The Golden Globes Roundup, Part I: The Winners

Well, folks, we've just witnessed Hollywood's biggest cocktail party first self-congratulatory awards show of the season! If you missed or wanted additional insight into the booze-fueled celeb fest known as the Golden Globes, you're in luck: the Belles have rounded up the good, the bad, and the ugly from the winners of last night's show.


THE GOOD

• Jennifer Lawrence winning Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for Silver Linings Playbook. She stalks Meryl Streep like a fangirl, shoots arrows like an Olympian, skins squirrels like a badass, laughs at herself like a real human, and always looks fab-u-lous. Girl crush: confirmed.
• Hugh Jackman winning Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Les Misérables. Let's be real: Hugh has been a winner in our book for a looooong time. (I mean, have you heard the man sing?? And that smile?! Swoon.) We're so glad the Hollywood Foreign Press Association rewarded his undeniable charm and mad acting skillz!
• Abraham Lincoln playing himself Daniel Day-Lewis winning Best Actor in a Drama for his so-good-it's-scary portrayal of the 16th prez in Lincoln. The man is just classy.
• We have one thing to say to the graceful Jessica Chastain: "Brava!"

THE BAD

• Argo beating Lincoln as the Best Drama of the year. Ummm.... whaaaaaat??? HFPA, we all know you're unabashed populists and love a good underdog movie, but COME ON. Argo was forgettable, while Lincoln was a masterpiece. Argo was neither engaging nor moving; the characters were flat, the writing was merely serviceable, and the only memorable scenes-- featuring John Goodman and Alan Arkin-- were concentrated at the beginning of the film. And don't even get me started on why Argo is a troubling, disturbing, and politically insensitive piece of chest-thumping propaganda-- that discussion is for another day.
• The Life of Pi won Best Original Score over Anna Karenina.  HFPA: do you have ears?!?!?! Dario Marianelli is a *hunky* genius. The man channeled Tchaikovsky in his opulent score AND THAT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU???
• It was bad enough that Claire Danes stole our man, Hugh Dancy, as her lawfully wedded husband. But then she didn't even thank him in her acceptance speech! Plus, the girl was just all over the place. (Maybe she took one of Carrie's crazy pills by accident??) Her category was one of the strongest of the night, and I would've liked the HFPA to show a little creativity and reward someone new (read: Connie Britton).

THE UGLY

• Lena Dunham's tatz. Honey, show some respect and cover those up. You're not in Greenpoint anymore.

• What the heck is going on here? Are Anne and Amanda so drunk that they thought they were finally elected to prom court after Cady Herron knocked them out of the running all those years ago? 

In conclusion, we love the crazy Globes!!