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We make fun of the Golden Globes.
We can admit it.
We make fun of the Globes for good reasons and for petty ones.
For having blinders on when it comes to smaller projects.
For letting the big film studios wine and dine them.
For nominating big, glitzy stars for the ratings potential.
For continuing to pick Ricky Gervais to host.
Some of these jabs are fairer than others.
Billy Bob Thornton inGoliathfor Best Actor?
Last years haul forThe Kominsky Method?
That these shows and performances would triumph would raise eyebrows in any era.
Believe it or not, this all began from a place of pure optimism.
Felicitywas a very important show for the WB.
Still, nobody thought for a second thatFelicitycould actually win.
It was that rarest and most beautiful moment: a true awards-show shocker.
After thankingFelicitycreators J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves and her then-boyfriend Tony Lucca, it was over.
The implications forFelicitys win were huge.
Russells career only went up from here.
A couple of years after Russell, the Globes nominated both Sarah Michelle Gellar forBuffyand Jessica Alba forDark Angel.
That particular contest remains to be decided.
But Keri Russells Golden Globe forFelicityis forever.
