Seattle Gay News
Issue 2, Volume 46, January 12, 2018
Arts & Entertainment
Jonesing for the hits: Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Howard Jones talks about Globes speech on receiving Singer-songwriter his love for music and the Northwest ahead of the Cecil B. DeMille award Benaroya Hall performance
Oprah Winfrey (l) was presented the Cecil B. DeMille Award by actor Reese Witherspoon (r) – Photo by Paul Drinkwater / NBC
On January 7, 2018, Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes on Sunday and delivered a moving speech that brought men and women in the audience to their feet. In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother’s house in Mil-
waukee watching Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for best actor at the 36th Academy Awards. She opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history: “The winner is Sidney Poitier.” Up to the stage came the most elegant man I had ever seen. I remember his tie was white, and of course his skin was black, and I had never
Golden Globes bestow Three Billboards with four prizes, Call Me by Your Name receives Writers Guild and BAFTA nominations
Gay composer Benj Pasek (r) and his straight best friend and co-songwriter, Justin Paul (l), won the Globe for Best Original Song for "This is Me" from The Greatest Showman – Paul Drinkwater / NBC via Getty Images
You may have thought you were watching a funeral, if you tuned in late to last Sunday evening’s Golden Globes telecast. Those
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer HOWARD JONES SOLO – THE SONGS & THE STORIES BENAROYA HALL ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL January 24
see OPRAH page 9
Awards Season 2018:
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer
Howard Jones, Electric Band Shows 2018 – Photo by Will Stead
in attendance at the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom, mainly Hollywood A-list talent and other entertainment industry folk, were dressed in black from head to toe.
see GOLDEN GLOBES page 8
If you grew up in the ’80s and owned a radio, chances are you heard Howard Jones songs being played. He released a bunch of them between 1983 and 1989, including “Things Can Only Get Better,” “No One is to Blame,” “Everlasting Love,” “Life in One Day,” “New Song,” “Dream Into Action,” “What is Love?” and “Like to Get to Know
see HOWARD JONES page 3
Marvelously unsettling Thread a tale of submission, domination and unparalleled genius
Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps in Phantom Thread – Photo courtesy of Focus Features
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer PHANTOM THREAD Now playing Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel DayLewis) is one of the finest fashion design-
ers of his day. It is 1955 and London is still attempting to rebuild after the carnage of WWII. But this has not kept countesses, heiresses, movie stars and royal princesses from all over the globe from flocking to his doorstep to be dressed in one of his gowns.
see PHANTOM THREAD page 10