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Sideshow: Stars go crazy for Prince at Golden Globes

Follow the bouncing Globes Know what really burned up Twitter during Sunday night's Golden Globes knees-up? Yep, that's right: The incredibly strange and incredibly cool appearance of rocker Prince. He's got two albums out and sort of just showed up to pr

Rocker Prince at the Golden Globes presents at the 2015 Golden Globes (PAUL DRINKWATER / NBCUniversal)
Rocker Prince at the Golden Globes presents at the 2015 Golden Globes (PAUL DRINKWATER / NBCUniversal)Read more

Follow the bouncing Globes

Know what really burned up Twitter during Sunday night's Golden Globes knees-up? Yep, that's right: The incredibly strange and incredibly cool appearance of rocker Prince. He's got two albums out and sort of just showed up to present the best-song award, which went to Common and Philly's own John Legend for their tune "Glory" from the flick Selma. All during Prince's brief stay, tapping the stage with that bizarre white cane, such stars as Viola Davis and Allison Janney went crazy-stupid-paralytic. GIFs of Janney's reaction, in particular, went viral all by themselves. And Twitter was full of very funny tweets, such as Andy Lassner's "Prince is being placed back in his pod now," and Scott Aukerman's "They should pour gold all over Prince and give him to winners next year."

Other Globe moments that went viral: Chrissy Teigen's weeping face as hubby Legend got the globe, and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's promised jokes about Bill Cosby, which had Oprah Winfrey and many others making their "They said what???" faces. Also viralized was the all-but-obligatory Benedict Cumberbatch photobomb of the Margaret Cho/Meryl Streep photo, dutifully taken by Michael Keaton. TV clips became GIFs, and Benedict went Cumberbatching all over

the InterWebs.

BTW, our vote for strangest couple at any Globes after-party goes to . . . the envelope, please . . . Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) and Monica Lewinsky (the Oval Office), who went together to HBO's after-party.

The Fly is still fly!!!

Good for you, Jeff Goldblum! You do old men everywhere a ton of good! Wowsers. The world's favorite geeky actor (Jurassic Park, The Fly, Independence Day, and a whole lot else) is 62 and recently wed Olympic gymnast Emilie Livingston, who is 31. We could mention that's half Jeff's age, but we shall not. And now he's going to be a papa! First time. (Wise not to rush into it.) He announced it, very funnily, on Friday night on The Late Show with David Letterman. David, we report, is only 67. Jeff says Emilie told him the news on the day of their wedding.

Non-Globe globs of glee

Gary Oldman, man - he knows how to marry 'em. And marry 'em. This veteran serial spouse has been married to Lesley Manville, Uma Thurman, and Donya Fiorentino, and since New Year's Eve 2008 to singer/songwriter Alexandra Edenborough, known as Alex E. But not for long: She has filed to make him a bachelor again. . . . We just looked at the video for the Sia song "Elastic Heart," in which Shia "Spell This I Dare You" LaBoeuf cavorts around in a dusty cage with dancer Maddie Ziegler. Both are wearing flesh-colored body coverings. They run at each other, make feral faces, and do various art-writhings. . . . David Sears, star of The Doctors, a pretty successful syndicated daily talker, is said to be leaving the show after allegedly threatening a man's life. Sears' gf was at his house, got freaked out, the story goes, called an old boyfriend to come pick her up, and Sears followed and made threats. The police are now seeking Sears for questioning. . . . Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.), who played such a memorable cameo two years ago in Parks and Recreation, will do it again during this, the final season. Other pols who have appeared in P&R include Sens. Olympia Snowe and Barbara Boxer, Vice President Biden, and first lady Michelle Obama.