6:27 PM - Best Actor in a TV Comedy. Don Cheadle wins for "House of Lies." That's an actual upset. Everybody drink!
6:33 PM - Stallone and Schwarzenegger present Best Foreign Film while ragging on each other's accents. Globe goes to "Amour," and here comes Michael Haneke. He is surprisingly adorable for being the guy who directed "Funny Games." Twice.
6:37 PM - That's a lovely tan, Lea Michele. Best Actress in a TV Series Drama goes to Claire Danes for "Homeland," as expected. Danes is very wired. Not implying anything by that.
6:44 PM - Sasha Baron Cohen comes out with a glass of wine and a loud voice to perform impromptu stand-up and present Best... Animated Feature Film? How was that remotely appropriate? Anyway, the winner is "Brave," and that lady going up on stage with director Mark Andrews is not Brenda Chapman... Wait, who is that?
6:48 PM - Liev Schreiber presents the clips for "Life of Pi." Seriously, are they just pulling names out of a box for some of these?
6:50 PM - I don't know what Jason Bateman and Aziz Ansari are doing, but I like it. Best Actress in a TV Comedy goes to - oh, Poehler had to get that visual gag in, of course - Lena Dunham in "Girls"! Go Lena!
6:58 PM - Here come the hosts to inject a little humor as we go into the third hour, drowning their losses to Lena Dunham in drink. Thanks for the pick-me-up, ladies.
6:59 PM - Robert Downey Jr. was the right guy to present the Cecil B. DeMille award to Jodie Foster. Not all of these jokes are landing, but he's keeping a straight face.
7:02 PM - Here's the Jodie Foster tribute. I always get a kick out of seeing the old clips from where she was a kid, though "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" is noticeably missing. Ah, that's why Mel's here - he and Foster are pals.
7:05 PM - Foster's speech is awesome. It's really apparent how long she's been around. The coming out fake-out was great. Wait, what did the audio cut for? Never mind, this is awesome. I'm glad I watched the ceremony to be able to see this.
7:17 PM - Ben Affleck wins the Best Director trophy, which just goes to show what a strange and unpredictable awards season this has been. He's not up for the Oscar, which means we still have no idea where that race is going. And good on him for the shout out to Tony Mendez.
7:20 PM - Sad that "Moonrise Kingdom" has almost become an afterthought at this point. Such a fun, weird little movie.
7:21 PM - NBC's late night line-up comes on stage to riff on themselves and present Best TV Comedy to - "Girls"! Another upset! DRINK!!
7:23 PM - Oh good, Dunham's not reading off notes this time. She could only get away with that once.
7:27 PM - What's one difference between the Oscars and the Globes? Movies don't get to buy commercial space, so that ad for "Zero Dark Thirty" wouldn't have aired at the Oscar telecast.
7:29 PM - Christian Bale and his rarely heard actual accent present the clips for "Silver Linings Playbook."
7:31 PM - Jennifer Garner goes up to present, and but first mentions a few names Affleck forgot in his speech. Cute. Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical goes to Hugh Jackman who does not look remotely like he has the flu.
7:34 PM - It's the 70th Golden Globes, a pretty significant milestone, but they're not calling attention to the fact at all. Is that allowed for an awards show? Then again, it is the Globes.
7:36 PM - Jeremy Renner is introduced as the star of "Hansel and Gretel." Ouch. And gets bleeped introducing the "Zero Dark Thirty" clips.
7:40 PM - Best Comedy or Musical goes to "Les Misérables." Anne Hathaway gets in some extra thank yous and then goes and cuddles with Amanda Seyfriend for the rest of the time they're on stage. In a normal year, I'd say "Silver Linings Playbook" is now out of the running, but Harvey Weinstein's got a few extra weeks to campaign. We'll see.
7:41 PM - Dodge has the best commercials of the night, and but if I see Sofia Vergara and her Diet Pepsi one more time...
7:46 PM - Yep. "Do No Harm" is "Jekyll."
7:47 PM - Best Actress in a Drama goes to Jessica Chastain for "Zero Dark Thirty." Nice to see her supporting Katherine Bigelow.
7:50 PM - Some remarking on Meryl Streep's absence. She's out sick, so George Clooney presents the Best Actor trophy to Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln."
7:58 PM - And the Best Drama Golden Globe goes to "Argo"! Nice to see Affleck and company getting some love - yes, Bryan Cranston was in that movie - but the Oscars are still wide open.
All in all, a good, brisk ceremony, and some categories turned up surprises, which always makes these affairs more exciting. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were great hosts, doing the best they could to break out of the constraints on the role in an entirely different way than Gervaise. The technical mishaps and the forgotten thank-yous made everybody seem more human, and I'd say the biggest winner in the room tonight was Jodie Foster.
