Those collecting gongs failed to rival their hosts' clever humour, but Jim Carrey cracked some smiles with his reference to Shia LaBeouf's plagiarism-inspired meltdown on Twitter. "Dying is easy, comedy is hard. I believe it was Shia LaBeouf who said that," he quipped.
Jared Leto assured his fans that no prosthetics were used in Dallas Buyers Club while accepting his Best Supporting Actor award. "That tiny little Brazilian bubble butt was all mine," he said.
Other stars admitted to stage fright, with American Hustle's Jennifer Lawrence describing accepting her Best Supporting Actress award as "so scary".
Poehler's hosting efforts were rewarded when she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Comedy, for her performance in Parks and Recreation.
Fey and Poehler have already been booked to host the 2015 Golden Globe Awards. "This is Hollywood, and if something kind of works they'll just keep doing it until everybody hates it," the popular double act joked.
Fey and Poehler's top 10 funnies:
1. "We're going to get this done in three hours - or as Martin Scorsese calls it, act one." (Tina Fey)
2. "Gravity is nominated for Best Film. It's the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age". (Tina Fey)
3. "Masters of Sex is the degree I got from Boston College." (Amy Poehler)
4. "Matt Damon is here for Behind the Candelabra. Matt, on any other night in another room, you would be a big deal. But tonight, and don't take this the wrong way, you're basically a garbage person." (Amy Poehler)
5. "Now, like a supermodel's vagina, let's give a warm welcome to Leonardo DiCaprio." (Tina Fey)
6. "A lot of nominated shows this year are actually on Netflix: House of Cards, Orange is the New Black. Enjoy it while it lasts Netflix, because you're not going to feel so smug in a couple of years when Snapchat is up here accepting best drama." (Amy Poehler)
7. "Congratulations to all the wonderful actors nominated tonight, from the amazing Chiwetel Ejiofor to the stunning Lupita Nyong'o to American treasure Tam Honks. Dammit, I knew I was going to screw that up." (Amy Poehler)
8. "The Wolf of Wall Street is another nominee tonight. I really loved the film, but some of it was too graphic. I mean, if I wanted to see Jonah Hill masturbate at a pool party, I'd go to one of Jonah Hill's pool parties." (Amy Poehler)
9. "For (Matthew McConaughey's) role in Dallas Buyers Club he lost 45 pounds. Or what actresses call, being in a movie." (Tina Fey)
10. "Before earning a Golden Globe nomination for his first ever acting role in Captain Phillips, Barkad Abdi was working as a limousine driver in Minnesota. There's such a beautiful life lesson here, everyone: Sleep with your limo driver tonight, before he gets famous." (Amy Poehler)
- Independent
