BEST LINE – TINA FEY AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES
While age jokes about George Clooney and his preference for women of a certain young age are old hat at this point, Fey’s perfectly delivered line that “George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age,” capped off a nearly flawless opening monologue at the Golden Globes.
BEST PERFORMANCE—JACQUELINE BISSET AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES
It is hard to pick which part of Bisset’s acceptance speech was the most spectacular. Was it the five minutes it took her to actually walk to the stage? Her long, exasperated sighs where it seemed like she was trying to solve the problem of her existence? Her shout-out to the Scottish? Repeating her mother’s mantra to tell people to “go to hell?” The icing on this proverbial crazy cake was her final piece of advice that “forgiveness was the best anti-aging cream.” Yes, Jacqueline, you could not be more right.
BEST SHOW STEALER – IMAGINE DRAGONS AND KENDRICK LAMAR AT THE GRAMMY’S
There were a lot of big musical acts at this year’s Grammy’s—the remaining Beatles, stripper Beyonce, etc., but the biggest show stealer of the night was the pairing of Imagine Dragons with Kendrick Lamar. The impassioned performers with their killer vocals had everyone on their feet and singing along.
BEST ACCEPTANCE SPEECH EVER— MERRITT WEAVER AT THE EMMY’S
This was the antithesis to the over-inflated, ego driven speeches we often see at award shows. Looking surprised and a little terrified, Merritt Weaver accepted her Emmy award with humility and grace, telling the audience “thanks so much, I gotta go.”
BEST EVERYTHING OF THE EVERYTHING—CATE BLANCHETT
Blanchett rightfully deserved every accolade that came her way this award season; her performance in “Blue Jasmine” is one of the greatest modern performances by an actor or actress. But she was equally stunning at every award show, from her avant garde gowns to her witty, self-deprecating speeches, Blanchett was the practically perfect in every way. BLEEP 19