Jeff Bridges to receive the Cecil B DeMille Award
Monday, December 17, 2018 at 10:38AM 
A long time ago in a Hollywood far far away he was just another promising golden boy, one of Hollywood's hometown sons. Over his very impressive nearly 50 year movie career, though, Jeff Bridges became a true legend of his own. In fact, if he didn't make nepotism jokes at awards shows, people might have all but forgotten by now his early leg up in showbiz from TV star dad Lloyd Bridges.
Today comes word that his legend status grows larger yet still. In a couple of weeks at the Golden Globes he'll be honored with this year's Cecil B DeMille Award...
That prize is a legends only deal after all. The last 20 recipients of the Cecil B DeMille have been: Shirley Maclaine, Jack Nicholson, Barbra Streisand, Al Pacino, Harrison Ford, Gene Hackman, Michael Douglas, Robin Williams, Anthony Hopkins, Warren Beatty, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Jodie Foster, Woody Allen, George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, and Oprah Winfrey.
Bridges more than qualifies to join that household name group with several truly great performances and iconic films to choose from. Which of these highlights from that long career do you most hope to see prominently featured in his tribute/clipreel or maybe even discussed on the site if we find the time?
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
[1970s] The Last Picture Show, Fat City, Bad Company, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, King Kong
[1980s] Cutter's Way, Heaven's Gate, Tron, Kiss Me Goodbye, Starman, Against All Odds, The Morning After, Tucker: The Man And His Dream, Nadine, The Fabulous Baker Boys
[1990s] The Fisher King, American Heart, Fearless, White Squall, The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Big Lebowski
[2000s] The Contender, Seabiscuit, The Door in the Floor, Iron Man, Crazy Heart
[2010s] True Grit, Hell or High Water, Bad Times at the El Royale
P.S. Dear HFPA, could we maybe get Michelle Pfeiffer to present it to him at the ceremony or at least sit at his table? We don't ask for much and seeing them together on Bridge's Oscar-winning night 8 years ago was a thrill. And that's putting it lightly.
P.P.S. And speaking of... how about Michelle Pfeiffer for the Cecil B DeMille? We assume Tom Hanks and Jane Fonda will happen very soon but if we may be so bold as to offer suggestions of people you should consider who are less obvious than Hanks and Fonda, in addition to Pfeiffer, how about: Catherine Deneuve, Glenn Close, Maggie Smith, Ellen Burstyn, Emma Thompson, Goldie Hawn, The Coen brothers, Julie Christie, David Lynch, or Sally Field?
Reader Comments (11)
How many years until we're allowed to seriously consider Viola Davis for the CBD award?
Ozzie -- well they've never given anyone the CBD that soon into their superstardom. She's only been a superstar for like 7 years!
Hoping for plenty of The Last Picture Show, The Fisher King, The Door in the Floor, and Tron and Tron: Legacy. And perhaps a little Morning After/Jagged Edge for '80s tension, and White Squall just to see the uh scenery around him.
And I think Deneuve, Thompson, Lynch, and Field would be particularly good choices for the DeMille.
At this pace, Tom Cruise will get it before Jane Fonda.
Maggie Smith next year to tie in with DOWNTON ABBEY movie would be great. Not that one needs a movie to promote for this award, but why not I say?
David Lynch is a cool idea for a recipient. Especially since most esteemed directors are boring somehow filmography wise or personality wise and he is neither.
I'd love to see Julia Roberts up there soon.
A great choice for this award, while not as good as a rug, it should still really tie his room (at home) together. I'm hoping Julianne Moore is invited for a front row seat.
As for CB DeMille awards we would love to see, Maggie Smith (if she would come) and Emma Thompson would be great choices. I would put forward Diane Keaton as another obvious choice.
Sissy Spacek also would be deserving.
I know Jeff has had a million awesome roles, but I feel like Hollywood dismisses the cult favorite: The Big Lebowski...can we see more than a few highlights rather than a mere acknowledgment? He's such a lovable person in his own right, too - married for years with three adoring daughters.
I was campaining for Nicole Kidman on Twitter (to my 3 followers, lol). I know it sounds like a fan's dream, but I am not talking about an AFI Lifetime Achivement Award but a Cecil B DeMille. She deserve it. She is 51 years old, but they gave it to Clooney at the same age, also she has 4 GG, has been nominated 13 times, if you look the stadistics she is their third favorite actress ever, after Streep and McLane. They obviously love her. Rest my case.