10 Ways the Golden Globes Beat the Oscars

Awards season unofficially begins with tonight's Golden Globes ceremony, an alcohol-addled free-for-all that makes the Oscar telecast feel like a prayer meeting. Breeanna Hare of CNN runs down 10 reasons the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's shindig beats the Academy Awards:

• Booze: "The Globes would not be the Globes if the nominees weren't loose enough to potentially shirk their handler's instructions and drop an F-bomb or two during an acceptance speech."

• Better categories: No death march through sound-engineering achievements here—"by and large, the show keeps boring categories to a minimum."
• Ricky Gervais: The creator of The Office will host, giving new meaning to the notion that anything can happen.
• Hideous fashion: "The red carpet is brutal, and many still haven't lived down their flubs. (Drew Barrymore, green dress, and the lack of a bra come to mind)."

To see the complete list, which includes a shot at Kanye West and anticipates some Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien wisecracking, click here. (More Golden Globes stories.)