Amy and Tina didn't host, Ricky Gervais made some predictably questionable jokes and there were stretches of the Golden Globes that were downright snooze-worthy. But despite those (moderate) setbacks, women had some pretty stand-out moments during the night.
Rachel Bloom of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" kicked off the show with her sincere and joy-filled acceptance speech for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy), BFFs Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence nailed some fierce poses and Eva Longoria and America Ferrera made an important point about the way people view Latina actresses.
But the true winner of the night had to be Taraji P. Henson. The "Empire" star passed out cookies to the audience (including Leonardo DiCaprio) on her way to accept her award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Drama) for her role as Cookie Lyon. Take notes, anyone who has to walk up to a stage to accept an award in the future.
Of course, an awards show isn't complete without some social media commentary. And women had some hilarious, interesting and insightful things to say about the good (and the bad) of one of Hollywood's biggest night.
Here's how women on Twitter reacted to the 2016 Golden Globes:
I see they got rid of that stupid ass mani cam carpet thing.
— KB (@KaraRBrown) January 10, 2016
Literally Forever 21. pic.twitter.com/LZguLGQgLT
— Aidy Bryant (@aidybryant) January 11, 2016
I could watch an entire show of Taraji P. Henson posing. #goldenglobes
— Jada Yuan (@jadabird) January 11, 2016
Just a reminder. Not a single film directed by a woman is nominated for best picture, nor are any women directors #SeeHerNow
— Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) January 11, 2016
I miss Amy and Tina so bad already #GoldenGlobes
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) January 11, 2016
laugh count: 0 scowl count: 457 times + counting #GoldenGlobes
— Lily Karlin (@lilykarlin) January 11, 2016
I like that Ricky Gervais is ragging on the pay disparity between male & female actors....laugh to keep from crying!
— bevysmith (@bevysmith) January 11, 2016
ME watching the #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/cvTnDYBWdc
— Erin Ruberry (@erinruberry) January 11, 2016
Channing Tatum serving Panic At The Disco hair realness #watchwithglamour
— The SRSLY. Girls (@thesrslygirls) January 11, 2016
I too would take a minute to kiss Channing. Get it, Kate.
— Samhita-Lo (@TheSamhita) January 11, 2016
Kate Winslet was amazing in Jobs, so happy she won. Let’s also all take a moment to appreciate her glasses game: pic.twitter.com/uXyH4vxJvY
— Allison P Davis (@AllisonPDavis) January 11, 2016
That was probably one of the worst 15 minutes of TV. Those dudes were all idiots.
— Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) January 11, 2016
If I was Taraji I would ask that they stop making me present with Terrence Howard, we are not attached at the hip
— bevysmith (@bevysmith) January 11, 2016
I want Viola Davis to narrate everything in life. #GoldenGIobes
— Janet Mock (@janetmock) January 11, 2016
.@violadavis is so radiant
— Rowan Blanchard (@rowblanchard) January 11, 2016
LOL this guy talking about tolerance & making the world a better place like Ricky Gervais didn’t open the show with 5 mins of transphobia
— Rebecca Eisenberg (@ryeisenberg) January 11, 2016
Matt should have sent a black woman in his place a la Sacheen Littlefeather
— Danielle Henderson (@knottyyarn) January 11, 2016
You should not be allowed to produce an awards show until you develop an efficient way for people to reach the stage.
