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When Conchita Wurst hit the red carpet a moment ago in a belted green velvet gown with exposed lingerie, there was a moment of pause among our editors. After all, she is not your average-looking starlet. However our market editor, a born and bred Brit, knew right away. “She won the Eurovision Song Contest!,” she yelled from across the room.
Last May, Conchita (born Tom Neuwirth) captivated all of the EU when she belted out the James Bond theme song, “Rise Like a Phoenix,” amid a stage exploding with glitter and took home top prize at the European music contest. (The drag star represented Austria.) Since then she has become a bit of a fashion obsession. She has already beenphotographed in her lingerie by Karl Lagerfeld for CR Fashion Book, and also walked in Jean Paul Gaultier’s autumn/winter couture show.
In CR, she talked about identity and the challenges faced when embracing drag versus becoming transgendered.“[Being transgender] is very serious business; it’s a life within itself, so you mustn’t confuse the two. I always get the question, why the beard? And I think the beard, for me, has so many reasons and so many meanings, but at the end of the day, I want to show that you can achieve anything, that you can have a beautiful life with any kind of look, because the way you look isn’t the most important thing in life. It doesn’t matter.”
We’re happy to see Conchita hit Hollywood. We can only imagine this means we’ll be seeing a lot more of her very soon!
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Eddie Redmayne has been named best actor at the Golden Globes for his portrayal of a young Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, BOYHOOD charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family … More
- R (for language including sexual references, and for teen drug and alcohol use)
- Drama
- Richard Linklater
- Richard Linklater
- Jul 11, 2014 Wide
- Jan 6, 2015
- $24.3M
Linklater won for best director and his star Patricia Arquette garnered an honor for supporting actress for her portrayal of an underappreciated single mother.
"This is a very personal film for me, it couldn't be more personal, and it became very personal to everyone who worked on it," said Linklater, who filmed the coming-of-age movie with his crew once a year for 12 years.
"We're all flawed in this world, no one's perfect," he added, dedicating the award to his parents and parents "who are evolving everywhere and families who are just passing through this world and doing their best."
Arquette thanked her "visionary" director Richard Linklater "for allowing me to be part of something so human, so simple and groundbreaking and significant in the history of cinema" and "for shining a light on this woman and the many women like her and for allowing me to honor my own mother with this incredible character."
Keaton won for best actress in a musical or comedy — "If I can carry that flag for even a night, I am proud to do so," he said — and was one of two awards for Birdman, which also garnered best screenplay.
Playing a former superhero-movie actor looking for a career comeback, Keaton said he was thankful for being in director Alejandro González Iñárritu 's unbelievably gutsy, polished look at human nature" and got choked up when talking about his friends, family and son.
"I'm so grateful from the bottom of my heart. You don't know what this means to me."
Showtime's The Affair defied the odds — as well as the power of such fellow cable series Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones — to win for best drama on its first time out, and star Ruth Wilson snagged the award for best actress in a drama.
"If I have learned anything from writing a show about an affair, it's that how sacred and valuable and essential marriages are," said Affair co-creator Sarah Treem.
Kevin Spacey captured the honor for best actor in a drama for playing the underhanded House of Cards politician.
"This is just the beginning of my revenge," Spacey said in the beginning of an emotional acceptance speech. He concluded by saying, "I just want to be better, but this is very encouraging."
Big Eyes star Amy Adams won the award for best actress in a comedy or musical for playing Margaret Keane, a woman whom Adams said "had such a quiet voice and such a strong heart and such a strong artistic vision and was ultimately able to use her voice."
Adams also paid homage to the other actresses in the audience who are role models for her 4-year-old. "You speak to her so loudly. She watches everything and sees everything and I am so grateful for all of you women in this room who have such a lovely beautiful voice and are speaking to my daughter."
The Honorable Woman star Maggie Gyllenhaal accepted her honor for best actress in a TV miniseries by noting the wealth of "real" roles for women in television.
"That's what I notice is evolutionary and revolutionary and turning me on," she said.
Gina Rodriguez won best actress in a comedy for her title role in the CW's first-year Latino-centric series Jane the Virgin.
"Thank you, God. for making me an artist," Rodriguez said. "This award is so much more than myself. It represents a culture that wants to see itself as heroes."
Transparent is the first streaming series for Amazon to win a Golden Globe, taking the honor for best comedy series as well as best comedic actor for Jeffrey Tambor.
"Oh, this is big. This is bigger than me," said Tambor, adding that with his transgender role, he's "found more of Jeffrey than I've ever known in my life."
Transparent creator Jill Soloway dedicated the award to "the trans community" and said she wanted the show to teach the audience about "truth, authenticity and love."
Teller "is a young actor of such maturity and brilliance. He inspired me every day to scream at him and hit him in the face," Simmons said in his acceptance speech.
Fargo conquered the TV miniseries category and star Billy Bob Thornton won for best actor in a miniseries.
"These days you get in a lot of trouble no matter what you say," Thornton deadpanned. "You could say anything and get in trouble. I know that for a fact. So I'm just going to say thank you."
The Normal Heart's Matt Bomer won for supporting actor in a TV miniseries or movie. He honored both his co-star Mark Ruffalo — "the heart and soul of the movie" — and those who died or are still suffering from AIDS: "We love you and remember you.
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The odds of "American Woman" being played at this year's Super Bowl just got taken off the board.
Lenny Kravitz will be Katy Perry's "special guest" during the game's halftime show, the pop star announced during halftime of Saturday's New England Patriots-Baltimore Ravens game.
Perry told NBC's Willie Geist that performing alongside the 50-year-old guitarist would make her more "cool," but the announcement seems to signal a new shift the NFL is taking for its Super Bowl entertainment.
Having cycled through almost every old rock group or pop icon that can support a show on name recognition alone, the league is turning toward younger acts and propping them up with older names that might draw in additional demographics.
For instance: Singer Bruno Mars headlined last year's show in New York but not without the Red Hot Chili Peppers showing up and playing without bothering to plug in their guitars.
There's no word on if Kravitz will actually play his instrument at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1 but let it be said that we'd prefer the show feature one act and one act alone. Past collaborations have failed spectacularly (Aerosmith, 'N Sync and Britney Spears anyone?) and there's simply not enough time to go around.
Also, if the NFL isn't confident enough that two great performers like Bruno Mars or Katy Perry can carry their own shows, why pick them in the first place?
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