BEVERLY HILLS, California (AFP) – "social network" grabbed four awards, including best picture at the Golden Globes on Sunday, defeating "the King's Speech", who collected a single British drama with aims high.
In what is traditionally seen as a pointer to Oscar next month, the film on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has won Best Director for David Fincher, and best screenplay and best score.
While the film won four of the six categories for which it was named, "speech by the King"--which was nominated for seven awards--walked away with one only, with the best actor in a drama for Colin Firth.
The award for best actress in a drama went to Natalie Portman for his performance in the drama of dance ballet themed "Black Swan", on set that she met her husband-be Benjamin Millepied, with whom she is expecting a baby.
Portman was against Halle Berry (Frankie and Alice "), Nicole Kidman (" rabbit hole "), Jennifer Lawrence (" winter's bone ") and Michelle Williams (" Blue Valentine ") for best actress.
But the night belonged to the Facebook movie, whose producer Scott Rudin hailed as "brilliant, brilliant script of the film" and those who worked on it, but also thanked the founder of Facebook.
"I want to thank everyone at Facebook--Mark Zuckerberg for his willingness to allow us to use his life and work as a metaphor by which tell a story about communication and the way we relate to each other," he said.
Other winners at the show three times "the kids are all right," bring a lesbian couple included up to two children who go in search of their biological father, who won two awards, including best actress in a musical or comedy, Annette Bening.
Boxing films "The Fighter", which was nominated in six categories, has won a two respectable, British actor Christian Bale and U.S. actress Melissa Leo as best supporting actor and actress in the movie.
Veteran actor Paul Giamatti won the award for best actor in a musical or comedy for his role in "version of Barney".
Best animated feature film--a category increasingly high profile in recent years, as technology produces ever more astonishing Blockbusters, went to "Toy Story 3".
Veteran actor Robert De Niro, meanwhile, was given a lifetime achievement award for his roles in the iconic films, including "Taxi Driver" and "the Godfather: part II".
De Niro thanked them to decide to give him the prize "well before that you had a chance to review" Little Fockers "," his most recent, a little less legendary. "Okay, we have all our jobs to do," he joked.
Its great film over the years, he added: "these movies are like my children, but my kids are more expensive and cannot be done in 3D to push up your grosses."
But sharing disappointment with the "speech of King" were "Beginning", inclined to four, but which left empty-handed, as did "127 hours", Danny Boyle's film about a real-life adventurer forced to cut his arm.
"King speech" was the top candidate of surprise when the lists were announced short Globes last month, having opened only in the United States and took a small fraction of box office of "social network".
Some had suggested that it was a smart move by the company behind the film Weinstein, who let it slowly impress critics and the public rather than looking for a front approach of blockbuster, fortune and glory seeking from Oscar.
Include a short list of movies turned smirks around Hollywood.
"Tourist", starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, critic was panned but won a nomination surprise in the comedy or music, such as gossip was suggested that blatant attempt to Get its list of stars attending the Sunday.
Host of Globes that Ricky Gervais has taken soon digs at the organizers of the exhibition, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HPFA), quoting rumors about "the tourist".
"They also accepted bribes," added the British comedian, storms of laughter.
On the eve of a former publicist for Globes Globes, Michael Russell, filed a lawsuit seeking to at least two million dollars in damage and loss of salary, accusing them of running a "payola" scheme.
The HFPA has dismissed the lawsuit, calling the allegations "completely without merit."
Nomination for the Academy Awards are announced on 25 January, while the Oscar show is 27 February 2011.
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