Things I learned about this year’s Oscar race from tonight’s Golden Globes awards:

–Any meager lingering doubts that the Best Supporting Actress is done are now gone as Mo’Nique handled her Globes victory the same way she handled her big scene in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. She, to lean on a pertinent cliche, knocked it out of the park.

–Any meager lingering doubts that the Best Actor race is done are wiped out by some simple awards ceremony arithmetic. If my count is correct, there were three standing ovations tonight. One was for Martin Scorsese when he collected a lifetime achievement award. One was for Sophia Loren for just being a living legend. The third was for Jeff Bridges when he won Best Actor, Drama for his performance in Crazy Heart. So the only competitive award victory that made people leave their seats belonged to Bridges. That tells you all you need to know.

–The Best Actress race is down to a two-person battle between Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock. And, don’t let anyone kid you, right this moment Bullock has the advantage.

–Kathryn Bigelow may not be poised to make history after all. And that kinda stinks.

Also, things I learned about the Golden Globes from tonight’s Golden Globes awards:

–Watching the Golden Gloves is greatly enhanced by concurrent steady progress through a couple bottles of good wine.

(Posted simultaneously to “Jelly-Town!”)