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Entertainment | 01/12/2009 10:50 am

Winslet, Fey and Ledger Provide Golden Globe Highlights

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
© AP

The Golden Globes — traditionally a more relaxed affair than the Oscars — was quite the event to remember last night. In addition to Mickey Rourke’s big, surprising win, here are three other highlights that will no doubt be a topic of conversation over the next few days. 

Kate Winslet overcome with double win: Kate Winslet, 33, who was nominated — but not awarded — five times previously for the Globes, was overcome with emotion following a double win. In addition to taking home best actress for "Revolutionary Road," she won best supporting actress for the Holocaust film, "The Reader." In her first acceptance speech, she said: "I have a habit of not winning things." She added: "I’m in shock … To my children who are watching on TV, look! I won!" We’re sure the kids are proud of mother’s big moment.

Tina Fey tells bloggers to "suck it": While accepting her award for best actress in a TV comedy, Tina Fey let out some pent-up anger toward bloggers who have poked fun at her — naming "dianefan," "BabsonLacrosse" and "cougar-letter" as her virtual enemies.

"If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet," said Fey, who gained notoriety for her Sarah Palin impersonation on the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live." "And you can find a lot of people there who don’t like you. I’d like to address some of them now. Babs in La Crosse, you can suck it. Diane-fan, you can suck it. Cougar-letter, you can really suck it, ‘cause all year you’ve been after me. All year." Don’t you love a girl who sticks up for herself? We do!

Heath Ledger awarded a posthumous Golden Globe: The crowd rose to its feet when Demi Moore announced that the late Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for his performance as The Joker in "The Dark Knight." The film’s director, Christopher Nolan, accepted the award on his behalf. The only other actor to win a posthumous Oscar was best-actor recipient Peter Finch for 1976’s "Network." Ledger died on January 22, 2008, of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. He was 28.

"After Heath passed, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema," Nolan said. "All of us who worked with Heath accept this with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride. He will be eternally missed, but he will never be forgotten."

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Lily Rose
No reference to Mickey Rourke, my friends?
By Lily Rose on 01/12/2009 11:05 am
Catherine Kaiman
Mickey Rourke has his own thread which also includes a video of his acceptance speech, which was the most touching of the entire show.
By Catherine Kaiman on 01/12/2009 11:23 am
DeBúrca obj
Tina Fey rocks!
By DeBúrca obj on 01/12/2009 11:15 am
EKA -
OK, I need someone to talk me down ( a la rachel Madow) I saw Revolutionary Road on Sat. with my husband and another couple. WE ALL HATED IT !!! Great acting job by kate & leo, but a miserable, depressing movie. As we left the parking garage I said to the young ticket taker ” I just saw the worst movie ” He said ” Revolutionary road ?, You’re the third car to say that, one guy told me if i saw it I’d be scarred for life ” I know sam mendes also did “American Beauty”, another take on suburban life in America, and this movie was a great acting vehicle for his wife, but man, what a miserable, depressing movie ! When the movie ended you could almost hear the air deflate out of the theatre and people had these totally whipped expressions on their faces. Is it possible that right now, at this time, we need something to lift us up ? That times are miserable enough and we need a little Busby Berkley ? I don’t know. We did spend some time discussing the movie over dinner, and maybe at another time I would have appreciated it more, but should we expect to be “entertained” at a movie. I don’t remember feeling this way at “Virginia Wolfe”…. what is it about this movie ? Anyone else seen it ? Oh, yes, Tina Fey Rocks !
By EKA - on 01/12/2009 12:06 pm
Corinne M.
Tina Fey is awesome. I’m very happy for her success.
By Corinne M. on 01/12/2009 1:03 pm
Chips AHoey
I love Tina Fey but she shouldn’t give credibility to internet enemies
By Chips AHoey on 01/12/2009 3:35 pm
Lori F.
I saw both movies by Winslet, she is awesome! Go Kate go!
By Lori F. on 02/05/2009 1:33 am