Bergeron, Rask Clean Up at NHL Awards

The NHL Awards were in Las Vegas last night and the Bruins did pretty well for themselves. The Awards were hosted by Cuba Gooding Jr., a no brainer pick for a hockey awards ceremony.

The B’s were 3/4 on awards, with Bergeron taking home the Selke and NHL Player Foundation Award for all his good charitable work in the community. Rask got the Vezina, which was no surprise. Chara was the only Bruin nominated not getting an award.

Bergeron also won the NHL15 vote for the cover over PK Subban, so that was nice to get one win over the Canadiens.

The last time the B’s were this successful at the awards was back in 09, when Claude took home Coach of the Year, Thomas the Vezina, and Chara the Norris.

It is a nice consolidation prize, but I know all those guys would trade those individual awards for the big shiny one currently held by the Kings.

 

American Hustle is Nominated for Best Comedy. Wait. Waah?

Bloomberg – Sony Corp’s “American Hustle,” a film about a corruption sting set in the 1970s, racked up seven Golden Globe nominations last week, including best comedy, instantly becoming a top contender this awards season.

That was after the studio submitted the movie as a drama, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which sponsors the Golden Globes, changed the designation because its nominations panel unanimously saw it as a comedy, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions were private.

Ever since I heard the cast for this movie, I was in. Bale, B Coops, Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, and Amy Adams. Can’t go wrong. It also didn’t hurt that they filmed this movie in and around Boston which was pretty cool.

But a comedy? I guess it does help its chances at winning, but let’s say it does indeed win “Best Comedy”, does it really count. I mean, David O. Russell’s The Fighter had many funny scenes with Bale as Dickie but it clearly wasn’t a comedy. I still want Bale in a full blown comedy though. Like a Hangover type movie. He’d be great.