Golden Globes off to hilarious start

Tina Fey, left, and Amy Poehler during their opening monologue. 

The Golden Globes have begun with a hilarious opening monologue from hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

The pair, who are nominated for best actress in a TV comedy for their respective roles in 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation, ripped into Hollywood royalty throughout the monologue.

In one joke, they linked best director nominee Kathryn Bigelow's failed marriage to James Cameron to a scandal over her portrayal of torture in Zero Dark Thirty.

"When it comes to torture I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron," Poehler said.

Poehler also poked fun at Ang Lee's best drama-nominated Life of Pi.

"The Life of Pi, which is what I'm going to call the six weeks after I take this dress off," she said.

Fey likened Anne Hathaway's performance as the doomed prostitute Fantine inLes Miserables to her disastrous performance hosting the 2011 Oscars with James Franco.

"I've never seen someone so abandoned and alone since you were on stage with James Franco," she said.

Earlier, looking glamorous but feeling frigid, stars from film and television stars arrived on the red carpet for the Globes ceremony.

Debra Messing fromSmash came in a strapless black gown and goosebumps. Asked how she was coping with the cold, she replied, "Not well."

Melissa Rauch of The Big Bang Theory also shivered in her strapless red gown.

"I'm absolutely freezing!" she said.

Claire Danes of Homelandwas in Versace and Zooey Deschanel of New Girl came in a strapless Oscar de la Renta gown walked near heat lamps.

"I'm so cold. My legs aren't cold but my arms are," said Deschanel.

Golden Globes winners:

Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama:
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
TV Movie or Miniseries
Gamechange
Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Julianne Moore, Game Change

source  nzherald