mountain Claims Big Four At The Golden Globes
Critically-acclaimed western Brokeback Mountain cleaned up at the Golden Globe Awards last night by claiming four top honors.
The controversial film, which has been banned from some cinemas for its gay themes, took home Best Movie (Drama), Best Screenplay and Best Song prizes at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards, while Ang Lee picked up the night's Best Director honor from his hero Clint Eastwood.
And there were triple celebrations for Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line when Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix claimed the acting honors in the Comedy/Musical movie category and the film picked up the Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) prize.
The win cost Phoenix dear, however - he bet Witherspoon's husband Ryan Phillippe he wouldn't win a Golden Globe. The Crash star demanded payment as his pal took to the stage at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
Meanwhile, there was a big upset for the stars of Desperate Housewives during the night's TV awards - all four Best Actress nominees from the show lost out to Mary Louise Parker, who plays a marijuana-selling desperate housewife on cable show Weeds.
But the stars of the hit show didn't miss out on a Best TV Show award - they scooped the coveted prize from Weeds, Curb Your Enthusiasm, My Name is Earl, Entourage and Everybody Hates Chris - and the show's Felicity Huffman claimed the night's Best Actress (Drama) movie award for her role as a transgender man in Transamerica.
The big TV winner was acclaimed mini-series Empire Falls, which claimed two honors - Best Actor (Paul Neuman) and Best Miniseries/TV Movie.
The full list of awards is:
Movie Awards Best Score: John Williams MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Best Original Song: A Love that Will Never Grow Old by Emmylou Harris, Bernie Taupin and Gustavo Santaolalla -Brokeback Mountain
Best Movie (Comedy/Musical): Walk the Line
Best Movie (Drama):
TV Awards
Best Mini-series or TV Movie: Empire Falls
Best TV Series (Movie/Comedy): Desperate Housewives
Best TV Series (Drama): Lost
Cecil B Demille Award for Lifetime Achievement: Sir Anthony Hopkins
Copyright 2006, World Entertainment News Network
I like what Gallagher said and used it to teach my Children about sex.
Really, I did. Are you ready? Here goes.
Gallager said, "If sex is a pain in the butt, you're doing it WRONG."
BTW. Both of my children are red hot blooded heterosexuals. Whoo Hoo!
I'm having grand kids!
I went to see "Family Stone," not knowing a whole lot about that movie beforehand, including the racially mixed gay couple that was a part of that movie. As my coworker said to day, "Family Stone, had a lot they were trying to shove down your throat. She is right.
It amazes me how we are supposed to be so sensitive to people living and promoting harmful lifestyles, but they do not have to be respectful of my/other people's sensibilities.
As usual, funny and biting at the same time/no pun intended. And I don't even know the tune.
Old Testament quotes are typically introduced with the phrases "It is written," or "That which was spoken by the prophet," or "Moses said." The formulation used in the Sermon on the Mount indicates that Jesus was not directly addressing what was written, but rather, what was said about what was written. "You have heard that it was said."
Jesus was NOT criticizing God's law, but the misinterpretation of the law. This becomes obvious when it is realized that at one point, He corrects a command that does not even appear in the law:
* "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love you neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies..." Mat. 5:43-44
"Hate your enemy," does not appear in the Mosaic law. Jesus is not adjusting the law! He is correcting the misapplication of the law.
"You have made the Word of God of no effect by the traditions of men." Throughout this sermon Jesus is rebuking men for misinterpreting the law. And what do men do, they completely misinterpret this sermon.
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"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets... Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great..." Mat. 5:17-19
There is hardly a film or a TV show that doesn't have a gay character in it.
Really. Wow. I hadn't noticed. But now that you mention it, there was something a little fruity about Lord of the Rings and Titanic.
Ha, it's an award process that's promoted and delivered IN THE U.S., yes, by the "foreign press" but of and about films released in the U.S.
Although I hesitate to label those films "American" particularly by Ang Lee.
Most people are well aware that the "foreign press" determines the Golden Globes but it's a far distance from being a "foreign" process.
Otherwise, conduct the GG in Budapest or Afghanistan or wherever and hold their ceremonies and conduct their interviews and premieres and promotions there/wherever.
You're splitting grubby hairs.
Dennis Quaid is gay, too. Or at least has those tendencies. He blatantly hit on a friend of mine and begged him to come to a "party" with him.
Little wonder why his marriage failed.
Obviously and not surprising. But many of us have. It's a common complaint.
Since your source is not documented and I neither know you or your friend, the benefit of the doubt goes to Mr. Quaid.
Movies and television shows are products, not unlike packaged food or cleaning supplies. I simply don't buy products I don't want or need.
Movies and television shows have a big effect on the beliefs, attitudes and behavior of the people in the world that surrounds us...
So does technology, religion, the economy, healthcare, formal education, city planning, civil and criminal law, video games, family history, local demographics, the weather, and about 10,000 other variables.
Hollywood gets attacked today for the same reason it has always been atatcked. It's seen as immoral, decadent and filled with over-privileged halfwits who are paid far more than their value to society.
It's also a safe target.
Most of us on this forum, attack countless negative influences all the time, including movies and films and whether a target is safe or not, is NOT a consideration.
Okay then, I was mistaken when I said "safe."
Sometimes we can be mistaken about how "safe" a target really is.
Overlooked in many of these threads are two very significant facts:
A)Pop culture, such as it is, is one of America's last profitable exports. Movies and music currently bring in more money than steel.
B)Pop culture is basically produced by five (sometimes six) major manufacturers. That's it. Five or six companies. All of them in it for the money. No movie or music producer is going to be allowed to get too far out of line.
There is also a C)
C) The movie industry is mostly a "blue collar" or middleclass business.
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