Tracy Morgan stars in NBC's'30 Rock: Season 2' |
9:30: 30 Rock wins for Best Comedy Series, and -- with all due respect to Ledger's posthumous award (since we all knew he would win) -- it begets the highlight of the night: Tracy Morgan's true-to-character, oddball acceptance speech. It includes what may be the funniest line in Golden Globes history: "The face of post-racial America ... Deal wit' it, Cate Blanchett!" Just so awesome in its random name-dropping of Blanchett.
9:46: Tina Fey wins for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. It's unsurprising only because the true best actress in a comedy series, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, wasn't even nominated! But it helps that Fey's acceptance speech is hilarious, singling out Internet haters who can "suck it."
9:54: Martin Scorsese presents Steven Spielberg with the Cecil B. Demille award, marking perhaps the first time a lifetime-achievement segment is actually watchable ... until it takes up approximately 15 minutes.
10:13: Best Director nominee David Fincher refuses to acknowledge the camera for a second time when his name is referenced, but luckily for him, Slumdog helmer Danny Boyle is the one forced to give an acceptance speech.
10:17: Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy winner Colin Farrell (for In Bruges) is downright shocked over his victory -- and yet still slightly less shocked than most people watching at home. Although each nominee in that category was pretty surprising.
10:28: Presenter Sacha Baron Cohen plugs his upcoming mockumentary Bruno before taking a thinly veiled shot at Madonna and Guy Ritchie that elicits quite the uncomfortable silence from the celebs in attendance. He quickly gets to the award for Best Musical or Comedy, which predictably goes to Vicky Cristina Barcelona and which is predictably not accepted by director Woody Allen (who predictably isn't even on hand).
10:37: Meryl Streep loses for the second time tonight and Kate Winslet wins for the second time. During her acceptance speech for the Best Actress in a Drama award, Winslet forgets the name of one of her fellow nominees -- and, oh no, it's Angelina Jolie! Yikes. Will Winslet still have a job tomorrow?
10:43: Mad Men wins the biggest TV prize of the night, Best Drama Series, for a second straight year. Good thing AMC recently renewed the show for a third season!
10:49: Mickey Rourke is treated to the loudest applause of the night when he wins Best Actor in a Drama for The Wrestler, officially completing his storybook comeback (although winning the Best Actor Oscar next month wouldn't hurt). Rourke thanks director Darren Aronofsky -- who promptly gives him the finger ... but doesn't get censored! -- and his much-publicized pack of Chihuahuas. Apparently the audience members are big Chihuahua fans.
10:58: Speaking of comebacks, Tom Cruise presents the final and biggest award of the night: Best Drama. Slumdog wins again, and even though the Hollywood Foreign Press Association obviously favors foreign movies, it's fair expect the same outcome at next month's Oscars.
Photo(s) © 2008- NBC- All Rights Reserved