Entertainment | 01/12/2009 10:50 am
Winslet, Fey and Ledger Provide Golden Globe Highlights

The Golden Globes — traditionally a more relaxed affair than the Oscars — was quite the event to remember last night. In addition to Mickey Rourke’s big, surprising win, here are three other highlights that will no doubt be a topic of conversation over the next few days.
Kate Winslet overcome with double win: Kate Winslet, 33, who was nominated — but not awarded — five times previously for the Globes, was overcome with emotion following a double win. In addition to taking home best actress for "Revolutionary Road," she won best supporting actress for the Holocaust film, "The Reader." In her first acceptance speech, she said: "I have a habit of not winning things." She added: "I’m in shock … To my children who are watching on TV, look! I won!" We’re sure the kids are proud of mother’s big moment.
Tina Fey tells bloggers to "suck it": While accepting her award for best actress in a TV comedy, Tina Fey let out some pent-up anger toward bloggers who have poked fun at her — naming "dianefan," "BabsonLacrosse" and "cougar-letter" as her virtual enemies.
"If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet," said Fey, who gained notoriety for her Sarah Palin impersonation on the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live." "And you can find a lot of people there who don’t like you. I’d like to address some of them now. Babs in La Crosse, you can suck it. Diane-fan, you can suck it. Cougar-letter, you can really suck it, ‘cause all year you’ve been after me. All year." Don’t you love a girl who sticks up for herself? We do!
Heath Ledger awarded a posthumous Golden Globe: The crowd rose to its feet when Demi Moore announced that the late Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for his performance as The Joker in "The Dark Knight." The film’s director, Christopher Nolan, accepted the award on his behalf. The only other actor to win a posthumous Oscar was best-actor recipient Peter Finch for 1976’s "Network." Ledger died on January 22, 2008, of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. He was 28.
"After Heath passed, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema," Nolan said. "All of us who worked with Heath accept this with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride. He will be eternally missed, but he will never be forgotten."























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