2014 Golden Globes

It's that time of year again, Christmas has barely passed us by before awards season is upon us. Having said that, there is probably nothing better than seeing a host of celebrities in my favourite designers to inspire me to work harder and get that beach bod.

Whilst the Golden Globes are primarily known for being an indication as to what films will perform well at The Oscars, as well as being great opportunity for us to review some gorgeous celebrities in gorgeous outfits (see our gallery of Hits and Misses here: http://goo.gl/RfgK64), this year offered us some great moments to remember exactly why we love some of our favourite celebrities. 

First up - Leonardo Dicaprio. Oh Leo, how we love thee, even more so now that he left his stunning 21 year old, Victoria's Secret model girlfriend at home in favour of walking down the red carpet with his Mum, what's a cutie! Leo was up for his 9th Golden Globe nomination an whilst he should have won each of those awards he yesterday won his second for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy for his performance in The Wolf of Wall Street. Let's hope he finally gets his much deserved first Oscar!

JLaw being JLaw - by any account she is by far one of the most down to earth celebrities around and last night just reaffirmed our love for her even more. First there was the Taylor Swift photobomb after which the actress told the pop star she wanted to push her down the stairs. Next she was seen at her table, well just being the JLaw that we know and love, goofing around and giving beau Nicholas Hoult a big kiss after winning her category, finally confirming that they are indeed back together. Finally, whilst she has been panned for her choice of outfit, it has spawned a whole host of Internet memes and it wouldn't surprise is if she had chosen the dress having for seen this.

Emma Thompson and her shoes. Not only did that star arrive to present an award with her Louboutins in one hand and a martini in the other but she then proceeded to throw the shoes over her shoulder - queue a round applause from women everywhere who now breath a sigh if relief to know it's ok that they feel pain after walking in the for more than an hour. 

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. What a duo, their agents are surely very busy people right now. Whilst Gervais was known for his steely and awkward jokes at the expense of his audience these two however, poked fun at their guests without ever being inappropriate. Some of the best jokes included 'Gravity shows us that George Clooney would rather float in space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his age' and 'Like a supermodels vagina, let's all give a  warm welcome to Leonardo DiCaprio'. Pure Comedic Gold.

The New Batman

I don't think many can dispute my opinion that Christian Bale made for the best Batman we have seen as of yet.  Suffice to say then that it came as a surprise when it was announced today the Ben Affleck as been chosen to portray the caped crusader in the forthcoming Superman sequel alongside Henry Caville.

Whilst Warner Brother's president Greg Silverman seems confidance in the choice of actor, stating that ' We knew we needed an extraordinary actor to take on one of DC comics most enduringly popular superheros and Ben Affleck certainly fits that bill, and then some' fans have vented their confusion and fury over the appointment via social media sites with tweets such as 'Casting Ben Affleck as Batman sounds like something the joker would do to create a distraction at the nerd bank' and my personal favourite: 'I've just seen Christian Bale going to Afflecks apartment with some Huey Lewis records and an axe' in reference to the murderous Patrick Bates portrayed by Bale in 2000's American psycho.  Some fans have even gone as far to create an online petition in an aim to convice casting directors to look elsewhere for their lead, a move which may be somewhat premature considering Heath Ledger received the same welcoming when he was cast as the joker, only to later receive posthumous critical acclaim.

 Bale (above), who beat out actor Jake Gyllenhaal to the role of the Dark Knight in 2004, has stated that he chose not to continue in the role as Batman for fear of being pigeon holed for the rest of his career despite the fact that many critics pointed out that Robert Downey Jr has played Iron Man five times now with no negative association to this fact.

Whilst Affleck has a number of high profile movie's under his belt, such as the 2012's Argo which receive nominations for 7 Academy Awards, 5 Golden Globes and 7 Critics Choice Awards, there has been much criticism for some of his earlier roles, particularly his earlier superhero portrayal of Daredevil.  Only time will tell whether he was the right choice for the role and as long as he looks to Bale for inspiration as opposed to the disastrous performance given by George Clooney in Joel Schumacher's adaptation (below), we ought to at least give him a chance right?