Why hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be the best part of the 2021 Golden Globes
LA TimesLet’s face it: The best part of the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday will probably be the return of comedic duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who are cohosting the televised shindig for the fourth time. Fey declared that “‘The Hunger Games’ was one of the biggest films of the year.” But not without self-deprecating humor: “And also what I call the six weeks it took me to get into this dress!” To that, Poehler replied, “Ang Lee’s been nominated for best director for ‘The Life of Pi,’ which is what I’m going to call the six weeks after I take this dress off.” That same monologue featured quips about Ben Affleck, Meryl Streep, James Cameron and James Franco. “I have not seen someone so totally alone and abandoned like that since you were on stage with James Franco at the Oscars.” Heckling Neil Patrick Harris at the 2013 Emmys While we don’t condone sexual harassment, the duo made a cameo in Neil Patrick Harris’ monologue at the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards. Co-hosting ‘SNL’ in 2015 While promoting their film “Sisters,” the duo revisited their Rockefeller Center stomping grounds for a holiday edition of “Saturday Night Live.” They opened the show with an original Christmas song mashup, reprised their Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton impersonations, delivered a “Bad Blood” spoof with Amy Schumer called “Dope Squad” and reunited for a cameo behind the “Weekend Update” desk. Their Emmys clink and half thank-yous Fey and Poehler didn’t attend the Creative Arts Emmy Awards during which they won the first-ever shared Emmy for guest actress in a comedy for their cohosting stint on “SNL.” While presenting at the Primetime Emmy Awards a week later, the women — whom host Jimmy Kimmel said would one day be “buried together” — took the stage with trophies in hand, clinked them together and candidly explained why they missed the history-making ceremony.