— Katie Coyle (@krcoyle) January 11, 2016
Eating donuts in our new, empty home, making the same face https://t.co/XIohp8qGjb
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 11, 2016
When you're giving your ID to the bartender and one of your friends is clearly under 21. pic.twitter.com/f2VRRGXo7W
— Jessica Kane (@jessicankane) January 11, 2016
#GoldenGIobes. Jason Statham always sounds like he's chewing a mouth full of beef stew when he talks. But yet... pic.twitter.com/xFNV5ekR2r
— Phoebe Robinson (@PRobinsonComedy) January 11, 2016
Christian Slater wins the Globe for Mr.Robot, my daughter says, "Wasn't he JD in Heathers?" My work here is done. #goldenglobes
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) January 11, 2016
Damn, Christian Slater's wife = Tina and Amy's second wife sketch #GoldenGlobes
— Michelle Markowitz (@michmarkowitz) January 11, 2016
All Latinas do not look alike. Yaaaas @AmericaFerrera & @EvaLongoria!!!! #GoldenGIobes
— Janet Mock (@janetmock) January 11, 2016
J. Law & A. Schu, the collective Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party. #GoldenGlobes
— Jamie Feldman (@RealGirlProject) January 11, 2016
"What woman should we put on the $10 bill?" pic.twitter.com/JUpyR8EyBB
— Jessica Kane (@jessicankane) January 11, 2016
Would *really* like to be that microphone rn. #GoldenGIobes pic.twitter.com/Yze8sJEE1u
— Amy Odell (@amyodell) January 11, 2016
hmm so this means Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are in the same building at the same time… hehehehehehhehehh
— Whitney Jefferson (@twitney) January 11, 2016
I like to think I'm classy enough to stand up and clap if someone won over me but in reality I would hope they'd just give me their award.
— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) January 11, 2016
"What was 1977 like?" - Sylvester Stallone's wife #GoldenGlobes
— Michelle Markowitz (@michmarkowitz) January 11, 2016
Well. I'm gonna go ahead and thank RYAN COOGLER + MICHAEL B. JORDAN since no one else is. Thank you, brothers. Good work. #smh #goldenglobes
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) January 11, 2016
hope Big Short screenwriters win for writing all women out of the actual history
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 11, 2016
Aaron Sorkin's acceptance speech is just him walking briskly using way too many words to sanctimoniously explain why he's grateful
— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) January 11, 2016
"Boys are bad." True. TRUE. #GoldenGlobes
— Ella Cerón (@ellaceron) January 11, 2016
Then Aaron Sorkin mansplains why men are bad for an hour
— Kate Spencer (@katespencer) January 11, 2016
"boys are bad [except all the ones in hollywood who are objectively better than all women.]"-Aaron sorkin
— Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) January 11, 2016
They play SPY clip of @melissamccarthy kicking serious ass. My 3 yr old:"Oh! She's not a Princess.She's a WOMAN." I die. #feministbaby (2/2)
— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) January 11, 2016
LOL at all these white ppl at the #GoldenGIobes trying to be happy for Gael Garcia Bernal like they've watched Mozart in the Jungle.
— Phoebe Robinson (@PRobinsonComedy) January 11, 2016
I drank all my drink. How am I gonna get through this next hour and a half #GOldenGlobes
— Kimberly Renee (@reelsistas) January 11, 2016
"For your age." -Helen Mirren winning life. #GoldenGlobes
— Liat Kornowski (@LiatKornowski) January 11, 2016
i feel like Helen Mirren watched all of these movies because she is a responsible and cultured lady as for Gerald Butler
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 11, 2016
Thing I know you already know: Helen Mirren is a goddess. #GoldenGlobes
— Cheryl Strayed (@CherylStrayed) January 11, 2016
Please give Kirsten Dunst the golden globe for Bring It On #GoldenGlobes
— erika&frida (@erikaandfrida) January 11, 2016
"So do you, for your age." Helen Mirren's burn book #GoldenGlobes
— Caroline MT (@CaroMT) January 11, 2016
"And the Golden Globe goes to... Lady Gaga..." - Satan, in hell
— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) January 11, 2016
"Wait... you mean women... age???" pic.twitter.com/vcY3xUfFTy
— Rachel Zarrell (@rachelzarrell) January 11, 2016
Wait, what moment in moonstruck? Snap out of it? Or the opera part? Or the part where she has sex with Nic Cage? #GoldenGlobes
— Michelle Markowitz (@michmarkowitz) January 11, 2016
Gaga in Hollywood drag having a Hollywood moment pic.twitter.com/93rAR4uzpO
— dodai (@dodaistewart) January 11, 2016
i don't see it for lady gaga because she caused a traffic jam on my high school graduation day and my auntie couldn't see me get my diploma
— Deaux (@dstfelix) January 11, 2016
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS GO THE WRONG WAY? Aren't they watching?! #GoldenGlobes
— Samantha (@samanthaklein) January 11, 2016
i like this dog swiffer commercial more than the golden globes
— Jessica Roy (@JessicaKRoy) January 11, 2016
A haiku about the #GoldenGlobes "wrap it up" music: Get off the stage now. Agents, PR flacks get paid. They don't need your thanks.
