'Social Network' big winner at Golden Globes (AP)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Host Ricky Gervas humorously insulted nearly every A-lister in the room at the Golden Globes, while the big winner was "The Social Network" — a movie about a guy who riles up everyone on campus with his new and invasive website.

It all seemed fitting Sunday night.

Besides best drama, "The Social Network," about the founding of Facebook, won for David Fincher's direction, Aaron Sorkin's script and the score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. After receiving top honors from critics groups coast to coast, this resounding victory positions the film as the front-runner at the Academy Awards.

Oscar nominations will be announced Jan. 25, with the ceremony itself set for Feb. 27.

Until then, we have the Globes to feast on. It's a loose, boozy dinner anyway, but Gervais, returning for the second straight year, infused it with an even more subversive vibe than usual. He took jabs at Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey Jr., Mel Gibson, Scientologists, several of the nominated films and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association itself, which hands out the Globes.

Last week, the HFPA was hit with a $2 million lawsuit from its former publicist, who alleged that the 90-member group engages in payola schemes for nominations and awards.

That was only the beginning of the fodder for Gervais, who also made fun of some of the flimsier nominees — like the critically savaged Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp romp "The Tourist."

"It must be good 'cause it's nominated, so shut up," Gervais cracked in the show's opening monologue.

"I'd like to quash this ridiculous rumor going around that the only reason 'The Tourist' was nominated was so the Hollywood Foreign Press could hang out with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie," he continued. "That is rubbish. That is not the only reason. They also accepted bribes."

The movie itself was shut out of honors despite receiving three nominations in musical or comedy categories.

Even Robert De Niro, recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement — and a notoriously reticent public speaker — got in on the act, joking about HFPA's reputation for shmoozing celebrities.

"The important thing is we are all in this together," De Niro said. "The filmmakers who make the movies and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association members who in turn pose for pictures with the movie stars. ...

"I'm sorry more members of the foreign press aren't with us tonight, but many of them were deported right before the show," he added. "Along with most of the waiters. And Javier Bardem."

But Sunday's show was full of predictable moments, too. The expected winners in the dramatic acting categories all walked away with statues: Colin Firth as the stammering King George VI in "The King's Speech," Natalie Portman as a ballerina teetering on the brink of madness in "Black Swan," and Christian Bale and Melissa Leo for their supporting roles in the boxing drama "The Fighter."

"The King's Speech" went into the night with the most nominations, seven, but only won that one award.

On the musical or comedy side, the top film was "The Kids Are All Right," about a lesbian couple trying to keep their family together. Its star, Annette Bening, won best actress. Best actor in a musical or comedy went to Paul Giamatti as a curmudgeon in "Barney's Version."

Portman thanked the film's choreographer, her fiance Benjamin Millepied, with whom she's expecting a child. He also appears in the movie, and his character doesn't want to sleep with hers.

"He's the best actor! It's not true, he totally wants to sleep with me," said Portman, giggling and showing a baby bump under a billowing pink gown.

"Barney's Version" follows the many loves in Giamatti's life: his three wives, played by Rachelle Lefevre, Minnie Driver and Rosamund Pike, whom Giamatti described as "a trifecta of hotties."

"I got to smoke and drink and get laid in this movie and I got paid for it. An amazing, amazing thing," he said.

"Toy Story 3," the top-grossing film released last year and the second sequel to 1995's digital animation pioneer "Toy Story," won the Globe for animated films, making Disney's Pixar Animation unit five-for-five in the category since it was added in 2006. Past Pixar winners are "Up," "WALL-E," "Ratatouille" and "Cars."

"Wow, were you two even born when the first `Toy Story' came out?" "Toy Story 3" director Lee Unkrich said to his award's presenters, 16-year-old pop star Justin Bieber and 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld, co-star of the hit Western "True Grit."

Among TV winners, "Glee" won three prizes, best comedy and supporting-acting prizes for Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer. "Boardwalk Empire" won two prizes, for best drama and dramatic actor for Steve Buscemi.

The Globe ceremony traditionally had a strong track record as a forecast for what film would win best picture at the Oscars. But the two shows have split in recent times, with only one top Globe recipient — 2008's "Slumdog Millionaire" — also winning the main prize at the Oscars over the past six years.

A year ago, the sci-fi sensation "Avatar" won best drama at the Globes, but the Iraq War saga "The Hurt Locker" took best picture at the Oscars.

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' The Social Network ' triumphs at the Golden Globes (AFP)

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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"Social Network" electrifies Golden Globes (Reuters)

BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – Facebook film "The Social Network" won four Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, including best drama, making it a front-runner in Hollywood's Oscar race after sweeping several honors from critics and industry groups in recent weeks.

