Streep's Golden Globes Post 50 Moment: "Oh S**t My Glasses!"

It was a moment only Baby Boomers could truly appreciate: Meryl Streep standing before the glitterati at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards to accept best actress honors and then dropping the bomb: "Oh s**t my glasses!"

Streep, who won the drama award for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," wasn't able to read the acceptance speech she had carried with her to the podium. "OK, I'm gonna have to remember my speech," she said.

Iron Lady producer Harvey Weinstein tried to recover Streep's glasses, handing them to George Clooney, but the ever-classy Streep persevered without them, noting, "I'd like to thank my agent, Kevin Huvane, and god, Harvey Weinstein."

Boomers cleaned up at the Golden Globes, taking four of the top seven film categories as well as television honors. Along with Streep, George Clooney took best actor honors for "The Descendants"; Christopher Plummer, supporting actor, for "Beginners"; Jessica Lange, supporting actress, for "American Horror Story"; Martin Scorsese, best director, for "Hugo"; Steven Spielberg, best animated film, for "Adventures of Tintin"; Woody Allen, best screenplay, for "Midnight in Paris"; Kelsey Grammer, best actor in a drama for "Boss" on Starz; and Madonna, best original song, for "Masterpiece" in "W.E.," the film she directed. Morgan Freeman received a lifetime achievement award. Check out the complete list of winners here.

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[pourrire]

02:41 PM on 01/18/2012

How does Meryl dress for the awards ceremony? They hang a rack of dresses in a room with no lights and tell her to go in and select something and put it on. Then someone says, 'Oh, and don't do your hair, it looks so natural!"

[repugnicansfearme]

09:32 PM on 01/16/2012

I like Ms Streep- I remember all the pain and suffering Thatcher caused, and how clueless she was just like Reagan. To make her seem more human, is, well, inhuman.

[Debra Levine]

03:56 PM on 01/16/2012

Here is Meryl's fantasy film project:

The Iron Lady Meets the Iron Skillet Lady: http://artsmeme.com/2011/12/26/next-up-for-meryl-streep-maggie-t-takes-cooking-lessons/

[Generic Acct]

02:53 PM on 01/16/2012

I'm sorry, I love Meryl Streep just like anyone else, but can we please put Glenn Close on that stage?

[Karlanadal]

05:06 PM on 01/18/2012

I agree...she belongs in the elite top three of Hollywood legends: Streep, Lange, Close

[sak]

02:13 PM on 01/16/2012

I love Meryl Streep, but where did she get that dress? She is such an elegant women. I could not believe that she would wear something like that. Of course she always outshines her clothing, but really, that dress is awful.

[shaboopus]

02:12 PM on 01/16/2012

I can relate Ms. Streep! lol

[RussT]

01:38 PM on 01/16/2012

Wasn't it great that she said thanks to Margaret Thatcher at the awards? She didn't? No, of course she didn't...ungrateful lib.

[carnegie]

02:29 PM on 01/16/2012

Why are you guys SOO hateful?


And why should she thank Thatcher?

[robertmiller252]

01:36 PM on 01/16/2012

Saw The Iron Lady on Friday. Streep was magnificent. The script and portrayal of Margaret Thatcher was a piece of junk.

Britain is a mess right now but if it had not been for Maggie, it may not even exist today as we know it.

[nancestef]

01:17 PM on 01/16/2012

Meryl has always been one of my favorites...loved her since Kramer vs. Kramer.

[Libwatcher]

12:22 PM on 01/16/2012

No class.

[MzTexas]

12:36 PM on 01/16/2012

That's what I was going to say when I saw your post.

[Jerseytime]

01:33 PM on 01/16/2012

no, no. It was no glasses.

[frug]

12:16 PM on 01/16/2012

Meryl gave viewers one of the very few human, real, moments in the whole show.

[capt ayhab]

12:15 PM on 01/16/2012

Viola Davis deserved to win The Best Actress Award. Her performance in The Help was absolutely superb.  Not that  Meryl Streep was bad, as a matter of fact she is one my most favorite artists, but Viola Davis' performance was amazing.

[gulfportian]

12:00 PM on 01/16/2012

The picture in the black dress of Streep looks like the artwork in an old nursery book rhyme book. Old Lady in the Shoe? Or she just jumped of Ole Nellie down at the Bar S Ranch and All-You-Can-Eat Buffet.
Ever notice a certain small group of actresses always get the roles in these historical movies about England. And no one in America goes to the theaters to watch them.

[zeefra]

12:06 PM on 01/16/2012

You mean, like THE KING'S SPEECH?

[MzTexas]

12:36 PM on 01/16/2012

LOVED The King's Speech. It was amazing.

[gulfportian]

01:54 PM on 01/16/2012

Exactly. Overcoming a handicap, a psychological hurdle by a royal is sooooooo entertainment. All that inbreeding over a couple hundred years usually means a problem here and there. As interesting as watching clothes in a washing machine.

[freddsky]

11:56 AM on 01/16/2012

Some were Boomers but many were out-and-out Busters.
Woody Allen's stoic acceptance speech that almost left me in tears.

[looloohulu]

01:26 PM on 01/16/2012

haha.

[Montcalms Revenge]

11:55 AM on 01/16/2012

That potty-mouth! ;-)