2011 Golden Globes: List Of Winners And Losers

The 68th Golden Globes were handed out January 16th and there seemed to be a fair distribution of different shows that received awards this time around. There was something of a cloud over the Golden Globes (as usual) about who was nominated (and who wasn't: think Leonardo DiCaprio) and what picture inexplicably was deemed good enough for nomination when panned by critics and movie-goers (think: Burlesque), but that is all in the past.

There were some expected wins, Colin Firth for his performance in "The King's Speech", "Toy Story 3", Melissa Leo for "The Fighter" (used to love her on Homicide: Life On The Street back in the day). Glee snapped up the top award for Best TV Show, Comedy and "Boardwalk Empire" for Best TV Show, Drama. And Jim Parsons won for "The Big Bang Theory" (one of my personal favorites).

"The Social Network" took the Best Motion Picture, Drama" award and "Black Swan" or just about any of the other nominees in that category would have been perfectly fine choices. The movie won 4 Golden Globes in total.

Here is the complete list of the 2011 winners and losers.

Best motion picture, drama
"The Social Network"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The King's Speech"

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Halle Berry, "Frankie and Alice"
Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, drama
Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
James Franco, "127 Hours"
Ryan Gosling, "Blue Valentine"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Fighter"

Best motion picture, comedy or musical
"The Kids Are All Right"
"Alice in Wonderland"
"Burlesque"
"Red"
"The Tourist"

Best actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical
Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"
Anne Hathaway, "Love and Other Drugs"
Angelina Jolie, "The Tourist"
Julianne Moore, "The Kids Are All Right"
Emma Stone, "Easy A"

Best actor in a motion picture, comedy or musical
Paul Giamatti, "Barney's Version"
Johnny Depp, "Alice in Wonderland"
Johnny Depp, "The Tourist"
Jake Gyllenhall, "Love and other Drugs"
Kevin Spacey, "Casino Jack"

Best animated feature film
"Toy Story 3"
"Despicable Me"
"How to Train Your Dragon"
"The Illusionist"
"Tangled"

Best foreign language film
In a Better World (Denmark)
Biutiful (Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am Love (Italy)

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture
Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
Helena Bonaham 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
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 director, motion picture
David Fincher, "The Social Network"
Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"
Christopher Nolan, "Inception"
David O. Russell, "The Fighter"

Best TV series, comedy
"Glee"
"30 Rock"
"The Big Bang Theory"
"The Big C"
"Modern Family"
"Nurse Jackie"

Best actress in a TV series, comedy or musical
Laura Linney, "The Big C"
Toni Collette, "United States of Tara"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Lea Michele, "Glee"

Best actor in a TV series, comedy or musical
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Thomas Jane, "Hung"
Matthew Morrison, "Glee"

Best screenplay, motion picture
Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network"
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, "127 Hours"
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, "The Kids Are All Right"
Christopher Nolan, "Inception"
David Seidler, "The King's Speech"

Best original score, motion picture
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "The Social Network"
Alexandre Desplat, "The King's Speech"
Danny Elfman, "Alice in Wonderland"
A.R. Rahman, "127 Hours"
Hans Zimmer, "Inception"

Best original song -- motion picture
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from the film "Burlesque"
"Bound To U" from the film "Burlesque"
"Coming Home," from the film "Country Strong"
"I See the Light" from the film "Tangled"
"There's a Place for Us" from the film "Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader"

Best TV movie or mini-series
"Carlos"
"The Pacific"
"Pillars of the Earth"
"Temple Grandin"
"You Don't Know Jack"

Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie
Claire Danes, "Temple Grandin"
Hayley Atwell, "Pillars of the Earth"
Judi Dench, "Return to Cranford"
Romola Garai, "Emma"
Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List

Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie
Al Pacino, "You Don't Know Jack"
Idris Elba, "Luther"
Ian McShane, "Pillars of the Earth"
Dennis Quaid, "The Special Relationship"
Edgar Ramirez, "Carlos"

Best TV series, drama
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Dexter"
"The Good Wife"
"Mad Men"
"The Walking Dead"

Best actress in a TV series, drama
Katey Sagal, "Sons of Anarchy"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Elizabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Piper Pereabo, "Covert Affairs"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

Best actor in a TV series, drama
Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House"

Best supporting actress in a series, mini series or TV movie
Jane Lynch, "Glee"
Hope Davis, "The Special Relationship"
Kelly MacDonald, "Boardwalk Empire"
Julia Stiles, "Dexter"
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"

Best supporting actor in a series, mini-series or TV movie
Chris Colfer, "Glee"
Scott Caan, "Hawaii Five-O"
Chris Noth, "The Good Wife"
Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"
David Strathairn, "Temple Grandin"

And of course, the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award was present to Robert De Niro.

All this is just a preamble for when the game gets serious with the Academy Awards which will held in about 6 weeks from now with many of the nominees up for Oscars. But don't expect to see Burlesque among those listed on the ballot.