Golden Globes 2011: 'The Social Network,' Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Paul Giamatti, 'Glee' win awards
The 68th annual Golden Globe Awards show was full of "Glee." The show about a high school show choir was named the Best Television/Comedy, and stars Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer each won Best Supporting awards. "Boardwalk Empire" nabbed the Best Television/Drama Golden Globe, and its star Steve Buscemi won Best Actor. "The Social Network" was named Best Motion Picture/Drama, and Aaron Sorkin's won Best Screenplay for the film. "The Kids are All Right" was named the Best Motion Picture/Comedy, and Annette Bening won Best Actress/Comedy for her role in the film. Her co-star Julianne Moore was also nominated. Natalie Portman won Best Actress/Drama for her role in "Black Swan" and Colin Firth won Best Actor/Drama for "The King's Speech."
Here's a recap of the show:
Host Ricky Gervais kicked off the show with his brand of dark humor. "It's going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking... or as Charlie Sheen calls it, breakfast."
He also made fun of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie by saying everything this year was three-dimensional except the characters in "The Tourist." Ouch. Cher, Hugh Hefner and Tom Cruise were also victims of Gervais' humor before he joked about the audience being more familiar with Robert Downey Jr. for appearing in the Los Angeles County Jail and the Betty Ford clinic than for his films.
The first award of the night was for Supporting Actor. Christian Bale won for "The Fighter." He thanked his wife and looked at the cameras to thank his daughter. "I love you darling, this one's for you."Other nominees: Michael Douglas, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"; Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"; Jeremy Renner, "The Town"; Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech."
The night's Best Actress in Television Drama went to Katey Sagal for "Sons of Anarchy." She had a long walk to the stage. "I'm so shocked." She thanked her husband Kurt Sagal, who is the creator of the show. "I'm so glad you're the boss of me." She also thanked her kids for "being patient with a mommy who works"Other nominees were: Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"; Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"; Piper Perabo, "Covert Affairs"; Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer."
The Best Miniseries or Movie award went to "Carlos," Sundance Channel.Other nominees: "The Pacific," HBO; "Pillars of the Earth," Starz; "Temple Grandin," HBO; "You Don't Know Jack," HBO.
Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series, Miniseries or Movie went to Chris Colfer, "Glee." To kids who are bullied or told they can't be who they are, Chris has some advice. "Well, screw that, kids." He seemed surprised at his win. "I think I just dropped my heart between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. So if anyone sees that, please give it back to me."Other nominees: Scott Caan, "Hawaii Five-O"; Chris Noth, "The Good Wife"; Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"; David Strathairn, "Temple Grandin."
Steve Buscemi won Best Actor in a Television Drama for "Boardwalk Empire." "I'm only as good as the people I work with and I have the best cast." He thanked his wife and his 4-year-old nephew who left him a message before the show that said "wish me luck." Other nominees: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"; Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"; Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"; Hugh Laurie, "House."
The Best Series, Drama award went to "Boardwalk Empire," HBO.Other nominees: "Dexter," Showtime; "The Good Wife," CBS; "Mad Men," AMC; "The Walking Dead," AMC.
The Best Original Song Globe was given to Diane Warren for "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from "Burlesque." Warren thanked Cher "the original bad ass" for fighting to keep the song in the movie. Other nominees: "Bound to You" (written by Samuel Dixon, Christina Aguilera, Sia Furler), "Burlesque"; "Coming Home" (written by Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges), "Country Strong"; "I See the Light," (written by Alan Menken, Glenn Slater), "Tangled"; "There's a Place for Us" (written by Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey), "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won Best Original Score for "The Social Network."Other nominees: Alexandre Desplat, "The King's Speech"; Danny Elfman, "Alice in Wonderland"; A.R. Rahman, "127 Hours"; Hans Zimmer, "Inception."
"Toy Story 3" won Best Animated Feature Film.Other nominees: "The Illusionist," "How to Train Your Dragon," "Despicable Me," "Tangled."
Annette Bening won Best Actress in Musical or Comedy for "The Kids Are All Right." She said she was proud of the film and thanked co-star Julianne Moore for convincing her to take on the role. Bening called Moore a "class act." She thanked the cast, saying "it was a labor of love" before thanking her kids and husband Warren Beatty for their support. Other nominees: Julianne Moore, "The Kids Are All Right"; Anne Hathaway, "Love and Other Drugs"; Angelina Jolie, "The Tourist"; Emma Stone, "Easy A."
Al Pacino won Best Actor, Miniseries or Movie for "You Don't Know Jack." The crowd stood and clapped as Pacino accepted his award. He said it's a treat for an actor to portray a real person. "That relationship is so interesting and intimate and wonderful." Other nominees: Idris Elba, "Luther"; Ian McShane, "Pillars of the Earth"; Dennis Quaid, "The Special Relationship"; Edgar Ramirez, "Carlos."
Claire Danes won Best Actress, Miniseries or Movie for her role as Temple, an autistic woman, in "Temple Grandin." "This is so cool... It's so special to be here with Temple tonight." Other nominees: Hayley Atwell, "Pillars of the Earth"; Judi Dench, "Return to Cranford"; Romola Garai, "Emma"; Jennifer Love Hewitt, "The Client List."
Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network" won Best Screenplay. He thanked all the leading ladies nominated this evening for being role models to his daughter. "Honey, look around. Smart girls have more fun and you're one of them.Other nominees: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, "127 Hours"; Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg, "The Kids Are All Right"; Christopher Nolan, "Inception"; David Seidler, "The King's Speech."
Jane Lynch, the cheerleading coach on "Glee," won Best Supporting Actress for a Series, Miniseries or Movie. "I am nothing it not falsely humble so I would like tonight to share this with Ian Brennan (who created Sue Sylvester)... he's a deranged young man." "The greatest thrill is that I get these 14-year-old kids coming up to me, vibrating out of their bodies, saying how happy 'Glee' makes them. And, you know, when I have the time and I'm not eating and I don't want to be bothered, I'll give them a moment of my time." She thanked her wife Laura and her kids.Other nominees: Hope Davis, "The Special Relationship"; Kelly Macdonald, "Boardwalk Empire"; Julia Stiles, "Dexter"; Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family."
The Best Foreign Language Film award went to Denmark for "In a Better World." Director Susanne Bier said, "I'm so honored and surprised and very, very happy."Other nominees: "Biutiful" (Mexico), "The Concert" (France), "The Edge" (Russia), "I Am Love" (Italy).
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy was given to Laura Linney for "The Big C." She was not at the ceremony.Other nominees: Toni Collette, "The United States of Tara"; Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"; Tina Fey, "30 Rock"; Lea Michele, "Glee."
Jim Parsons, of "The Big Bang Theory," won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. "It's such an honor. Thank you."Other nominees: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"; Steve Carell, "The Office"; Thomas Jane, "Hung"; Matthew Morrison, "Glee."
The Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture award was given to Melissa Leo for "The Fighter." "Thank you so very much. This is thrilling. I'm beside myself."Other nominees: Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech"; Mila Kunis, "Black Swan"; Amy Adams, "The Fighter"; Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom."
Matt Damon introduced Robert De Niro, previously announced winner of the evening's Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, by saying, "The guy's been in like 70 movies." The crowd stood as De Niro accepted his award. They wouldn't stop clapping until he thanked them several times. He thanked the HFPA for announcing his award "well before you had a change to review 'Little Fockers.'" He joked that most of the HFPA members had been deported along with "all the waiters." He joked about making, um, not critically acclaimed movies. "I'll be selling in them in the lobby." He said his movies were like his kids except "my children are more expensive and you can't remake them in 3D to push up the grosses." For the children, "you just hope the movies do well enough that you can keep them in private schools."
The Globe for Best Director in a Motion Picture went to David Fincher for "The Social Network." He thanked the cast and crew "without whom I'd just be a bitter man with a lot of opinions."Other nominees: Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"; Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"; Christopher Nolan, "Inception"; David O. Russell, "The Fighter."
"Glee" won Best Series, Musical or Comedy. Writer Ian Brennan thanked public school teachers. "You don't get paid like it, but you're doing the most important work in America. Thank you very much."Other nominees: "30 Rock," NBC; "The Big Bang Theory," CBS; "The Big C," Showtime; "Glee," Fox; "Modern Family," ABC; "Nurse Jackie," Showtime.
Paul Giamatti won Best Actor for a Musical or Comedy for "Barney's Version." He said the other men nominated in the category were better actors and men than him. "I had three wives in this movie, a trifecta of hotties." "I got to smoke and drink and (word was bleeped on TV) and I got paid for it. Amazing." Other nominees: Johnny Depp, "Alice in Wonderland"; Johnny Depp, "The Tourist"; Jake Gyllenhaal, "Love and Other Drugs"; Kevin Spacey, "Casino Jack."
Natalie Portman won Best Actress in a Drama for "Black Swan." "This is such a great honor." She thanked her grandma in Cincinnati and her mother and father for giving her a wonderful life and her fiance Benjamin Millepied, with whom she's having a baby. Besides being the choreographer of "Black Swan" she said everyone would remember Benjamin's cameo in the movie. He was asked if he would sleep with Natalie's character and he said no. "He's the best actor. It's not true. He totally wants to sleep with me." Other nominees: Halle Berry, "Frankie and Alice"; Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"; Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"; Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine."
