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Social Network Takes Top Golden Globes Prize

   Firth, Portman earn top acting honors.

   VOA News  16 January 2011
   Director Lee Unkrich at the Golden Globe Awards

Photo: AP Photo/Matt J. Terrill

   Director  Lee  Unkrich  poses with the trophy he won for Best Animated
   Feature  Film  for  his film "Toy Story 3," at the Golden Globe Awards
   Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, in Beverly Hills, California

   Social  Network, a film about the Internet's social network, Facebook,
   has  taken the top prize at the Golden Globe Awards for the best movie
   drama.
   Colin  Firth  won the Golden Globe for best actor in a movie drama for
   his  performance as the stammering British monarch George the Sixth in
   The King's Speech. 
   Natalie  Portman  won  the award for best actress in a movie drama for
   her portrayal of a ballerina in Black Swan.
   The  U.S.  television  series about a high school glee club, Glee, won
   the Golden Globe  for best comedy or musical series.
   The  Golden  Globe  Awards  were  held  in Los Angeles Sunday evening,
   hosted  by British writer-director-actor Ricky Gervais. The awards are
   given out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
   David Fincher won the award for best director for The Social Network.
   Robert  De  Niro  received  the  Cecil  B.  DeMille Award for lifetime
   achievement.   The star-studded crowd at the awards ceremony gave the
   highly respected actor a standing ovation.
   Actress  Annette Bening won a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a
   comedy or musical for her role in the film, The Kids Are Alright. 
   Veteran actress Melissa Leo won for best supporting actress in a movie
   for The Fighter.
   Actor  Christian  Bale  won the Golden Globe Award for best supporting
   actor in the movie, The Fighter.
   Toy Story 3 won the best animated feature film award.
   In a Better World, from Denmark won for best foreign language film.
   The  best original song from a motion picture went to You Haven't Seen
   the  Last  of  Me, from Burlesque.  The best original score award was
   given to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network. 
   Best  original  screenplay  for  a motion picture went to writer Aaron
   Sorkin for The Social Network.
   The Golden Globes traditionally have a strong record as a forecast for
   what film will win the Oscar for best picture.

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