Greg does the Golden Globes...(contains spoilers)

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Drew Barrymore: You'll be getting my full backstage report from the Golden Globes by tomorrow morning but I'm also going to try to do some updates throughout the evening so check back! I'm unable to load photos all weekend and it's killing me! 4:32 p.m. I'm not doing the red carpet this year so am already backstage in the interview room watching the celebs arrive on TV. Everyone is working so I can't kibitz with anyone about Drew Barrymore's hair! Did you see it? It was big and blonde and I liked it! It's so much easier for the guys in our little penguin suits. Some of us look better in our penguin suits than ever. For example, I spotted Aaron Eckhart and Mark Wahlberg on the carpet and they look smashing. Jeremy Piven, apparently recovering from his bizarre bout Mercury poisening was with Wahlberg and looked pretty healthy. Colin Farrell was just by and he greeted Eva Mendes affectionately with this: "F*** off!" I'm told that's an affectionate thing to say for the Irish. Hmmmm 4:40: There's the the current "it: girl Tina Fey who arrived with Amy Poeler. Sarah Palin questions and baby questions. OK, there's Leo DiCaprio (so, so good looking) and he's with the lovely Kate Winslet. Leo said it was great to "be able to work with your best friend again." 4:49: Reborn superstar Tom Cruise was just interviewed on the red carpet and he looks about as handsome as he ever did. He's got a hit film in "Valkyrie" and a Globe nod for "Tropic Thunder." But Tom will lose to Heath Ledger. Tom's wife, Katie Holmes, is supposed to fly back in time for parties after she does her final night on Broadway. She's got more energy than me! Cruise isn't alone though. He arrived with a group that included his "Thunder" co-star Robert Downey Jr. and Sting! 5:02: If you don't want to know wins aead of the PST airing which begins at 8 p.m., STOP READING! Jennifer Lopez walks out to present the first award and tells everyone to shut up! Good for her. OK, Kate Winslet has just won for supporting actress. Since she also won the Broiadcast Film Critics Award the other night, it seems she may be the front runner for the Oscar. She has been nominated soooooo many times and never won. She said: "You'll have to forgive me, I'm not in the habit of winning these things." I was rooting for Viola Davis for "Doubt" but Winslet is very deserving. "Sorry this is going on a bit but I'm going to make the most of it....I'm in shock" She just said to hubby Sam Mendes, "I'm sorry I was so Mental." 5:08: Bruce Springsteen wins for best song for "The Wrestler" prevailing over a category that included Clint Eastwood, Beyonce Knowles and Miley Cyrus. Said Bruce: "This is the only time I'm going to be in competition with Clint Eastwood. Felt pretty good too." 5:16: Tom Wilkinson wins the supporting actor role in "John Adams." I'm happy for this well-deserved win but unhappy with a category that pits him against tNeil Patrick Harris! How can Barney from "How I Met Your Mother" compete with Ben Franklin (Wilkinson's haracter in "Adams") 5:10: Laura Dern just won for "Recount." I'm so happy for her! She won for supporting TV actress. Laura looks terrific and is so often overlooked. OK sorry, Kate Winslet has just walked back here. Here's some of what she says:" "I feel releived, I;ve been so nervous all day. I'm really, really happy. It's a huge thing I can't tell you." Someone asks Winslet how she played such a bad person in "The Reader." She said: "The thing about playing Hannah that was so hard for me was that I had absolutely nothing to draw on from my own life at all...I coudn't relate to anything at all about this woman. it was just a big leap of faith." On finally winning a Globe after several past nominations including "The Titanic" more than a decade ago: "It's absolutely incredible. I don't usually win things so I feel like the kid who came in first in the running race on sports day in school which I also never won." 5:23: Tom Wilkinson, who was quite flustered in giving his speech, is now back here. I asked him how it felt to finally win a Globe after many nominations: "I had a speech worked out that really worked out really well in the bathroom. I got terribly flustered...It's much more unsettling than you thihk it's going to be particulalry when you see Clint Eastwood and Bruce Springsteen are standing there. You think if I make a mistake they're going to come and beat me up." 5:32: Anna Paquin just won outstanding lead actress in TV for "True Blood." Good for her. I really don't love the show and was rooting awfully hard for Kyra Sedgwick to win a well-deserved Globe. Or Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters." Oh well, good for Anna. She can put it next to her Oscar for "The Piano." 