Golden Globes - 2012

Ricky Gervais was fairly tame this year and quite absent most of the evening.   While he was generally behaved, the nominations were offensive.  How was Breaking Bad not a nominee for Best Drama?  No 30 Rock, Ty Burrell, Sean Bean?   The Hollywood Foreign Press may be non-profit, but they must be willing to take bribes.  How else could Boss, Enlightened and Episodes be nominated?  Those networks have cash to spare.  And the winners seemed to be people they wanted to suck up to:  Spielberg, Madonna, Scorsese, Streep.  I don’t think people want to suck up to Kelsey Grammer, but his win was absolute horseshit.  If you’re going to screw over Bryan Cranston, at least go with Damian Lewis.  The fact that Matt LeBlanc previously won for Joey illustrates how ridiculous this awards show is.  I'm starting to think the People's Choice Awards have more esteem.  Just kidding, anything a regular person could vote for is stupid - look at democracy.

Some interesting moments:

• Johnny Depp’s accent – you’re from Kentucky but you sound like Bono.  You introduced Hugo; you didn’t win the Nobel.
• Busy Phillips – I guess she and Michelle Williams remained friends since Dawson’s Creek, but I prefer to think it was another way to sneak a Cougar Town actor onto TV.  Well played, Bill Lawrence.
• Gross man tans – Depp, Rob Lowe, Clooney, Hoffmann, Duchovny, Bradley Cooper, and Matt LeBlanc have all been browned to a crisp.
• Gross man arms – Madonna, Felicity Huffman and Angelina Jolie were all about the gun show.
• The Wire reunion – Idris Elba and Dominic West were both nominated for Best Actor in a Mini-Series and hugged it out when Idris won.  But then he used his British accent and ruined everything.
• Strangest Cutaway – Seth Rogen mentions his ‘massive erection’ and the next shot is Jodie Foster’s young sons.
• Silver Fox Alert - I knew about Matt LeBlanc's gray hair, but Tim Robbins has become the new Ted Danson.
• Best Aging – Madeline Stowe looked the hottest among her category’s nominees, but she couldn't have appreciated that 74 year old Dustin Hoffman said she was from ‘his generation.’ 
• 2^nd Best aging – Jane Fonda looked amazing.  She should give her doctor’s name to Dolly Parton.
• Most Inappropriate Touching – Ben’s Kingsley’s wife or well-paid escort sitting on his lap during Morgan Freeman’s acceptance speech. 
• Worst Dressed  – Thomas Jane.  Lamest cowboy ever.