Golden Globes recap

Ben Affleck's Argo triumphed in Best Director and Best Picture at the Golden Globes, making good on the buzz it had accummulated before it disipated upon last Thursday's Academy snub for Directing. I think we still need to consider it a legit contender for the big prize, even without that important Directing nod. It'll pull in lots of #2 and #3 votes, a huge plus with the preferential ballot.

Over in the Musical/Comedy category, I was thrilled to see Les Mis triumph when most had written the category off as an obligatory win for Silver Linings Playbook. The divisive musical also won for Anne Hathaway (expected) and Hugh Jackman (less expected, but very welcome).

The biggest moment of the night, however, came from Jodie Foster, who "officially" came out while accepting her Cecil B. DeMille Award. NBC seemed to prudishly mute that portion of her speech, but they couldn't silence the main message. She also waxed philosophic on lack of privacy in celebrity life and loneliness in her middle age. It was a rapidly fired off speech, but it felt vaguely significant. I'd love to listen to it again.

As for the show itself, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler killed it. Their opening dialogue landed big laughs, and despite being sadly underused throughout the rest of the evening, they clearly set a high bar for Seth MacFarlane to try and top in six weeks' time.

Full list of movie winners after the cut.

Best Picture, Drama: Argo
Best Picture, Musical/Comedy: Les Miserables
Best Director: Ben Affleck, Argo
Best Actor, Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actor, Musical Comedy: Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Best Actress, Drama: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actress, Musical/Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best Foreign Film: Amour
Best Animated Film: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Brave
Best Score: Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Best Song: Adele, Paul Epworth, Skyfall