Best & Worst: Ricky Gervais Likes All the New Faces

Highlights and low points from the 67th Golden Globe Awards. Also, the funny stuff

On a rainy night in Hollywood, the stars and their umbrella-holding minions braved the precipitation, which threatened hairdos, dresses and, jeez, the entire evening of entertainment kudos. But the 67th Golden Globes got going anyway.

Here's what's good, and not, so far:

Best Cold Opening: Ricky Gervais started off a little slow with his by-now regular tweaking of Steve Carrell. But then he moved on to a new round of targets, the assembled stars, and the show started rolling. Here were some of our favorite opening quips:

• "On a serious note, just looking at all the faces here reminds me of the great work that's been done this year by cosmetic surgeons. You all look great."
• "And I've had a penis reduction. Just got the one now. That's enough. And it is very tiny, but so are my hands so when I'm holding it it looks pretty big. And let's face, I usually am holding it. I wish I was doing that now instead of this, to be honest."
• "It is an honor to be here in a room full of what I consider to be the most important people on the planet: Actors, they're just better than ordinary people, aren't they?"

Best Change of Pace: Following Gervais is never easy, but Mo'Nique's passionate, intense acceptance speech immediately got the trophy giving kicked into high gear.

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