The Gaudy, Gauche and Sometimes Corrupt Greatness of the Golden Globes

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If the pious Oscar ceremony is how Hollywood wants to see itself, The Globes show how it really is, writes Richard Rushfield.

Published Jan. 16 2012 8:19AM EST

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For Hollywood, the Golden Globes surfaces each year like the annual recurrence of some never defeated fungal condition or freeloading relative, driving the town to apoplexy

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The Gaudy, Gauche and Sometimes Corrupt Greatness of the Golden Globes

If the pious Oscar ceremony is how Hollywood wants to see itself, The Globes show how it really is, writes Richard Rushfield.

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Richard Rushfield