At the 21st edition of the Hollywood Film Awards, he said: “Tonight you are all winners. There is no reason to be here if you haven’t won one. If you are here and haven’t won an award fire your publicist,” repeating the same joke he said in the first year he hosted. Those lines were much fresher and more on-point back then.
He opened the proceedings by noting, “Hollywood Film Award winners have gone on to win 110 Oscar nominations or statues, so rest assured it does get better than this.”
Corden aside, there was virtually no direct reference to the recent scandals engulfing Hollywood from any presenter or winner on stage, and barely any reference. Trump was mentioned once, when Corden talked of wanting to see the alleged “Donald Trump pee tape,” if it is out there somewhere.
The quick paced ceremony appeared almost exclusively dedicated to providing a platform for the agreed upon winners, to publicise their speeches for a shot at future awards shows, or on the road to Oscar.
There were indeed some nice speeches, including one from Breakthrough Director Taylor Sheridan for “Wind River,” which is about the gang rape and murder of a Native American woman.
“Silence is the enemy and silence cannot be tolerated anymore,” he said.
Corden did send out condolences to recent Texas victims as he closed the show, but there was no other talk about it as the country seemingly has become numb to these recurrent shootings and sexual harassments in the industry.During a recent Los Angeles Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) event, James Corden was stung by criticism after making jokes about the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal but later apologised.
The famous late show host has returned for the third year in a row, to host the Hollywood Film Awards (HFA) on Sunday, November 5, where Corden avoided all topics of controversy or touchy subject matter during his monologue and other materials, throughout the non-televised award show.
At the 21st edition of the Hollywood Film Awards, he said: “Tonight you are all winners. There is no reason to be here if you haven’t won one. If you are here and haven’t won an award fire your publicist,” repeating the same joke he said in the first year he hosted. Those lines were much fresher and more on-point back then.
He opened the proceedings by noting, “Hollywood Film Award winners have gone on to win 110 Oscar nominations or statues, so rest assured it does get better than this.”
Corden aside, there was virtually no direct reference to the recent scandals engulfing Hollywood from any presenter or winner on stage, and barely any reference. Trump was mentioned once, when Corden talked of wanting to see the alleged “Donald Trump pee tape,” if it is out there somewhere.
The quick paced ceremony appeared almost exclusively dedicated to providing a platform for the agreed upon winners, to publicise their speeches for a shot at future awards shows, or on the road to Oscar.
There were indeed some nice speeches, including one from Breakthrough Director Taylor Sheridan for “Wind River,” which is about the gang rape and murder of a Native American woman.
“Silence is the enemy and silence cannot be tolerated anymore,” he said.
Corden did send out condolences to recent Texas victims as he closed the show, but there was no other talk about it as the country seemingly has become numb to these recurrent shootings and sexual harassments in the industry.
At the 21st edition of the Hollywood Film Awards, he said: “Tonight you are all winners. There is no reason to be here if you haven’t won one. If you are here and haven’t won an award fire your publicist,” repeating the same joke he said in the first year he hosted. Those lines were much fresher and more on-point back then.
He opened the proceedings by noting, “Hollywood Film Award winners have gone on to win 110 Oscar nominations or statues, so rest assured it does get better than this.”
Corden aside, there was virtually no direct reference to the recent scandals engulfing Hollywood from any presenter or winner on stage, and barely any reference. Trump was mentioned once, when Corden talked of wanting to see the alleged “Donald Trump pee tape,” if it is out there somewhere.
The quick paced ceremony appeared almost exclusively dedicated to providing a platform for the agreed upon winners, to publicise their speeches for a shot at future awards shows, or on the road to Oscar.
There were indeed some nice speeches, including one from Breakthrough Director Taylor Sheridan for “Wind River,” which is about the gang rape and murder of a Native American woman.
“Silence is the enemy and silence cannot be tolerated anymore,” he said.
Corden did send out condolences to recent Texas victims as he closed the show, but there was no other talk about it as the country seemingly has become numb to these recurrent shootings and sexual harassments in the industry.