A tamer Gervais leads predictable Golden Globes

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.

(AP) The

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

dared to let

Ricky Gervais

come behind and horde

the Golden Globe Awards

, a year after he angry a classification and scarcely everybody in a star-studded room with his lacerating wit.

But Gervais and a uncover seemed tamer and some-more predicted this year, not utterly vital adult to vast reputations. Even a winners themselves, including "The Descendants" and a star,

George Clooney

, were predictable.

The feat for "The Descendants" in a best play difficulty sets it adult in an approaching conflict during a Academy Awards with "The Artist," that won a endowment for best low-pitched or comed y. Both had been frontrunners all along among people who are a business of prognosticating these things; Oscar nominations will be announced Jan. 24, with a rite itself entrance Feb. 26.

Clooney won for his description of a prime father struggling to lift his dual daughters while their mom is in a coma.

Jean Dujardin

won a same endowment in a low-pitched or comedy difficulty for "The Artist" as a wordless film actor whose career derails with a attainment of sound. ("The Artist" won a many film awards with 3 total, including one for Ludovic Bource's strange score.)

It took a presenters and winners themselves to liven adult a module and that includes Uggie, Dujardin's scene-stealing Jack Russell terrier in "The Artist," who achieved some of his signature tricks on theatre toward a finish of a night.

While Gervais forsaken an F-bomb a integrate hours into a promote expected an collision after some imbibing on and offstage he also took aim during easy targets like Kim Kardashian. Later, booze potion in hand, he emerged from a wings to demonstrate pleasure in carrying "a pursuit where we can get dipsomaniac and contend what we want, and they still compensate you."

After he introduced Madonna with a array of old puns about her strain titles, including "Like a Virgin," a cocktail star shot back.

"If I'm still only like a virgin, Ricky, afterwards because don't we come over here and do something about it?" she deadpanned. "I haven't kissed a lady in a few years on TV."

Male genitals was a visit theme. Tina Fey and Jane Lynch teamed adult to make a penis fun desirous by "Hung" star Thomas Jane.

Seth Rogen

, holding a theatre with a beautiful Kate Beckinsale, cracked: "Hello, I'm Seth Rogen, and I'm now perplexing to disguise a large erection." And Clooney, in usurpation his best-actor award, done a fun about associate hopeful

Michael Fassbender

, who plays a sex addict in "Shame."

"I'd like to appreciate Michael Fassbender for holding over a full-frontal nakedness shortcoming that we had," and Clooney afterwards went on to advise Fassbender could play golf with his hands behind his back.

Even

Meryl Streep

a grand lady of them all who won for best singer in a play for her description of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" let an clamour trip during her acceptance speech. Streep got perplexed when she satisfied she forgot her eyeglasses during her table; instead she swift it, giving a wayward (but gracious) debate praising other actresses' performances, including some who hadn't even been nominated that night.

Two of Hollywood's many maestro and venerable directors also were winners Sunday night, both of whom were venturing into 3-D for a initial time: Martin Scorsese for best executive for a family anticipation "Hugo" and Steven Spielberg for best charcterised film for "The Adventures of Tintin." Meanwhile, Woody Allen won for his screenplay for "Midnight in Paris" though naturally, he wasn't there to accept a statue in person. The comedy is his biggest strike in decades though he's typically demure to attend awards shows.

Things were most some-more uninformed and desirous on a radio side of a ceremony, with adventurous shows earning honors and longtime stars going home with statues for new roles.

"Homeland" on Showtime, that explores terrorism and an Iraq fight veteran, warranted awards for best play and best singer in a play for star Claire Danes. It was Danes' third Globe; she won her initial when she was only 15 for "My So-Called Life."

Former "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer won best actor in a play for Starz's "Boss," while former "Friends" star Matt LeBlanc won best actor in a low-pitched or comedy for Showtime's "Episodes."

ABC's "Modern Family" was a large leader among blurb promote networks, following adult a Emmy for best radio comedy by winning a Golden Globe. Creator Steve Levitan and singer Sofia Vergara supposed a endowment with a comic riff in that she spoke in Spanish and Levitan "translated."

Let's wish a after-parties got wilder.

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AP Television Writer David Bauder contributed to this report.

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