Content Consumed: Jennifer Coolidge, Buzzfeed alums, and Elvis mistakes

Hey! Howdy! Good afternoon from rainy Portland, Oregon.

In today’s edition of Content Consumed, we’re diving into…
😭 Jennifer Coolidge had the best Golden Globes speech
👀 Buzzfeed alumni: Jail and award shows
🧠 Vanessa Hudgens deserves Elvis credit

Jennifer Coolidge’s ode to Mike White made me sob

Jennifer Coolidge won the Best Supporting Actress award at last night’s Golden Globes and gave an acceptance speech that was somehow so funny and so touching.

Ideally, you click out of this column and go watch the speech here.

At the very least, read it here:

Mike White… I just — truly, I just want you all to know that I had such big dreams and expectations as a younger person, but what happened is they get sort of fizzled by life and whatever. I thought I was going to be Queen of Monaco even though someone else did it. But I had these giant ideas. And then you get older and, oh, shit’s going to happen.

And, Mike White, you have given me hope. You’ve given me a new beginning. Even if this is the end, because you did kill me off [White Lotus reference], but even if this is the end, you changed my life in a million different ways. My neighbors are speaking to me and things like that. I was never invited to one party on my hill, and now everyone’s inviting me! I just — you know, it’s to you, Mike White.

This is something all of you, if you don’t know Mike White, this is what you should know:

He is worried about the world, he’s worried about people, he’s worried about friends of his that aren’t doing well, he’s always worried about people, worried about animals, and he really is one of the greatest people I’ve ever… He gives me so much excitement to be — you make people want to live longer, and I didn’t.

So anyway, I just want to say, Mike White, I love you to death. I just want to say, this is a real fun night, thank you. Thank you!

Yeah, I went to bed crying after watching that clip of the speech last night. What an incredible thing, to be in a world where talented people like Mike White and Jennifer Coolidge get to work together and make beautiful things for people like us.

Buzzfeed alums: Golden Globes and prison

Say what you want about Buzzfeed… they’ve got quite an alumni lineup. Yesterday, one went to prison and the other got their first Golden Globe.

Of course, I’m talking about Baked Alaska and Quinta Brunson.

Baked Alaska: a far-right media personality known for pushing white supremacist ideology. Yesterday, he was sentenced to 60 days in jail for joining the January 6 insurrection and live-streaming the whole shebang.

Quinta Brunson: a supremely talented comedic actor and writer. Yesterday, she won the Best Actress in a TV Musical or Comedy award at the Golden Globes.

You gotta wonder if they even crossed paths during that magical time at Buzzfeed around 2015, when Buzzfeed short vids and community quizzes were everywhere. They both worked on the video desk, after all.

Wild how much their careers diverged.

Hope Baked Alaska suffers in jail! Wishing it was more than 60 days!

Hope Quinta Brunson continues to prosper! Wishing for 10 more seasons of Abbott Elementary!

Should Vanessa Hudgens get more credit?

Back in 2019, Vanessa Hudgens told Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, on their show, that she was the first person to tell Austin Butler that he should play Elvis. Basically, Elvis started playing, and “he had just dyed his hair dark — he’s a natural blonde — and I was looking at him and he was singing along and I was like, babe, you need to play Elvis.”

Last week, Austin Butler joined other acclaimed actors for The Hollywood Reporter Actors Roundtable and reiterated the exact same story.

The difference? Vanessa Hudgens, his ex-partner who he was with for 9 years, was titled “my friend.”

Considering how successful the role was—he literally won a Golden Globe for it last night and it’s propelled him to the A-List—it’s pretty absurd.

“Friend” feels pretty disrespectful to someone who was your life partner for nearly a decade and spent months pushing you to acquire the film rights to a role that would change your life. Even “my partner at the time” or just her first name “Vanessa” could’ve gotten the job done.

Feels very Zelda Fitzgerald to meeee!

And that’s it from me today! Hope you’re all having a wonderful Wednesday. Catch ya tomorrow.

Saludos,
Casey

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