The Golden Globe Awards 2011: And the winners are...

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The speeches, the tears, the fancy penguin suits: what's not to love about awards season? Perhaps the best thing thus far might be Natalie Portman's hormones wreaking havoc with her ability to make a semi-normal speech. Cue the slightly odd references to getting knocked up, the circle of life, and that dorky laugh. Oh Nat, we love you. You're human!


Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Social Network 
Yesssssssssss! Must watch again, pronto.Slightly disappointed Justin Timberlake didn't get a nod for his supporting role in the film: he pulls of creepy narcissist extremely well.

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama

Natalie Portman - Black Swan 

Hear hear! For your viewing pleasure:

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama

Colin Firth - The King's Speech 
And all is right in the world.

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
The Kids Are All Right

Rarely have predictions been so right.

 
Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right 
These guys really cleaned up. 
 
Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version 

Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3 
In the words of Liz Lemon: Oh bleurgh!

Best Foreign Language Film
In A Better World (Denmark) 

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Melissa Leo - The Fighter 

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Christian Bale - The Fighter 

Best Director – Motion Picture
David Fincher - The Social Network 
Touche. This may go down as Fincher's greatest work, though from the looks of him, there's plenty more to come. 

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network 

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - The Social Network 
So. Many. Wins. I sense some vague sporting terminology coming on....nope. Gone.

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
“You Haven't Seen the Last of Me” — Burlesque, music & lyrics by Diane Warren 

TELEVISION AWARDS

Best television series - drama
Boardwalk Empire (HBO) 

Highly disappointing. There's only so much watery-eyed Steve Buscemi a television set can handle. Bring back the thrilling days of radio.

Best performance by an actress in a television series - drama
Katey Sagal - Sons of Anarchy 

Best performance by an actor in a television series - drama
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire 

Best television series - comedy or musical
Glee (FOX) 
Really? Season 1, perhaps, but this year? Definitely not as strong.

Best performance by an actress in a television series - comedy or musical
Laura Linney - The Big C 
We're as yet uninitiated on this one, but this seems right. Linney rarely fails to deliver, given a decent script.

Best performance by an actor in a television series - comedy or musical
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory 

Best mini-series or motion picture made for television
Carlos (The Sundance Channel) 

Best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Claire Danes - Temple Grandin 

Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Al Pacino - You Don't Know Jack 

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Jane Lynch - Glee 

2010 was a great year for Lynch: it seems a fitting tribute.

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Chris Colfer - Glee
This is absolutely right. Great, dramatic story lines brought out a nuanced, well-executed performance.


For witty, midly inappropriate red carpet fashion coverage ala Melissa and Joan Rivers (but with the girls from Go Fug Yourself), please head to NY Mag: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/01/the_fug_girls_live-blog_the_go.html


For the red carpet slideshow, head here to NY Mag: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/01/see_all_the_red-carpet_looks_f.html