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    Golden Globe Hosts Oh, Samberg Want Lighter Tone At Awards Ceremony

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    Sandra Oh, left, and Andy Samberg smile at each other after rolling out the red carpet at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards Preview Day at The Beverly Hilton on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

    By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Entertainment Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Actress Sandra Oh wants to bring a lighter tone to the Golden Globes after last year's awards show took a much serious approach centered on the "MeToo" movement.

    Oh said Wednesday that she and fellow host Andy Samberg will provide a "moment of joy" at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on Sunday night. She and Samberg were first paired as award presenters during a comical set at the Emmys last year when Oh ripped up the winner's envelope, referencing the 2017 Oscars "La La Land" slip-up before the duo pieced together the card and announced the actual winner.

    "Let us have a moment of joy," said Oh, who is favored to win a Golden Globe award for best actress for her role in the drama series "Killing Eve." ''I know when Andy and I were talking about the feeling that I really want to bring, and really focus on, is just to have a moment of joy. Honestly, with who is going to be in that audience, the nominees this year, it excites me so tremendously for mostly because of the diversity in that room."

    Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Meher Tatna called last year's ceremony an important moment in the television and film industry as many dressed in black in solidarity with the victims of sexual harassment. Oprah Winfrey also made a rousing speech praising women for coming forward with their "MeToo" stories.

    Tatna said Sunday's awards might not be as politically charged as the previous year, but the show will use its platform to honor Carol Burnett and Jeff Bridges with lifetime achievement awards.

    Burnett, 85, a five-time Globes winner, will receive the inaugural Carol Burnett Award, a new award focusing on television. Bridges, 69, who won a Globe in 2010, will be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an accolade for film.

    Tatna hopes the Golden Globes can return to its roots as the "party of the year" by giving attendees an opportunity to "escape reality." The awards show is known for being a place of celebration, serving a bevy of champagne and having a good time.

    "I think I saw Sandra say something about not making the host speeches too political," Tatna said. "I think everybody is tired of politics and maybe for one night we can have fun and not worry about the state of the world."

    Associated Press writer Marcela Isaza contributed to this report.

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    Review: Kate Winslet Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Goodbye June”

    Friday, December 12, 2025

    Kate Winslet is due a very thoughtful Christmas gift this year. The veteran actor made a pretty extraordinary maternal gesture, directing, producing and starring in a film her son, Joe Anders, wrote, "Goodbye June," which is in limited release this weekend and streaming on Netflix Dec. 24.

    While it might be worth pointing out that the script originated in a screenwriting class, there will be no nepo baby jokes here. Put alongside most of the Christmas offerings on Netflix, which seem to veer more toward the secret princess/fantasy/romance side of things, and aren't even attempting to be, well, very good, "Goodbye June" is an admirably solid, if generic, drama about family and death with a very distinguished cast.

    Terminal illness, estranged adult siblings and hospital rooms are certainly not going to be everyone's cup of tea around the holidays, but you probably already know by this point whether this is an experience you want to sign up for. It remains a mystery why so many holiday movies feel the need to include a dying mother. Perhaps it's because, from an emotional standpoint, it rarely misses.

    Unlike, say "The Family Stone" however, "Goodbye June" actually places the audience in that most unpleasant of settings: The hospital. It begins with a nightmare scenario, with the elderly mother, June ( Helen Mirren ) collapsing as the kettle cries out on the stove. Her grown son Connor (Johnny Flynn) finds her, collects his father Bernie (Timothy Spall), and they race off to the hospital, forgetting to turn off the tap in the sink before they leave. "Goodbye June" has an eye for the mundane details that make up everyday life that all seem so small in the face of loss.

    Soon, they're greeted by the rest of June and Bernie's daughters, Julia... Read More

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