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Wow! Nothing was what it seemed last night at the Globes! Tina and Amy predictably killed as hosts, but the film award snubs and surprises are what got my attention. McConaughey winning for "Dallas Buyers Club?" Jennifer Lawrence beating Lupita Nyong'o for supporting actress?!? Things didn't make proper sense until "12 Years a Slave" won the big award of the night, best drama, its only prize. Truth be told, if you look at my predictions right below this post, I got 8/11 right, which isn't a terrible ratio! My thoughts on the awards show with a lot of 7 second delays, rambling speeches, and endless shots of people running to the stage because they sat the TV people so far away! ( Red = the ones I got wrong!) DRAMA: FILM: 12 Years a Slave (I was sweating this big time. Will my second favorite film of the year get shut out?!) ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey- Dallas Buyers Club (I can't properly critique this decision until I watch the movie, which p...

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 "...