Award season epitomizes the pop culture dream of America, which is to one day saunter down the red carpet of a major award ceremony. People crave the flashing cameras, sexy celebrities, and the latest in fashion trends hitting the Hollywood scene. Events like the Golden Globes and the Oscars are not just award shows and fancy dinners; they are a window into the life that America truly desires.

The Golden Globes have already come and gone with great frivolity and ensuing hilariousness. This year the Golden Globes were hosted by the power comedy duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Their fantastic play off of each other combined classic improv with sheer delight as they poked fun at former host Ricky Gervais, who is apparently no longer in show business, Meryl Streep for her fantastic performance in having the flu, and Daniel Day Lewis for his prolific role as ET. Do the finger, Daniel Day-Lewis, do the finger. There it is.

As expectedly humorous as Fey and Poehler were each time they appeared on stage, the funniest award presentation goes to Will Ferrell and Kristin Wig. Their bit about having supposedly watched each of the films in their category, and subsequently proving that they knew nothing about any of those films, was met with raucous laughter by everyone in the audience, except for Tommy Lee Jones. Tommy Lee Jones was not amused.

As Amy Poehler so candidly stated in the opening monologue, “Only at the Golden Globes do the beautiful people of film rub elbows with the rat faces of people of television.” Within the film spectrum, Les Miserables took home the most wins with three Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, Hugh Jackman for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, and Anne Hathaway for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

Argo and Django Unchained each nabbed two Golden Globes. Argo earned victories for Best Motion Picture – Drama and for Ben Affleck for Best Director – Motion Picture, while Django won for Quentin Tarantino for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture and for Christoph Waltz for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.

Two other notable films that each won themselves a Golden Globe were Zero Dark Thirty and Lincoln. Jessica Chastain and Daniel Day-Lewis both very deservedly won for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama in Zero Dark Thirty and for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama in Lincoln, respectively.

As for the “rat-faced television,” the two big winners of the evening were Homeland, which took home three awards, and Girls, which earned a handsome two. Homeland won for Best Television Series – Drama, Claire Danes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama, and Damian Lewis for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama. Girls won for Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical and Lena Dunham for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical.