Well, I'm glad that
Ryan Bingham won a Golden Globe tonight for Best Original Song. His song "The Weary Kind" (you can buy it on iTunes) from
Crazy Heart... it kind of tied the whole film together (to paraphrase
Jeff Bridges' "Dude" character). This will help his career out, and I love when award shows are able to give much-needed exposure to deserving artists, rather than awarding the same superstars over and over. And speaking of "The Dude," congrats to Jeff Bridges for winning a Golden Globe for Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Drama for his portayal of "Bad Blake" in the same film.
Hopefully this will lead to an Oscar nomination and win for Ryan Bingham. The Globes, as much as they are a hack award show, are often a good way to predict the Oscars. Although it isn't always the case: last year,
Bruce Springsteen rightfully won the Globe for his title track to
The Wrestler, but then didn't even get a nomination for the Oscars. Oddly enough, that gives the Globes a bit more cred in my mind. Oscars, you blew it last year, don't do it again! Anyway, check out my
last post to see a great video of Ryan performing "The Weary Kind" on
Mojo Nixon's show on SIRIUS|XM
Outlaw Country.
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