Spanning the Globes/ Tidbits from Sunday night’s action
Cruise likes living large
Tom Cruise must have gotten comfortable in that fat suit.
Cruise, nominated for a supporting actor Golden Globe for his nearly unrecognizable performance as fat, balding, foulmouthed movie executive Les Grossman in the Ben Stiller comedy “Tropic Thunder,” said he and Stiller are considering bringing the character back in some other format.
“More is Les? I don’t know. We’ll see. We keep talking about maybe doing something for the Internet,” Cruise said on the red carpet before Sunday’s Golden Globes.
“We really haven’t had a moment to talk about it thoroughly but it would be fun,” Cruise added. “It’s a fun character to play.”
Cutting it close
At the Golden Globes, it’s not just about who wins but who gets to say hello.
The event is noted for being more a far more laid back affair than its big brother, the Oscars, and Sunday’s 66th annual edition was no exception. So many people stopped Steven Spielberg to say hello that the director barely made it to his seat before the televised awards show’s director started the cameras rolling.
With two minutes to show time, numerous nominees and awards presenters continued to mingle, ignoring the voice that came over the loudspeaker urging them to take their seats. Beyonce was escorted through the crowd to her seat by her publicist, Alan Nierob. Clint Eastwood stopped to shake hands with movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and Brad Pitt took Angelina Jolie by the hand and escorted her to their table.
Piven appears
Less than a month after abruptly leaving a hit Broadway show over health problems, Jeremy Piven showed up on the red carpet outside the Golden Globes alongside Mark Wahlberg.
Piven, who also plays Ari Gold on the HBO show “Entourage,” left the critically acclaimed production of “Speed the Plow” last month. The show business trade paper Variety reported the 43-year-old actor had been suffering from high levels of mercury, which caused fatigue and other problems.
Piven spoke briefly with former football player Tiki Barber, who worked as a reporter during NBC’s red carpet preview.
Piven likened his abrupt departure from the show to a team doctor telling Barber that he had to leave a game.
Barber joked that he often ignored such orders.
Wahlberg ran interference, saying a healthy Piven was needed for HBO’s “Entourage,” which Wahlberg executive produces.
Golden facelift
At least one glittering star will admit having a face lift: the Golden Globe statuette.
The film-swathed globe atop a marble base was revamped this year. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association spent two years refining its trademark trophy. The new one — featuring a more detailed, accurate globe and a new marble base — was handed out for the first time at Sunday’s ceremony.
“There’s really not much change in the design,” said Jorge Camara, the association’s president.
The organization also redesigned its Cecil B. DeMille award, presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry. This year’s honoree, Steven Spielberg, was the first recipient of the redesigned award.
Gifts galore
Nothing gets stars in the mood for a big awards show like piles of swag. And despite the slumping economy, the getting was good at gift suites around town.
Stars who visited the DPA gifting lounge at Beverly Hills’ Peninsula Hotel — including Golden Globe nominees Blair Underwood and Melissa George — could collect Jil Sander sunglasses, a six-day Tahitian getaway, fine jewelry, handbags and designer dog collars. They could also get pampered with treatments such as eyelash extensions, facials, massages and foot reflexology.
Down the street at Kari Feinstein’s Style Suite in West Hollywood, guests perused three floors packed with goodies to eat, drink, wear or apply to skin and hair.
Wendi’s Fine English Toffee and Nothing Bundt Cakes provided a sugar kick, and Little Black Dress wines and Glowelle antioxidant beauty drinks offered liquid refreshment while guests including Jessica Alba, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Golden Globe nominee Debra Messing stocked up on swag.
Messing collected tooth-whitening products, bedazzled shearling boots and a box of Glowelle drinks, which she called “Glow-tox.” Alba fell in love with a woven, diamond-studded bracelet from Tacori. Michelle Trachtenberg of the hit TV teen drama “Gossip Girl” snapped up sexy underthings from Bittersweet Butterfly and Golden Globe nominee Viola Davis coveted a lavender leather handbag from Moni Moni.
Other stars ogled conflict-free, earth-friendly fine jewelry from Precious Earth, adult-size footie pajamas from Pajama City and sparkling gems from Touchstone Crystal.
Davis, who’s enjoying widespread accolades for her work in “Doubt,” said awards season was “dizzying” but not stressful.
“It’s just been a joy,” she said. “It’s a joy to be recognized for your work.”
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