In case you missed it, yesterday night was the 2010 Golden Globes Awards ceremony. The show was pretty zippy, though the seating arrangements were kind of awkward in that a lot of the award winners seemed to take a while to get from their tables to the stage. I guess that’s what you get for putting your A-list celebrities in the front rows, instead of your actual nominees. Avatar was definitely the big winner of the night, though that isn’t too surprising considering how much the foreign press has been loving it up. The Hurt Locker got the worst snub of the night, getting shut-out completely, though (500) Days of Summer and even Inglourious Basterds, to an extent, should’ve gotten more love.

Ricky Gervais was pretty awesome as host. He really doesn’t give a damn, and all his bits were biting and hilarious. At one point, he quips that a Golden Globe can’t be bought, not officially, anyway, following it up with “what the hell, I’m not going to do this again anyway.” His joke at the end of the following clip was the comedic highlight of the night, and the funniest one I’ve heard at an awards show, maybe ever:

Catch the video and full winners list after the jump.

Martin Scorsese won the Cecil B. DeMille award, and the show producers put together a pretty great tribute montage for him. Scorsese’s speech was also eloquent, classy, and focused primarily on thanking the Hollywood Foreign Press for their hand in supporting film preservation, a cause which Scorsese champions (and rightly so). You can’t help but respect the hell out of a guy who, even with the caliber of his body of work, still holds the filmmakers who came before him in such reverence and maintains such a modest and astute understanding of his place in cinematic history. Check out both the montage and the speech below:

FILM NOMINEES (winners in bold)

Best drama
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“Up in the Air”

• No love for The Hurt Locker here.

Best musical or comedy
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”

• A surprise win, but kind of a fun pick, anyway. Iron Mike came up as part of the cast to accept the award. 500 Days definitely got robbed here though.

Actor in a drama
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Tobey Maguire, “Brothers”

• Bridges received a well-deserved standing ovation for this win.

Actress in a drama
Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

• This was a stretch here. Carey Mulligan was easily the more impressive performance, though a Gabourey Sidibe win would’ve been nice too.

Director
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Clint Eastwood, “Invictus”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

• Cameron mentions not having a speech prepared because he thought Kathryn Bigelow easily had this one in the bag. Color me surprised too.

Actor in a musical or comedy
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”

• Downey Jr. also gave a pretty excellent speech, opting not to thank, well, anybody. Video embedded below:

Actress in a musical or comedy
Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal”
Marion Cotillard, “Nine”
Julia Roberts, “Duplicity”
Meryl Streep, “It’s Complicated”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

• I know it was a particular weak field for Best Actress – Comedy or Musical, but who can really be mad at a Meryl Streep win? She could win every year and no one would ever really be mad about it.

Supporting actor
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

• Probably one of the most deserving wins of the night.

Supporting actress
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”

Foreign language
“Baaria”
“Broken Embraces”
“The Maid (La Nana)”
“A Prophet”
“The White Ribbon”

Animated film
“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Up”

• Up was the easy pick, but it’s been a particularly tough field this year with both Fantastic Mr. Fox and Coraline offering some stiff competition. Personally, I would’ve liked to have seen one of the latter two win, as they were pretty great throughout. Up was good; it’s first 20 minutes were possibly the best 20 minutes of any movie this year, but the rest of the movie was just decent.

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

• A good win for a very deserving Up in the Air, but I thought Tarantino should’ve come away with this one. Reitman even said as much in his speech, commenting, “Quentin, I’m still waiting for them to say your name. I’m really confused right now.”

Original 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”

• Definitely my pick. Giacchino killed it in 2009, especially with his work in Up and Star Trek (not to mention his TV work with Lost and Fringe, among others). I mentioned earlier that Up’s first 20 minutes may be the best 20 minutes of any movie this year; it only reaches those heights with Giacchino’s beautiful and brilliant score.

Original song
“Cinema Italiano” (written by Maury Yeston), “Nine”
“I Want to Come Home” (written by Paul McCartney), “Everybody’s Fine”
“I Will See You” (written by James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell), “Avatar”
“The Weary Kind (Theme from ‘Crazy Heart’)” (written by Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett), “Crazy Heart”
“Winter” (written by U2), “Brothers”

TELEVISION NOMINEES:

Best TV drama series
“Big Love,” HBO
“Dexter,” Showtime
“House,” Fox
“Mad Men,” AMC
“True Blood,” HBO

Best TV comedy or musical series
“30 Rock,” NBC
“Entourage,” HBO
“Glee,” Fox
“Modern Family,” ABC
“The Office,” NBC

• The fun pick wins it.

Best actor in a TV drama
Simon Baker, “The Mentalist,” CBS
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men,” AMC
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter,” Showtime
Hugh Laurie, “House,” Fox
Bill Paxton, “Big Love,” HBO

• Michael C. Hall, rocking a headscarf/cap(?) due to hair loss from treatment for his Hodgkins Lymphoma, finally wins the very deserved award.

Best actress in a TV drama
Glenn Close, “Damages,” FX
January Jones, “Mad Men,” AMC
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife,” CBS
Anna Paquin, “True Blood,” HBO
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer,” TNT

Best actress in a TV comedy
Tina Fey, “30 Rock,” NBC
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie,” Showtime
Toni Collette, “The United States of Tara,” Showtime
Lea Michele, “Glee,” Fox
Courteney Cox, “Cougar Town,” ABC

• Collette’s work on Tara is amazing, and it’s nice to see her get some recognition for it. With the exception of Falco’s performance in Nurse Jackie, of which I’m unfamiliar with, none of the other nominees even come close to the acting Collette turns in for her show.

Best actor in a TV comedy
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock,” NBC
Steve Carell, “The Office,” NBC
David Duchovny, “Californication,” Showtime
Matthew Morrison, “Glee,” Fox
Thomas Jane, “Hung,” HBO

Best actor in a supporting role
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage,” HBO
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother,” CBS
William Hurt, “Damages,” FX
John Lithgow, “Dexter,” Showtime
Michael Emerson, “Lost,” ABC

• Dexter may have lost out to Mad Men for Best Series, but it certainly racked up the acting awards. Bravo for Lithgow, whose work on Dexter this season was truly stunning. Anyone else feel like there should be a separate comedy category?

Best actress in a supporting role
Jane Lynch, “Glee,” Fox
Rose Byrne, “Damages,” FX
Janet McTeer, “Into the Storm,” HBO
Jane Adams, “Hung,” HBO
Chloe Sevigny, “Big Love,” HBO

Best TV movie or miniseries
“Georgia O’Keeffe,” Lifetime
“Grey Gardens,” HBO
“Into the Storm,” HBO
“Little Dorrit,” PBS
“Taking Chance,” HBO

Best actor in a miniseries or TV movie
Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance,” HBO
Kenneth Branagh, “Wallender,” PBS
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Endgame,” PBS
Brendan Gleeson, “Into the Storm,” HBO
Jeremy Irons, “Georgia O’Keeffe,” Lifetime

Best actress in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie
Joan Allen, “Georgia O’Keeffe,” Lifetime
Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens,” HBO
Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens,” HBO
Anna Paquin, “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler,” CBS
Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers for Bobby,” Lifetime

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