For the Lead Actor award, it was Michael Douglas who made the most hysterically funny award acceptance speech of the night. The award was, of course, for his role as Liberace in "Behind the Candelabra". Bravo!
"(...)Nevertheless, proof that Hollywood’s love affair with LGBT people is really nothing more than a mild flirtation was apparent at this year’s Golden Globe Awards. Actors Michael Douglas and Jared Leto grabbed top honors for their “transformative” roles as LGBT characters in Behind the Candelabra and Dallas Buyers Club, while managing to omit any mention in their acceptance speeches of the struggles they worked so hard to portray on-screen.(...) (...)Until straight actors can take on LGBT roles without needing to crack a joke about it in their acceptance speeches or waxing about credibility as a “leading man,” it’s clear that homophobia in Hollywood must still be alive and well.(...)" Op-ed: What Is Hollywood Still So Scared Of? BY JASE PEEPLES Entertainment Editor for The Advocate. JANUARY 14 2014
