While The Nerdy Girl Express usually only watches movies and television shows, I decided to watch the start of awards season. It was a hard and tedious task and I only fell asleep twice. I swear. Below are the winners and losers of hosting, fashion and awards for this year’s Golden Globes.

English comedian Ricky Gervais hosted after a three year absence. Many found his jokes offensive, but that is what many comedians go for these days. A sample of how last night went was when Gervais asked Mel Gibson (who he has had a running feud with ever since making fun of the actor when he was arrested for DUI and spewed an anti-semitic rant), “What the f*** is sugar t**s?” The curse words were bleeped out by NBC censors. It was pertaining to his DUI arrest as this was supposedly what he called a female officer on scene (which he denies). It continued on with Gibson getting a jibe in about Gervais and seeing him reminded him to get a colonoscopy, but Ricky got the last words in when later he said, “Mel blames, we know who Mel blames,” and added, “Mel has forgotten all about it, that’s what drinking does. “ The crowd was more gasping than laughing so Gervais tried to find something nice to say and ended it with, “I’d rather have a drink with him (Mel Gibson) than Bill Cosby.”

Who said the English were classy?

While I do enjoy jokes like these (true but so, so wrong), I think the stage and crowd matters when telling them. I don’t feel as if the Golden Globe’s was the right place for such jokes. Still at least Ricky kept the crowd and television audience awake and talking while most of these award shows are snooze fests at best.

Matt Lauer proved that point with his boring interviews and yes/no questions on the red carpet. You’re getting paid to be there Lauer, at least act like you’re interested and ask decent questions. He did have some technical issues as well with viewers being unable to hear Will Smith or Harrison Ford’s answers.

The most confusing yet best joke of all was when ‘The Martian’ won in Comedy awards sections when we were all under the impression it was a science fiction movie.

Finally a big part of any awards show is the fashion. There was the good, the middle, the bad and the ugly. I’ll let you decide from the pictures below, although there were many more I did not include. Mostly I found the dresses uninspiring this time around.

 

Also here is what the men wore, because men’s fashion is boring as hell.

Now on to the winners of the Golden Globes; this is a full list of the categories and winners. Many underdogs won, but most were predictable as usual.

Best Original Song
Writings on the Wall  (Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes)

Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
Matt Damon (The Martian)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Score
Ennio Morricone  (The Hateful Eight)

Best Drama TV Series
Mr. Robot

Best Drama Motion Picture
The Revenant

Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Denzel Washington

Best Director of a Motion Picture
Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)

Best Foreign Language Film
Son of Saul

Best Screenplay of a Motion Picture
Steve Jobs (Aaron Sorkin)

Best Animated Feature Film
Inside Out

Best Musical or Comedy Motion Picture
The Martian

Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture
Brie Larson (Room)

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy
Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)

Best Actor in a Drama TV Series
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)

Best Actress in a Drama TV Series
Taraji P Henson

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Television
Oscar Isaac (Show Me a Hero)

Best Mini-Series or Television Motion Picture
Wolf Hall

Best Television Series
Mozart in the Jungle

Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy
Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle)

Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy
Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Television
Maura Tierny (The Affair)
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Television
Christian Slater (Mr. Robot)
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Television Motion Picture
Lady GaGa (American Horror Story: Hotel)