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Well, we all wanted The Tourist to win, but the Hollywood Foreign Press Association stuck to the predictable choices for most of the Golden Globes last night: The Social Network won the big ones, Christian Bale and Natalie Portman picked up something each and, of course, Colin Firth got his gong for Best Actor.
Putting The King's Speech on solid ground for an Oscar win, The Firthmeister accepted the award with all the British charm he could muster - which is a lot. Less charming for some was host Ricky Gervais, who started off risky and ended up a tamed beast who stuck to reading off cards.
His opening monologue accused The Tourist of bribing people, and also covered Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson. Gasps and frowns went round the room, and Gervais promptly disappeared for an hour before reappearing with a more serious face. Still, he did better than Andrew Garfield, who stuttered his way through trying to say the word "inspiring" and failing miserably. But hey, he looked good while doing it, so it's fine.
The very minor surprises of the night came from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross beating safe bet Alexandre Desplat to Best Score for The Social Network. Yes, that's right: Nine Inch Nails have now won a Golden Globe. Paul Giamatti also unexpectedly won Best Comedy Actor for Barney's Version, an award I thought would go to double-nominee Johnny Depp. The only other non-shock? In a Better World winning Best Foreign Language Film, proving that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association don't always just vote for Iñárritu by default.
But the best moment of the evening? The bit when Robert De Niro made a joke about Little Fockers. And 3D. And private schools. And immigration. It was a long acceptance speech for his Cecil B. DeMille Award, but The De Niro Stand-Up Hour won the Meet the Parents and Machete star back a lot of his credibility.
That was only rivalled by Lee Unkrich bashing down Justin Bieber, who presented him with the Best Animated Film award: "Were you even born when the original Toy Story was released?" Unkrich quipped. Sadly, he was.
Read on for the complete list of winners. And to see Ricky Gervais' opening monologue.
Best Picture (Drama) The Social Network Inception Black Swan The Fighter The King's Speech | Best Actress (Drama) Halle Berry - Frankie and Alice Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone Natalie Portman - Black Swan Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine | Best Actor (Drama) Jessie Eisenberg - The Social Network James Franco - 127 Hours Colin Firth - The King's Speech Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter | Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Alice in Wonderland Burlesque The Kids Are All Right Red The Tourist | Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right Anne Hathaway - Love and Other Drugs Angelina Jolie - The Tourist Emma Stone - Easy A | Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) Johnny Depp - Alice in Wonderland Johnny Depp - The Tourist Paul Giamatti - Barney's Vision Jake Gyllenhaal - Love and Other Drugs Kevin Spacey - Casino Jack | Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Tangled Toy Story 3 Despicable Me | Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale - The Fighter Michael Douglas - Wall Street Money Never Sleeps Andrew Garfield - The Social Network Jeremy Renner - The Town Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech | Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams - The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech Mila Kunis - Black Swan Melissa Leo - The Fighter Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom | Best Screenplay 127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Chodolenko & Stuart Blumberg Inception - Christopher Nolan The King’s Speech - David Seidler The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin | Best Foreign Language Film The Concert The Edge Biutiful I Am Love In a Better World | Best DirectorDarren Aronofsky - Black Swan David Fincher - The Social Network Tom Hooper - The King's Speech Christopher Nolan - Inception David O Russell - The Fighter | Best Original Score The King’s Speech - Alexandre Desplat Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman 127 Hours - A.R. Rahman The Social Network - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | | Best Original Song I See the Light, Tangled You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet, Burlesque Bound to You, Burlesque There’s a Place for Us, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Coming Home, Country Strong |
Ricky Gervais - Opening Monologue
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