Julia Roberts, Robert Downey Jr, Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Krakowski: Golden Globes Photos

Julia Roberts (Golden Globe Awards / © HFPA)

Julia Roberts, who had been nominated as best actress (comedy or musical) for Duplicity, handed out the best picture (drama) award. James Cameron's science-fiction adventure Avatar was the winner. Roberts will be next seen in Garry Marshall's Valentine's Day, which features an array of stars, including Taylor Lautner, Shirley MacLaine, Kathy Bates, Topher Grace, Jessica Biel, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane, Anne Hathaway, and Queen Latifah. The film opens in the US on Feb. 12.

Following that, Roberts co-stars with James Franco, Javier Bardem, and Billy Crudup in Ryan Murphy's drama Eat, Pray, Love. In the film, Roberts plays a recently divorced woman who goes on a world tour. Richard Jenkins and Viola Davis are also in the cast.

For many, the highlight of the Golden Globes ceremony was Robert Downey Jr's speech, in which he pretended not to thank anyone for being there on the podium holding his best actor (comedy or musical) Globe for Sherlock Holmes.

Ricky Gervais, on the other hand, didn't get very good grades from The Wrap's Naomi Serviss. In her piece, "More Like: Leaden Globes," Serviss lambasted Gervais because he "mercilessly plugged his poorly reviewed, soon-to-be-released-DVD, The Invention of Lying, jabbed at Steve Carrell’s [sic] bad imitation of Gervais’ original character from The Office and was unbearably boring when he could have been explosively funny."

Best quote from Serviss' piece: "By the way, thanks heaps to Cameron for letting us know about your 'need to pee' as you accepted the statue. What is he, 8?"

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