TV Minute - Golden Globe Awards Recap

The 68th annual Golden Globe Awards was the first award show to come out the gate this award season!! This  is exciting for a lot of people who may not be directly involved with the shows/films - TV enthusiasts, film lovers, fashionistas etc etc.  There's something for everyone.

The Golden Globe Awards are a celebration of the best in TV/Movies by the Hollywood Foreign Press who determine the winners.  The show takes place in a very casual banquet style setting and alcoholic drinks are served at the guests pleasure!!  This makes for tipsy/drunken speeches from the winning parties. Exciting eh?

Ricky Gervias was the host of the evening for the second year in a row!!  He is the creator of the tv show The Office.  While he is funny, some critics always bash his style and categorize it as verbal rampage! I guess English humor/bold banter is not for everyone.  I particularly enjoyed his honesty!! No one was safe!!

Glee and Social Network won big last night!!  I am a Gleek and was pretty pleased by that!!  I am also glad that i got to see Social Network recently.  It is a great movie that critics and fans love.  The awards were much deserved!

Newcomer, HBO's Boardwalk Empire also made an impact! They beat out a clear favorite, Mad Men, in the Best Television Series - Drama, and the Best Actor in a Television Series Category respectively.
In A Better World won for Best Foreign Language film! I just found out the movie was partly shot in Kenya and I personally know some of the cast members!  Kudos guys! Enjoy the road to the Oscars!

Robert De Niro was the recipient of the Cecile B. DeMille Award.  He has had an amazing acting career and has a great roaster of work - Little Fockers notwithstanding!

For a full list of nominees and winners click here.

Fashionistas can rejoice!!  There was a a lot to look at on the red carpet! There were amazing gowns, jewelery and shoes!  I couldn't help but feast my eyes!  But with the good, comes the bad!  Some of the gowns we saw should have been left on the rack!!  Helena Bonham Carter always turns up the crazy! I have to give her credit for consistently giving us crappy outfits - she topped it by wearing two different colored pair of shoes! Here's the good, the bad and plain ugly on the red carpet.

The countdown to the Oscars begins....