Last night, British funny man Ricky Gervais hosted the 2010 Golden Globe Awards, and the show was exciting as ever.

Not too surprising, although a bit disappointing, Avatar won Best Picture, beating out Tarantino`s Inglorious Basterds and Reitman`s Up In The Air.

The extremely talented and funny Alec Baldwin won a much deserved award Best Actor in a Televsion Series, Comedy or musical for his role on NBC`s hit comedy 30 Rock. Unfortunately, his co-star and series creator, Tina Fay, lost out to United Stares of Tara`s Toni Collette in the actress category.

Tarantino`s brilliant WWII film, Inglorious Basterds, got the short end of the stick, not winning Best Picture or Best Screenplay. However, the incredible Christoph Waltz did win Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his menacing role in Tarantino`s masterpiece.

Michael C. Hall, who recently announced he was battling cancer, won Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama for his role as serial killer/blood spatter analyst on Showtime`s Dexter. He gave a concise, yet moving speech in which he thanked his co-stars, including his wife Jennifer Carpenter. John Lithgow won a much-deserved award for his role as Arthur Mitchell/Trinity Killer in the Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television category for Dexter.

Things were exciting on the Red Carpet as well. Newly engaged Jane Krakowski showed off her gorgeous diamond engagement ring – the first time since getting engaged.

Tina Fey, Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts couldn`t help but take jabs at NBC for how they dealt with the Jay leno and Conan O` Brien fiasco.

Host Ricky Gervais was hysterical as host, although funny and Gervais have come to be synonymous, so it`s not very surprising. At some point he started drinking a beer, claiming he had already put a few down. He then said "I like a drink as much as the next man, unless the next man is Mel Gibson." Gibson then proceeded to come out and present the next award. Good stuff, indeed.