"Social Network" also won the best director award for David Fincher, best screenplay for writer Aaron Sorkin and best musical score, written by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

The film recounts the story of the founding of social networking site Facebook, an international phenomenon with 500 million users that was started in a college dormitory by founder, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg.

The Facebook founder did not cooperate with the movie's makers, and the film is a piece of fiction. Nevertheless, producer Scott Rudin and Sorkin pointed out that Zuckerberg's creation has been a phenomenon that has changed the way the world communicates.

"I want to thank everyone at Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for his willingness to use his life and work as a metaphor for communication and the way we relate to each other."

Another big Golden Globe winner was "The Kids Are All Right," which featured two lesbian parents whose children search for their sperm donor father. "Kids" also picked up the award for best actress in a film comedy for its star Annette Bening, who portrayed one of the mothers in the film.

British actor Colin Firth was named best actor in a film drama for his portrayal of stuttering King George VI in "The King's Speech," while Natalie Portman took home the Golden Globe trophy for best actress in a drama with "Black Swan."

Backstage, Firth was asked about his chances for an Oscar in the same role, but all the actor said he could do was get through his big night on Sunday.

TIPS IN OSCAR RACE

The Golden Globe Awards, which are given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are one of the major Hollywood shows leading to the film industry's most-prized honors, the Oscars, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Many film industry watchers look at the winners of Golden Globes and other honors for clues as to which films, performers, directors and writers might win Oscars. This year, "Social Network" has swept many early honors and added the Golden Globe to its cache of trophies.

In other Golden Globe movie honors, Paul Giamatti won the prize for best actor in a comedy film for his role as a caustic man in "Barney's Version."

Boxing drama "The Fighter" picked up two Golden Globes for Christian Bale as supporting actor portraying a drug-addicted fighter and for Melissa Leo as supporting actress playing the mother of Christian Bale's character.

"Toy Story 3" was named best animated movie for what director Lee Unkrich called ""an animated movie that beat with a human heart." And Denmark's "In a Better World" was named best foreign language film.

Host, comedian Ricky Gervais, got the show off to a start by poking fun at movies like "The Tourist" and actor Charlie Sheen, who in recent weeks has been reported partying wildly, causing concern at the CBS television network that airs his comedy, "Two and a Half Men."

Gervais also referenced a scandal that has rocked the HFPA this year. A former publicist sued the group claiming its members received favors in exchange for nominations from movie studios.

Before the show, glamorous actresses in colorful dresses and shimmering jewels paraded down the red carpet. Natalie Portman, wore a light pink Viktor and Rolf dress with a red flower across the front, and Nicole Kidman donned a cream-colored, off-the-shoulder dress by Prada.

Michael Douglas, fresh from treatment for throat cancer, and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones turned out for the show. Douglas presented the trophy for best film drama and received a standing ovation.

"There's just got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation," he said. "Thank you all very much. Needless to say, I'm very, very, very happy to be here tonight.

Unlike the Oscars, Golden Globe voters also honor TV programs and actors. HBO crime series "Boardwalk Empire" was named best TV drama. Its star, Steve Buscemi, won best actor in a TV drama.

Musical "Glee" picked up three honors: best TV comedy, best supporting actor for Chris Colfer who plays a gay high school student and for Jane Lynch, a scheming cheerleading coach.

"Carlos" was named best made-for-TV movie. Al Pacino took the Golden Globe for best actor in a TV movie or mini-series for "You Don't Know Jack," and Claire Danes won best actress in a TV movie or mini-series with "Temple Grandin."

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' Social Network ' big winner at the Golden Globes (AP)

BEVERLY HILLS, California – it seems right that, in a Golden Globes ceremony where the host humorous insulted almost any A-lister in the room, the big winner was a movie about a guy who irritates up everyone on campus, with its new Web site and invasive.

And that's exactly what Ricky Gervais and "The Social Network," done Sunday night.

Of course, all of the winners provides that won all the prizes you figured they would have. In addition to drama, "The Social Network," about the founder of Facebook, won for the direction of David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin script and score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. After receiving the first honors from critics coast to coast, this resounding victory position the film as the front-runner at the Academy Awards.

Academy Award nominations will be announced on January 25, with the ceremony himself for 27 February.

Until then, we have the Globes to feast on. Is a loose, boozy dinner in normal years, but Gervais, returning for the second-straight year, infused with an atmosphere even more subversive than usual. He took jabs at Scientologists, many of the films nominated and Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which provides the Globes, Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Charlie Sheen. Last week, the HFPA was hit with a lawsuit for $ 2 million from his former publicist, who claimed that the 90-member group engages in payola schemes for nominations and awards.

