Read This Thing That I Wrote Last Night, Not This Thing That I'm Not Writing This Morning

highlights -- Ricky Gervais, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Kate Winslet

lowlights -- speilberg's interminable self-serving speech, maggie gyllenhall's dress, the continued canonization of Heath Ledger (a fine actor, but his overall body of work was far less impressive than one would think given the praise that Ledger has gotten for the last year.)

Highlights - West coast tape delay, just read the live blog instead of wasting time actually watching the awards.
Lowlights - 24 Drinking Game isn't what it used to be, for 2 hours only a half hearted "damnit" from Jack (two more from the female FBI agent), one Jack shooting, one "TELL ME WHERE THE *blank* IS!", no Chloe snarky remarks at co-workers. It's as if they don't want us to play anymore. Although did add the line about how the FBI doesn't torture for a few more drinks since they apparently say that at the Bureau for every response to Jack.

Highlights: Slumdog Millionaire's wins, Ricky Gervais' "told you!" to Kate Winslet re: needing to do a Holocaust movie to win, Tina Fey calling out the Internet haters. Highlight AND lowlight: Mickey Rourke thanking his dogs, dead and alive, but not the writer of the film.

@yogi -- I gotta admit, I was "whelmed" by 24. Not disappointed, not blown away, just "whelmed".
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That being said, I love that Jack is such a bad motha that he doesn't need a lawyer. Janeane Garofalo is no Chloe, but she's not bad. And it is impossible for me to believe that Tony is bad -- he's clearly working an angle to root out the evil corporation that is causing all the problems supporting General Juno (or whatever his name is, in that fake country in Africa). But the biggest suprise was SPOILER ALERT***** Jack catching Tony in hour 2. Isn't that an all-time record?

chad... catching Tony, might be related to your theory that Tony isn't really bad. Or Tony escapes while being transported.... Or Tony really IS bad, but gets released because someone at the CIA thinks he's working undercover and gets him out.

Tony's going to be feeling really silly when they find Michelle alive, too. I still think the show sucks, but I'll hang in there for the next few episodes
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re: the Globes
The 30 Rock speeches made the night for me. Especially Tina Fey's. I frequent the board her h8ters are at. One of them responded by saying, "I feel as used as Sarah Palin." Hee.

I just wish dead characters would stay dead (although I admittedly miss Michelle, who was very easy on the eyes). To think -- 24 was one of the first shows where MAIN characters really died, at least in Season 1 (particularly at the end)....now they're bringing people back from the dead as if this were a soap opera.

66th Golden Globes at:

http://familyforest.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/66th-golden-globes/

"with the aid of the Family Forest®, the festivities on Sunday night appear like they will be like an extended family reunion.

The Kevin Bacon style six-degrees-of-separation connections in the Family Forest® starting with the five Best Picture finalists will probably surprise almost everyone."

I was delighted to see the HBO series "John Adams" win some "Golden Globe Awards. If you have not seen it I recommend it highly.

Chaddogg, I'm waiting for the evil twins to show up.

These actors and actresses, like Kate Winslet, run up to the stage totally SHOCKED that they won! Breathless and not knowing what to say, they have nothing prepared to say. How shocked could she have been? Why did she dress up and show up if she thought she had no chance of winning? Prepare something to say, for goodness' sake.

I loved Sasha Baron Cohen. I love the audience's shocked reaction to some of the things he said. How dare he make fun of Maddonna and Charlie Sheen? Movie people are the most thin-skinned in the world. See: Fey, Tina.