Golden Globe winners 2011

So last night was the Golden Globe awards. It is not quite on the level of the Oscars but it still gives you a reasonably good idea on who will take the Oscars. I’m not surprised The Social Network took the title of Motion Picture of the year. Do yourself a favour and compare the list of winners with my previous post about best and worst movies of 2010.

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Social Network

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Kids Are All Right

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
In A Better World, Denmark

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher, The Social Network

BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Colin Firth, The King's Speech

BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa Leo, The Fighter

ANIMATED FILM
Toy Story 3

SCREENPLAY
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

ORIGINAL SCORE
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

SONG
‘You Haven't Seen the Last of Me’ (music and lyrics by Diane Warren),Burlesque

So the Social Network took 4 Golden Globes. I have to congratulate Christian Bale for winning in his category, even though I haven’t seen the film. Christian Bale is awesome, any guy who plays Batman is awesome…except George Clooney.

TELEVISION CATEGORIES DRAMATIC TV SERIES Boardwalk Empire BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA Katy Sagal, Sons of Anarchy TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY Glee BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY Laura Linney, The Big C BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Carlos BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Claire Danes, Temple Grandin BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Jane Lynch, Glee BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Chris Colfer, Glee CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Robert De Niro

I’m a bit disappointed that Michael C Hall didn’t win for best Actor. But I’m glad Jim Parson from The Bing Bang Theory won! I know Boardwalk Empire started showing recently in South Africa, maybe it is worth taking a look.

See the winners and nominations here