That was just the beginning of fodder for Gervais, who made fun of some candidates vague — as the critically savaged romp Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp "The Tourist" — at the same time.

"Okay, 'cause it is appointed, so shut up," Gervais cracking in the show's opening monologue.

"I want to cancel this ridiculous rumor going around that the only reason that has been named ' tourism ' was so the Hollywood Foreign Press could hang with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie," he continued. "That is junk. It is not the only reason. They also accepted bribes. " (The film itself, however, was closed despite receiving three nominations in the category Musicals or comedy.)

Robert De Niro, recipient of the Cecil b. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement — and a public speaker is notoriously secretive — put in place. Joked during his acceptance speech about HFPA's reputation for shmoozing celebs.

"The important thing is that they are all in this together," said De Niro. "Filmmakers who make movies and members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which in turn pose for pictures with movie stars. ...

"I'm sorry most foreign press members are not with us tonight, but many of them were deported right before the show," he added. "With most waiters. And Javier Bardem.

But the show on Sunday was full of predictable moments, too. The projected winners in the categories of drama dramatic all walked away with statues: Colin Firth as King George VI stammering in "the King's Speech," Natalie Portman as a dancer teetering on the brink of madness "Black Swan" and Christian Bale and Melissa Leo for their roles in support of the boxing drama "The hunt". "Speech by the King "went late into the night with seven more nominations, but only for a prize.

Musical or comedy side, top movie was "the kids are all right," a lesbian couple trying to keep their family together, who was also the front-runner in its category. Its star, Annette Bening, won best actress. Best actor in a musical or comedy went to Paul Giamatti as a curmudgeon in "version of Barney."

Portman thanked the film's choreographer, her boyfriend Benjamin Millepied, with whom she is expecting a child. He also appears in the film, and his character doesn't want to sleep with her.

"He is the best actor! It is not true, that he wants to sleep with me, "said Portman, giggling and showing a bump baby despite wearing a pink dress billowing.

"Version of Barney" follows the many loves of his life: Giamatti three wives, played by Rachelle Lefevre, Minnie Driver and Rosamund Pike, which Giamatti described as "a trifecta of hotties."

"I got to smoke and drink and get mentioned in this film and I paid for it. An amazing thing, amazing, "he said.

"Toy Story 3," the top-grossing films released last year and the second sequel digital animation pioneer of 1995 "Toy Story", won the globe for animated films, making Disney Pixar Animation unit-to-five in five categories, since it was added in 2006. Past winners have Pixar "Up" "WALL-E", "Ratatouille" and "Cars".

"Wow, were two even born when the first" Toy Story "?" Director of "Toy Story 3" Lee Unkrich said announcers of his prize, 16-year-old pop star Justin Bieber and 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld, co-star of the hit Western "True Grit".

Among the winners of TV, "Joy" has won three awards, Best Comedy and acting awards-support for Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer. "Boardwalk Empire" has won two awards, for best drama and dramatic actor for Steve Buscemi.

The ceremony of the globe was traditionally a strong track record as a baseline for what movies would have won the Oscar for best picture. But the two shows are divided in recent times, with only one recipient upper globe — "The Millionaire of 2008" — also won the main prize at Oscars over the past six years.

A year ago, the Sci-Fi sensation "Avatar" won best drama at the Globes, but the war in Iraq saga "The Hurt Locker" took the best picture Oscar.

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"Social network" electrifies NYC Golden Globes (Reuters)

BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – Facebook film "The Social Network" won four Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, including best drama, making it a front-runner in Oscar race Hollywood after sweeping many honors from critics and industry groups in recent weeks.

"Social network" also won the award for Best Director for David Fincher, best screenplay for writer Aaron Sorkin and best musical score, written by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

The film tells the story of the founding of the social networking site Facebook, an international phenomenon with 500 million users that was started in a dorm in college by the founder, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg.

The founder of Facebook not cooperating with the creators of the film, and the film is a piece of fiction. However, producer Scott Rudin and Sorkin emphasized creating that Zuckerberg was a phenomenon that has changed the way the world communicates.

"I want to thank everyone at Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for his willingness to use his life and work as a metaphor for communication and how they relate to each other."

Another big winner of the Golden Globe Award was "The Kids are all right," which contained two lesbian parents whose children search for their sperm donor father. "Kids" also picked up the award for best actress in a comedy film for his star Annette Bening, that one of the mothers appeared in the film.

British actor Colin Firth was named best actor – motion picture drama for his portrait of King George VI in stuttering "King's Speech," while Natalie Portman took home the trophy Golden Globe Award for best actress in a drama with "Black Swan".

