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68th Annual GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS Winners
Written by USTownahll staff   
Sunday, 16 January 2011 23:16

ricky-gervais_crWhen we spoke to Ricky Gervais about a month ago (see interview below or in "Television-Interviews" menu section) when he was promoting his then-upcoming appearance as host of the 68th Annual Golden Globes (held tonight on Sunday, January 16, 2010), he promised that he would take his zingers against celebrities even further than he did last year because he now felt he knew the venue and could up the ante.  After viewing tonight's telecast, we can say that he definitely delivered on that promise, but we're not so sure he achieved the desired result as the audience in attendance seemed to grow increasingly cooler toward him as the night wore on with more than one celebrity presenter taking a few seconds to fire back at Gervais before announcing the nominees.

That being said, the ceremony, which was held, as usual, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, had its share of bizarre celebrity behavior – also as usual.  The speeches of both Robert Downey, Jr. (as he presented the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical) and Robert DeNiro (as he accepted his Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures) were filled with uncomfortable, cringe-inducing moments: Downey made a sexually-drenched speech regarding the leading ladies in the category he was announcing, while DeNiro unwittingly committed a racial faux pas when he tried to make a pointed remark about America's deportation policy by saying that among those deported in addition to members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were "half the waiters."

Beyond all the drama, catty remarks, and good and bad evening gowns, the Golden Globes bear watching because Oscar buzz usually begins to build around any clear winners of the night.  Case in point:  The Social Network has already been riding an increasing wave of good notices, but it was cemented tonight as it won several major categories: Best Original Score, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and the most important one – Best Picture (Drama).

 

MULTIPLE AWARD WINNERS

The Social Network: 4 wins [Best Original Score, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Motion Picture (Drama)]

Glee: 3 wins [Best Supporting Actor (TV Comedy), Best Supporting Actress (TV Comedy), Best Television Series (Comedy)]

The Fighter: 2 wins [Best Supporting Actor (Motion Picture Drama), Best Supporting Actress (Motion Picture Drama)]

Boardwalk Empire: 2 wins [Best Actor (TV Drama), Best TV Series (Drama)]

The Kids Are All Right: 2 wins [Best Actress (Motion Picture Comedy), Best Motion Picture (Comedy)]

 

Unlike many other award shows, all the Golden Globe award categories are televised, which makes this show heavy on awards and light on celebrity banter at the podium.  Special numbers or musical performances are non-existent.

 

Here are the winners in the 26 categories of the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards:

AWARD WINNER OTHER NOMINEES
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Christian Bale, The Fighter

• Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

• Andrew Garfield, The Social Network

• Jeremy Renner, The Town

• Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy

• Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

• Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

• Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs

• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Miniseries or Television Movie Carlos

• The Pacific

• The Pillars of the Earth

• Temple Grandin

You Don't Know Jack

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series, Miniseries, or Television Movie Chris Colfer, Glee

• Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-O

• Chris Noth, The Good Wife

• Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

• David Strathairn, Temple Grandin

Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

• Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

• Michael C. Hall, Dexter

• Jon Hamm, Mad Men

• Hugh Laurie, House

Best Television Series - Drama Boardwalk Empire

Dexter

The Good Wife

Mad Men

The Walking Dead

Best Original Song - Motion Picture "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," Burlesque

• "Bound to You," Burlesque

• "Coming Home," Country Strong

• "I See the Light," Tangled

• "There's a Place for Us," The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Best Original Score - Motion Picture Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Social Network

• Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech

• Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland

• A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours

• Hans Zimmer, Inception

Best Animated Feature Film Toy Story 3

Despicable Me

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Tangled

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

• Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs

• Angelina Jolie, The Tourist

• Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right

• Emma Stone, Easy A

Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack

• Idris Elba, Luther

• Ian McShane, The Pillars of the Earth

• Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship

• Édgar Ramírez, Carlos

Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie Claire Danes, Temple Grandin

• Hayley Atwell, The Pillars of the Earth

• Judi Dench, Return to Cranford

• Romola Garai, Emma

• Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

• Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle, 127 Hours

• Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right

• Christopher Nolan, Inception

• David Seidler, The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie Jane Lynch, Glee

• Hope Davis, The Special Relationship

• Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire

• Julia Stiles, Dexter

• Sofía Vergara, Modern Family

Best Foreign Language Film In a Better World, from Denmark

Biutiful, from Mexico/Spain

The Concert, from France

The Edge, from Russia

I Am Love, from Italy

Best Actress - Television Series Comedy or Musical Laura Linney, The Big C

• Toni Collette, United States of Tara

• Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

• Tina Fey, 30 Rock

• Lea Michele, Glee

Best Actor - Television Series Comedy or Musical Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

• Steve Carell, The Office

• Thomas Jane, Hung

• Matthew Morrison, Glee

Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Drama Melissa Leo, The Fighter

• Amy Adams, The Fighter

• Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech

• Mila Kunis, Black Swan

• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures Robert DeNiro n/a
Best Director - Motion Picture David Fincher, The Social Network

• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

• Tom Hooper, The King's Speech

• Christopher Nolan, Inception

• David O. Russell, The Fighter

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical Glee

30 Rock

• The Big Bang Theory

• The Big C

• Modern Family

• Nurse Jackie

Best Actor - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version

• Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland

• Johnny Depp, The Tourist

• Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs

• Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack

Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama Natalie Portman, Black Swan

• Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice

• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical The Kids Are All Right

Alice in Wonderland

• Burlesque

• Red

• The Tourist

Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Colin Firth, The King's Speech

• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

• James Franco, 127 Hours

• Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

• Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

Best Motion Picture - Drama The Social Network

Black Swan

• The Fighter

• Inception

• The King's Speech

 

 

 

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