The 69th Golden Globes were handed out Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. While most of the buzz surrounding the show was whether or not Rocky Gervais would stick it to snobbish Hollywood actors(which he didn’t. ) there were some surprises (Meryl Streep winning her 298083 Globe statue,let someone else have a chance)and cheers ( Matt Leblanc finally won something!).

The Golden Globes have always been seen as a blueprint to the Academy Awards and I think the this year will be one of those years where in some categories like Best Actress will be a fight to the finish with the likes of Meryl Streep, Viola Davis and Michelle Williams most likely guaranteed nominations.The other categories?, eh the Hollywood Foreign Press relied on their usuals as winners like Martin Scorseise, Kate Winselt and George Clooney.  The most notable winners from last night is Octavia Spencer who won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for ‘The Help’ and Idris Elba for his work in the Miniseries ‘Luther’. It’s hard enough for Black Actors to get work let alone win big awards so congratulations to Ms. Spencer and Mr. Elba.

Honorable Mention: Laura Dern. I think she is one of those actors who are good but doesn’t always get public recognition. She won for Best Actress in a TV series/Comedy, good for her.

Please Accept Your Award Then Graciously Sit Back Down: Madonna was her forever self-loving her. She has work so hard the past few months to make everyone accept her as a serious director, expect it was a win for Original Song not Best Director. Listening to her acceptance speech, you would have thought differently.  She has that, I’m a director now for reals, Angelina Jolie syndrome.

Hollywood Legends: Sidney Poitier and Helen Mirren presented Morgan Freeman with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement.

Full Winner’s List

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Descendants
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
The Artist
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best TV Series Drama
Homeland

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Idris Elba, Luther
Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Best Director – Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Midnight in Paris
Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tin-Tin
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Masterpiece” — W.E.
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Artist
Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation

Best TV Series – ComedY

Modern Family

Best Actor in a TV Comedy Series
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Best Actress in a TV Series Comedy or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Best Actress in a TV Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Best TV Movie or Miniseries
Downton Abbey

The Tourist being nominated as many times as it was was the big clue that HFPA was just looking for higher ratings vs. quality show. And by inviting Ricky Gervais back was an even more obvious ploy it was and was always about ratings. The Golden Globes needed the higher viewing turn out after declining ratings as the years have gone on.  And they finally got it but at what expense?

Acting wise, which is suppose to be the real reason people watch this thing, in the major categories I was satisfied with the winners: Annette Beinning, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Paul Giamatti, Melissa Leo. As much as I love Johnny Depp and Jake Glynhaal their nominations were a big wtf. ‘The Kids Are Alright’ winning for best Comedy great, but The Social Network for Drama? Eh. Yeah everyone saw it, it was a good movie, ok whatever.  I just can’t take a movie about Facebook seriously enough to be winning big awards like this especially over other films like Inception and The King’s Speech. And it won other categories like Screen Play and Director?!?!?

As for the TV awards, eh didn’t really care, honestly there is no real good tv on nowadays. Did I mention I am not a Gleek.

Now for Gervais. Some media sites are applauding him for sticking to self rightous Hollywood but come on he did cross a line a few times Sunday even if it is in front of the vainest of people. Now yes he did have some funny lines (Charlie Sheen, Sex and City, Hugh Hefner, Downey Jr.’s porn flicks) making fun of Jewish people, joking about the head of HPFA,Downey Jr.’s rehab stint(s) or the line at the end “Thank you God for making me a Atheist” were either too much or played out jokes. I literally cringed at his closing line. It was like he was trying way too hard, which I believe he admitted too. What is even funnier is reading Gervais trying to save his ass from the firing line the past two days. Yeah he can make these jokes but he is apart of the same business as he is joking about so you can only go so far as to biting the hand that feeds you.

But Gervais wasn’t even the kicker of the night, there were two awkard moments that stand out to me. Robert Dinero’s acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille award and Robert Downey Jr.’s Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical presentation. Both were awkward, and probably so awkward it made them funny.First De Niro’s speech had some funny moments but it did get awkward when he talked about people getting deported which included members of the HFPA, waiters in the room and Javier Bardem. Check out Matt Damon’s face when he says it and how he was smiling but not wanting to laugh and looking at the audience to see there reaction.

I don’t think he was being and out right racist or even is a racist himself( his wife just happens to be black) just a poor taste in joke writing on his part.

