Where was Gosling?
This and other Golden Globes mysteries explained
LOS ANGELES — Award season is often filled with riddles and mysteries, but few shows pack them in like the Golden Globes. On Sunday, Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage told viewers to Google a stranger’s name, an unfamiliar Turkish actress came on stage and wished for world peace, and Ryan Gosling (despite two nominations) was missing in action. We explain — as much as we can — what went down in Beverly Hilton.
Google who?: Dinklage, who won for supporting actor in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television, closed his acceptance speech by mentioning Martin Henderson, urging viewers to “Google him!” We did. Dinklage, who has a form of dwarfism and is 4½-feet tall, was talking about a British man who was attacked last October while celebrating his 37th birthday. Henderson was thrown in an apparent “dwarf tossing” prank that left the man partially paralyzed and now using a wheelchair. “I guess I was an easy target and the only reason I was picked on was because I am small,” Henderson told London’s Telegraph newspaper. Police are investigating.
Turkish delight: The proceedings took an odd turn with the appearance of Meltem Cumbul, a Turkish actress few viewers had ever heard of who was introduced as an “international film star.” Who is she? Cumbul has done a lot of screen roles in Turkey, where she’s known for the show Yilan Hikayesi (which, in case you were wondering, Wikipedia lists as “the highest rated program ever in the history of Turkish television”). “I grew up watching the (Globes), and it’s an honour to be with all of you tonight. Peace at home, peace in the world,” Cumbul said, before vanishing as quickly as she appeared.
Gosling gone?: He was nominated twice this year, for lead actor in a comedy/musical ( Crazy Stupid, Love) and lead actor in a drama ( The Ides of March). But where was the young comer? “Ides” co-star and director George Clooney noted backstage that, “He’s in Thailand,” referencing the Western film Only God Forgives that Gosling is preparing to shoot with Drive director Nicolas Refn. “He wrote me a nice email this morning. It happens. He’s gotta work. He’s a struggling actor.” As Ides writer Beau Willimon said on the red carpet, “He does his own thing.”