68th Annual Golden Globe Awards - winners

On Sunday night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held the ceremony for their 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Ricky Gervais hosted the event for the second consecutive year and had some delightfully caustic zingers to lead off the show and to introduce guests and presenters throughout the evening. Some of his pointed barbs included "Everything this year was three-dimensional, except the characters in The Tourist", "nothing for Sex and the City 2? I was sure the Golden Globes for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed that poster," and "please welcome Aston Kutcher’s dad, Bruce Willis."

As has been the case with most of the critics' groups thus far, they favoured The Social Network, giving it four awards in the categories of Best Drama, Best Director (David Fincher), Best Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin) and Best Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross). It didn't, however, receive any acting awards.

The Kids Are All Right won Best Picture and Best Actress (Annette Bening) in the Comedy or Musical division. The Fighter was also a double winner with two supporting acting awards for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo.

The King's Speech had led with 7 nominations but only managed a single win, with Colin Firth being named Best Actor for Drama. Natalie Portman won the Drama Actress category for her role in Black Swan.

A big surprise winner came when they announced the Best Actor - Comedy or Musical. Paul Giamatti won for his work as Barney Panofsky in the Mordecai Richler adaptation Barney’s Version. He graciously acknowledged his colleagues including producer Robert Lantos, and the cast and crew “up in an incredible, beautiful city, Montreal, which I dream about; an incredible place in a great nation, Canada. I salute the great nation of Canada.”

In the television side, "Glee" dominated with three awards. It was named Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical, and it also picked up supporting acting awards for Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer.
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Complete list of winners for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Motion Pictures

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Social Network, Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
The Kids Are All Right, Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision, Gilbert Films; Focus Features

Best Director - Motion Picture
David Fincher, The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

Best Actress: Comedy or Musical
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter

Best Foreign Language Film
In A Better World (Hævnen) (Denmark)  Zentropa Entertainment; Sony Pictures Classics

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3 - Disney * Pixar; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Burlesque: Diane Warren ("You Haven't Seen The Last of Me")

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Robert De Niro

Television

Best Drama Series
“Boardwalk Empire”

Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
“Glee” (FOX) Ryan Murphy Television, Twentieth Century Fox Television

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
“Carlos”

Best Actress: Drama
Katey Sagal for “Sons of Anarchy”

Best Actor: Television Series - Drama
Steve Buscemi for “Boardwalk Empire”

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Laura Linney – “The Big C” (Showtime)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Jim Parsons – “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)

Best Actress: TV Movie/Miniseries
Claire Danes – “Temple Grandin” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Al Pacino – “You Don’t Know Jack” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Jane Lynch – “Glee” (FOX)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Chris Colfer for “Glee”