Golden Globe Awards: Tom Cruise And Will Smith Weren’t There But Were Roasted Anyway

The Golden Globes have been again with a bang on Tuesday, as champagne flowed and A-list celebrities broke out the profanities in a night the place backslapping and earnestness was balanced with edgy humour.

Here are among the extra memorable moments from the eightieth version of the awards, held on the Beverly Hilton.

– Taking on racism – 
After a torrid couple of years for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association over allegations of racism and corruption, the organizers of the Golden Globes have been hoping to redeem themselves this yr.

But their chosen host, comic Jerrod Carmichael, wasn’t going to provide them a straightforward journey, popping out swinging on the HFPA’s longtime lack of variety.

“I’ll tell you why I’m here. I’m here because I’m Black,” he mentioned.

Jerrod Carmichael mentioned he was bowled over when he was provided the internet hosting gig by producer Stephen Hill, who can also be Black.

“One minute you’re making mint tea at home; the next, you’re invited to be the Black face of an embattled white organization. Life comes at you fast.”

But the paycheck made it laborious to show down, he joked, recounting a dialog with a pal.

“She said, ‘Jerrod, enough of all that. How much are they paying you?’ I said, ‘$500,000.’ She said, ‘Boy, if you don’t put on a nice suit and take them white people’s money…'”

– Don’t play it once more – 
As ever, the celebs demonstrated that there are few issues they like greater than the sound of their very own voices, with virtually each speech testing its allotted time restrict.

The complete present, which was speculated to be a good three hours, overran by 20 minutes, thanks in no small half to award recipients who simply would not take the trace.

Producers tried to play them off with piano music as they ran by way of their lists of thank yous to brokers, managers, dad and mom and various hangers-on.

While a number of simply saved speaking, Michelle Yeoh, who gained for a star flip in “Everything Everywhere All At Once” that included her busting out some martial arts strikes, was having none of it.

“Shut up please,” she mentioned, feigning menace. “I can beat you up. That’s serious.”

– Will Smith –
He wasn’t there, and doubtless will not be at any awards ceremony any time quickly after smacking Chris Rock on the Oscars final yr, however Will Smith offered among the largest laughs of the night time.

Will Smith, who attacked Rock for a quip about his spouse’s shaved head in a foul-mouthed tirade, was the butt of 1 joke by Jerrod Carmichael.

“While we were on commercial, we actually presented Will Smith with the Rock Hudson award for best portrayal of masculinity on television,” he mentioned.

But Eddie Murphy, receiving the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement, stole the present, with a beautiful gradual wind-up that quoted Smith’s outburst.

“There is a definitive blueprint that you can follow to achieve success, prosperity, longevity, and peace of mind,” he mentioned.

“There’s three things: Pay your taxes, mind your business, and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of your fucking mouth.”

– ‘The Invisible‘ – 
Producer Ryan Murphy, who was honoured for his prolific output in tv and movie, used his acceptance speech to highlight the marginalized within the leisure trade.

Ryan Murphy, the inventive drive behind “Nip/Tuck” and “Glee,” started his speech with a tribute to MJ Rodriguez, the “Pose” star who gained a Globe finally yr’s untelevised ceremony.

“In doing so, MJ… became the first trans actress ever to win a Golden Globe,” he mentioned, calling on the viewers to provide her the standing ovation she missed in 2022. They fortunately obliged.

He additionally name-checked LGBTQ actors Billy Porter, Niecy Nash, Matt Bomer and Jeremy Pope, folks he mentioned signify “examples of possibility” for the marginalized in society.

“My mission was to take the invisible, the unloved, and make them the heroes I long to see but never did in pop culture,” he mentioned of his profession.

– Tom Cruise – 
Will Smith wasn’t the one absentee who obtained a roasting, with host Jerrod Carmichael additionally taking intention at Tom Cruise, who publicly disowned the Golden Globes because the HFPA was put by way of the ringer, handing again his three gongs in 2021.

Coming again from one industrial break, the comedian arrived on stage clasping three Globes.

“Hey guys, backstage I found these,” he informed the viewers. “(The) three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returned.

“Maybe we take these three issues and trade them for the protected return of Shelly Miscavige.”

Shelly Miscavige, who allegedly has not been seen in public for several years, is the wife of David Miscavige, the leader of the church of Scientology, of which Tom Cruise is a prominent member.