Those sparkling moments at the Golden Globes

Associated PressUpdated 10:26pm, Sunday, January 11, 2015

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Photo: Paul Drinkwater / Associated PressIn this image released by NBC, Tiny Fey, from left, Margaret Cho, and Amy Poehler speak at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

Those sparkling moments at the Golden Globes

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BEVERLY HILLS A look at events as they unfolded during Sunday nights Golden Globe Awards:

Taking a chat break: For TV viewers, commercials are a chance to hit the fridge or pay even closer attention to their smartphones.

In the Golden Globes ballroom, theyre schmooze opportunities.

Among those taking impromptu meetings was George Clooney, who with his new wife, Amal, at his side and a Je suis Charlie button prominently on his lapel, chatted up former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, now head of the Motion Picture Industry Association.

Other confabs: Jane Fonda and Robert Duvall, and the sibling duo Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal.

And lets not overlook the three-way bromance: Jake Gyllenhaal hugging Mark Ruffalo hugging Matthew McConaughey.

Fact-checking movies: Between Selma, Foxcatcher and The Imitation Game, there has been no shortage of criticism over the historical accuracy of fact-based films this awards season.

Jessica Chastain is no stranger to this scrutiny.

The actress, nominated for a Golden Globe for her supporting turn in A Most Violent Year, recalled the intense scrutiny her film Zero Dark Thirty came under a few years ago, specifically over how accurate her portrayal of the woman who tracked down Osama bin Laden was.

To be honest, it makes me really sad, Chastain said on the Globes red carpet. We dont make documentaries. Were supposed to hold a mirror up to society, tell us where weve been in our history, where we are today and where were going in our future. That means we have a take on it, we get to comment on that.

Poehler, Fey take on North Korea: North Korea wasnt spared a lampooning from Golden Globes co-hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey in their riotous opening duologue at this years Golden Globes.

Neither was the movie that aroused North Koreas wrath.

Poehler said the countrys demand that The Interview not be shown ended up forcing us to pretend we wanted to see it.

Fey added that North Koreas reaction to The Interview (the country said it considered the movie an act of war) was not the worst review the film got either.

Getting the Entourage back together: Before the other big-name celebrities arrived at the Golden Globes, Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier and other stars of the HBO show Entourage put in a little work.

Co-stars Kevin Dillon and Kevin Connolly appeared to be shooting scenes for the upcoming Entourage movie. Between takes, they chatted and joked while other members of the production worked.

Just before their other acting friends and colleagues arrived to walk the red carpet for real, the Entourage group called things a wrap.

Out of the way theres a show to watch: Perennial It Girls Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon crammed in as much catching-up as possible during a Golden Globes commercial break.

But when a loudspeaker announcement boomed over the ballroom that only 30 seconds remained before the show returned live, the guy who plays Iron Man in the movies wasnt shy about telling them to wrap it up.

Sorry, ladies, may I please get to my seat? said Robert Downey Jr.

Witherspoon blushed and stepped aside, then joked to Aniston, So rude, that one. So rude.

All dressed up and time to go: With minutes to go before the Golden Globes got under way, the place to be was the womens restroom line, which snaked out the door.

The queue included Julianna Margulies and Claire Danes, who complimented each others gowns as they waited patiently.

Here we are, all dressed up, Frances McDormand said wryly as she brushed by them on her way to the ceremony.

Quotable: Im not much of a drinker, so Im going to eat seven pounds of pork. Billy Bob Thornton, describing how h**l celebrate his best supporting actor win for Fargo

There are thousands of people I would like to say thank you to. If I took the time to say thank you to everyone that I would honestly like to thank, Richard Linklater would have to make the movie and it would be 12 years long. J.K. Simmons, accepting his Golden Globe for best actor in a supporting role, motion picture, for Whiplash.

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