The 2010 Golden Globe summary

I don’t want to ramble about the goings on at last night’s Golden Globe Awards (there’s been enough of that all day, I know) so instead, I’ve compiled a list of some of the moments that stuck in my mind… Here’s a link to all the winners, too.

1. Ricky Gervais’ stonking presenting job. See below for details.

2. Diane Kruger pulling off what should have been a horrendous, bubble-gum pink Christian Lacroix haute couture gown. See My Fashion Life for some of the best dresses on the red carpet.

3. Jeff Bridges winning Best Actor award for his performance in Crazy Heart. We all love a good comeback (see Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke…).

4. Martin Scorsese’s perfect speech, accepting the 2010 Cecil B. deMille award from his star pupils, De Niro and DiCaprio. What a legend.

5. Avatar winning Best Picture and James Cameron winning Best Director. James Cameron looked as shocked as us, admitting his assumption that ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow would be picking up the director’s prize for The Hurt Locker.

6. Jason Reitman’s visible reaction to the above outcome.

7. Drew Barrymore’s acceptance speech: BAD.

8. Robert Downey Jr.’s acceptance speech: GOOD.

9. Michael Haneke winning Best Foreign Language film for The White Ribbon. Yess.

10. Mickey Rourke’s disappointment at announcing Sandra Bullock as the winner of the Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical award.

Aand…

Honourable mention goes to Angela Griffin on the red carpet for Sky One, who turned out to be a great source of unexpected comedy. Not only did Griffin introduce Taylor Lautner as ‘Taylor Launton’, she also told Mariah Carey that she was the most beautiful woman in the world and embarrassed Chace Crawford in the middle of an interview, saying that she was bewitched by his eyes. It all sounds rather cringe – and it was – but it was strangely enjoyable to see someone working the red carpet who was equally as excited – and therefore ridiculous – as some of us might have been.

While Griffin was nearly (and understandably) losing the plot, speaking to George Clooney, Welsh presenter Griffin Jones was less gushy but came out with some gooduns too: ‘TOBEY!…TOBEY!…CAMERON!…CAMERON!….. ‘i’m just shouting at stars like I know them and I don’t at all.’

Brilliant.