The 71st Golden Globes are in the books-- hopefully the hangovers have settled as the 2013 awards season has officially, in all its bombastic ridiculousness and woozy delight, left the train onwards the main event on March 2nd. Long thought of as Oscar's slutty cousin, the Golden Globes continue to provide punchlines and quizzical sneers, but their stage can be prescient, absurd, momentarily insightful and rollicking as major stars sip the freely and generously served libations throughout the ceremony. There's often a buzz that's emitted from the liquored up celebrities run about and casually-- yet so formally-- take the stage in the Beverly Hilton Grand Ballroom.
For the second year in a row, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the festivities and if their second act wasn't quite the revelatory lark that it was one a year ago, they still provided the very best things to be attributed to the overall presentation. Coming out and welcoming us to the "Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
Lee Daniels' The Butler Golden Globe Awards," they provided the snark and a gleeful energy to a proceedings. Bubbly and charming, both hostesses still ensured snappy commentary on Hollywood and the foolishness that lies within it, yet because of their insider snap and charm, the jokes never veered into misanthropic Ricky Gervais mean-spiritedness.
