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Was there ever a Golden Globes before Ricky Gervais?  It doesn't seem like it, or anything memorable anyways.  If we're talking awards shows, and this is including the MTV Movie Awards, the Golden Globes are the weird uncle of the three.  You hear about it on the news, see the highlights on YouTube the week after...but who really watches it?  I actually do, but only because I care about the nominees because they indicate who'll be up for an Oscar.  90% of the people walking home with a Globe is also going home with another, cooler golden statue the next month. While I'm sure many Americans haven't seen the British version of "The Office," and therefore weren't as well acquainted with Ricky...well, they got their chance in 2009.  He did fairly well, providing some of his sarcastic, biting humor with that vampire grin of his and that slicked back hair we've grown accustomed to.  If you want to feel old, that's when "Avatar" and "...

Host Ricky Gervais proved tamer and even funnier this time around with the 69th Golden Globes held last night!  The night had a few surprises, but at the end here's what I really got: George Clooney, Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer are definitely winning Oscars this year after victories at both the Globes and the Critic's Choice Awards.  Also "The Artist," which I just saw, will most likely be taking home Best Picture.  Really the only wild card is Best Actress.  Meryl Streep won best actress in a drama last night for her outstanding role in "The Iron Lady" and Viola Davis won Best Actress for "The Help" on Critic's Choice Awards night.  Two very deserving ladies, I can't wait to see how it'll end up. THE COMPLETE LIST: DRAMA FILM: The Descendants (though I'd like to think this might win, "The Artist" pretty much has Best Picture on lock) ACTRESS: Meryl Streep- The Iron Lady ACTOR: George Clooney- T...