5:40: Anna Paquin is now backstage: "This is absolutley incredible. I am beyond flattered and honiored. I fought really hard to get this part. I was the pale brunete from New Zealand and I'm playing the blonde from the south so I wasn't the most obvious choice....If it's not worth fighting for, then it's probably not worth having...I love a challenge." Anna was asked to compare winning the Golden Globe with her Oscar win at the age of 13 (She won for "The Piano." "At least I can stay up past 10 p.m. and can have a drink," she said. 5:45: Sally Hawkins has just beaten Meryl Streep for "Happy Go Lucky" in the outstanding film actress (coimedy or musical). This has gotta boost her Oscar chances bigtime: "Oh my goodness. Sorry, I have to put this down. I'll try and get through as much as my voice an d nerv es and knees will let me. (She breaks down, the audience applause). She gives her love to Emma Thompson who askes if she is OK. "This seems insane that I.m up here." She stumbles throughout and struggles through ending by saying, "I really should have shut up a long time ago." 5:53: Sallie Hawkins is now backstage and seemed still unable to believe she had beaten Meryl Streep in the best film musical or comedy. She won for "Happy-Go-Lucky." "It exploded my head," she said backstage of her surprise win. "I didn;lt write a speech until this morning because someone said it was a good idea. ...it's insane." She said as she walked to the stage, Meryl Streep leaned over to her and said, "Are you happy now?" Hawkins replied backstage: "Yes Meryl, I'm very happy!" 5:55: Heath Ledger wins for Dark Knight. Director Christopher Nolan:accepts and said of the late Hedger: "As he passed on, you saw a hole ripped into the history of cinema." 6:08: Tom Hanks, one of the producers of the Globe-winning miniseries "John Adams" was asked by gay reporter Ted Casablanca his thoughts about the passage of Proposition 8, which made it illegal for same-sex couples to marry in California. "I hope it is reversed, I think it is anti-American, Prop 8. ...You can put some good commercials on the air and convince anyone of anything." To Casablanca he said: "I wish you could get married to anyone you wanted to because love is love." 6:32: Paul Giamatti has won best actor in a TV miniseries or movie for "John Adams" and he says: "This was a helluva job, this was a helluva job this little costume drama we put on." Anther winner since I last checked in: Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock." It's been awhile since any of the winners have come backstage so we get to watch the show! 6:40: I stepped out to grab a Diet Coke and when I returned, Paul Giamatti was onstage answering questions. He was talking about the arduous shoot required for "John Adams." He won for playing the title role: "I'm not kidding when I said it was a hellish thing." Then someone strangely asked him how he stays fit. He kinda looked at himself, shrugged and said: "My secret is cheeseburgers." A more intelligent question was why he likes doing independent films so much (his career breakthrough was in the indie hit "Sideways.") Giamatti said:"There's a lot less money so they go fast and everyone is less anxioius generally...They just have a nicer atmosphere because everyone is less worried about money." 6:45: The lovely Laura Linney is back here and said: "This is the first time I've been at the winning table...I've been next to the winning table." She talked about how whenever she wins an award, she forgets to thank someone in her speech: "The Hollywood Foreign Press, and my agents and my family. ...In some ways it's easier just to be nominated." 6:48: Tina Fey wins for best actress in a comedy. Gee that was a big surprise. 7:03: Steven Spielberg has begun his speech as the recipient of the Cecil B. Demille career achievement award but the entire "30 Rock" team is up here so I'll listen to him later. Someone asked Tina Fey what she would like to see Sarah Palin do in 2012. She refused to say anything controversial: "I wouild like her to be well and happy and do whatever she wants." Alec Baldwin, who co-starred with Demi Moore in "The Juror," ,talked about this year's Golden Globe, Rumer Willis, the daughter of Moore and Bruce Willis: "I used to get Rumer Willis jelly beans in a little cup from crafts service." Tina Fey was asked how it felt to be the lead-in to Jay Leno next year when he takes over the 10 p.m. slot on NBC five days a week. Her show is much-acclaimed but a big ratings performer it is not: "Good luck Leno," Tina said. 7: 25: Colin Farrell, best actor winner in a film (comedy or musical), refused to say this was the start of a comeback for him. But he did say of his win: "It's a really nice memory...It's nice for people to say, 'Well done' and get a smack in the back of the head." Farrell, who completed a stint in rehab, was asked what he was going to do to celebrate his victory: "I'm probably going home to be honest,. I''ve had a couple of great nights leading into this. I'll probably slam a couple of diet cokes." 