Famous people showed up. Some people won. Some people lost. Some people stole (Sandra Bullock). Some people cared about Haiti. Some people pretended to care. The show was long. Ricky Gervais was good — his Mel Gibson joke was better. There were some good speeches (Bridges, Downey, Streep, Mo’Nique). There were some bad ones (James Cameron, twice). There were lots of awards.

Here were the winners, two too many of which went to Avatar:

Best Picture: Drama — Avatar

Best Picture: Comedy or Musical — The Hangover

Best Director — James Cameron, Avatar

Best Actor: Drama — Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress: Drama — Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Best Actress: Comedy or Musical — Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Actor: Comedy or Musical — Robert Downey, Jr., Sherlock Holmes

Best Supporting Actress — MoNique, Precious

Best Supporting Actor — Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Foreign-Language Film — The White Ribbon

Best Screenplay — Up in the Air

Best Animated Feature Film — Up

Best Television Series: Drama — “Mad Men”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series: Drama — Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series: Drama — Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”

Best Television Series: Comedy — “Glee”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series: Comedy — Toni Collette, “The United States of Tara”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series: Comedy — Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television — John Lithgow, “Dexter”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television — Chloe Sevigny, “Big Love”

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