Jodie Foster

Jodie presented this year, but I led with the photo because... it is so NOT how I think of Jodie Foster now. The hair alone. What in the Mandrell Sisters hell.

Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster

He won for directing Braveheart. Mel, I... have some notes for you.

Kate Winslet

This was the year of Sense and Sensibility, but it was also the year of Mira Sorvino in Mighty Aphrodite, so Kate lost. The coat is cute; the rest of it is so terrible, in a perfectly "I bought this at the mall myself" 1996 way.

Annette Bening, Warren Beatty

Annette -- here shown looking foxy -- was nominated for The American President, in which she and Michael Douglas and basically everyone are delightful. It's such a good movie. Honestly, it holds up better than The West Wing, I think, in terms of Aaron Sorkin political projects.

Vanessa Williams, Mira Sorvino, Martin Landau

Oh, MIRA. Vanessa looks great, albeit businessy, and Mira's dress isn't bad, but the peroxide is NOT IT for her.

Heather Locklear

This is exactly right.

Alicia Silverstone

This is Cher Horowitz auditioning for The Craft. (Except it came out a few months later, but whatever, let's not let facts get in the way of a joke.)

Emma Thompson

This was such a well-deserved screenplay win. Also, can't wait until she finds out that Greg Wise is REALLY gonna work out for her.

Angela Bassett

She could bring this out now and be fine.

Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox

This would have been in the midst of the second season of Friends. Lisa Kudrow looks a bit like she's already channeling Romy. Or Michele. I can't ever remember which one she was. Michele, right?

Sharon Stone

She won for Casino, and I found her speech online, and she opens with a line about how she's proud to work in an industry where the product is still "hand-made." It's poignant to think of her saying that THIRTY YEARS AGO, and now here we are fighting AI at every turn.

Gillian Anderson

I guess bathrobes were all the rage.

Pamela Bach and David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff is randomly wearing a quarter-zip ALL the way up. And Pamela looks how I wish Sharon Stone had.

Brad Pitt

He won for 12 Monkeys. My favorite thing here is that the caption -- which is unusual -- takes the extra step of describing the size of his collar. It IS wide.

Fran Drescher

Fran brought the table centerpiece.

Cybill Shepherd

No complaints.

Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, Lacey Chabert, Paula Devicq and Neve Campbell

It's Char! And Bai! And Claude! And Jules! And... Kirsten, the only person on the show who didn't get a nickname! I miss the Salingers. Neve's lipstick is also EXCELLENT.

George Clooney and Noah Wyle

THESE TWO BABY CHILDREN. Imagine telling Noah that 30 years later he'd be back for a different(ish) ER show and the favorite to win.

Daniel Benzali and actress Kim Cattrall

Did you guys know THESE two were together, much less engaged? They were! For three years. They broke up right before she did Sex and the City. What a timely breakup role THAT was. (Daniel was nominated for Murder One.)

Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette

I DID remember this couple was a thing. I did not remember her bangs, but for 1996, yes, it tracks.

Gwyneth and Brad

But who knew THESE TWO dated??? (This is good for Gwyneth. I think her eyebrows now are perhaps too arched. Valuable feedback, I'm sure.)

Nicole and Tom

And did you know these two were married?!?!?!?!!!! (This is actually quite bridesmaid-y on Nicole.)

Jon Tenney and Teri Hatcher

The couples in this slideshow do not have a great track record.

Christine Baranski

I don't love the bottom of the dress, but whatever, it was 1996 and she's fabulous.

Elisabeth Shue

The return of Elisabeth Shue did not last as long as I thought it would. Also, she should totally be popping up in all the nostalgia casting that's been happening. She must be fully retired? Because otherwise how was she NOT on, like, Riverdale?

Jane Leeves

I don't know if that is just designed to look like a sweater around her waist, or if it is an ACTUAL sweater.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

This is oddly wedding-y on Julia.

Angela Lansbury

Hello, friend.

Happy 30th Anniversary to the 1996 Golden Globes

There aren't any couples herein who are still together.