2008 Glitz-less Golden Globes


Last night's glitz-less Golden Globes news-press announcement format was the equivalent of a deflated balloon. For Johnny Depp to finally be recognized for his outstanding acting and then NOT be able to watch him accept his Golden Globe, is more than this Johnny Depp fanatic could stand.

So I boycotted the non-cerimonial Golden Globes along with all the actors and writers.

However, I was estactic to learn that some of my favorite actors were recognized along with Johnny Depp. Cate Blanchett won for her portrayal of Bob Dylan, Daniel Day Lewis won for There Will be Blood. (Johnny Depp will have to compete against Daniel Day Lewis for the Oscar! Yikes!) And Queen Latifah won for Life Support. David Duchovny won for Californication (my newest favorite TV show!) and Jeremy Piven won for Entourage (my favorite boys on TV!).

Atonement and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street won best picture for drama and musical/comedy, and Ratatouille (which I loved!) won best animated film. I LOVE Sweeney Todd and I'm dying to see Atonement, I hope it plays in Bakersfield.

Here's the complete list of Golden Globe winners:

MOTION PICTURES:

—Picture, Drama: Atonement.
—Actress, Drama: Julie Christie, Away From Her.
—Actor, Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood.
—Picture, Musical or Comedy: Sweeney Todd.
—Actress, Musical or Comedy: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose.
—Actor, Musical or Comedy: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd.
—Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There.
—Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men.
—Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
—Screenplay: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men.
—Foreign Language: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, France and U.S.
—Animated Film: Ratatouille.
—Original Score: Dario Marianelli, Atonement.
—Original Song: Guaranteed from Into the Wild.

TELEVISION:

—Actress, Drama: Glenn Close, Damages.
—Actor, Drama: Jon Hamm, Mad Men.
—Series, Musical or Comedy: Extras, HBO.
—Series, Drama Mad Men, AMC.
—Actress, Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
—Actor, Musical or Comedy: David Duchovny, Californication.
—Miniseries or Movie: Longford, HBO.
—Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Queen Latifah, Life Support.
—Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Jim Broadbent, Longford.
—Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Samantha Morton, Longford.
—Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jeremy Piven, Entourage.

Labels: 2008 Golden Globes, Californication, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day Lewis, Entourage, Johnny Depp, Queen Latifah, Ratatouille, Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  posted by Matildakay at 10:20 AM 0 comments

The Showtime link up
Last week the blog I wrote about my new favorite TV show Californication was linked on Showtime for four (4) days! Did you all hear that? Showtime’s website had a link to Matildakay.com for four wonderful days! Four days where I danced in the streets and sang show tunes in my linkage glee! Four days that I couldn’t post any other blogs (not even this one to tell you all about the amazing linkage) because Showtime linked up to Matildakay.com and not the individual Californication blog. (If I had posted anything new the Californication blog would have been buried under all the regular Matildakay blogginess and Showtime viewers would not have been able to find it.) Four days of constantly checking to see if my blog was still linked on Showtime. (I think they got more traffic out of me than I got out of them.) Four days of my writing being recognized on Showtime.

It was a wonderful four days of linkage!

Coincidentally the Showtime link up happened on the same day that someone else tried to convince me to completely rewrite a blog I had written, to change my writing style. I considered rewriting, but I couldn’t shake the negative feelings about the whole situation and my closest friends advised against rewriting. I eventually decided not to rewrite but instead to bask in being linked on Showtime while it lasted.

And the minute the Showtime link up ended… I headed out of town for a much needed girl’s day.

Eventually the show must go on as the theatre people say. So we now return to our regularly scheduled programming of Matildakay blogginess.

Labels: Blogging, Californication, Matildakay, matildakay.com, Showtime, Writing

  posted by Matildakay at 10:40 PM 0 comments

Californication
Writers are a strange breed. The good ones are disheveled, creative, brilliant and a little bit crazy. I always find it interesting to see how Hollywood portrays writers in movies and comedy series. Showtime has hit the nail on the head in Californication a new weekly comedy about a writer.



Californication is about Hank Moody played by David Duchovny, a writer from New York transplanted to Los Angeles and hating every minute of his LA life. Moody is a great name for this character. His book was turned into a successful movie that he hates and now he has a severe case of writer’s block. Hank is still in love with his ex-girlfriend, he’s trying to be a good father to his twelve-year-old daughter and he’s losing himself in casual sex. A lot of casual sex. It reminds me of that great line from Finding Forrester, “Jamal: Women will sleep with you if you write a book? Forrester: Women will sleep with you if you write a bad book.” Hank Moody is living that line in spades. He says what he thinks no matter how off the wall it may be and it works. And yet underneath all the women and the crazy situations, lurks a good heart and a creative soul.



And I'm happy to see Evan Handler in another great show.

I haven’t been this excited about a show since HBO’s Sex and the City and Entourage. To steal a line from my guy friends, Californication rocks the monu-cock with its writing! It’s smart, hilarious, and pushes the boundaries the way Sex and the City did. David Duchovny has found a part he was born to play, he’s irreverent and endearingly sexy at the same time. You can’t help but fall in love with his bad boy/good guy persona.

I love how blogging has been incorporated into the show with Hank taking a job blogging for HelL A magazine. If Hollywood is blogging, then blogging has truly arrived.

Californication is on Showtime Monday nights at 10:30 PM. It’s definitely a show for adults with graphic language and nudity so put your kids to bed beforehand. Tune in and watch Californication you won’t be disappointed!

Watch the trailer for Californication:

Labels: Blogging, blogs, Californication, David Duchovny, Entourage, HBO, Sex and the City, Sho.com, Showtime

  posted by Matildakay at 12:05 AM 1 comments