Speaking to NBC last week, the Mean Girls star described the socially-distant event with her famous friend as “the world’s most expensive Zoom drink.” NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 28: Tina Fey attends the 78th Annual Golden Globe® Awards at The Rainbow Room on Februin New York City. They shared the stage in a split screen and delivered their lines seamlessly.

The pair appeared on separate red carpets in daring, all-black numbers – a far cry from their past glitzy gowns. The duo share roughly 3000 miles between each other Fey is hosting from the Rainbow Room in Los Angeles with Poehler stationed at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. I realize HFPA, maybe you didn’t get the memo because your workplace is the back booth of a French McDonalds, but you’ve got to change that.” “The point is, with stupid things, inclusivity is still important and there are no black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press. “They’re all a scam invented by Big Red Carpet, to sell more carpet. “We all know that awards shows are stupid,” says Fey. With a nod to the pandemic and time spent at home in a new norm – Zoom meetings, virtual events, viral TikTok videos and the fact that we’d prefer to binge five hours of television because a whole film is “two hours” – Fey and Poehler addressed controversy around the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. (Photo by Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Hollywood Foreign Press Association) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 28: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler speak via livestream during the 78th Annual Golden Globe® Awards at The Rainbow Room on Februin New York City. “Yes, and I am Amy Poehler here at the Beverly Hilton, District 7, New Angeles, and this is the 78th annual hunger games,” Poehler said. “I’m Tina Fey, coming to you from the beautiful Rainbow Room in New York City, where indoor dining and outdoor muggings are back,” Fey said. The on-screen power duo appeared at the virtual event from opposite coastlines to deliver 10 minutes of much-need humor. While the event is wrought with controversy surrounding its lack of diversity – particularly among this year’s nominations – we couldn’t help but look forward to Fey and Amy Poehler’s opening monologue. Today, the annual awards season kicked off amid the deadly pandemic. “The stakes have never been lower,” quipped Tina Fey in the lead up to the 78th Golden Globe Awards. 25650_021 (Photo by Kevin Winter / Getty Images for Turner) LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 30: Actors Tina Fey (L) and Amy Poehler speak onstage during The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on Januin Los Angeles, California.

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