The Globes are always a dizzying cocktail of serious awards, WTF awards, off-the-charts glamour, and drunken celebrity antics—and last night was no different. Here’s a little recap.

The Hosts

I liked Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh before this show started and I liked them when it was over. That’s a win in my book. That being said, a lot of their jokes didn’t quite land, and the (often distracted) audience didn’t help. A few of their attempts to satirize the “PC culture” of today were awkward (“You know what race of people really gets under my skin? The Hollywood half-marathon!”) and a few punchlines left me scratching my head. (Did anyone understand why Andy Samberg repeated Oh’s “If there are 100 people in the room, it just takes one to believe in you” joke?).

Indeed, some of the funniest moments from the opening monologue didn’t even come from the hosts. One was Jim Carrey, banished from the film section (in what was clearly a preplanned gig), using two empty glasses as binoculars from the TV cheap seats. The other was a spontaneous “I’m sorry!” from Emma Stone when Oh gently chided the whitewashing of her film Aloha (Stone, incongruously, played a Hawaiian woman in that film). Oh, and how much do you love Sandra Oh’s parents?!

The Speeches

A few moments stuck out: Jeff Bridges going full dude-bro philosopher while receiving the Cecile B. DeMille Award, Christian Bale thanking “Satan” for the inspiration to play Dick Cheney (lol), and Steve Carrel calling it “the greatest honor of my life” when he handed Carol Burnett the inaugural Carol Burnett Award. Awww.

The Awards

I’m a film critic so I’m going to stick to the movie stuff here. And some of these awards were wild!
I’ll break them into the following categories:

Expected But Good:

• Olivia Colman for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, The Favourite
• Regina King for Best Supporting Actress, If Beale Street Could Talk
• Roma for Best Foreign Language Film
• Alfonso Cuarón for Best Director, Roma
• First Man for Best Score
• “Shallow” from A Star is Born for Best Original Song

Expected But Meh

• Green Book for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
• Christian Bale for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, Vice
• Mahershala Ali for Best Supporting Actor, Green Book

Unexpected But Good:

• Glenn Close for Best Actress in a Drama, The Wife.
• Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse for Best Animated Film

Unexpected But Meh

• Rami Malek for Best Actor in a Drama, Bohemian Rhapsody

I’m Sorry, What?!

• Bohemian Rhapsody for Best Picture, Drama. (Seriously, never saw that one coming.)

The Fashion

Both men and women turned lewks last night, a few reflecting a current wave of nonbinary gender self-expression.

Here are a few of my favorites:

The Golden Globes, whose nominations were announced today, have, improbably enough, become a big deal unto themselves, but they’re also a good barometer of how the Oscar race is shaping up—to a point. Since the Golden Globes dole out two sets of movie awards—Best Drama and Best Comedy or Musical—it’s always a little tricky to separate the contenders from the pretenders. To further complicate matters, the Best Actor and Actress categories are subdivided into “Drama” and “Musical or Comedy” while the Best Supporting categories are across all genres. Here are some initial observations.

1. It was a great morning for A Star Is Born—but we saw that coming.

A Star is Born is exactly the kind of film the Globes have traditionally loved—sweeping, melodramatic, with glamorous A-list talent. But the film really cleaned up, gaining nods for Best Picture, Drama; Best Actor, Drama (Bradley Cooper); Best Actress, Drama (Lady Gaga); as well as Best Director for Cooper and Best Song for “Shallow.” The only surprise? No supporting nod for Sam Elliott, who played Cooper’s big brother in the film.(Elliott was great, but I’m not too sad about it. It just makes it all the more likely that my fave, Richard Grant from Can You Ever Forgive Me? will take home his rightful award.)

It’s a bit early to say for sure, but I do see the film cleaning up all of its awards, with the biggest competition coming from Alfonso Cuarón in the Best Director category.

2. Roma fans (like me) shouldn’t freak out.

Because the film is in a foreign language, it’s not eligible for Best Picture, Drama. (It was, however, nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language.) Its rightful status as a major Oscar contender is still intact.

3. The Favourite has established its acting categories.

Olivia Colman for Best Actress. Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone duking it out for Best Supporting Actress. Honestly, they’re all co-leads (and all brilliant). But I’m okay with this distribution. However, if Weisz and Stone cancel each other out, always a danger, it could be good news for either Regina King, Amy Adams, or Claire Foy, who were also Supporting Actress nominees.

4. Bohemian Rhapsody defied the critics.

Critics, including me, were lukewarm on Bohemian Rhapsody, but audiences loved it. The Hollywood Foreign Press did too, giving the film nods for Best Picture, Drama, and Best Actor, Drama to star Rami Malek.

5. Musicals apparently aren’t musicals anymore?
If A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody aren’t musicals, I don’t know what films are. And yet, both films were nominated for Best Picture, Drama instead of Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. So weird.

6. BlacKkKlansman is in solid shape.

Nods for Best Drama and Best Director (Spike Lee) weren’t unexpected. But the film also picked up a Best Supporting Actor nom for Adam Driver and, even more surprisingly, a Best Actor, Drama bid for star John David Washington (Denzel’s kid). An Oscar nomination for the film and Lee are locks. Drivers’ nod in particular is looking pretty likely, as well.

7. Green Book, too.

I wasn’t mad about Green Book, which I found pandering and overly simplified (albeit entertaining), but the Globes freaking loved it. It got nods for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy; Best Director (Peter Farrelly) (!); Best Screenplay; and for both of its leads (with Viggo Mortensen as “lead” and Mahershala Ali as “supporting.”) A pretty tidy haul. Maybe now it’ll find a pulse at the box office, where it’s been surprisingly DOA.

8. Barry Jenkins was robbed!

I don’t know how anyone can see the ravishing If Beale Street Could Talk and not nominate its brilliant director, Barry Jenkins (who did get a nod for Best Screenplay). I am vexed. (While I’m complaining, I’m also a little salty about The Favourite’s Yorgos Lanthimos getting passed over.)

9. Christian Bale didn’t gain all that weight for nothing.

I haven’t seen it yet, but the Golden Globes sure loved the darkly comic Dick Cheney biopic. It got nods for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy; Best Actor, Musical or Comedy (Christian Bale); Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell); Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams); and even Best Director (Adam McKay).

10. Who’s Going to Get an Oscar Best Picture nomination? Who knows?

At this point I’d say the locks are:

A Star is Born

Roma

The Favourite

BlacKkKlansman

Green Book

The Globes certainly gave Vice a boost, so we can pencil them in, too.

I think the quality of If Beale Street Could Talk will be impossible to ignore and it will get nominated, as well.

That leaves question marks for Bohemian Rhapsody, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (fingers crossed!), Black Panther (which got a Globe drama nod), Crazy Rich Asians (nothing would make me happier), and Mary Poppins Returns.

Here are some dates to watch:

The Golden Globe ceremonies are on January 6.

The Oscar nominations come out on January 22.

Buckle up, kids, we’re just getting started!