7:35: Kate Winslet wins her second Globe of the night, this time for "Revolutionary Road." She beat out such competition as Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie and Kristin Scott Thomas. Wow! 7:50: Mickey Rourke wins best actor for "The Wrestler" and the room goes nuts. Hollywood just LOVES a comeback. I kinda wish people who don't screw up were as celebrated. 7:50: Tom Cruise walks out to presnet best picture-drama. Tom is so happy these days to be out oif the box office doghouse. He announces "Slumdog Millionaire." But I can't listen to the speech because the cast of "Mad Men" has just walked into the press room and I can't take my eyes off of Jon Hamm! Uh, I mean, I have to listen to Jon Hamm. "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner said backstage that he was happy to win for best TV drama two years running and even happier that there was an actual ceremony to attend. Last year's Globes telecast was canceled because of the writer's strike. "Last year, we won in secrecy...this was the first tthing that happened to us last year and it was very meaningful to us in finding an audience...it really, really made a huge difference to the success of our show." Weiner is currently locked in contract negotiations with AMC but said: "I have every intention of coming back to the show but there's been very little movement. I'm hoping it works out. I wrote this in my basement on spec and brougth it to them and it';s my child." The cast was asked if they would all be back for the show's third season. Hamm joked: "I'm not. " He then turned to his cast memvers and said: "Good luck you guys." And finally, best actor and actress winner Mickey Rourke and Kate Winslet: Winslet entered the press room for the second time carrying two Golden Globes. Her shock over winning for best actress in a drama for "Revolutionary Road" came the same night she won in the supporting category for "The Reader." "I thought that Anne Hathaway was going to win hands down just no question," she said."I really do feel like this was a dream. Has this happened before? It is unbelievable." It is believed to be the first time in history that an actress has pulled off such a double feat: "I was so shocked to win one. And two? I can;t beleive it. I absolutely cannot believe it. It's honestly amazing. Amazing. It's remarkable to have been here so many times and to not have won so many times. To win twice in one night...I'm gonna stop talkign now because I'm babbling." Winslet worked with director husband Sam Mendes for the first time on "Revolutionary Road." "We did talk a lot about what's it going to be like. What if you get Mad at me and I get Mad with you?....We just let it be what it is and it was absolutely amazing...It absolutely brought us closer together and I got to see a side of him that I hadn't seen before...to have access to a whole other side of him is such a gift." Rourke, winner of the best actor in a drama award, reflected on his comeback in "The Wrestler" after many years of exile from Hollywood: "It's strange. I was out of the game for so many years. I appreciate the second chance to work again...after raising hell for 15 years, I appreciate it a lot." So why was Mickey off the A-list for so long? "...I didn't care about repercussions so you pay the price for that," he said. "I tried to beat the system and it beat the (expletive) out of me. It took me 13-14 years for the doors to open up again...It was never about my ability. it was about handling myself in society...i didnt realize it would take this long. I'm really grateful. I'm really more grateful and thankful than I am surprised. Rourke said he "gave all of myself, It was the first time in a long time I gave all of myself and it's the first time I felt that way since I was an acting student." And THAT IS IT!!! I will post photos tomorrow everyone. Thanks for reading!!! Late add: On my way out, ran into Mario Lopez and Tom Brokaw, walked over to the shuttles that take us back to our off-site parking and there stood Shirley MacLaine just a few feet away from Pierce Brosnan who is that kind of good looking that makes you just wanna slap him! Anyway, I did have a nice off-the-recod chat with Miss MacLaine.

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