Then Iron Man Mr. Robert Downey Jr. chose to be sexual with his presentation and the uproar was that he was inappropriate insinuating that actresses only make it by sleeping their way to the top. Some people liked it, some people didnt. I have seen paragraph rants about how he lacks respect for women or ‘his poor wife’.  Downey Jr. has always had an eclectic sense of humor and with his wife being a major Hollywood producer who left being co-president of Silver Pictures to produce with her husband (you should familiar yourself with her if you don’t know her because she’s awesome) it’s a stretch to say he lacks respect for women,plus he worships his wife. It was just an awkward joke that only he could pull off.  What made entire thing funny in the end and Downey Jr.’s saving face for himself is acknowledging that his wife was in the audience.  But what really has creeped me out is the fans photoshopping the hell out of his “moment” with Emma Stone which I assume it’s done by the youngish fans who tuned in to watch Justin Bieber and don’t know any better. Yes girls he looks young enough for Ms. Stone but he’s been acting before she was born.

He did zing Gervais at the beginning though.

I think this was the oddest Golden Globes I have seen in while.  Bravo HFPA. Job well done.

FILM

BEST FEATURE – DRAMA
WINNER: “Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”

BEST FEATURE – COMEDY
“(500) Days of Summer”
WINNER: “The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”

ACTOR – DRAMA
WINNER: Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney – “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth – “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”
Tobey Maguire – “Brothers”

ACTRESS – DRAMA
Emily Blunt – “The Young Victoria”
WINNER: Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren – “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan – “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious”

ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt Damon – “The Informant!”
Daniel Day-Lewis – “Nine”
WINNER: Robert Downey Jr. – “Sherlock Holmes”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “500 Days of Summer”
Michael Stuhlbarg – “A Serious Man”

ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock – “The Proposal”
Marion Cotillard – “Nine”
Julia Roberts – “Duplicity”
Meryl Streep – “It’s Complicated”
WINNER: Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia”

DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”
WINNER: James Cameron – “Avatar”
Clint Eastwood – “Invictus”
Jason Reitman – “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon – “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer – “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”
WINNER: Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz – “Nine”
Vera Farmiga – “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air”
WINNER: Mo’Nique – “Precious”
Julianne Moore – “A Single Man”

SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – “District 9″
Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker”
Nancy Meyers – “It’s Complicated”
WINNER: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Baaria” (Italy) – Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment
“Broken Embraces” (Spain) – El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics
“The Maid” (Chile) – Forastero; Elephant Eye Films
“A Prophet” (France) – Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics
WINNER: “The White Ribbon” (Germany) – Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
WINNER: “Up”

BEST SCORE
WINNER: Michael Giacchino – “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch – “The Informant!”
James Horner – “Avatar”
Abel Korzeniowski – “A Single Man”
Karen O, Carter Burwell – “Where The Wild Things Are”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine” – Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
“I Want to Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine” – Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
“I Will See You” from “Avatar” – Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen; Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell
WINNER: “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart” – Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
“Winter” from “Brothers” – Music by: U2; Lyrics by: Bono

TELEVISION

TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
“Big Love”
“Dexter”
“House”
WINNER: “Mad Men”
“True Blood”

TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
“30 Rock”
“Entourage”
WINNER: “Glee”
“Modern Family”
“The Office”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Simon Baker – “The Mentalist”
WINNER: Michael C. Hall – “Dexter”
Jon Hamm – “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie – “House”
Bill Paxton – “Big Love”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Glenn Close – “Damages”
January Jones – “Mad Men”
WINNER: Julianna Margulies – “The Good Wife”
Anna Paquin – “True Blood”
Kyra Sedgwick – “The Closer”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Toni Collette – “United States of Tara”
Courteney Cox – “Cougar Town”
Edie Falco – “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey – “30 Rock”
Lea Michele – “Glee”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock”
Steve Carell – “The Office”
David Duchovny – “Californication”
Thomas Jane – “Hung”
Matthew Morrison – “Glee”

MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
“Georgia O’Keeffe”
WINNER: “Grey Gardens”
“Into the Storm”
“Little Dorrit”
“Taking Chance”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Kevin Bacon – “Taking Chance”
Kenneth Branagh – “Wallander: One Step Behind”
Chiwetel Ejiofor – “Endgame”
Brendan Gleeson – “Into The Storm”
Jeremy Irons – “Georgia O’Keeffe”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Joan Allen – “Georgia O’Keeffe”
WINNER: Drew Barrymore – “Grey Gardens”
Jessica Lange – “Grey Gardens”
Anna Paquin – “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler”
Sigourney Weaver – “Prayers for Bobby”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jane Adams – “Hung”
Rose Byrne – “Damages”
Jane Lynch – “Glee”
Janet McTeer – “Into The Storm”
WINNER: Chloe Sevigny – “Big Love”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Emerson – “Lost”
Neil Patrick Harris – “How I Met Your Mother”
William Hurt – “Damages”
WINNER: John Lithgow – “Dexter”
Jeremy Piven – “Entourage”

Variety

And the first year in a long time that there will be a host, original The Office star Ricky Gervais.Ms. Golden Globe this year is Mavis Spencer, daughter of actors Alfre Woodard and Roderick Spencer.

