Golden Globes: From Matthew McConaughey to Bono, here's what they said

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By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times

Initial reports stated that a sewage pipe had burst near the Beverly Hilton, flooding the red carpet. But the actual problem was a sprinkler malfunction, depositing a much cleaner form of water under the feet of Hollywood’s most hoity-toity. Still, in the ulta-controlled, ultra-pampered world of awards shows, even a minor malfunction such as this merited extensive discussion in the media. At least the weather remained pleasant. (Jason H. Neubert / Los Angeles Times)

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Matthew McConaughey apparently did not walk the red carpet for 25 minutes after arriving at the Globes. Instead, he signed autographs and posed for “selfies.” And for that, the E! anchors Ross Mathews and Kelly Osbourne spoke of the “Dallas Buyers Club” actor as though he’d arrived with a limo full of orphans and the cure for cancer in his back pocket. Standing on the red carpet, apparently, does not help give anyone a healthy sense of perspective. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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“Mad Men” star Elisabeth Moss was asked to do E!’s famous (infamous?) mani-cam, and she finally became the first star to fulfill America’s collective dream of giving the E! audience the finger in extreme close-up. Lucky for the cable channel, a quick-thinking director cut away at the last moment. Still, we all know what she did. And for that, a nation is grateful. (Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP)

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunited to cohost the Golden Globes again this year, and they didn’t disappoint. Perhaps no other joke went over in the room as huge as Fey’s dig at George Clooney’s dating habits when discussing “Gravity:” “George Clooney would rather float into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age.” Runner-up was their comment about Woody Allen getting the Cecil B. DeMille Award so soon after Martin Scorsese had won it, causing them to speculate if it was supposed to always go to the tiniest man with the biggest glasses. (Paul Drinkwater / Associated Press)

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Jennifer Lawrence has proven herself to be a lovable goofball in the endless promotional tour for “American Hustle” and “Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” And yes, her trip on the stairs at the Oscars further endeared her to viewers. But let’s be honest, after you’ve won an Oscar, getting a Golden Globe is no reason to get nervous. So there’s really no reason Lawrence should have been giving a speech from the Taylor Swift-Sarah Jessica Parker playbook when she accepted for supporting actress. Come the next awards show, Lawrence better be a little more jaded or that massive reservoir of goodwill toward her may start to dry up. (Paul Drinkwater / Associated Press)

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It only took two awards, but Jacqueline Bisset clearly gave the speech of the night with her long, rambling, occasionally PG-13 acceptance of the award for supporting actress in a role for television for the Starz series “Dancing on the Edge.” First there was the seemingly endless walk from Bisset’s seat somewhere in the darkest recesses of the International Ballroom, then there was the dramatic pause as she apparently gathered herself. And let’s not forget the occasional swearing, the battle against the music that attempted to usher her off the stage and finally her mother’s advice to her: “Go to hell and don’t come back.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Some nominees must climb the stairs from the audience to accept their Golden Globes. U2 descends from the heavens. The Irish rockers came down to our mortal plane to accept the award for original song, “Ordinary Love” from the Nelson Mandela biopic “Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom,” and connect themselves to the recently departed South African leader’s struggles in whatever way they could. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Actor Shia LaBeouf’s recent scandals were spared any jokes from Fey and Poehler in the show opening, but presenter Jim Carrey wouldn’t let LaBeouf off the hook that easily. While introducing the nominated film “American Hustle,” Carrey said, “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. I think it was Shia LaBeouf who said that. So young, so wise.” (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

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While many, many people live-tweeted the Golden Globes, perhaps the most biting comment of anyone came from Mia Farrow, ex-partner of Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient Woody Allen, who was giving minute-by-minute commentary right up until the moment Allen’s tribute began. Then she tweeted, “Time to grab some icecream & switch over to #GIRLS. Nite all.” But if you thought her comments were tough, check out Ronan Farrow’s tweet from later in the evening: “Missed the Woody Allen tribute - did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7 before or after Annie Hall?” Allen’s adopted daughter, Dylan, recently discussed the alleged encounter with Vanity Fair. Allen has denied the allegations of sexual abuse. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

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Meanwhile, Allen’s longtime friend Diane Keaton came out to accept the award for the absent Allen and in the process, give the evening’s second-strangest acceptance speech, which included a haunting, child-like performance of the song “Make New Friends.” (Paul Drinkwater / Associated Press)

