Golden Globes Like the Facebook Movie and 'Glee'

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 16th 2011 11:12PM

The drinks, the jokes, the overly long speeches and of course, the awards. It's the 2011 Golden Globes, Hollywood's fun, free-for-all awards show. The Moet and nasty jokes (via host Ricky Gervais) were in no short supply as 'The Social Network,' 'Glee' and 'Black Swan' racked up the most awards.

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'The Social Network' earned best film honors for a drama. The story of Facebook's beginnings took top honors at the Globes with four prizes, including best drama and director.

A pregnant-and-showing Natalie Portman won best dramatic actress as an emotionally unstable ballerina in the sexed-up thriller 'Black Swan,' while Colin Firth graciously took home best actor for 'The King's Speech.'

The Globes orchestra got quite a workout throughout the evening, beginning with the first award going to the oh-right-he's-British-or-something Christian Bale, for supporting actor in 'The Fighter.' Known for over-sharing in interviews, he took that a few extra steps in his acceptance speech and kept talking and talking. Near the end when he was trying to give Robert DeNiro a shout-out, the mic was cut, resulting in the night's first bleep.

Paul Giamatti won for best actor in a musical or comedy for the under-the-radar 'Barney's Version.' For best director, David Fincher won for 'Social Network.'

'The Kids Are All Right' star Annette Bening earned the Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy, the same prize she claimed in 2005 for 'Being Julia.'

Melissa Leo upset the competition (Amy Adams, Mila Kunis) for the supporting actress award in a drama for 'The Fighter.' "Here in Southern California, home of my mother, her mother, her mother before her -- look Mom, I got a Golden Globe!" Leo said. "Mark Wahlberg, you are a prince, you are amazing. It was so beautiful to play your mother."

Gervais' tone throughout the night leaned more on cattiness than cleverness, with nasty jokes aimed at Cher, Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis. After he skewered Robert Downey Jr. ("You may best know him from the Betty Ford Clinic and the Los Angeles County Jail"), the 'Sherlock Holmes' star took the chance to deliver the best line of the evening.

"Aside from the fact that it's been hugely mean-spirited with mildly sinister undertones, I'd say the vibe of the show's pretty good so far, wouldn't you?"

In the often looked-over TV portions of the show, a radiant Katey Segal kicked off the evening by winning Best Actress in a TV series for 'Sons of Anarchy.' Fittingly, the cameras panned to get a reaction shot from her one-time 'Married With Children' husband, Ed O'Neil, who beamed with pride.

'Glee' did what it does best and out-performed the competition for top comedy.

Hearts were warmed, and Gleeks gleeked themselves when Chris Colfer took home the supporting actor in a TV series award for his role as a gay teen in FOX's hit 'Glee.' He reacted to hearing his name called as if he had seen a ghost, and his sincere and touching acceptance speech was one of the night's highlight moments.

"I think I just dropped my heart between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. So if anyone sees that, please give it back to me," Colfer said.

Colfer's co-star on 'Glee,' Jane Lynch, took home best actress in a comedy series. 'Big Bang Theory' star Jim Parsons beat out Alec Baldwin and others for actor honors.

Best dramatic TV series bragging rights went to HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire.' The gritty Atlantic City-themed period piece also produced the Best Actor winner, the deserving Steve Buscemi. In a nod to the quick-trigger orchestra, he said, "I'm going to try to talk fast before that sad music comes on."

In other awards: As expected by the entire world, 'Toy Story 3' took home best animated feature. Diane Warren's 'You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me' from 'Burlesque' won original song honors. Also expected, Laura Linney took home the award for best performance by an actress in a TV series for 'The Big C.'

Before the show could even start, a lawsuit was filed Thursday by a former longtime publicist for the Globes, claiming the organization that runs the show, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, engages in payola schemes for nominations and awards, according to the AP. The allegations have been denied by the HFPA, a group of about 85 reporters covering show business for overseas outlets.

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Monday 17 January

By qbqian

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'The Social Network' earned best film honors for a drama. The story of Facebook's beginnings took top honors at the Globes with four prizes, including best drama and director.I love reading this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via age'lessmate.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends..

Wednesday 19 January

By Jock

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What the HELL is Glee?

By Jackson

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I hope this was Gervais' last time as host. His performance as emcee was nasty and his humor was crude at best. Certainly not appropriate for a prime time show.

By william gregory

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3 Juno

By Gina

Congrats to Katey!!! You were great!

By ken

Has anyone else noticed that Jane Lynch character is a rip-off of the Dr Cox character of Scrubs??

By pesfb

You are wrong, the best lines of the evening were Gervais's. Especialy the gay Scientology and Hugh Hefner punchlines.

By julie

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did anyone notice or at least agree that it seems you now have to play a gay or lesbian role in order to win or be nominated for an award also i noticed this very same thing for the emmy awards and i dont like this form of reverse discrimination and no one seems to be speaking out about this. It's almost as if this is to be expected and this current generation doesnt care.If you dont believe me notice how the winners and the nominated all have played a gay or lesbian role at some time in their careers with the exception of robert deniro who never have. Just pay attention to what you see on tv and you will notice that this is just the beginning of a really really bad situation and the powers that be hope you wont notice and pretend it isnt happening.

Tuesday 18 January

also has anyone noticed that thw awards are also devoid of african american nominees as well as other people of color and is this too supposed to be okay? halle berry is a great actress but she shouldnt be the exception to the rule either, again how unfair do things have to get before someone notices and speaks out against this?

By Mare

Who picks the nominees anyway.. some of these shows I have never heard of... and it seems that all of the nominees for TV are cable shows.....

By SC

Noticed there were no midgets nominated either. We need to stand up for these people. Since they can't stand up for themselves.

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