No rest for the weary, moments after the Jets de-feet of the Patriots the awards season run-up to the Oscars kicked off for reals when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave out the 2011 Golden Globes. The boozy Ricky Gervais-hosted show (well, except when he went missing for an hour of the telecast) had the usual, in the words of Robert Downey Jr., "mean spirited with sinister undertones" vibe, but that is sort of the point. Though things started off with a surprise Best Actress in a TV Drama win for Sons of Anarchy's Katey Segal, the the big winner of the night was The Social Network, which took home four awards—Best Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross), Best Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin), Best Dirctor (David Fincher) and Best Drama.
The other big winner for the night was Glee, which won both Supporting Actor awards for Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch, as well as the award Best TV Comedy. And even though he didn't win for Best Actor (that went to Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version), Mark Wahlberg the producer had a great night. The non-Entourage show he produces, Boardwalk Empire, won Best TV Drama and Best Actor in a TV Drama (Steve Buscemei) and The Figther, his latest movie which he also produced, got both Supporting Actor awards (Christian Bale and Melissa Leo).
Annette Benning's The Kids Are All Right performance won Best Actress in a Comedy (and before that, RDJ), and the movie also won Best Comedy. Natalie Portman got the Best Actress in a Drama Globe for Black Swan while Colin Firth took the Actor statue for The King's Speech. Michael Douglas meanwhile, recently recovering from a bout with cancer, probably got the biggest applause of the evening when he gave out the award for best movie drama ("there's got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation," he joked).
All in all was a pretty quick, if uneventful, three hours and we could have done with a whole lot more Rickey Gervais (he still managed to get a few good digs in). Still, after he closed the evening by thanking god "for making me an atheist," we're once again assuming he won't be doing this gig again. Did you watch?
2011 Golden Globe Award Winners
BEST SUPPORTING FILM ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
BEST ACTRESS TV DRAMA
Katey Segal, Sons of Anarchy
BEST MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Carlos
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR TV COMEDY
Chris Colfer, Glee
BEST ACTOR TV SERIES DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
BEST TV SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
You Haven't Seen the Last of Me, Diane Warren, Burlesque
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Toy Story 3
BEST ACTRESS IN COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Annette Benning, The Kids Are All Right
BEST ACTOR TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
BEST ACTRESS TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
BEST SCREENPLAY MOTION PICTURE
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS TV COMEDY
Jane Lynch, Glee
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
In A Better World, Denmark
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV COMEDY
Laura Linney, The Big C
BEST ACTOR TV COMEDY
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
BEST SUPPORTING FILM ACTRESS
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher, The Social Network
BEST TV COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Glee
BEST ACTOR MOVIE COMEDY
Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version
BEST ACTRESS MOVIE DRAMA
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
BEST MOVIE COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Kids Are All Right
BEST ACTOR MOVIE DRAMA
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
BEST MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
The Social Network