— Kristen Baldwin (@KristenGBaldwin) January 11, 2016
Hello to my Eskimo sister Katy Perry
— Gaby Dunn (@gabydunn) January 11, 2016
"This has been the most interesting night of my life." Someone get Sam Smith a better life immediately! #GoldenGlobes
— Alyssa Rosenberg (@AlyssaRosenberg) January 11, 2016
TFW old white dudes are drunk and saying obscene things on live TV pic.twitter.com/mtDqVGoVeX
— dodai (@dodaistewart) January 11, 2016
"Role models, inspirations, people you would want your children to emulate" what is: not Mel Gibson
— Rachel Zarrell (@rachelzarrell) January 11, 2016
someone call Jane Fonda and tell her to STOP touching Terrance Howard
— LW (@lindseyweber) January 11, 2016
THESIS: Leonardo DiCaprio at any given awards ceremony is basically your recently divorced, very drunk aunt at a wedding.
— Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) January 11, 2016
I'm I-remember-when-Mel-Gibson-was-Martin-Riggs-instead-of-an-antisemite-and-a-misogynist-years-old.
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) January 11, 2016
We named our new Roomba "Mr. Robot" and so our dog runs away when I say, "Christian Slater is coming!" Big year for Mr. Robot.
— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) January 11, 2016
TOM HANKS SAVE US PLEASE SAVE US ONLY YOU CAN SAVE US NOW #GoldenGlobes
— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) January 11, 2016
My daughter called while Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt were presenting. And I muted the TV. That's love. #GoldenGlobes
— Deanna Watson (@deannawatson66) January 11, 2016
ilu tom but did aaron sorkin write this intro or what #GoldenGlobes
— Johanna Barr (@JohannaBarr) January 11, 2016
Can Tom Hanks come home w/me next X-mas & give a dope speech 2 my parents about how my being single at 31 isn't a desp sitch? #GoldenGlobes
— Phoebe Robinson (@PRobinsonComedy) January 11, 2016
Tom Hanks called Denzel Washington the "actor of our generation." Accurate. The scope and breadth of Denzel's work is unfuckwitable.
— Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) January 11, 2016
Let Denzel's wife talk
— Paige Lavender (@paigelav) January 11, 2016
Official Golden Globes Review: Needs more drunk Emma Thompson pic.twitter.com/3jdLpeffOB
— kayleigh (@afireofdevotion) January 11, 2016
Denzel's wife should just read the speech herself.
— Lori Leibovich (@lorileibovich) January 11, 2016
Hey kids: dream big; your art may one day impact minds & open hearts then some dick with a beer will make fun of you #GoldenGlobes
— Alie Ward (@alieward) January 11, 2016
Shout out to Denzel's daughter rocking a suit! #GoldenGlobes
— Alexis Kleinman (@alexiskleinman) January 11, 2016
"You blew the speech, dad." - Denzel's daughter in the fresh to death suit.