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Leonardo DiCaprio may have made the best mispronunciation of the night by calling the British film “Philomena” the much more jazzy “Philomania.” While some may not have been interested in seeing a low-key story of a woman seeking her long-lost son, crowds may turn out in droves for the story of a British woman seeking her long-lost son and going nuts at the same time. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Stars rarely do impressions of themselves during awards show acceptance speeches, but there was Matthew McConaughey up there winning lead actor in a motion picture telling the crowd, “All right, all right, all right.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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The powerful, hard-hitting “12 Years a Slave” was widely regarded as one of the year’s best movies, but as the evening wore on, the film kept losing awards to others. By the time the night’s final award was about to be handed out, the cast and crew of this slavery drama had all but given up hope. But then the final surprise of the night came when Johnny Depp read their name and the group, led by director Steve McQueen, came to the stage, understandably relieved and energized. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

By Rebecca Keegan

Jan. 13, 2014 6:30 AM PT

Hollywood rarely goes off script during the forced march of awards season. But the Golden Globe Awards, where giddy and often booze-fueled stars roam the halls of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, is a rare evening of spontaneity in the season. Here are a few moments from behind the scenes.

Plenty of industry insiders mock the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the semi-serious group of journalists that confers the Globes. (Even telecast co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took a crack).

But the HFPA found a staunch defender Sunday night in none other than Bono, who urged reporters backstage to take the ceremony more seriously.

“We kind of laugh about the foreign language press, [but] we have values in European cinema,” the U2 frontman said after the band’s original song, “Ordinary Love” from the movie “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” was named the best of the year. “We see things differently. It’s just a different aesthetic. I think the Golden Globes is really important for that.”

Golden Globes 2014: Full coverage | Show highlights | Best & Worst | Top winners/nominees***

After winning the Golden Globe for best screenplay, “Her” writer and director Spike Jonze admitted backstage that his future-set romance between a man and an operating system voiced by Scarlett Johansson has at least one digital detractor.

“Siri is not happy, is that right?” Jonze said. “She’s a little jealous of Scarlett.”

In a bit a of well-timed press room traffic, Amy Adams was patiently waiting her turn on the podium after winning best actress in a comedy or musical for her role in “American Hustle.” Jonze beckoned the actress, who also plays a supporting role in “Her,” to share the stage, calling her his “secret weapon.”

“Let me introduce Amy Adams,” Jonze said.

Adams claimed to have had no inkling she’d nab the Globes statuette.

“I don’t think about that,” she said. “I worry more about the red carpet. I know that sounds silly. I feel so self conscious! But when that’s over I relax...

Drink a lot of champagne. But get home with some dignity. My team is laughing now but they’re like, ‘Please don’t close the party down Amy!”

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While backstage, some actors talked fashion. Jon Voight, moments after accepting a Golden Globe for supporting actor in a TV series for his role in Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” explained the mystery behind the scarf that has become his red carpet staple. In a nutshell: his neck was too big for a shirt collar.

While getting ready for an Academy Awards ceremony of yesteryear—he couldn’t pinpoint the year—Voight realized his shirt collar was too tight, and had his driver stop so he could purchase a scarf.

“I put it on thinking I could get away with something,” Voight said “... The next day, the fashion police said, ‘Only Jon Voight can get away with an open shirt. He was absolutely dazzling’… I’ve worn it ever since.”

Jared Leto, on the other hand, wasn’t interested in talking style.

When a journalist backstage asked the actor, who had just won a best supporting actor trophy for “Dallas Buyers Club,” about his two-tone hair dye-job, saying, “Jared, your ombre hair -- ,” Leto interrupted, “Next question.”

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Matthew McConaughey, arriving backstage in a velvet green tuxedo after winning best actor in a motion picture drama for his performance in “Dallas Buyers Club,” took time to reflect on his career, contrasting his run of recent acclaimed films against a time when he wasn’t so gainfully employed.

“I have been chosing roles that shook my floor, choosing directors that have vision and choosing [to portray] men with real identities,” McConaughey said. “With all these characters is an obsession. If I have that, I have my monologue as an actor. I can know the guy’s secret. I don’t know if that’s a zone but I know it turns me on.”

Golden Globes 2014: Full coverage | Show highlights | Best & Worst | Top winners/nominees

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Playing a hedonistic criminal had an impact on Leonardo DiCaprio, who won best actor in a comedy or musical for Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

“It was like a giant adrenaline dump,” DiCaprio explained.”Thank God none of the attributes of this character rubbed off on my real life because I probably wouldn’t be standing here today.”

“Wall Street” marks the fifth collaboration between DiCaprio and Scorsese – the actor said he was “thankful Martin Scorsese is still this punk rock and vital at 71 years old.”

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Cate Blanchett took a gander at her recent acquisition—a best actress Golden Globe for her lead role in “Blue Jasmine”—while pondering how she’ll celebrate her win.

“I guess I better put my name on this before they take it away from me,” the actress said.

Additional reporting by tag Amy Kaufman, Chris Lee, Yvonne Villareal