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The Golden Globes! GOLDEN GLOOOOOOOBES!!! WOO-HOO!

Wow. I didn't know I got so pumped from an awards show where, without fail, I take in maybe four-percent of the works nominated. But hey, with today's movie ticket prices, I find it way more economical just to see my fave A-Listers cram into the Beverly Hilton on TV.   

ON THE RED CARPET

Hi, Carson Daly! Still exchanging drab convo with celebs, huh? Good for you. Whoa, do I spy Christian Bale? Love the Jesus locks, bro! If Hollywood reboots Passion of the Christ, they'll know who to ring-a-ding.  

THE SHOW

Ricky Gervais, baby, I loved you a decade ago on that show where you played a funny prick, but do you have to play an unfunny prick as tonight's host? In between boos for his stale cracks/venomous barbs (Robert Downey went to rehab! yuck yuck) he kept nervously glancing at his watch. Can't imagine why. And STILL jiving Carell for The Office?

The night did have its more triumphant moments. Bale, abusing his body to suit each role, finally received deserved recognition for his chops in The Fighter. Other veterans like Steve Buscemi and Katey Sagal (best known as Al Bundy's better half in Married With Children) took home statues for HBO's Boardwalk Empire and FX's Sons of Anarchy, respectively. Inception and The Social Network rank among last year's best, but the latter trumped the former in the score, director, screenplay and Best Drama categories. And Downey gets my Best Presenter award for humorously propositioning all five Best Actress nominees. Take notes, Gervais - we Yanks love us a cheeky laugh.

POST-SHOW

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