The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globes Awards shocked the
world by naming TOY STORY 2 the best comedy or musical picture of 1999. The Woody and Buzz Lightyear feature beat out heavy-weight live-action films like: favored best flick, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH; Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal's ANALYZE THIS; the Andy Kaufman bio-pic, MAN ON THE MOON; and mega-hit Julia Roberts-vehicle, NOTTING HILL. However, even though TOY
STORY 2 took home the honors, the television broadcast producers didn't
give the toon titans any respect. When accepting the award, producers,
Helene Plotkin and Karen Robert Jackson, where given the musical hook on
their acceptance speeches. They were the only recipients to have their
speech interrupted by the musical queue to cut their thanks short. In less
surprising news, the song "You'll Be In My Heart" by Phil Collins from
Disney's TARZAN won the best original song award. The 57th annual awards
honors excellence in film and television each year. This year's television
broadcast averaged 21.3 million viewers, down 3 million from last year
according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research. In the U.S.,
the event aired on NBC at 8 pm Sunday, January 23, 2000.
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
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