Golden Globes

The 68th Golden Globes was held last night at Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. Ricky Gervais came back this year as the host and he was just at it from the beginning until the end. He started off with "It's goinf to be a night of heavy drinking,... Or as Charlie Sheen calls it breakfast...He picked up a porn star, paid her to have dinner with him, introduced her to his ex wife – as you do – went to a hotel, got drunk, got naked, trashed the place while she was locked in a cupboard ... and that was a Monday! What did he do New Year's Eve?"

He sure got the crowd laughing and some "not so" with his "no holding back" jokes mocking everyone from Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp to Bruce Willis and Tim Burton to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Phillip Berk. I really hope he comes back next year because he is the reason why you can watch an awards night that last 3 hours. If you want to see his Opening Monologue, click here.

Anyway, the biggest winner of the night was The Social Network. The movie about Facebook won Best Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin), Best Original Score (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross), Best Director (David Fincher) and Best Picture. Now I don't know how they beat Hans Zimmer (Inception) for Best Score though.  The other big winner was Glee which won Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical beating out 30 Rock, Modern Family and Nurse Jackie. Glee stars raked in two awards - Best Supporting Actor and Actress in Series, Mini-Series or Made for TV for Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch. My surprise winners were Jim Parsons for Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical beating out Alec Baldwin and Steve Carell; And Paul Giamatti for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical besting Johnny Depp, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kevin Spacey.

Anyway, here is the list of winners:
Best Film, Drama - The Social Network
 - Seems like it was a given since it won Best Screenplay and Best Director as well
Best Director - David Fincher for The Social Network
 - Upset? Maybe especially if you are beating the likes of Christopher Nolan (Inception) and Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
Best Actress, Drama - Natalie Portman for Black Swan
 - Truly deserving, Natalie gave a stunning performance in Black Swan. And I like her speech especially the line "Mila 'Sweet Lips' Kunis" in reference to a scene in Black Swan. Also Natalie and Mila look stunning in pink and green dresses respectively.
Best Actor, Drama - Colin Firth for The King's Speech
 - I think Colin Firth truly deserved this award even though James Franco (127 Hours) and Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter) gave great performances in their respective film.
Best Supporting Actress, Drama - Melissa Leo for The Fighter
 - I really didn't have a favorite for this category except that I know Mila Kunis gave a great performance in the Black Swan.
Best Supporting Actor, Drama - Christian Bale for The Fighter
 - Truly deserving especially with the way he portrayed his character by losing all those weight to get into it.
Best Film, Comedy or Musical - The Kids Are All Right
 - I didn't really see any of the films in this category but beating out Alice in Wonderland must be an upset.
Best Actress, Comedy or Musical - Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
 - The veteran actress beat her co-star and other actresses included in this category. And Robert Downey Jr.'s presentation speech was funny. (See it here)
Best Actor, Comedy or Musical - Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version
 - This was truly an upset as he bested out Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland), Jake Gyllenhaal (Love & Other Drugs), Kevin Spacey (Casino Jack) and Johnny Depp (The Tourist). Yup, thats not an error, Johnny Depp was nominated for Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist.
Best Screenplay - Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
 - Aaron Sorkin did an amazing job with this film even though I thought Christopher Nolan (Inception) would have won this category.
Best Original Score - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network
 - This was also a stunning upset. I really thought Inception's score was much better and work will with the film.
Best Original Song - You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me, Burleque
 - Pretty interesting tune
Best Animated Featured Film - Toy Story 3
 - Toy Story 3 was my favorite to win this category besting Despicable Me, How To Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist and Tangled.
Best Foreign Language Film - In A Better World (Denmark)
 - Nothing to say here, I really don't know much about the films in this category.
Best Television Series, Drama - Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
 - It was between Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire and Atlantic City beat Madison Ave. Boardwalk deserves the award though because the series is truly fantastic.
Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama - Katey Sagal for Sons Of Anarchy
 - Beating Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) must be an upset as well.
Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama - Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire
 - Steve finally got recognized playing a major character after playing supporting roles in the past. He played his role really well and truly deserving of this award.
Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical - Glee (FOX)
 - Wasn't surprise here as it was a Glee year last year.
Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical - Laura Linney for The Big C
 - Beating Toni Collette (United States of Tara), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) and Tina Fey (30 Rock) must be something.
Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical - Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory
 - This was really quite a surprise with Jim Parsons besting out Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) and Steve Carell (The Office). All I could say are "Geek Rules" and "Nerd Power"
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV - Carlos (Sundance C)
 - I would have thought The Pacific (HBO) would run away with this award but sadly not.
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV - Claire Danes for Temple Grandin
 - Claire Danes as always give a great performance.
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV - Al Pacino for You Don't Know Jack
 - Al Pacino is an amazing actor and truly deserve this award. And he even got a standing ovation for this award.
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV - Jane Lynch for Glee
 - I think it was really between her and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) but it was the year of the Glee last year and Jane or coach Sue was just phenomenal.
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV - Chris Colfer for Glee
 - Amazing win for Glee again and Chris Colfer deserve this award. He also had a great speech.
Cecil D. DeMille Award - Robert De Niro
 - versatile actor, I didn't know he was in 70 movies. Speech was awesome

So thats most of the major awards. For best dressed, I would say Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde, January Jones, Julia Stiles, Megan Fox, Leighton Meester, Dianna Argon, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sofia Vergara, Johnny Depp, David Strathairn, Chris Colfer, Christian Bale

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