Props to Clint Eastwood’s “This does wonders for my confidence” crack
— echoing Best Supporting Actress winner Jennifer Hudson’s remarks
from earlier in the evening — upon receiving the Best Foreign Language
Golden Globe for Letters from Iwo Jima. When he said that, Martin Scorsese no doubt laughed weakly and crapped his pants.

I still think Scorsese has the directorial prize sewn up tonight, and is far better shape to  trump Eastwood and (finally) score his long-coveted Best Director Academy Award. In The Departed, he’s got the stronger film. Look for a bulge in the back of his pants, though, when he waddles up on stage…