The 2010 Golden Globe Awards: The Good, The Bad, And The "Glee"

What can be said about the The Golden Globe Awards that hasn't already been said? I think Warren Beatty put it best when he commented "The Golden Globes are fun, the Oscars are business."

If the Academy Awards are The New York Times, then the Globes are The Weekly World News.

No one takes the award seriously, but they throw a hell of a party, and it's a chance for movie stars to slum it with their TV cousins.

This year's show had one recurring theme - "NBC Sucks", starting with Julia Roberts on the red carpet proclaiming "NBC is in the toilet right now!", followed by Tom Hanks chiming in "NBC said it was going to rain at 10, but they moved it to 11:30". That pretty much set the tone for the night.

The Good

Mo'Nique won Best Supporting Actress for Precious and gave a teary, emotional thank-you speech. Many people, including AE Editor Michael Jensen thought it was over the top, but I thought it was brilliant. Mo'Nique has not endeared herself to voters this awards season (by skipping most of the awards show and not campaigning for votes), so this was the perfect way to show that she's serious ... about winning an Oscar.

Meryl Streep won Best Actress (Comedy) for Julie and Julia, and gave what can only be described as a very "Streep-ian" speech. If I didn't know better, I'd say she was mocking the Saturday Night Live bit that mocked her the night before.