Golden Globe Winners

The 68th annual Golden Globes are wrapped up, and the winners announced. As these include both movie and television categories, I'll post all the winners, but focus my commentary on the movie awards.

 

Our big contenders for the awards were The King's Speech, The Social Network, and The Fighter. The King's Speech was nominated for 7 awards, and The Social Network and The Fighter each nominated for 6. But this year, I'm torn; looking at the list on nominees, I felt that just about all of them were deserving. Except the nominations for The Tourist. Had they even seen that movie? I mean, come on, the only way it could be nominated for a Best Comedy is due to how laughably *bad* it was. Had to get that off my chest, I do feel better. I'm more fired up about that than I am the True Grit snub.

I do like how The Social Network has effectively cleaned house, winning Best Drama, Director, Screenplay, and Original Score. Great movie, very deserving. I am curious about the Foreign Language Film nominations. Has anyone seen any of these? I've already added them to my foreign film list, I'm just interested in additional commentary for those.

Here's the full list; what do you think? Anything you felt should have won, or was completely left out?

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
The Social Network *Winner*
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Natalie Portman (Black Swan) *Winner*
Halle Berry (Frankie and Alice)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Colin Firth (The King's Speech) *Winner*
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter)

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Kids Are All Right *Winner*
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
Red
The Tourist

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) *Winner*
Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs)
Angelina Jolie (The Tourist)
Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right)
Emma Stone (Easy A)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version) *Winner*
Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland)
Johnny Depp (The Tourist)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Love and Other Drugs)
Kevin Spacey (Casino Jack)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Toy Story 3 *Winner*
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
In a Better World (Denmark) *Winner*
Biutiful (Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am Love (Italy)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Melissa Leo (The Fighter) *Winner*
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
Mila Kunis (Black Swan)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Christian Bale (The Fighter) *Winner*
Michael Douglas (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
David Fincher (The Social Network) *Winner*
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) *Winner*
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours)
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
David Seidler (The King's Speech)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network) *Winner*
Alexander Desplat (The King's Speech)
Danny Elfman (Alice in Wonderland)
A.R. Rahman (127 Hours)
Hans Zimmer (Inception)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"; Music and Lyrics by Dianne Warren (Burlesque) *Winner*
"Bound to You"; Music by Samuel Dixon, Lyrics by Christina Aguilera, Sia Furler (Burlesque)
"Coming Home"; Music and Lyrics by Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges (Country Strong)
"I See the Light"; Music by Alan Menkin, Lyrics by Glenn Slater (Tangled)
"There's a Place for Us"; Music and Lyrics by Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
"Boardwalk Empire" (HBO) *Winner*
"Dexter" (Showtime)
"The Good Wife" (CBS)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"The Walking Dead" (AMC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Katey Segal ("Sons of Anarchy") *Winner*
Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer")
Juliana Margulies ("The Good Wife")
Elizabeth Moss ("Mad Men")
Piper Perabo ("Covert Affairs")

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Steve Buscemi ("Boardwalk Empire") *Winner*
Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad")
Michael C. Hall ("Dexter")
Jon Hamm ("Mad Men")
Hugh Laurie ("House")

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"Glee" (FOX) *Winner*
"30 Rock" (NBC)
"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
"The Big C" (Showtime)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Laura Linney ("The Big C") *Winner*
Toni Collette ("United States of Tara")
Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie")
Tina Fey ("30 Rock")
Lea Michele ("Glee")

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") *Winner*
Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock")
Steve Carell ("The Office")
Thomas Jane ("Hung")
Matthew Morrison ("Glee")

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"Carlos" (Sundance Channel) *Winner*
"The Pacific" (HBO)
"Pillars of the Earth" (Starz)
"Temple Grandin" (HBO)
"You Don't Know Jack" (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Claire Danes ("Temple Grandin") *Winner*
Hayley Atwell ("Pillars of the Earth")
Judi Dench ("Return to Cranford")
Romola Garai ("Emma")
Jennifer Love Hewitt ("The Client List")

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Al Pacino ("You Don't Know Jack") *Winner*
Idris Elba ("Luther")
Ian McShane ("Pillars of the Earth")
Dennis Quaid ("The Special Relationship")
Edgar Ramirez ("Carlos")

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jane Lynch ("Glee") *Winner*
Hope Davis ("The Special Relationship")
Kelly MacDonald ("Boardwalk Empire")
Julia Styles ("Dexter")
Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family")

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Chris Colfer ("Glee") *Winner*
Scott Caan ("Hawaii Five-0")
Chris Noth ("The Good Wife")
Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family")
David Strathairn ("Temple Grandin")

Comments

[dude]

yah for christian bale, hopefully he gets the oscar nod for best supporting oscar too, i like who won although i think true grit got a bit snubbed. i honestly think that most of these picks will be the picks for the oscars

my oscar picks this year

best picture - social network
best director - toss up between aronofsky and finchter, i cant decide
best actor - colin firth
best actress- natalie portman
best supporting actor - christian bale
best supoprting actress meliisa leo
best screenplay - aaron sorkin
best animated film - toy story 3
best score- social network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
best visual effects - tron or inception
theres a couple l;ike sound and makeup which i dont know too much about and cant comment on

[Patrick Fancher]

I'm glad to see Christian Bale win the Best Supporting Actor award. He was great in The Fighter.

Why the hell isn't True Grit nominated for anything? That was the best movie I've seen by far this year.

[Brix]

I'm with Patrick. I finally saw True Grit this weekend and was blown away. The Fighter was my favorite movie of the year until seeing True Grit. True Grit should have nominations for Actor(Jeff Bridges), Actress(Hailee Steinfeld) and Best Picture. Could make a case for Matt Damon for Supporting Actor as well. I was surprised not see anything for Shutter Island but its been almost a year since that came out so its probably been forgotten for the most part. Hopefully the Academy will get their nominations right. True Grit should be the big challenger for Social Network for Best Picture. I do like The Fighter for Supporting Actor and Actress, but True Grit for the lead roles.

[Alison]

The Golden Globes were awesome this time around! I was glad to see Natalie Portman pick up the best actress award; she definitely deserves it, especially with Black Swan! I was scared I was going to miss the award show, I almost did too, thank goodness I work with DISH Network, I was able to watch the award show live through my smartphone with their sling adapter and TV Everywhere app. My parents still give me grieve for ignoring my sisters b-day dinner! haha Sad to see Johnny Depp go home empty handed tho, he's my favorite!