Coming off the heels of our nice little winter break, I decided to thaw everyone out with some hot and steamy women. I'm pretty sure it worked because I got overwhelming feedback about that article. I'm glad you dug it. This week we're going to switch gears from hot girls to hot films. I'm going to profile last night's Golden Globes today and switch gears and look ahead to the most anticipated films of 2007 (in my mind...and that have already been confirmed for release). Let's get the ball rolling, shall we?

Can we first please mention Sacha Baron Cohen? The man took down the joint Monday with his win for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for his unbelievable performance as Borat. (If you haven't seen Borat yet you may want to sodomize yourself with a sandpaper covered cucumber.) My main man from Kazakhstan won despite valiant efforts from Will Ferrell (Stranger Than Fiction), Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking), Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean 2), and some guy named Chiwetel Ejiofor (Kinky Boots). Cohen threw down this fantastic speech. Note the fake Kazakhi national anthem played as he heads toward the stage.

If this man doesn't win the Oscar for the same category I may have go down to the Shrine Auditorium myself and kick some ass. The man is f-ing brilliant and really, he should win for best overall actor since he was so good as Borat he convinced regular people who were not acting that he was real.

I kind of figured Dreamgirls would win the best picture of the same category because really - were you going to choose Borat (the best comedy by far of the group) or a "highly acclaimed" flick starring Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy? I'll never understand why musicals are lumped in together with comedies. It taints the whole category. Yes, I'm aware I just said "taint."

As for everything else that happened Monday night. Warren Beatty's Lifetime Achievement Award speech (has he done anything since Bullworth?) was long and somewhat amusing despite not really making a whole lot of sense. But he did impersonate Borat so he gains points there.

Martin Scorsese finally won Best Director although it's not an Oscar...yet. He won for, what should be, the best picture of the year in The Departed. Hopefully the Academy will do what the Hollywood Foreign Press did not and make it their favorite. The HFP gave that honor (at least in the drama department) to Babel. I haven't seen it but I've heard mixed reviews. I hope to see all the Best Picture nominations before the Oscars to give you a full preview.

Other than that, Helen Mirren cleaned house for her portrayals of both Queen Elizabeth's (Elizabeth I - the miniseries and The Queen) while sporting some fantastic cleavage for an older woman. Kudos to you Ms. Mirren, kudos.

On the other hand, there were some losers. Well, not technically. "Grey's Anatomy" won best drama series and "Ugly Betty" won for best comedy series. Really? No, really!? Talk about two of the most overrated shows of the last decade.

The drama category featured "Grey's", "24", "Big Love", "Heroes", and "Lost." Let's go down the list here - I've never heard of "Big Love" and "Lost" (from what I heard) wasn't very good this year. That leaves "24" and "Heroes". Either one would have been fine with me as both are phenomenal shows. But "Grey's Anatomy"? C'mon now. Consider this, I didn't even realize that "McSteamy" and "McDreamy" were actual nicknames used in the show until about three weeks ago. I just thought they were Hollywood gossip magazine nicknames. But the actors in the show actually say these names. You have got to be kidding me. You lose sir, good day.

When it comes to the comedy category only two of the five nominees should even be on the list. "Desperate Housewives"? Yea, right. "Weeds"? Decent but not in the same ballpark as the top two. Those would be "The Office" and "Entourage". "Ugly Betty" isn't funny. It's the same old "pretty actress made up ugly" routine and it's boring. Who cares? "The Office" has been legitimately hilarious for three seasons now and it's brilliantly written. "Entourage" is punchline after punchline. The dialogue in the show is so quick and witty it makes my head spin sometimes. Plus, the only catchphrase that can come close to Kevin Dillon's "victory!" is Steve Carell's "that's what she said."

That's your basic rundown from this year's edition of the Golden Globes. Now that we've dealt with the best (and the actual best) of 2006, we'll examine what's coming up in 2007 that I feel is going to kick maximum ass. Until next time...