The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held Sunday evening and several events that transpired served as a distinct reminder of why in many ways the Globes is a better all-around show than The Academy Awards. Winning a Golden Globe will never come close in terms of status to winning an Academy Award, but at least the event comes off as more of a big industry celebration than a stuffy, pretentious, self-important showcase for Hollywood-types to pat themselves on the back. Particularly in a down economy, no one really wants to see that. Plus, they serve booze all night long so the odds of someone going on stage and saying something crazy are significantly higher.

The best example of why I like the Globes was Mickey Rourke winning Best Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture for his role in The Wrestler. Has there ever been a winner any less Hollywood than this guy? The fact that his life has taken some rough turns over the past 20 years has been well-documented, so to see someone who was essentially out of the business get up there on stage was a truly great moment. And the fact that he actually thanked his dogs for being his only friends during his lonely times is really all you need to know. Maybe they'll prove me wrong in a few weeks, but I just don't see the Academy giving a statue to a guy like Rourke.

Some of the other memorable moments from the night include:

- Sacha Baron Cohen talking about how the economy has even taken its toll on the affluent in Hollywood, mentioning that Madonna had to let one of her personal assistants go. "Sorry Guy Richie." The crowd reaction was a mix of stifled laughter and grins, which basically shows how close to home Cohen came with that joke.

- After winning another award for 30 Rock, Tina Fey spoke about how she appreciates what a great year she's had and how those people on the internet (read: nasty blog commenters) can "suck it."

- Mad Men winning the award for Best TV Show (Drama) for the second year in a row. One thing I've always appreciated about The Hollywood Foreign Press is how they're not afraid to give the same show or person awards in back-to-back years, while if someone wins an Oscar one year and gets nominated the next year, you know there's no chance in hell they'll win again. I also believe that a TV show winning a Golden Globe is the highest honor. I refuse to take The Emmy Awards seriously given that their sole purpose is to cover television and they never even nominated The Wire, not once.

- Ricky Gervais mentioning to Kate Winslet how he told her all she had to do to finally win an award was a Holocaust movie.

- It was nice to see Colin Farrell win an award for his performance in the highly underrated In Bruges. He's gotten a lot of flack for making some high profile stinkers, but he seemed genuinely surprised and touched to win. Another very un-Hollywood guy.

- Kate Winslet, who before tonight had never won an Oscar or Golden Globe, winning for both Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress. This is also something that never happens at The Academy Awards.

And now I'd like to hand out a few awards of my own following the broadcast...

The TV Show that I Finally Need to Start Watching: 30 Rock, which I believe won in every category it was nominated.

The Film I Thought was This Year's Over-hyped Indie But I Guess it's Actually Pretty Good: Slumdog Millionaire, which was hands down the night's biggest winner.

Best TV Movie that I'm Still Not Interested in No Matter How Many Awards it Wins: John Adams. Caught a few minutes of this on HBO but just could not get into it despite a great cast.

We Don't Care Who Your Parents Are, You're Not Going to Happen: Rumer Willis, who was on stage all night to hand out the awards. Poor girl, she has a decent body, but with that potato head of hers she's not going to become a star even with every advantage imaginable. This became even more obvious when her 47-year-old mother, Demi Moore, came on stage and still looked way hotter. I know she's had some work done, but damn, was she really born in 1962?

Best Dressed: Eva Longoria in a strapless red dress, who took the stage and had a noticeable reaction from male members of the audience. Beyonce and her cleavage also put on quite a show.

Acclaimed Child Actor Who Finally Won Another Award: Anna Paquin, who took home an Oscar as a little kid for her performance in The Piano, and won Best TV Actress (Drama) for True Blood. Has a child actor who won a major award ever gone on to win another award later in life? I realize she's still young, but this sort of thing is rare.

Best Snub of Ryan Seacrest: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who didn't even try to hide that they wanted no part of the host on the red carpet.