Courtney Love - isn't she great? Okay, now hold that answer while you read this next news story. Because Love was invited to Sunday's 57th Annual Golden Globes Awards to present the award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture. Love being Love, however, merely presenting was far too easy.
The volatile Love took the stage of the Beverly Hilton Hotel wearing a dress that looked like a garbage bag on the losing end of a fight with a lawnmower. Before anybody could tell her the WWF's Royal Rumble was taking place in New York, the singer began warbling R.E.M.'s "The Great Beyond." It's an original song - but not the best - from the motion picture Man on the Moon, in which Jim Carrey and Love star.
The award went to Phil Collins for his form-returning song "You'll Be in My Heart" from the animated film Tarzan. But nowadays you have to do more than just write and perform a chart-topping adult contemporary hit to pick off your award. You also have to pry it away from Kurt Cobain's widow.
Love refused to give Collins the prize, demanding he "...say please." Collins merely replied, "You can have it. I just know I've got it." You don't survive 25 years in Genesis without learning a thing or too. She eventually handed it over, and took some solace when Jim Carrey won for Best Actor in a Comedy for his performance as Andy Kaufman.
Collins then blew his credibility by thanking his dog Jack and barking at him during the course of his acceptance speech. If you're interested in who else won a Golden Globe, here they are with the animal they are most likely to impersonate in parentheses.
MOTION PICTURES
Best Picture, Drama
American Beauty
Best Actress, Drama
Hilary Swank (Seahorse), Boys Don't Cry
Actor, Drama
Denzel Washington (Cheshire cat), The Hurricane
Picture, Musical or Comedy
Toy Story 2
Actress, Musical or Comedy
Janet McTeer (Llama), Tumbleweeds
Actor, Musical or Comedy
Jim Carrey (Pet detective), Man on the Moon
Foreign Language
All About My Mother, Spain
Supporting Actress, Drama, Musical or Comedy
Angelina Jolie (Cheetah), Girl, Interrupted
Supporting Actor, Drama, Musical or Comedy
Tom Cruise (St. Bernard), Magnolia
Director
Sam Mendes (Koala Bear), American Beauty
Screenplay
Alan Ball (Lynx), American Beauty
Original Score
Ennio Morricone (Horse), The Legend of 1900
Original Song
"You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan, by Phil Collins (Dog).
TELEVISION
Drama Series
The Sopranos, HBO
Actress, Drama
Edie Falco (Robin Redbreast), The Sopranos
Actor, Drama
James Gandolfini (Praying mantis), The Sopranos
Musical or Comedy Series
Sex and the City, HBO
Actress, Musical or Comedy Series
Sarah Jessica Parker (Hammerhead shark), Sex and the City
Actor, Musical or Comedy Series
Michael J. Fox (Stuart Little), Spin City
Miniseries or Movie Made for Television:
RKO 281, HBO
Actress, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television:
Halle Berry (Panther), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Actor, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television:
Jack Lemmon (Hippopotamus), Inherit the Wind
Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television:
Nancy Marchand (Crocodile), The Sopranos
Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television:
Peter Fonda (Whooping crane), Passion of Ayn Rand
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