Glee and The Social Network dominate Golden Globes
Baku, 17 January (AZERTAC). The Social Network and Glee were the main winners at the Golden Globes, held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
The former, about the creation of the Facebook website, was named best film drama, winning additional prizes for its direction, screenplay and music.
Glee, about a high school musical group, won best TV musical or comedy as well as two supporting actor prizes.
As expected, Colin Firth was named best actor in a drama for his role in The King`s Speech.
Yet while the British movie began the evening with seven nominations - more than any other film - this was to be its only award of the night.
Its star, recognized for his role as stammering monarch King George VI, jokingly thanked the gala`s organizers for helping him stave off a midlife crisis.
Few were surprised when Natalie Portman was named best dramatic actress for her role as a ballet dancer in Black Swan.
The Kids are All Right - about a lesbian couple reunited with the biological father of their teenage children - was named best musical or comedy, winning an additional prize for star Annette Bening.
Bening, who beat co-star Julianne Moore to the best actress in a comedy prize, called Moore "a class act" for her role in getting the film made.
Batman star Christian Bale picked up the first prize of the evening, winning best supporting actor for his role in The Fighter.
Melissa Leo later received the female equivalent for playing his mother in the fact-based boxing movie.
Johnny Depp had begun the evening with two nominations in the best actor in a musical or comedy category.
Yet he left empty-handed after Paul Giamatti was named the winner for his role as a boozy romantic in Barney`s Version.
HBO show Boardwalk Empire was named best drama series, winning an additional accolade for its lead actor Steve Buscemi.
Toy Story 3 won the best animated film prize, while Al Pacino was recognized for playing right-to-die activist Jack Kervorkian in mini-series You Don`t Know Jack.
Both movies and TV shows are recognized at the Golden Globes, presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).
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