And the Nominees are…

FILM

BEST FEATURE – DRAMA

“Avatar”

“The Hurt Locker”

“Inglourious Basterds”

“Precious”

“Up in the Air”

BEST FEATURE – COMEDY

“(500) Days of Summer”

“The Hangover”

“It’s complicated”

“Julie & Julia”

“Nine”

ACTOR – DRAMA

Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”

George Clooney, “Up in the Air”

Colin Firth, “A Single Man”

Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”

Tobey Maguire, “Brothers”

ACTRESS – DRAMA

Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”

Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”

Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”

Carey Mulligan, “An Education”

Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”

ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Matt Damon, “The Informant”

Daniel Day-Lewis, “Nine”

Robert Downey Jr., “Sherlock Holmes”

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “500 Days of Summer”

Michael Stuhlbarg, “A Serious Man”

ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal”

Marion Cotillard, “Nine”

Julia Roberts,”Duplicity”

Meryl Streep, “It’s Complicated”

Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

DIRECTOR ? MOTION PICTURE

Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”

James Cameron – “Avatar”

Clint Eastwood – “Invictus”

Jason Reitman – “Up in the Air”

Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt Damon – “Invictus”

Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”

Christopher Plumber – “The Last Station”

Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”

Christopher Waltz – “Inglorious Basterds”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz – “Nine”

Vera Farmiga – “Up in the Air”

Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air”

Mo’Nique – “Precious”

Julianne Moore – “A Single Man”

SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – “District 9″

Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker”

Nancy Meyers – “It’s Complicated”

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – “Up In The Air”

Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“Baaria” (Italy) – Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment

“Broken Embraces” (Spain) – El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics

“The Maid” (Chile) – Forastero; Elephant Eye Films

“A Prophet” (France) – Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics

“The White Ribbon” (Germany) – Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”

“Coraline”

“Fantastic Mr. Fox”

“The Princess and the Frog”

“Up”

BEST SCORE

Michael – “Giacchino Up”

Marvin Hamlisch – “The Informant!”

James Horner – “Avatar”

Abel Korzeniowski – “A Single Man”

Karen O, Carter Burwell – “Where The Wild Things Are”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”

“I Want to Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”

“I Will See You” from “Avatar”

“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”

“Winter” from “Brothers”

TELEVISION

TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

“Big Love”

“Dexter”

“House”

“Mad Men”

“True Blood”

TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

“30 Rock”

“Entourage”

“Glee”

“Modern Family”

“The Office”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”

Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”

Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”

Hugh Laurie, “House”

Bill Paxton, “Big Love”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Glenn Close, “Damages”

January Jones, “Mad Men”

Juliana Margulies, “The Good Wife”

Anna Paquin, “True Blood”

Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Toni Collette – “United States of Tara”

Courtney Cox – “Cougar Town”

Edie Falco – “Nurse Jackie”

Tine Fey – “30 Rock”

Lea Michele – “Glee”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock”

Steve Carell – “The Office”

David Duchovny – “Californication”

Thomas Janes – “Hung”

Matthew Morrison – “Glee”

MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

“George O’Keeffe”

“Grey Gardens”

“Into the Storm”

“Little Dorrit”

“Taking Chance”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Kevin Bacon – “Taking Chance”

Kenneth Branagh – “Wallander: One Step Behind”

Chiwetel Ejiofor – “Endgame”

Brendan Gleeson – “Into The Storm”

Jeremy Irons – “Georgia O’Keeffe”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Joan Allen – “Georgia O’Keeffe”

Drew Barrymore – “Grey Gardens”

Jessica Lange – “Grey Gardens”

Anna Paquin – “The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler”

Sigourney Weaver – “Prayers For Bobby”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Jane Adams – “Hung”

Rose Byrne – “Damages”

Jane Lynch – “Glee”

Janet Mcteer – “Into The Storm”

Chlo? Sevigny – “Big Love”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Michael Emerson – “Lost”

Neil Patrick Harris – “How I Met Your Mother”

William Hurt – “Damages”

John Lithgow – “Dexter”

Jeremy Piven – “Entourage”

Variety