Golden Globe Awards 2012

Hollywood let out a collective sigh of relief as this year's Ricky-Gervais-hosted Golden Globes turned out to be much tamer than last year's infamous celebrity roast ceremony.  Gervais wisely chose to forgo awkward "jokes" that only made every one in the audience visibly uncomfortable in favor of a series of pithy one-liners.  (My personal favorite: "The Golden Globes are to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton -- a bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker, and more easily bought."  So true.)

Anyway, here's the full list of winners followed by some of my thoughts.  Check it out and then vote for your favorite moment in the poll below!

• Best Picture - Drama: THE DESCENDANTS
• Best Picture - Comedy or Musical: THE ARTIST
• Best Actor - Drama: George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
• Best Actress - Drama: Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
• Best Actor - Comedy or Musical: Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
• Best Actress - Comedy or Musical: Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
• Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
• Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
• Best Director: Martin Scorsese, HUGO
• Best Screenplay: Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
• Best Score: THE ARTIST
• Best Original Song: "Masterpiece," W.E.
• Best Animated Film: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
• Best Foreign Film: A SEPARATION
• Best TV Drama: HOMELAND
• Best TV Comedy: MODERN FAMILY
• Best TV Movie or Miniseries: DOWNTON ABBEY
• Best TV Actor - Drama: Kelsey Grammer, BOSS
• Best TV Actress - Drama: Claire Danes, HOMELAND
• Best TV Actor - Comedy: Matt LeBlanc, EPISODES
• Best TV Actress - Comedy: Laura Dern, ENLIGHTENED
• Best TV Actor - Movie or Miniseries: Idris Elba, LUTHER
• Best TV Actress - Movie or Miniseries: Kate Winslet, MILDRED PIERCE
• Best TV Supporting Actor: Peter Dinklage, GAME OF THRONES
• Best TV Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange, AMERICAN HORROR STORY

•  Every single win in the TV category went to cable networks, except one...Best Comedy Show for MODERN FAMILY.  That's 10 wins for cable, 1 for network.  Compare that to last year's 4 wins for network television, and I'd say that's pretty reflective of the year that network TV has had.

•  There was no correlation this year between either Best Screenplay or Best Director and Best Picture Drama OR Comedy.  That's extremely unusual -- for example, last year's winner for Best Drama, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, won both Best Director for David Fincher AND Best Screenplay.  However, both winners for Best Actor - Drama and Best Actor - Comedy came from the films that ended up winning that category (George Clooney from THE DESCENDANTS and Jean Dujardin from THE ARTIST).

•  Meryl Streep upsets long-time frontrunner Viola Davis for Best Actress in a Drama.  Uh...what?

• Claire Danes, who won for Best Actress in a TV Drama (for HOMELAND), first won a Golden Globe when she was fifteen for MY SO-CALLED LIFE.  Way to make me feel like an underachiever, Claire.  Thanks for that.

What did you think of the ceremony, Fellow Addicts?  Any surprises/disappointments?  How do you think Ricky did?  Vote for your favorite moments now and then hit the comments!

What were your favorite moments of the Golden Globes?