Now let's all go drink a Diet Pepsi.
Good night!
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6:33 PM - Stallone and Schwarzenegger present Best Foreign Film while ragging on each other's accents. Globe goes to "Amour," and here comes Michael Haneke. He is surprisingly adorable for being the guy who directed "Funny Games." Twice.
6:37 PM - That's a lovely tan, Lea Michele. Best Actress in a TV Series Drama goes to Claire Danes for "Homeland," as expected. Danes is very wired. Not implying anything by that.
6:44 PM - Sasha Baron Cohen comes out with a glass of wine and a loud voice to perform impromptu stand-up and present Best... Animated Feature Film? How was that remotely appropriate? Anyway, the winner is "Brave," and that lady going up on stage with director Mark Andrews is not Brenda Chapman... Wait, who is that?
6:48 PM - Liev Schreiber presents the clips for "Life of Pi." Seriously, are they just pulling names out of a box for some of these?
6:50 PM - I don't know what Jason Bateman and Aziz Ansari are doing, but I like it. Best Actress in a TV Comedy goes to - oh, Poehler had to get that visual gag in, of course - Lena Dunham in "Girls"! Go Lena!
6:58 PM - Here come the hosts to inject a little humor as we go into the third hour, drowning their losses to Lena Dunham in drink. Thanks for the pick-me-up, ladies.
6:59 PM - Robert Downey Jr. was the right guy to present the Cecil B. DeMille award to Jodie Foster. Not all of these jokes are landing, but he's keeping a straight face.
7:02 PM - Here's the Jodie Foster tribute. I always get a kick out of seeing the old clips from where she was a kid, though "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" is noticeably missing. Ah, that's why Mel's here - he and Foster are pals.
7:05 PM - Foster's speech is awesome. It's really apparent how long she's been around. The coming out fake-out was great. Wait, what did the audio cut for? Never mind, this is awesome. I'm glad I watched the ceremony to be able to see this.
7:17 PM - Ben Affleck wins the Best Director trophy, which just goes to show what a strange and unpredictable awards season this has been. He's not up for the Oscar, which means we still have no idea where that race is going. And good on him for the shout out to Tony Mendez.
7:20 PM - Sad that "Moonrise Kingdom" has almost become an afterthought at this point. Such a fun, weird little movie.
7:21 PM - NBC's late night line-up comes on stage to riff on themselves and present Best TV Comedy to - "Girls"! Another upset! DRINK!!
7:23 PM - Oh good, Dunham's not reading off notes this time. She could only get away with that once.
7:27 PM - What's one difference between the Oscars and the Globes? Movies don't get to buy commercial space, so that ad for "Zero Dark Thirty" wouldn't have aired at the Oscar telecast.
7:29 PM - Christian Bale and his rarely heard actual accent present the clips for "Silver Linings Playbook."
7:31 PM - Jennifer Garner goes up to present, and but first mentions a few names Affleck forgot in his speech. Cute. Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical goes to Hugh Jackman who does not look remotely like he has the flu.
7:34 PM - It's the 70th Golden Globes, a pretty significant milestone, but they're not calling attention to the fact at all. Is that allowed for an awards show? Then again, it is the Globes.
7:36 PM - Jeremy Renner is introduced as the star of "Hansel and Gretel." Ouch. And gets bleeped introducing the "Zero Dark Thirty" clips.
7:40 PM - Best Comedy or Musical goes to "Les Misérables." Anne Hathaway gets in some extra thank yous and then goes and cuddles with Amanda Seyfriend for the rest of the time they're on stage. In a normal year, I'd say "Silver Linings Playbook" is now out of the running, but Harvey Weinstein's got a few extra weeks to campaign. We'll see.
7:41 PM - Dodge has the best commercials of the night, and but if I see Sofia Vergara and her Diet Pepsi one more time...
7:46 PM - Yep. "Do No Harm" is "Jekyll."
7:47 PM - Best Actress in a Drama goes to Jessica Chastain for "Zero Dark Thirty." Nice to see her supporting Katherine Bigelow.
7:50 PM - Some remarking on Meryl Streep's absence. She's out sick, so George Clooney presents the Best Actor trophy to Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln."
7:58 PM - And the Best Drama Golden Globe goes to "Argo"! Nice to see Affleck and company getting some love - yes, Bryan Cranston was in that movie - but the Oscars are still wide open.
All in all, a good, brisk ceremony, and some categories turned up surprises, which always makes these affairs more exciting. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were great hosts, doing the best they could to break out of the constraints on the role in an entirely different way than Gervaise. The technical mishaps and the forgotten thank-yous made everybody seem more human, and I'd say the biggest winner in the room tonight was Jodie Foster.
Now let's all go drink a Diet Pepsi.
Good night!
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