Jodie Foster speaks out  So what exactly was it that Jodie
Foster did at the Golden Globes on Sunday night? Did she come
out of the closet without actually saying she was coming out of
the closet? Did she announce her retirement from acting? Was she
making the case for celebrity privacy in the most public forum
imaginable?  The answer to all of the above is: maybe, and I
think the confusion was intentional, helpless, and nervy on
Foster’s part. The six-minute-plus speech the actress gave upon
receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award was as
profoundly personal as we’ve gotten from her or likely ever will
get. That it was emotional, at points borderline incoherent, is
understandable. She was simultaneously addressing a room full of
good friends, her ex-partner, their two sons, a nation of
busybodies, and a culture that is addicted to both “celebrity”
and “reality” without having a firm grip on what either of those
constructs means. The speech held multitudes while barely
holding itself together