It was a big night for Glee as members of the foreign press kicked off awards season with the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles.
The Fox musical series was named Best TV Series – Comedy or Musical for a second year in a row, with Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch taking home Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively. HBO’s Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire was named Best TV Series – Drama, with Steve Buscemi named Best Actor – Drama. Katey Sagal was finally recognized as Best Actress – Drama for her work in FX’s Sons of Anarchy, while Jim Parsons and Laura Linney were similarly feted.
The Facebook drama The Social Network emerged as the big winner on the film front, winning four awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and honors for director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin. The quirky comedy The Kids Are All Right went home with two awards, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. Natalie Portman was named Best Actress – Drama for Black Swan, while The Fighter‘s Christian Bale and Melissa Leo took nods for Best Supporting Actor and Actress.
The nominees for this year’s major awards are listed below, with the winners in bold. The full list of winners can be found here.
Television Winners
BEST TV SERIES – DRAMA
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The Walking Dead
BEST TV SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES – DRAMA
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Hugh Laurie, House
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES – DRAMA
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Steve Carell, The Office
Thomas Jane, Hung
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Laura Linney, The Big C
Lea Michele, Glee
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
BEST MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Carlos
The Pacific
The Pillars of the Earth
Temple Grandin
You Don’t Know Jack
BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack
Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Ian McShane, Pillars of the Earth
Idris Elba, Luther
BEST ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Hayley Atwell, Pillars of the Earth
Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List
Judi Dench, Return to Cranford
Romola Garai, Emma
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Chris Colfer, Glee
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
David Strathairn, Temple Grandin
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-0
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch, Glee
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Film Winners
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Halle Berry, Frankie & Alice
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jake Gyllenhaal, Love & Other Drugs
Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp, The Tourist
Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack
Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
Anne Hathaway, Love & Other Drugs
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone, Easy A
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Mila Kunis, Black Swan
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
(Images courtesy of NBC)
Staff Writer, BuddyTV
