HOLLYWOOD, January 19, 2003–Dressed in their Sunday best, celebs filed down the red carpet tonight to attend a little event hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association known as the Golden Globe Awards.
As usual, movie stars were a bit thinner on the ground than TV stars, but Nicole Kidman made an appearance with her sister in tow, while Heather Graham showed up with About a Boy director Chris Weitz. Leonardo DiCaprio spent time signing autographs for fans–he’s such a nice boy. He should hook up with that sweet princess, Anne Hathaway, who was an absolute knockout in her hot pink gown slit up to there.
In fact, overall, celebs looked pretty darn good at this year’s annual Golden Globe Awards, with Halle Berry as usual setting the standard for fashionistas in an incredible powder blue confection. Also sporting chic duds were Marisa Tomei (she wore a stunning vintage 1970s John Anthony gown), Salma Hayek and Diane Lane.
In the sea of good taste, however, a few stars needed a fashion life preserver, including Lara Flynn Boyle, who showed up in a pink tutu; Robin Williams, who looked like he was being strangled by a piece of electrical wire, perhaps by S&M-looking beauty Sharon Stone, whose look was distinctly biker chick. Speaking of S&M, Secretary star and Globe nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal steered clear of anything that smacked of her recent role, instead choosing a lacy Chanel gown that looked suspiciously like a doily.
One of the first notable TV stars to hit the red carpet was Bernie Mac, nominated for his performance on his hit Fox series The Bernie Mac Show, followed by Tony Shalhoub, who said that after mere minutes on the red carpet he was already having the time of his life; we suspect things got just a teeny bit better when he won the Globe for best actor in a comedy TV series.
Friends‘ Jennifer Aniston and husband Brad Pitt eschewed the red carpet and went in the back way, most likely because of Aniston‘s ungainly accessory, a cane she has to use because she stubbed her foot on an ottoman. The couple made it into the ballroom just in time for Aniston to pick up her award for best actress in a comedy TV series.
Malcolm in the Middle‘s Brian Cranston, one of nine nominees for best TV supporting actor, said he wasn’t nervous about his nomination because he wasn’t likely to win considering the size of the category, which included dramas, comedies, mini-series and made-for-TV movies. The West Wing‘s Bradley Whitford, who’s married to Cranston’s co-star Jane Kaczmarek and was nominated in the same category as Cranston, agreed that the field was a little crowded.
Other sitcom stars to strut their stuff on the red carpet included Sex and the City‘s Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker (who arrived with her husband Matthew Broderick); Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s Cheryl Hines; Michael Chiklis, who won best TV drama actor honors for the F/X cop drama The Shield, which also won best TV drama; and Life With Bonnie‘s Bonnie Hunt, who looked like she was dressed to say “I do,” instead of, “I’d like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press.”
Stars from the music world were well represented, too, by Bono and the Edge of U2, whose song “The Hands That Built America” from Gangs of New York took honors in the best song category. Elton John, who presented them with the award, was also on hand, adding spice to the festivities as usual, while songstress-turned-actress Beyonce Knowles was convincingly sweet as usual–and she looked absolutely stunning in an elaborately embroidered ball gown.
Guylaine Cadorette and Leigh Johnson contributed to this report.
