Top 5 Nominations for the Golden Globes Hall of Fame (or Shame)

By Andrea Engstrom | Sunday, January 11, 2009, 10:21 PM

Mickey Rourke accepts his best actor award

NBC/Paul Drinkwater

The Golden Globes are hyped as the big ol' party of the awards season, but for me the 2009 ceremony was just sort of OK. From the sea of neutral-toned gowns to the slew of ho-hummy presenters, I would categorize the '09 Golden Globes as less party and more gathering. Still, there were a few classic Globes moments that have a shot at going down in history alongside Christine Lahti's nearly missing her best actress award because she was in the little girls' room. (Check out all the highs and lows of the 2009 Golden Globes Ceremony.)

Here are my top five nominations for the Golden Globes hall of fame (or shame):

1. Ryan Seacrest gets no love from the prettiest couple on the planet.

We watched the red carpet coverage on E! and in between the high-tech Glamastrator and Star Tracker visuals came a delicious Hollywood moment. We all nearly fell out of our chairs laughing as we watched Ryan Seacrest run down the stairs of his interview platform to get some face time with the passing Brangelina and not even elicit a glance over the shoulder from them. Ultimately, a red carpet bouncer-type had to shoo Seacrest away, but what we love about the host extraordinaire is that he took it in stride and even cracked a joke about the power couple rushing to get to the ceremony.

2. I saw a bird fly on broadcast TV.

My personal favorite of the night was when Mickey Rourke was accepting his best actor award for "The Wrestler," and just before thanking his dogs and Axl Rose, he called out his director, Darren Aronofsky, for being a "tough son of a b*tch" (which is really saying something coming from Mickey Rourke), and Aronofsky responded by flipping Rourke the bird. Wow!

3. Even beautiful and famous moms are embarrassing.

I don't care what you say, I thought Rumer Willis was pretty and poised tonight as Miss Golden Globe. Even when her mother, Demi Moore, stepped up to the microphone to present the award for best actor in a drama and reminded Rumer not to "hunch" and to keep her shoulders back, Rumer did as Demi said, all while smiling and laughing. I thought it was incredibly charming.

4. If you want to create some tension in the room, pass the mic to Tracy Morgan.

From what I've heard, Tracy Morgan's off-kilter "30 Rock" character, Tracy Jordan, isn't too far off from the man himself. And when Tracy took the front and center position onstage to accept the award for best comedy on behalf of the entire "30 Rock" team, the only people who didn't stiffen were his co-workers onstage behind him. "I am the face of postracial America! Deal with it, Cate Blanchett!"

5. Internet people, beware; Tina Fey has your screen name, and she isn't afraid to use it.

I personally don't believe it, but apparently there are people on the Internet with screen names like "Dianefan" and "Cougarletter" who don't like Tina Fey. During Fey's speech she told us, "If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet. You can find a lot of people there who don't like you." She then continued by calling these cyberhaters out by name and telling them each to "suck it."