— Samhita-Lo (@TheSamhita) January 11, 2016
I love that the one guy who actually knew he was winning tonight had no fucking clue what he was doing on stage. #GoldenGlobes
— Jenny Mollen (@jennyandteets) January 11, 2016
I love how when Denzel wasn't holding Pauletta's hand tight he was turning to her for guidance #blacklove #GoldenGIobes
— Danielle Cadet (@dbcadet) January 11, 2016
HOW TO BE SINGLE should have just been called DRUNK WHITE GIRLS
— Doree Shafrir (@doree) January 11, 2016
#whoruntheworld (women with hot husbands and/or friends) pic.twitter.com/FsIfJxb4IA
— Rachel Zarrell (@rachelzarrell) January 11, 2016
Alejandro please say something horrible about Trump
— Rowan Blanchard (@rowblanchard) January 11, 2016
I want a cookie. #GoldenGlobes
— Cheryl Strayed (@CherylStrayed) January 11, 2016
Taraji is so extra, I love it #GoldenGlobes
— Franchesca Ramsey (@chescaleigh) January 11, 2016
🍪 COOKIES FOR EVERYONE 🍪
— jen yamato (@jenyamato) January 11, 2016
YOU GET A COOKIE YOU GET A COOKIE EVERYONE GETS A COOKIE pic.twitter.com/NFqjGdf4bE
— ovo krystie (@KrystieLYandoli) January 11, 2016
"I've waited twenty years for this you can wait" -Taraji IS the 100 emoji
— lowercaseg (@Saint_Martha) January 11, 2016
IF MEL GIBSON GETS ONE SECOND OF AIR YOU DO NOT TELL TARAJI TO "WRAP IT UP"
— Julieanne Smolinski (@BoobsRadley) January 11, 2016
i can hear the white people magazines now: 'angry taraji henson yells at man on her dress and music person on golden globes'
— Tracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) January 11, 2016
The cookies should host next year
— Dianna McDougall (@DiannaMcD) January 11, 2016
Nice ending JLaw #buriedtogether4eva #GoldenGlobes
— Leigh Blickley (@leighblickley) January 11, 2016
how many golden globes has #younger (the greatest television comedy of the 21st century) won
— Jazmine Hughes (@jazzedloon) January 11, 2016
JACOB TREMBLAY JUST WON FOR HIS ROLE AS MY NEW BOYFRIEND CONGRATULATIONS JACOB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Chelsea Nachman (@chelseanachman) January 11, 2016
Amy Schumer rn probably #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/WbMv1SM3KI
— Jessica Goodman (@jessgood) January 11, 2016
Tobey Maguire and Leo DiCaprio's ride-or-die friendship is one of my fave things in Hollywood #goldenglobes
— Jada Yuan (@jadabird) January 11, 2016
If I won I'd say "Kids, stay up as late as you want. Your parent is a rich movie star." I'd also be a terrible parent. #GoldenGlobes
— Jill Biden (@JillBidenVeep) January 11, 2016
relationship takeaway: find someone who looks at u the way oscar isaac looks at his golden globe pic.twitter.com/cwdIe60xaV
— Taylor Trudon (@taylortrudon) January 11, 2016
Leo on the inside right now #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/axmJFtJL73
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) January 11, 2016
congrats to ricky gervais for bravely repping the transphobic tonight
— Joanna Rothkopf (@joannarothkopf) January 11, 2016
"From myself and Mel Gibson, shalom" is Ricky Gervais' funniest joke tonight. #GoldenGlobes
— Liat Kornowski (@LiatKornowski) January 11, 2016
Stop thanking Native Americans and just start casting them to star in your movies. #GoldenGlobes
— Rose Surnow (@rosesurnow) January 11, 2016
When are Leo and Kate gonna stop fucking around and get married?
— erin mallory long (@erinmallorylong) January 11, 2016
We are all mortal beings, yet we just spent three hours of our finite lives watching that, so... yeah. #GoldenGlobes
— Sarah Marian Seltzer (@sarahmseltzer) January 11, 2016
Husband, upon end of #goldenglobes: "NOW can I put Making a Murderer back on?" #watchwithglamour
— Cindi Leive (@cindi_leive) January 11, 2016
Really happy for the globes -- they started out being just earths and now they are gold!!! #GoldenGlobe
— Mitra Jouhari (@tweetrajouhari) January 11, 2016