The Golden Globe Awards: The good, the bad and Jodie Foster

Making us laugh Tina Fey and Amy Poehler won rave reviews as the hosts of the Golden Globes The duo drew the biggest gasp of the night when Poehler made a joke about Avatar director James Cameron whose exwife Kathryn Bigelow was nominated for best director for Zero Dark Thirtyu00a0 Poehler said lsquoIt was a great year for women in film Kathryn Bigelow is nominated tonight I havenrsquot really been following the controversy over Zero Dark Thirty it has been criticised over its torture scenes but when it comes to torture I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameronrsquo PicsAFP The Indian connect Life of Pi director Ang Lee posed with Suraj Sharma before the awards However for the director the night wasnrsquot that great as his movie was only able to win the Best Original Score Did she or didnrsquot she Jodie Foster was the talk of the Golden Globes after her speech while accepting the lifetime achievement award Foster broached the subject of her sexual orientation or did she ldquoBut you know Irsquom just going to put it out there loud and proud rightrdquo Irsquom gonna need your support on this I am single Yes I am No Irsquom kidding but Irsquom not really kidding but Irsquom kind of kidding Thank you for the enthusiasm I already did my coming out about a 1000 years ago back in the stone age In those very quaint days when a fragile young girl would open up to trusted friends and then gradually proudly to everyone who knew her to everyone she actually metrdquo A fashion miss Jessica Chastain who won the Best Actress Award for her portrayal as Maya in Zero Dark Thirty lost out on the fashion awards Dressed in a blue Calvin Klein the starrsquos hair and makeup looked like she was planning to wear a different dress then changed her mind at the last minute A shame because her final choice was the illfitting gown which did her zero favours Pulling off a Jolie Angelina Joliersquos right leg became an unlikely comedy figure at last yearrsquos Oscars when she made every effort to stick it out of her highsplit dress And at Sunday nightrsquos Golden Globes Eva Longoria decided to see if she could go one better as she took to the red carpet in sleek in a black lace dress with a slit cut up to her hip and not content with having the highest leg split she also showed off her cleavage and most of her back with her dressrsquo daring cutout sections Forget the Oscars Affleck scores big Ben Affleck hit the jackpot yesterday when he was awarded Best Director for his Iran hostage thriller Argo The thriller also won Best Movie beating out the Civil War epic Lincol Affleck who was snubbed by the Oscars shared some jokes with his producers Grant Heslov and George Clooney backstageu00a0 Bill Clinton gets a standing ovation Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance at the Golden Globes The former US president was given a standing ovation as he appeared on stage at the awards in Los Angeles to present best drama nominee Lincoln He boosted the already high Oscar hopes for the Civil War drama by Steven Spielberg mdash describing it as ldquobrilliantrdquo in his introductory speech ldquoA tough fight to push a bill through a bitterly divided House of Representatives Winning it required the president to make a lot of unsavoury deal that had nothing to do with the big issue I wouldnrsquot know anything about thatrdquo Clinton said to laughs from the crowd Cohost Amy Poehler was impressed by the surprise appearance ldquoWow what an exciting special guestrdquo she said quotThat was Hillary Clinton39s husbandrdquo And the winners are Motion Picture Drama Argo Actor Drama Daniel DayLewis Lincoln Actress Drama Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty Directoru00a0Ben Affleck Argo Musical or Comedy Les Miserables Actor Musical or Comedy Hugh Jackman Les Miserables Actress Musical or Comedy Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook Supporting Actress Anne Hathaway Les Miserables Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz Django Unchained Original Song Skyfall music amp lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth Skyfall