2011 Winners of the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards and Ricky Gervais Blasts Hollywood Again
Published by Seth Quillen in: Film,Television -- Date: 16 Jan 2011 Comments: 0
For the second year in a row Ricky Gervais eviscerated Hollywood elites on their own turf at the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards. After Gervais lambasted Hollywood locals last year, I was sure he would not have been invited back, or at least the Hollywood Foreign Press would have asked him to tone it down this year. Well… he didn’t. And after a monologue that made heavy jabs at Charlie Sheen, the bland characters in The Tourist, Cher, the airbrushed gals from Sex and the City and Hugh Hefner’s wrinkled body parts, Gervaisended by saying “I Warned Them.” So anyway, except for Gervais’ colorful and probably unappreciated comedy, which I love, it was the usual boring awards show we’ve all gotten used to.
There were however a couple surprises, like Katy Segal taking Best Actress for Sons of Anarchy. And Paul Giamatti’s win for Barney’s Version, beating out Johnny Depp who was nominated for both Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist. But the biggest surprise was the lack of any awards going to Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Robbing Nolan of both Best Director and Best Picture and giving them to David Fincher was as bad as robbing the Oscars from Fincher for his superb Fight Club film back in in 1999. The Social Network was a solid film but in no way did it compare to Nolan’s mind bending original creation. Perhaps in the same way the Academy was not yet ready for Fight Club a decade ago, the Foreign Press did not yet understand the brilliance of this year’s Inception.
Here are the 2011 winners of the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards as voted by the Hollywood Foreign Press.
MOTION PICTURES:
Best Picture, Drama: The Social Network.
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Kids Are All Right.
Best Actor, Drama: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech.
Best Actress, Drama: Natalie Portman, Black Swan.
Best Director: David Fincher, The Social Network.
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy: Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right.
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy: Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version.
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter.
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter.
Best Foreign Language: In a Better World.
Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3.
Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network.
Best Original Score: The Social Network.
Best Original Song: “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” (written by Diane Warren), Burlesque.
TELEVISION:
Best Series, Drama: Boardwalk Empire, HBO.
Best Actor, Drama: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire.
Best Actress, Drama: Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy.
Best Series, Musical or Comedy: Glee, Fox.
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory.
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy: Laura Linney, The Big C.
Best Miniseries or Movie: Carlos, Sundance Channel.
Best Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin.
Best Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack.
Best Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jane Lynch, Glee.
Best Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Chris Colfer, Glee.
