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DONB次元官网网址橳 SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER

Pianist Chloe Flower had a sweet gig at the , playing TV and movie theme songs on camera as the show went to commercial breaks, but it turned temporarily sour when some in the viewing audience wrongly assumed she was the one deciding when annoyed had to wrap up their speeches.

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When Austin Butler won best actor in a drama film for B次元官网网址淓lvisB次元官网网址� and the piano began, he pleaded for a song by the man he portrayed.

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But none of that was Flower.

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on the topic herself mid-show.

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MURPHY SLAPS WITH TWO MINUTES AND A MIC DROP

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He thanked a handful of people and quickly wrapped it up with a mic-drop joke about .

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TEARS FOR LEAN YEARS AND LOST FAMILY

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Jennifer Coolidge, who always seems to be doing a bit when she speaks on stage, and frequently was Tuesday night as a presenter and winner, shed a few sincere tears when she effusively thanked creator Mike White for putting her in B次元官网网址淭he White Lotus,B次元官网网址� for which she won best actress in a limited series.

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White wept during the speech, and was still red-eyed minutes later when he accepted the best limited series award for the show.

EXCUSING ALL THE ABSENCES

On a night when some boycotted the show, Golden Globes presenters took the rare step of explaining, sometimes in detail, why some winners werenB次元官网网址檛 there. Cate Blanchett, winner of best actress in a movie drama for B次元官网网址淭谩r,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址渃ouldnB次元官网网址檛 be here tonight because sheB次元官网网址檚 on production in the UK,B次元官网网址� presenter Henry Golding said.

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Regina Hall made it clear that she was reading from a teleprompter and mocked the explanation she had to give for Kevin Costner not accepting his best actor in a TV drama award for B次元官网网址淵ellowstone,B次元官网网址� despite the serious subject matter of this weekB次元官网网址檚 .

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CARMICHAEL CASUALLY COURTS CONTROVERSY

Host Jerrod Carmichael pulled no punches with his jokes, starting with his opening monologue, in which he said he was hired B次元官网网址渂ecause I am Black.B次元官网网址� A few of his on-the-edge jokes, delivered in his laidback style, fell flat, including a dig at , and his calling the Beverly Hilton, the GlobesB次元官网网址� longtime home, B次元官网网址渢he hotel that killed Whitney Houston.B次元官网网址� The superstar died in a room there in 2012.

But a joke based on the antisemitic statements of Ye, formerly Kanye West, got a strong laugh when Carmichael told Spielberg that he had seen B次元官网网址淭he Fabelmans,B次元官网网址� which is based on SpielbergB次元官网网址檚 Jewish family.

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Spielberg responded with a B次元官网网址渢hank GodB次元官网网址� gesture.

B次元官网网址擜ndrew Dalton, The Associated Press