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ite Houseepic Gladiator was named best dramatic
motion picture at Sunday’s Golden Globes, while
Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe’s fictionalized
[Story about his experiences as a teen-age rock
[urnalist in the ’70s, won best comedy film.
Julia Roberts won as best dramatic movie ac-
ss for Erin Brockovich, and Tom Hanks won as
st dramatic actor for Cast Away.
No one film dominated the night’s awards.
adiator, a bloody re-creation of ancient battles
Rome’s Coliseum, came away with two, in-
aiding one for music.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Almost Fa-
pus and Traffic also won two each. So if the
'Olden Globes hold true as an indicator of how
h Academy Awards will go in March, the field
|>.wide open.
“Lor a few anxious minutes I didn’t think I’d
[t to take this baby home,” Gladiator director
ley Scott said after the final presentation.
Roberts said of the real-life lawyer’s aide
fose battle over water pollution inspired her
Erin Brockovich, the real gal, is awesome
md should be a lesson that we are all powerful in-
— iividuals that can make a difference in the
wbrld.”
^ Hanks, naming two other stars honored earli-
T in the Golden Globe ceremony, said: “I
Editor ■matched A1 Pacino movies, and I wanted to be an
aUr ^ That went hand-in-hand with listening to
a o ^ ^ylan songs. ’ ’
otaster George Clooney won best actor in a comedy
" astcr h)r O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Renee
,,thej lwe g e r of Nurse Betty won best comedy film
3%«ress.
| think when you list the names of the actors
^Jlhis category that you’ve got to figure Tin go-
to win this,” Clooney deadpanned to the au-
By Kendra Kingsley
The Battalion
Lor 9-year-old Garrison Liles,
the Brazos County Repub
lican Party’s inaugural
ball meant more than
just politics.
“I didn’t really
care who won
president,” he
said. “I was just real
ly nervous about performing my
song and dance [routine] in front of
everyone at the ball.”
Liles was one of many children
to perform at the inaugural ball.
Lor the rest of the guests. Presi
dent George W. Bush was the toast
of the party.
Though the party’s location in
the Student Recreation Center’s
Archery room was no match for
Washington's Black Tie & Boots
Ball on Lriday, Republican
spirit ran high throughout the
program.
Fred Brown, state rep
resentative and the
program’s master of
ceremonies, said he
thought Bush’s new
administration was a
reason for celebration
in itself.
“For the first time
in eight years, integrity
has been restored in
the White House,”
Brown said.
State Board of Ed
ucation member Dr.
Don McLeroy gave the
invocation and states
man Emil Ogden de
livered the
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touch
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- , r
' •Wnce. Listing his competitors
, Jim Carrey,
Cusack, Robert De Niro and Mel Gibson —
8 hoursar 16 jcracked: “What have they done?”
Jd ions'°^ P^lweger, who played a delusional soap opera
fmonth. ToI M in Nurse Betty, almost missed her award be-
—^' a fose she was outside the auditorium in the re
stroom, a fate that befell Christine Lahti in 1998
when she won for Chicago Hope.
Presenter Hugh Grant vamped until Zellweger
walked from the back of the room, first in tears,
then screaming for joy.
“A moment I’ll never forget,” she finally said.
‘■‘A moment I almost didn’t|have.”
Taiwan’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
won the foreign-language film Globe, and Ang
Lee was named best director for the epic com
bining martial arts fury with the heroines’ love
stories.
“I really want to thank my wife for being a role
model of the tough women I portray in the
movie,” Lee said.
u
Usually I come here and
eat a very casual two-
minute meal and then sit
and watch everybody else
walk off with these”
- Kelsey .Crammer
Benicio Del Toro won best supporting film ac
tor for his role in the drug war drama Traffic, and
Kate Hudson won supporting film actress for
most Famous.
“Well, I got lucky,” Del Toro, who played a
Mexican police officer, told the star-studded au
dience. “I’d like to congratulate all the nominees.
I love their work. If they want a recount, they can
talk to my lawyer.”
Traffic won the screenplay Globe for Stephen
Gaghan, and Gladiator picked up the original
score honor for Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard.
Dylan’s “Things Have Changed” from Wonder
Boys won original song.
NBC’s “The West Wing” was named best tele
vision drama series, and its star, Martin Sheen,
won best actor in a TV drama for playing charis
matic President Jeb Bartlett.
