The red carpet was out again for a night of fashion, corny jokes, and classy celebrities. All the stars came out before the sun set and sparkled in dresses from all designers. We had the bright orange J. Lo and the white suited Diane Keaton adding brightness to the evening. The dark gray Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Aniston in her sexy black dress may have been the dark spots of the sun but shone with the rest.
It was the year of the boobs in the fashion sense of the night, and there was more than one star who had them accentuated or peeking out. The men were pretty complacent with a very bland, traditional black being spotted all around. I guess it will be next year for the amazing dresses … or maybe it will be at the Oscars.
No one was surprised that the best drama is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, since most felt the trilogy deserved it for all three movies, and this culminating one was surely the most dramatic. Most were then pleased that Peter Jackson got his due notice as Best Director for the large task he completed with flying colors. In the end they awarded the series for all of the work that has been done over the past three years, or at least that’s what the fans will believe.
Many thought Tom Cruise would get the Best Actor in a Drama award for The Last Samurai but Sean Penn got the award for Mystic River, which has been thought of as getting more attention than originally deserved. The Best Actress in a Drama was Charlize Theron for Monster, which was the expected win.
Lost in Translation won the best comedy category, even though many debated whether it should be characterized as a comedy. The Best Actress award, which many assumed would automatically go to Scarlett Johansen, went to Diane Keaton for Something’s Gotta Give.
Bill Murray took away Best Actor in a Comedy for Lost in Translation but many felt that it was more for all of the times he has been overlooked. It was slightly surprising that Johnny Depp did not win after making Pirates of the Caribbean the surprise blockbuster of the year.
In the television world, the miniseries awards were swept away by the nominees from “Angels in America.” Few were surprised when “24” took home Best Drama Series. The actor and actress awards then went to Anthony LaPaglia of “Without a Trace” and Frances Conroy of “Six Feet Under,” both of which were not the popular choices but were not surprising either.
The Best Comedy Series award went to BBC America for “The Office.” The actor and actress awards for this category stayed away from the public channels as Sarah Jessica Parker won for “Sex and the City,” and Ricky Gervais won for his role in “The Office.”
While the television awards portion proved to be less than interesting, this year it was the Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, Mary-Louise Parker, who got the quote of the night, stating that to win a $1000 bet she had to tell the audience that she thanked her newborn for the way her boobs looked that evening. It was certainly not something that could be topped.
The only exception was the great ending which consisted only of Leonardo DiCaprio walking to the microphone and saying “Goodnight.”
