Showbiz loves a comeback, so Mickey Rourke’s win for “The Wrestler” was popular. But what’s with the greasy hair in the face? Actually, I was rooting for my friend — Frank Langella’s fantastic channeling of Richard Nixon in “Frost/Nixon.”

As for Heath Ledger’s posthumous win for “The Dark Knight,” I won’t question sentimentality or the veracity of his electrifying performance. But I have a feeling the Hollywood Foreign Press is more sentimental than the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. (To me, “Dark Knight” was just that … filmed in tones so dim I barely knew who was who or what was going on. I am alone, I suppose, in my critique.) I liked all the other Batman movies more than this one.

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As always, I enjoy the Globes’s party atmosphere, the candid reactions, table hopping and intimate chatting caught by the cameras. (This is where lipreading comes in handy.) And no reactions were more genuine and fresh than those of Dev Patel and Anil Kapoor, the adorable young stars of “Slumdog Millionaire.” These kids looked so thrilled with the success of their film, but also simply happy to be there. Not a jaded, cynical, oh-this-crap-again bone in their bodies. Yet.

What did I really not like?  I was revolted by Ricky Gervais coming onstage with what appeared to be a beer in his hand. And he wasn’t funny, which is even more offensive.

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One last kudo: to our favorite mogul/producer Harvey Weinstein, who was beamingly happy for Kate Winslet. With her win for “The Reader” and “Vicky Christina Barcelona” taking best musical or comedy, Harvey’s all revved up again.

Back in the day, when Harvey’s Miramax was new, I used to refer to it as “the little studio that could.” Eventually, Miramax grew too big for that appellation, but Harvey himself always remembered it. And he’s now putting a new engine and a shiny caboose on the train that will take the Weinstein Company up and over the hill.

I know you can … I know you can … I know you can!

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