Recap: Last Night's Golden Globes

Margaret Keane's best "Big Eyes" painting was in attendance at last night's ceremony.

If there's anything learned watching last night's Golden Globes, it's that the HFPA really is into doing their own thing. Several categories went in a completely different direction, awarding the underdogs in their respective races. It seems like the Globes are really trying their best to distance themselves away from the organization that nominated "The Tourist" back in 2011, especially in regards to the television categories.

There were big wins for Amazon's "Transparent" in the Comedy and Actor (Comedy) categories, with actor Jeffrey Tambor and show runner Jill Soloway thanking the Trans community, and giving a very loving shout out to Leelah Alcorn, a young girl who committed suicide a few weeks ago. There was also the surprising win for critical darling Gina Rodriguez from "Jane the Virgin", who beat veterans Julia Louis Dreyfus and Edie Falco.

There were some surprises on the film side as well, with "The Grand Budapest Hotel" beating out expected winner "Birdman" and dark horse "Into the Woods" for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical). The win came as a surprise, seeing as "Birdman" had usurped Budapest in the Screenplay and Best Actor categories. And despite finding no love in any of the other categories it was nominated for, awards favorite Amy Adams snatched a win for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical). She can definitely thank Harvey Weinstein for that one.

Julianne Moore, J.K. Simmons and Patricia Arquette all predictably won their categories, while "The Theory of Everything"'s Eddie Redmayne benefitted from Michael Keaton being over in the Comedy category, and won Best Actor (Drama). Though rushed for time, he managed to nail down a pretty charmingly befuddled speech. Voters are very enamored with the film, and people love his performance.. if Keaton has a rival, it's Redmayne at this point.

Which brings me to my next point. Outside of winning Original Song (much deserved by the way), "Selma" lost everything else, which comes as a disappointment because it's been shut out of the PGA and SAG. Team Selma really needed a major win at the Globes so someone (Ava DuVernay or David Oyelowo) could get up on stage and make themselves known to voters. At this point, it's too late for any charming speeches to influence votes for nominations. But wins, those are still plausible, so good on John Legend and Common for nailing their speech, that's important going into the race. Oscar nominations come out on Thursday, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about where Selma lies in the race.

But the most disappointing thing about last night, I think, was Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's continued mocking of the whole North Korea debacle. As someone who has deeply enjoyed their hosting, and even their past work, it pains me to say that there were majorly racist, ignorant undertones in many of the jabs they took at the situation. And as if that wasn't bad enough, their jokes about Bill Cosby made the whole affair taste even more sour.

Now, a lot of people are going on about how edgy and great it was of them to do such a thing, but honestly, it was childish and immature. To make a mockery out of a situation like North Korea, where innocent people are killed because there are jokes like that being made, is ignorant. Period. No excuses. And as for Cosby, if Fey and Poehler wanted to call him out on it, we know they have the wit and intelligence to do so, but instead, they made a mockery of it, as if rape is funny. I really expected better from them.

As my friend Matthew so eloquently put it on Facebook:

"repeating “i put the pills in the people” in bill cosby’s voice isn’t “calling him out” 

calling him out would be pointing out the way the survivors who have come forward in their pursuit of justice have been doubted & mocked, calling him out would be acknowledging the way that fame/money/power has more or less shielded cosby from scrutiny, calling him out would include railing the fact that he can joke about the accusations against him during his shows while he faces no kind of consequences." 

Me too Frances... me too. 

Full list of (film) winners below: 

Best Film (Drama):

• "Boyhood"

Best Film (Comedy or Musical):

• "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Best Director:

• Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"

Best Actor (Drama):

• Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"

Best Actress (Drama): 

• Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical):

• Michael Keaton, "Birdman"

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical):

• Amy Adams, "Big Eyes"

Best Supporting Actor: 

• J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"

Best Supporting Actress: 

• Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"

Best Original Song: 

• 'Glory'- John Legend & Common, "Boyhood"

Best Screenplay: 

• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone & Armando Bo, "Birdman"

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Leviathan

Best Animated Feature:

• "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

Best Original Score:

• Jóhann Jóhannsson, "The Theory of Everything"