Image Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage.comThere’s a major difference between the Golden Globes and the Oscars when it comes to reporting backstage. At the Oscars, the press is stationed in a room approximately three Rhode Islands away from the Kodak Theatre. But at the Globes, you’re in a Beverly Hilton ballroom that’s literally next door to the ceremony. This proximity to the celebrities adds a certain amount of excitement to the task at hand. Need to make a stop at the restroom? Oh, there’s Colin Firth strolling by with his Globe in hand. Off to the concierge desk to set up your wireless Internet? Why hello, Brad and Angelina, so nice of you to waltz through the lobby now and remind me of my actual place on the good-looks hierarchy.

And then there’s the press room, where winners are interrogated about their careers, their dresses, their pregnancy fitness routines (Natalie Portman swims), and their ability to evade questions regarding Sarah Palin. (There were two Palin questions, which is two more than there should have been.) Most winners handled the media circus like pros (see Chris Colfer, Annette Bening, and Melissa Leo), while others (namely, Robert De Niro) appeared to be having as much fun as a 5-year-old forced to watch C-SPAN. Thus, I hereby present the 3rd Annual EW Backstage Awards — a collection of the press room’s most flavorful moments. READ FULL STORY »