GOLDEN NIGHT
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the Golden Globe 2021 ceremony, officially kicking off awards season
Glam was back for the Golden Globes virtual, bicoastal awards night Sunday as nominees Zoomed in from around the world and, for Leslie Odom Jr, from his front porch in Los Angeles not far from the action in Beverly Hills.
And they were ready, style wise, as the Globes split hosts, with Amy Poehler at the Beverly Hilton and Tina Fey at the Rainbow Room in New York.
There was nary a pair of sweats in sight. Jason Sudeikis was the glam outlier in a tie-dye hoodie as he picked up an award remotely, saying: “Wow, do I talk now?” Jodie Foster picked up her virtual trophy wearing a black-andwhite jammies set and her dog Ziggy in a bandana to match.
Regina King’s dog snoozed in the background as she showed off her Louis Vuitton gown in silver and black. Amanda Seyfried, in Savannah, Georgia, wore a sunny, springy coral Oscar de la Renta with floral adornment, echoing many stars who said they wanted to bring a little joy.
Cynthia Erivo went for neon green Valentino to present in person, and Kaley Cuoco munched pizza in a de la Renta design. Gillian Anderson, alone in Prague, wore a green gown and Julia Garner a two-tone Prada black and white look. She didn’t forget the lipstick, a deep red.
Laverne Cox, in a red, embellished cape-sleeve gown, did something even more unusual: She stood up to chat with reporters on E! and NBC via Zoom before the show.
“I wanted to feel festive and go for it,” she told NBC. “It’s really amazing about this whole Zoom world. People can do whatever they want.”
That meant Chanel for Shira Haas in Los Angeles, and custom Gucci for Elle Fanning in London.
“It’s nice to have something to celebrate and get dressed up for, and actually put on a dress to walk from my living room to my kitchen,” Fanning told E! .“I thought, why not?”
Fey and Poehler, both dressed in black to open the show, joked about the unusual set up and the distance between them, with Fey pretending to stroke Poehler’s hair through their screens.
King’s dog wasn’t the only surprise star. Sarah Paulson held her little black pooch on screen.
And there were kids, too. Mark Ruffalo’s two wandered behind him as he accepted an award. Aaron Sorkin was joined by a bevy of women on hand for his win. Lee Isaac Chung, director of Minari, hugged his small daughter tight as he accepted an award, his dressed-up offspring squeezing back with: “I prayed, I prayed, I prayed.”
Peter Morgan, creator of The Crown, was a winner from his “tragic little office,” calling the prepandemic Globes “always the most fun awards show.”
On stage and for their small, in-person audiences, production designer Brian Stonestreet pivoted like never before when the Globes decided to go bicoastal earlier in February, just days before show time.
The awards veteran, who has designed for the Grammys, the Billboards, the Academy of Country Music and others, said ahead of the Globes’ big night that he gained massive horizontal real estate for the screen-centric show with the shrinking of tables in size and number. “Funnily enough, it gave me a little more freedom in terms of scenery,” he said of the Beverly Hilton, while incorporating the Rainbow Room’s massive centre chandelier adorned with stars in New York.