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'The Social Network' triumphs at Golden Globes
AFP - Tuesday, January 18
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BEVERLY HILLS (AFP) - – "The Social Network" grabbed four awards including best picture at the Golden Globes on Sunday, trouncing top-tipped British drama "The King's Speech" which garnered only one gong.
In what is traditionally seen as a pointer to the Academy Awards, or Oscars, next month, the movie about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg won best director for David Fincher as well as best screenplay and best score.
While the blockbuster movie won in four of the six categories it was nominated for, "The King's Speech" -- which had been nominated for seven awards -- walked away with only one, with best actor for Colin Firth.
Best actress went to Natalie Portman for her performance in the ballet-themed dance drama "Black Swan," on the set of which she met her husband-to-be Benjamin Millepied, with whom she is expecting a baby.
Portman had been up against Halle Berry ("Frankie and Alice"), Nicole Kidman ("Rabbit Hole"), Jennifer Lawrence ("Winter's Bone") and Michelle Williams ("Blue Valentine") for the best actress award.
But the night belonged to the Facebook movie, whose producer Scott Rudin hailed the film's "brilliant, brilliant script" and those who worked on it, but also thanked the Facebook founder.
"I want to thank everybody at Facebook -- Mark Zuckerberg for his willingness to allow us to use his life and work as a metaphor through which to tell a story about communication and the way we relate to each other," he said.
Other winners at the three-hour show included "The Kids are All Right", about a lesbian couple bringing up two children whose biological father turns up, which won two awards including best actress in a comedy for Annette Bening.
Boxing movie "The Fighter", which had also been nominated in six categories, won a respectable two, for British actor Christian Bale and US actress Melissa Leo as best supporting actor and actress in the film.
Best animated feature film -- an increasingly high-profile category in recent years, as cutting technology produces ever more eye-popping blockbusters, went to "Toy Story 3".
Veteran actor Robert De Niro was meanwhile given a lifetime achievement award for his roles in iconic movies including "Taxi Driver" and "The Godfather: Part II".
De Niro thanked them for deciding to give him the award "well before you had a chance to review 'Little Fockers'" his latest, slightly less legendary movie. "It's okay, we all have our jobs to do," he joked.
Of his great films over the years, he added: "These movies are like my children, except my children are more expensive and cannot be made into 3D to push up your grosses."
But sharing disappointment with "The King's Speech" were "Inception", tipped for four but which left empty-handed, as did "127 Hours", Danny Boyle's movie about a real life adventurer cutting off his own arm.
"The King's Speech" had been the surprise top nominee when the Globes short lists were announced last month, having only just opened in the United States and taken a tiny fraction of the box office earnings of "The Social Network".
Some had suggested this was a wily move by the Weinstein Company behind the film, which let it slowly impress critics and audiences rather than trying for a blockbuster, head-on approach to seeking Oscar glory and fortune.
One film's inclusion in the short list triggered smirks around Hollywood.
"The Tourist", starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, was critically panned but won a surprise nomination in the comedy or musical category, in what gossips suggested was a blatant bid to gets its A-list stars to attend Sunday.
Globes host Ricky Gervais took several early digs at the show's organizers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HPFA), citing the rumors about "The Tourist."
"They also accepted bribes," added the British comic, to gales of laughter.
On the eve of the Globes a former publicist for the Globes, Michael Russell,filed a lawsuit seeking at least two million dollars in damages and lost wages, accusing them of running a "payola" scheme.
The HFPA dismissed the lawsuit, calling the allegations "completely without merit".
Nominations for the Academy Awards are due to be announced on January 25, while the 2011 Oscars show is on February 27.
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