Nikki Glaser pokes fun at CBS News, Warner Bros., Epstein files in Golden Globes monologue

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Who says Hollywood can’t instrumentality a joke?

For the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, comedian Nikki Glaser got the Golden Globes enactment started by ribbing everyone from the A-listers attending the ceremonial to the manufacture astatine ample to existent events.

“Welcome to the 83rd Golden Globes,” Glaser said arsenic she took the signifier astatine the Beverly Hilton connected Sunday night. “Without a uncertainty the astir important happening that is happening successful the satellite close now. ”

Not adjacent CBS, which is airing the ceremony, was fixed a walk by the host. After making a gag referencing the Justice Department releasing the heavy redacted files related to Jeffrey Epstein, Glaser called retired CBS News for pulling a “60 Minutes” conception past period astir the Trump administration’s attraction of Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador.

“The Golden Globe for champion editing goes to the Justice Department,” said Glaser. “And the grant for astir editing goes to CBS News ... America’s newest spot to spot BS news.”

The second-time big besides took her clip roasting a fig of Golden Globe nominees, including Sean Penn, George Clooney, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.

Glaser asked Nespresso spokesperson Clooney to troubleshoot issues with her java maker, poked amusive astatine Hart’s diminutive stature and joked that 1 of the fewer things radical cognize astir DiCaprio is that helium tends to day younger women.

She besides poked amusive astatine “Marty Supreme” histrion Timothée Chalamet erstwhile again, noting that helium was the archetypal histrion successful past who had to enactment connected musculus to movie a movie astir ping-pong.

Glaser wrapped up her opening by pleading to filmmakers similar Guillermo del Toro, James Cameron and Yorgos Lanthimos to support making “weird” and “bizarre” movies.

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