Gervais is golden as The Social Network takes the globes

It’s award season again, and Sunday night saw a memorable 68th Golden Globe Film and Television Awards ceremony in Hollywood.

Not memorable for the actual awards, and there were no drunk celebrities or wardrobe malfunctions, just our very own Ricky Gervais doing what he does best.

The host gave an opening monologue, which managed to insult everyone from Charlie Sheen to alleged homosexual scientologists pretending to be heterosexual.

Gervais notably picked up on the surprise nomination of The Tourist, a film widely panned by critics, joking that the judges must have been bribed….with Cher tickets.

Moving on to the actual awards, the runaway winner was undoubtedly The Social Network, scooping four awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.

A special mention goes to Colin Firth, who was duly rewarded for his astounding performance in The King’s Speech with the ward for Best Actor.

Fox’s musical phenomenon Glee took home three awards, and HBO’s Martin Scorsese-directed Boardwalk Empire fought off Mad Men for Best Television Drama.

Here is the full list of winners:

Film

Best Motion Picture – Drama: The Social Network

Best Actress – Drama: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Best Actor – Drama: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)

Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical: The Kids Are All Right

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical: Annette Benning (The Kids Are All Right)

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical: Paul Giammatti (Barney’s Version)

Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale (The Fighter)

Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World (Denmark)

Best Director: David Fincher (The Social Network)

Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)

Best Original Song: ‘You Haven’t Seen The Last of Me’ (Burlesque)

Television

Best Television Series – Drama: Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

Best Actress – Drama: Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy)

Best Actor – Drama: Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)

Best Televisison Series – Comedy/Musical: Glee (Fox)

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical: Laura Linney (The Big C)

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical: Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

Best Mini-series or Motion Picture made for TV: Carlos (Sundance C)

Best Actress – Mini-series or Motion Picture made for TV: Claire Danes (Temple Grandin)

Best Actor – Mini-series or Motion Picture made for TV: Al Pacino (You Don’t Know Jack)

Best Supporting Actress – TV: Jane Lynch (Glee)

Best Supporting Actor – TV: Chris Colfer (Glee)

Last edited: 18th January 2011

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