Golden Globe Awards 2011

Ricky Gervais, host of the 68th Golden Globe Awards

Robert De Niro, recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award

The 2011 Golden Globe Awards were presented for the 68th time on January 16, 2011 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an association of international film journalists. The award was given in a total of 25 categories for outstanding performance in the fields of film and television . The award ceremony took place at a gala dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills .

As at the event last year , comedian Ricky Gervais took over the moderation .

Favorite films

The nominations in the 25 categories were announced on December 14, 2010. Films and television programs that were shown for the first time between January 1 and December 31, 2010 were taken into account. Foreign language films had to have premiered in the country of origin between November 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010.

The most successful film was David Fincher's The Social Network , which turned four of his six nominations into victories. The drama about the creation of the social network Facebook had dominated the US film awards season and won awards in the categories of best film drama, best director, best screenplay and best film music.

Two awards each went to David O. Russell's boxing drama The Fighter (Best Supporting Actor - Christian Bale and Melissa Leo ) and the comedy The Kids Are All Right (Best Comedy Film, Best Comedy Actress - Annette Bening ). Best drama actors were the American Natalie Portman for Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller Black Swan , which is set in the New York ballet milieu, and the British Colin Firth for his performance as the stuttering monarch King George VI. in The King's Speech . The historical film led the field of favorites with seven nominations.

The Danish drama In a Better World by Susanne Bier triumphed in the Best Foreign Language Film category . The story of two boys (played by Markus Rygaard and William Jøhnk Nielsen) who are neglected by their parents and make explosives out of revenge is also Denmark's official Oscar candidate in the same category.

In the television division, the Glee series came out on top with three awards (Best Series, Best Supporting Actors - Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer ).

Award winners and nominees in the field of film

Colin Firth received the award for best actor in a drama

Best Drama Actress: Natalie Portman

Won the Best Supporting Actor Award: Christian Bale

Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo

Movie	N	S.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory
The King's Speech	7th	1
The social network	6th	4th
The Fighter	6th	2
The kids are all right	4th	2
Black Swan	4th	1
Inception	4th	0
Burlesque	3	1
Alice in Wonderland	3	0
127 hours	3	0
The tourist	3	0
Blue Valentine	2	0
Love and other drugs - side effects included	2	0
Tangled	2	0

Best Actress - Drama

presented by Jeff Bridges

Natalie Portman - Black Swan

Best Actor - Comedy / Musical

presented by Halle Berry

Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version

Johnny Depp - Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
Johnny Depp - The Tourist
Jake Gyllenhaal - Love and Other Drugs - Side Effects Included (Love and Other Drugs)
Kevin Spacey - Casino Jack

Best Actress - Comedy / Musical

presented by Robert Downey Jr.

Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right

Anne Hathaway - Love and Other Drugs - Side Effects Included (Love and Other Drugs)
Angelina Jolie - The Tourist
Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone - Easy A (Easy A)

Best supporting actor

presented by Scarlett Johansson

Christian Bale - The Fighter

Michael Douglas - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Jeremy Renner - The Town - without mercy (The Town)
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

The best supporting actress

presented by Jeremy Irons

Melissa Leo - The Fighter

Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Jacki Weaver - Crime Kingdom (Animal Kingdom)

Best script

presented by Tina Fey and Steve Carell

Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

Best film score

presented by Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Lopez

Trent Reznor , Atticus Ross - The Social Network

Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech
Danny Elfman - Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
AR Rahman - 127 Hours
Hans Zimmer - Inception

Best movie song

presented by Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Lopez

"You Haven't Seen The Last of Me" from Burlesque - Diane Warren

“Bound to You” from Burlesque - Christina Aguilera , Samuel Dixon , Sia Furler

"There's A Place For Us" from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) - David Hodges , Hillary Lindsey , Carrie Underwood

“Coming Home” from Country Strong - Bob DiPiero , Tom Douglas , Hillary Lindsey , Troy Verges

" I See the Light " from Rapunzel - Tangled - Alan Menken , Glenn Slater

Best animated film

presented by Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld

Toy Story 3 - Director: Lee Unkrich

To Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon) - Director: Dean DeBlois , Chris Sanders
I - Despicable (Despicable Me) - Director: Pierre Coffin , Chris Renaud
L'Illusionniste - Director: Sylvain Chomet
Tangled - (Tangled) - Director: Nathan Greno , Byron Howard

Best foreign language film

presented by Olivia Wilde and Robert Pattinson

In a Better World (Hævnen) , Denmark - Director: Susanne Bier

Biutiful , Mexico , Spain - Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Concert (Le Concert) , France - Director: Radu Mihăileanu
I Am Love (Io sono l'amore) , Italy - Director: Luca Guadagnino
Krai (Край), Russia - Director: Alexei Utschitel

Award winners and nominees in the field of television

Television program	N	S.
Statistics (TV programs with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory (s)
Glee	5	3
Boardwalk Empire	3	2
You don't go alone	3	1
Dexter	3	0
The pillars of the earth	3	0
Good Wife	3	0
Mad Men	3	0
Modern family	3	0
30 skirt	3	0
Carlos - the jackal	2	1
A life for death	2	1
The Big Bang Theory	2	1
The Big C	2	1
Nurse Jackie	2	0
The Special Relationship	2	0