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy went to "The Kids Are All Right."Other nominees: "Alice in Wonderland," "Burlesque," "Red" and "The Tourist."
Colin Firth won Best Actor, Drama for "The King's Speech." "Getting through the mid-stage of your life with your dignity and your judgment in tact can be a bit precarious... Right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley Davidson."Other nominees: Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"; James Franco, "127 Hours"; Ryan Gosling, "Blue Valentine"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Fighter."
The Best Picture, Drama Golden Globe was given to "The Social Network."Michael Douglas presented the award and received a standing ovation from the crowd. "There's got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation," the cancer survivor joked.Other nominees: "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," and "The King's Speech."
Gervais closed the show by thanking the crowd for being good sports and "thank you to God for making me an atheist."
Here are a few things we learned from red-carpet interviews:
Shades of green, red, pink and blush dominated the red carpet. One-shoulder gowns were nearly as popular as strapless gowns and the accessory of choice was champagne.
Christina Aguilera wore a black Zuhair Murad gown with a sheer underlay said watching herself in a movie "was incredibly nerve-wracking." Her son Max is 3, she said she wants more kids but not right now.
Jennifer Lopez wore a white Zuhair Murad gown with a sheer capelet lined with crystals.
Megan Fox wore an Armani Prive pink one-strapped gown.
Anne Hathaway wore a long-sleeved sequin Armani gown with slightly puffy shoulders.
Halle Berry wore a black Nina Ricci gown. She said she can't sing a tune.
Claire Danes wore a backless, pink halter Calvin Klein Collection gown.
Robert Downey Jr., who wore a gray Prada suit with a red tie, said his friend Gwyneth Paltrow called him for advice before playing her "Country Song" role. "She said I'm playing a drunk what should I do?"
Mila Kunis wore an emerald green, one-shoulder gown. She and Natalia Portman both lost 20 pounds for their roles as ballerinas in "Black Swan." How did they do it? "You work out seven days a week, five hours a day."
Sophia Vergara ("Modern Family") wore a red Vera Wang gown with a ribbon belted waist. "I'm going to go drink," she said after being interviewed. How does she like her dress? "It's comfortable."
Catherine Zeta Jones wore a strapless green Monique Lhuillier gown. She was with her happy and healthy husband Michael Douglas. "To be able to come to this thing cancer-free is pretty special," he said. "Go Jets," he added.
Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock") showed off her baby bump in her one shoulder blueish Badgley Mischka gown. She's due at the end of April.
Jane Lynch ("Glee") was wearing a halter-style black gown. She said she was happy that her character's track suit inspired so many Halloween costumes. "It's the lazy man's costume."
Nicole Kidman ("Rabbit Hole") said her husband Keith Urban "nudged" her out of the nest when daughter Sunday was 1.
Emma Stone ("Easy A") wore a peach Calvin Klein T-shirt style dress with a bow-shaped ring.
Jake Gyllenhaal said he did not give Viagra a test-drive before taking the role as a Viagra salesman in "Love and Other Drugs." "No, no, no, no, no," he said when Ryan Seacrest asked.
Carrie Underwood wore a strapless champagne Badgley Mischka gown with a train.
Natalie Portman ("Black Swan") accentuated her baby bump in a pink strapless gown with red-rose embellishments. She hasn't settled on a baby name yet. "I'm open to suggestions."
Lea Michele ("Glee") wore a pink one shoulder gown by Oscar de la Renta. "I love the color pink, and it just made me feel so happy and light."
Scott Cann snores, according to his girlfriend.
Ryan Seacrest thinks Alec Baldwin is a "diva."
Elisabeth Moss ("Mad Men") is staring in a London play with Keira Knightley. Moss wore a Donna Karan green strapless gown.
Dianna Agron ("Glee") wore a J Mendel strapless champagne gown.
Ricky Gervais may have a few beers before the show. "Beer's not an alcoholic drink in England. It's like a soft drink," he said.
Sarah Hyland ("Modern Family") wore a strapless beige Max Azria. She admitted that she always has her phone with her on set. "I like seeing people's tweets."
Piper Perabo ("Cover Affairs") sported a ponytail with her black tank style Oscar de la Renta gown with a bow on one shoulder and in the back. She said this was her first awards show and she was "trying to be less of fan." She wouldn't say who she's dating. "I always kind of keep that a secret."
Julie Bowen wore a one shoulder Tadashi Shoji beige gown. When Ryan Seacrest told her women were jealous of her fit body. She said, "I'm always wearing spanx."
Johnny Galecki ("Big Bang Theory") said his celebrity crush was Scott Cann. He was kidding. I think.
This story was originally published January 16, 2011 at 6:15 PM with the headline "Golden Globes 2011: 'The Social Network,' Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Paul Giamatti, 'Glee' win awards."