Posted January 17, 2011 by Marcia Degia - Publisher in Features
 
 

Golden Globe Awards


The Golden Globe Awards took place on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, with many early Oscar favorites including Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Christian Bale (The Fighter), Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Toy Story 3 and Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), adding to their buzz in the lead-up to the announcement of the Academy Award nominations on Jan. 25. Here are the GG winners of the film categories.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Winner: The Social Network

Competition: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The King’s Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Winner: Natalie Portman, Black Swan.

Competition: Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone, Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine, Halle Berry – Frankie and Alice, Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Winner: Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

Competition: Mark Walhberg – The Fighter, Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network, James Franco – 127 Hours & Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical

Winner: The Kids Are All Right

Competition: Alice in Wonderland, Burlesque, Red, The Tourist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical

Winner: Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right

Competition: Anne Hathaway – Love & 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

Winner: Paul Giamatti – Barney’s Version

Competition: Johnny Depp – Alice in Wonderland, Johnny Depp – The Tourist, Jake Gyllenhaal – Love & Other Drugs & Kevin Spacey – Casino Jack

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Winner: Melissa Leo – The Fighter

Competition: 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

Winner: Christian Bale (main photo) – The Fighter

Competition: Michael Douglas – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Andrew Garfield – The Social Network, Jeremy Renner – The Town & Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech

Best Animated Feature Film

Winner: Toy Story 3

Competition: Despicable Me, How To Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist & Tangled

Best Director – Motion Picture

Winner: David Fincher – The Social Network

Competition: Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan, Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech, Christopher Nolan – Inception & David O. Russell – The Fighter

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture


Winner: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Competition: Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle – 127 Hours, Christopher Nolan – Inception, Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko – The Kids Are All Right & David Seidler – The King’s Speech


Marcia Degia - Publisher

 
Marcia Degia has worked in the media industry for more than 10 years. She was previously Acting Managing Editor of Homes and Gardens magazine, Publishing Editor at Macmillan Publishers and Editor of Pride Magazine. Marcia, who has a Masters degree in Screenwriting, has also been involved in many broadcast projects. Among other things, she was the devisor of the documentary series Secret Suburbia for Living TV.


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