It traditionally opens the season of the American film awards, the evening of the Golden Globes has the reputation of setting the tone in Hollywood by distinguishing first the series and the most outstanding films of the last year.
The ceremony usually has its share of surprises, failures, strong or embarrassing moments;
so many more or less spontaneous - and more or less watered - sequences which have marked its history for nearly 80 years.
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For the first time since their creation in 1944, the Golden Globes will this year opt for a virtual ceremony, presented on horseback between Beverly Hills and New York;
a choice of last resort for the organizers, in a context where the coronavirus pandemic has hit California hard in recent months and where the date of the ceremony has already been postponed.
Given this particular setting, the various artists present at this 78th edition of the ceremony should receive their prize by videoconference, from the comfort of their living room.
A domestic staging that should shine with its sobriety, a thousand miles from the most striking moments of previous editions of the Golden Globes, of which here is a selection.
Ving Rhames' tribute to Jack Lemmon
In 1998, a tearful Ving Rhames after winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Movie for
Don King
insisted that another nominee in his category join him on stage.
It was Jack Lemmon, Hollywood icon (
Some like it hot
,
Irma the Sweet
), standing applauded by the room.
Supreme homage, Ving Rhames had placed in his hands the Golden Globe he had just received, declaring: "
For me, being an artist is giving, and I would like to give you this, Mr. Jack Lemmon
".
Ving Rhames (left) and Jack Lemmon (right) receive the Golden Globe for Best Actor for the TV movie Don King: Only in America at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in January 1998, in Beverly Hills, California ).
HAL GARB / AFP
"
It was one of the coolest and most enjoyable moments of my life,
" replied Jack Lemmon, trying in vain to return Rhames the trophy which belonged to him.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which hosts the event, had finally sent another Golden Globe to the stylish Ving Rhames.
Angelina Jolie dives into a pool
In a much less civilized register, Angelina Jolie hit the headlines of the 57th Golden Globes in 1999, by ... taking the plunge.
The actress had promised before the party that she would dive in the swimming pool of the Beverly Hilton hotel if she was rewarded.
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The inevitable happened.
Awarded the prize for "
best actress in a mini-series or a television movie
" for her role in
Gia -
a biopic by Michael Cristofer devoted to the American top model Gia Carangi, who died of AIDS at 26, in 1986 - Angelina Jolie kept her word.
Without holding back either to shoot into the water, with a smile, an overly daring journalist who tried to interview him after his feat.
Faye Dunaway (left) and Angelina Jolie (right) in the TV movie
Gia
(Michael Cristofer, 1998).
The two actresses won a Golden Globe in 1999 for their roles in the biopic.
Everett / Bridgeman pictures
Jeremy Renner and the "
globes
" of Jennifer Lopez
Jeremy Renner, the Hawkeye superhero in the Marvel
Avengers
saga
,
shot one too many arrow with a tacky protrusion unchecked in 2015 as he handed over a statuette alongside Jennifer Lopez.
When the actress asks him if he wants her to open the envelope containing the name of the winner, because she had "
the nails for
", the star of
Minesweeper
retorted: "
and you also have the globes
" .
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This remark on the chest of his colleague had raised a wave of indignation, many Internet users accusing the actor of having sexually harassed the singer live on TV.
Jeremy Renner replied that it was obviously just a joke in the context of the staging of the evening, and that it should not be taken too seriously.
The touching coming out of Jodie Foster
No outrageous behavior for Jodie Foster but a moving speech when the actress received in 2013 an award for all of her work.
Everyone that night was hanging on the lips of one of Hollywood's most low-key stars, who was criticized by
Out Magazine
(America's leading gay and lesbian magazine) for not talking openly about his sexuality.
“
It seems that I have a strong urge to say something that I have never been able to say in public.
But I'm gonna go for it, huh?
Strong and proud, eh?
And so I'm going to need your support,
”the actress said with difficulty.
But in the end, she won't really come out.
“
I am single.
If it is true.
I am single,
”she said to laughter and applause, before paying tribute to Cydney Bernard, who had been her companion for many years.
Jodie Foster with her Cecil B. DeMille award at the Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills, January 13, 2013 ROBYN BECK / AFP
The unceremonious year of the Golden Globes
The biggest shock in Golden Globes history is not about banter, alcohol, or emotion.
This is simply the year the ceremony did not take place.
In 2008, the HFPA, organizer of these feasts, had decided to cancel the official presentation of the rewards during the great strike of the authors' union, their comrades actors having indicated that they refused to cross the picket lines, as a sign of solidarity.
Without glitter and without relief, the awards were announced during a simple and dismal press conference.
As for the social movement, it ended after three months of a very ... Hollywood struggle.
