OH, HOW THEY DANCED! SANDRA, FELICITY LET LOOSE AFTER GLOBE WINS.Byline: Joel Stratte-McClure Correspondent Who were the hottest Golden Globe-winning dancers at the Beverly Hilton Hotel after the awards on Monday night? Let's call it a tie between Felicity Huffman Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. She is well known for her role as Lynette Scavo, the hectic busy Super-Mom on the ABC hit show Desperate Housewives which debuted in 2004, and for which Huffman won an Emmy Award. and Sandra Oh Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and a three-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian actress. She is known to American audiences for her role as Dr. . Huffman, best actress for her role in ``Transamerica,'' actually made the elevated dance floor vibrate at the noisy and packed InStyle/Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . party. She and hubby William H. Macy bopped to ``All Right Now''' like high-school sweethearts - and stole the show from George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as the lead doctor in the long-running television drama, ER , Charlize Theron, Kiefer Sutherland and Jamie Foxx. Oh let loose and gyrated out of her sleek dress (no, this is not an exaggeration) to ``Cocaine'' at the Weinstein/Glamour/L'Oreal hoedown hoe·down n. 1. A square dance. 2. The music for a square dance. 3. A social gathering at which square dancing takes place. at Trader Vic's. She was so exuberant - and so unlike her character in ``Grey's Anatomy'' - that nobody watched hosts Bob and Harvey Weinstein discuss film projects with Matthew Fox and Terrence Howard. Or seemed to care that Scarlett Johansson, Pierce Brosnan, Paris Hilton and Mariah Carey were working the room. ``I still can't believe I won,'' said an overly effusive ef·fu·sive adj. 1. Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy: an effusive manner. 2. Profuse; overflowing: effusive praise. Oh when she took a cigarette break. ``I think I'll be surprised forever.'' Other winners clutched their trophies, relished their victories and tried not to think about an ongoing exhilarating/fatiguing awards season that culminates with the Oscars on March 5. ``Brokeback Mountain's'' winning director, Ang Lee, caressed his statuette at the rooftop NBC Universal and Focus Features party. ``I'm a foreigner and appreciate mainstream recognition like this for a film that says so much about America and love in America,'' said Lee about ``Brokeback's'' four Golden Globe wins, including best drama film. Other trophy holders at that party included a pregnant Rachel Weisz of ``The Constant Gardener,'' Reese Witherspoon (``Walk the Line''), Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (``Elvis''), Hugh Laurie (``House''), Steve Carell (``The Office'') and the cast of ``Lost.'' Witherspoon was holding her award close to her chest when a security guard stepped in to prevent Ryan Phillippe from spilling his drink on his wife's white coat as he casually draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. his arm over her shoulder. Rhys-Meyers held his trophy between his legs while gesticulating ges·tic·u·late v. ges·tic·u·lat·ed, ges·tic·u·lat·ing, ges·tic·u·lates v.intr. To make gestures especially while speaking, as for emphasis. v.tr. To say or express by gestures. wildly to five women as he held a cup of coffee. ``Lost'' couple Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly and ``Brokeback's'' Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams danced to ``Sweet Home Alabama'' next to Keira Knightley, easily the evening's most relieved loser. ``I'm glad I didn't win because I would have made such a (jerk) of myself on stage,'' said Knightley as she stood bare-shouldered in a strapless strap·less adj. Having no strap or straps, as a dress or an undergarment. n. A garment having no strap or straps. strapless Adjective Valentino dress near Adrien Brody and ``King Kong'' director Peter Jackson. Carell, who on stage credited his wife, Nancy, with writing the best acceptance speech of the evening, came clean and admitted it was his own doing. ``I've been thinking of giving a speech like this since I was a kid and have run through this scenario umpteen thousand times,'' said Carell. ``I got the idea of having Nancy 'write' it last night between 9 and 9:08. And I certainly didn't forget to give her credit!'' Other winners - including Mary-Louise Parker of ``Weeds,'' who defeated four ``Desperate Housewives'' for best actress in a TV comedy series - complimented the competition and talked about their award speeches. ``The most memorable moment of my evening was when Teri Hatcher came up and congratulated me,'' said Parker, who was having a glass of champagne with her Golden Globe award at the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy party as Cheryl Hines, Larry David and Cynthia Nixon strolled by. And what about all the stage fright stage fright Performance anxiety, see there that some winners displayed in front of the crowd during the televised show in the Hilton's International Ballroom? ``There's one thing no woman of my age can control when she's excited and nervous about getting on stage, and that's getting a hot flash,'' admitted S. Epatha Merkerson, the 53- year-old best actress in TV miniseries ``Lackawanna Blues,'' who mentioned her hot flash during her acceptance speech. ``But it won't bother me if it happens again and again.'' It may not happen to her. But more hot flashes hot flashes Hot flush Gynecology A symptom afflicting 80-85% of middle-aged ♀, first occurring during the perimenopause, continuing with ↓ intensity for yrs, manifesting itself as transient waves of erythema and uncomfortable warmth beginning in the and stage fright are definitely on the horizon when the Globe-influenced Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 31. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- color) PARKER: She ``Weed''-ed out the competition. Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press (2 -- color) PHILLIPPE, WITHERSPOON: ``V'' for Reese's victory. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press (3 -- color) LEDGER, WILLIAMS: Going for ``Broke(back).'' Kevin Winter/Getty Images (4 -- color) HUFFMAN, MACY: Dance fever. (5 -- color) OH: ...migod, she lost her dress Frazer Harrison/Getty Images |
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