“God willing, you’re going to have Jeb
Bartlett and company to kick around for four
more years,” Sheen said.
Sela Ward, who plays a divorced mother re-en
tering the dating world, was named the top actress
in a TV drama series for ABC’s “Once and
Again.”
Robert Downey Jr., who faces another drug
possession trial, won best TV supporting actor for
his role as Calista Flockhart’s boyfriend on “Ally
McBeal.”
“Sex and the City” won best comedy series, and
star Sarah Jessica Parker won for a second con
secutive year as best actress in a comedy series.
“I’m ill-prepared again,” Parker said. “It’s just
like high school. I am the most content employee
ever. I love working for HBO.”
“Frasier” star Kelsey Grammer won best actor
in a comedy series.
“Usually I come here and eat a very casual
two-minute meal and then sit and watch every
body else walk off with these,” Grammer said.
Showtime’s Dirty Pictures won the best minis
eries or TV movie, and Judi Dench, whose hus
band actor Michael Wiliams died this month, was
the category’s best actress for Last of the Blonde
Bombshells. She last won a Golden Globe in
1998, drama film actress for (Her Majesty) Mrs.
Brown. Vanessa Redgrave won supporting actress
for If These Walls Could Talk 2.
The Golden Globes are notorious for atten
dants' freewheeling behavior. And a touch of the
old looseness was displayed by Brian Dennehy,
who won for best actor in a miniseries or made-
for-TV movie, for Arthur Miller’s Death of a
Salesman.
A1 Pacino was named in advance as winner of
the Cecil B. DeMille Award, which honors out
standing contributions to entertainment.
Nominees are chosen by the Hollywood For
eign Press Association’s roughly 90 members,
who cover Hollywood for overseas publications.
The association hands out 13 movie and 11 tele
vision awards.
keynote address. Guests witnessed
the swearing in of President Bush on
a widescreen television.
From the live auction of Cam
paign 2000 memorabilia (a “Sore-
Loserman” T-shirt brought $210),
to patriotic traditions such as
singing “The Star-Spangled Ban
ner,” crowd participation showed
loyalty to the Republican Party. The
guest list included some of Brazos
a
You never know
who you'll meet at
these kinds of par
ties. It's great for
meeting people, and
since I want to be in
volved with public
policy later on, I
know everything I go
to can make a differ
ence”
— Brittany Harrington
freshman business major
County’s political figures.
Freshman business major Brit
tany Harrington said she went to
Saturday night’s ball because she
knew these people would be there.
“You never know who you’ll
meet at these kinds of parties,” she
said. “It’s great for meeting impor
tant people, and since I want to be
involved with public policy later
on, I know everything I go to can
make a difference.”
In addition to rubbing shoulders
with Brazos County’s elite, Repub
licans of all ages appreciated two
essential elements of a memorable
party: great food and music. After
feasting on hors d’oeuvres and
champagne, guests joined in a con- •
ga line against a backdrop of bal
loons and lights.
In spite of the popular belief that
males go into hiding at the mention ,
of social functions, cadet and junior
nuclear engineering major Jason
Cezeaux said he is proof this belief
is a misconception.
“It was actually my idea to come,
not my date’s,” Cezeaux said. “This
is such an important time in our na
tional history, and I wanted to be part
of it.”
Though the attendees were pri
marily post-college citizens, A&M
students made an impressive
showing. . ,
Students were offered tickets to
the ball at a special rate. David
Rushing, a junior political science
major and College Republican
president, was responsible for gei-»
ting students in his organizatioji'
those value-priced tickets.
“I really thought [our members]*
would enjoy the ball,” Rushing
said. “It’s definitely more fun than*
sitting at home, watching [the inaii^
guration] on TV. And this way,
can finally celebrate our 43rd prerf$
ident entering office.”
Though the fourth Braz$K
County Republican celebratiop/
lacked the obvious authenticity ofj
Washington, the guests’ dedication’
to the president could have matched
any of those attending the Wash
ington ball.
Anne Horton, the Brazos Cou^J
ty Republicans co-chair, said finfj
group was so sure Bush would
elected the next president, it begafi
planning the event early.
“We started planning this event
in August,” Horton said. “We had-
faith George W. would be the next!!
president, and by golly, he is.” *
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