Backstage, Firth was asked about his chances for an Oscar in the same role, but the actor said he could do was to get through his big night on Sunday.

SUGGESTIONS IN THE OSCAR RACE

The Golden Globe Awards, which are by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are one of the most important shows Hollywood's most prized honors leader for the film industry, Oscar, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Many observers of the cinema to watch the winners of the Golden Globes and other honors for clues such as movies, musicians, filmmakers and writers may win Oscar. This year, "social network" has swept many top honors and added the Golden Globe for the cache of trophies.

In other movie honors at Golden Globe, Paul Giamatti won the award for best actor in a comedy film for her role as a man hit in "version of Barney."

Boxing drama "The Fighter" garnered two Golden Globes for Christian Bale as an actor depicting a fighter of addicts and Melissa Leo as an actress playing the mother of Christian Bale's character.

"Toy Story 3" was named best animated film to what the Director Lee Unkrich called "" a movie with animation that beat with a human heart. " And "In a world of Denmark better" was named best foreign language film.

Host, comedian Ricky Gervais, had the show a start by poking fun at the movies like "The Tourist" actor Charlie Sheen, who in recent weeks has been reported to holidays wildly, causing concern for the CBS television network that airs his comedy "two and a half men".

Gervais, also refer to a scandal that has shaken the HFPA this year. A former publicist cited the group supporting its member received favors in exchange for nominations by film studios.

Before the show, glamorous actresses in colourful clothes and jewelry sparkling paraded down the red carpet. Natalie Portman, wore a light pink Viktor and Rolf dress with a red flower across the front, and Nicole Kidman wore a cream-colored dress, off-the-shoulder from Prada.

Michael Douglas, fresh from the treatment for throat cancer and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones revealed for the show. Douglas presented the trophy for best dramatic film and received a standing ovation.

"We have just got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation," he said. "Thank you all. Needless to say, I am very, very, very happy to be here tonight.

Unlike Oscar, Golden Globe voters honor actors and TV programs. HBO crime series "Boardwalk Empire" was named best TV drama. Its star, Steve Buscemi, won the best actor in a drama.

Music "joy" picked up three honors: best TV comedy, best supporting actor for Chris Colfer who plays a high school student gay and Jane Lynch, a scheming cheerleading coach.

"Carlos" was named best film made-TV. Al Pacino took the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a TV movie or miniseries for "You don't know Jack" and Claire Danes won best actress in a TV movie or mini-series with "Temple grandin."

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L.A. film critics befriend "social network" (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "The social network", a drama teso telling stabbing back early days of Facebook, has been named best picture Sunday from Los Angeles Film Critics Association, a group which collects edgy rarely align with the Oscar.

The film won in three other categories including Best Director, where David Fincher tied up with Olivier Assayas on the epic French terrorist "Carlos". Also won for the screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and tied with "The Ghost Writer" for music/score.

"Social network" Star Jesse Eisenberg like Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of the popular website. The film portrays Zuckerberg hard, and he has stepped up its charitable efforts in the wake of its release.

Foreigners took all four awards for acting. In the categories of lead, Oscar favorite Colin Firth won for her performance of Great Britain stammering George VI in "Of the King speech." Korean Actress Kim Hye-ja was honored for his role as the title character in the crime drama vengeful "Mother"

Supporting acting races went to a couple of veterans who have played the criminals. Niels Arestrup French actor won for her role as a gangster in prison drama "a prophet," while Jacki Weaver was awarded for his turn as a matriarch of crime in Australia, "Animal Kingdom."

In other categories, "Carlos" won also foreign language film, "Toy Story 3" for the animation, "Last Train Home" for the documentary, "Black Swan" cinematography, and "Inception" for the production designer.

In facilitating sophisticated movies, critics of Los Angeles has rarely predict the best picture Oscar winner. But both groups were in alignment of last year with "The Hurt Locker." Previously on the same page for 1993 of "Schindler's list."

Separately, "The Social Network", "Toy Story 3" and "Inception" deposited spot on the list of top 10 films of the American Film Institute of 2010.

The body of the film-promotion of other top picks, in alphabetical order, were "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "The Kids Are All Right," "working time 127", "The Town", "True Grit" and "Bones of winter." Notably missing was "Of the King speech."

The group, one of many industry bodies, exposing on best film of the year as awards season heats up, does not list movies in order of merit.

His choices below a predictable path of the acclaimed film split between the arthouse fare and mainstream. "Black Swan" and "the Fighter" are just emerged in limited version, while the brothers Coen remake of "True Grit" Western hits the runway this month. The results were determined by a panel of critics and other industry notables.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

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