NEW YORK (AP) – Glam was back for the Golden Globes virtual, bicoastal awards ceremony 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 done, style-wise, when the Globes split the hosts, with Amy Poehler at the Beverly Hilton and Tina Fey at New York’s Rainbow Room.
There was almost no sweat in sight. Jason Sudeikis was a glamorous outlier in a rainbow tie-dye hoodie from his sister’s clothing line when he remotely received a prize and said, “Wow, do I have to talk now?”
The sweatshirt, which retails for $ 110, created a lot of buzz on social media, prompting Fey to joke after Sudeikis took his award: “If anyone wants to know where to get Jason Sudeikis’s hoodie, go then go to nbc.com/globesfashion. ” Note: the page does not exist.
Behind the scenes after the show, Sudeikis told reporters that he owns a multitude of hoodies, but chose the one with “Forward” on the front and “Listen + Lead” on the back as appropriate for the unusual night.
“When people you care about do cool, interesting things, you have to support them,” he said.
Jodie Foster won by wearing Prada black and white silk pajamas, her dog Ziggy in a matching bandana and her wife by her side.
During a Zoom session with reporters after the show, a dizzying Foster put out a bare foot and showed herself going shoeless to receive her award, saying, “These are the best Globes ever! Being at home just felt real. It didn’t feel like it was filled with so many tricks. “
Regina King’s dog snoozed in the background before the show as she showed off her Louis Vuitton dress in silver and black – and Amanda Seyfried saw an example of a bouncy coral-red Oscar de la Renta with floral trim, echoing many stars who said they wanted to bring a little. joy.
“I have my son, who is 5 months old, lying against a pillow in a tuxedo,” said Seyfried.
Cynthia Erivo chose neon green Valentino to present him personally, and Kaley Cuoco chewed pizza in a de la Renta design. Gillian Anderson, alone in Prague, wore a green dress and Julia Garner a two-tone Prada black and white look. She didn’t forget the lipstick, a deep red color.
Laverne Cox, in a red embellished dress with cape sleeves, did another unusual thing: She got up to talk to reporters on E! and NBC via Zoom for 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 celebrate and get dressed, and actually put on a dress to walk from my living room to my kitchen,” Fanning told E !. “I thought why not?”
The jewels flowed with the dresses, including a gorgeous bright green starlet for Anya Taylor-Joy from Dior Couture with a matching coat.
Fey and Poehler, both dressed in black to open the show, joked about the unusual setup and the distance between them, with Fey pretending to stroke Poehler’s hair through their screens. The two, with numerous fashion changes, were joined by a string of presenters as winners accepted through Zoom, with an early glitch when winner Daniel Kaluuya’s audio initially went silent and then revived for him to speak.
King’s dog wasn’t the only surprise star. Sarah Paulson kept her little black dog on the screen and Emma Corrin’s fluffy white cat grabbed for herself for a moment.
And there were children too. Mark Ruffalo’s two followed him as he received an award. Aaron Sorkin was joined by a crowd of women for his victory. Lee Isaac Chung, director of ‘Minari’, hugged his little daughter tightly as he received an award, while his dressed offspring pressed back with, “I prayed, I prayed, I prayed.”
Peter Morgan, the creator of ‘The Crown’, was a winner of his ‘tragic little office’ and called the pre-pandemic Globes ‘always the most fun awards ceremony’.
Nominees teased from screen to screen, shouting their hello to each other.
Onstage and in front of their small, personal – and masked – audience, production designer Brian Stonestreet was spinning like never before when the Globes decided to go bicoastal earlier in February, just days before show time.
The award veteran, who has designed for the Grammys, the Billboards, the Academy of Country Music and others, told The Associated Press ahead of the big night of the Globes that he had acquired massive horizontal real estate for the screen-focused show with shrinking tables. in size and number.
“Funnily enough, it gave me a little more freedom in terms of landscape,” he said of the Beverly Hilton, taking in the huge chandelier in the center of the Rainbow Room, decorated with New York stars and spheres.
He used the extra space (about 36 guests in New York and 42 in Beverly Hills) to expand the screen presence and vaulted, more dramatic staircases. On the ground, he placed trophies on pedestals between his two- and three-piece cocktail tables, in place of the usual six-foot round tables that can seat 10 to 12 people, for a total of more than 1,000.
Rather than star-studded crowds crammed into the Hilton’s ballroom, the Globes hosted frontline and essential workers, along with food bank employees from the show’s philanthropic partnership with Feeding America.
Lydia Marks, a New York decorator, told The Associated Press that the technical challenges of the evening were many. With so many remote locations and two live sets, the few issues should be forgiven, she said.
“While it looks easy, the direction must remain responsive in a way that is more akin to a live sporting event than an awards ceremony,” said Marks. “I think it looks pretty seamless and controlled for the number of feeds they work with.”
Associated Press writer Beth Harris in Los Angeles contributed to this story.