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16/1/2011: The 68th Golden Globes Awards Winners
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 68th Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held on Sunday 16th January 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hill, California. The ceremony was hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais, whose near-the-knuckle quips proved to be a source of controversy. In fact, when Gervais disappeared from hosting duties for an hour midway through the ceremony there was intense internet speculation that he had been sacked from the role halfway through the ceremony. However, Gervais did eventually re-appear to resume his duties, albeit in a more subdued fashion. Before his exuberant wit was presumably reined in, Gervais opened the ceremony with the statement that ‘It’s gonna be a night of partying and heavy drinking. Or as Charlie Sheen calls it: breakfast.’ He described the film I Love You Phillip Morris as being about ‘two homosexual actors pretending to be gay – so the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists, then.’ He also targeted the recent Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp release The Tourist when he remarked that it had been a major year for 3D: ‘It seems like everything this year was three-dimensional’ he said, ‘except the characters in The Tourist.’ He then went on to mock the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – who, it was announced the previous week, were being sued by a former publicist who claimed its members accepted expensive gifts in return for supporting certain films – by saying ‘I'd like to quash this ridiculous rumour going around that the only reason The Tourist was nominated was so the Hollywood Foreign Press could hang out with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. That is rubbish. That is not the only reason. They also accepted bribes.’ He also joked that he had to help Philip Berk, the HFPA’s president, ‘off the toilet and pop his teeth back in.’ Other victims in a seemingly endless list of targets included reformed hell-raiser Robert Downey Jr whom Gervais introduced with the comment, ‘Many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as the Betty Ford Clinic and Los Angeles County Jail.’ His introduction of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen onstage to co-present an award: ‘What can I say about our next two presenters? The first is an actor, producer, writer and director whose movies have grossed over $3.5bn at the box office. He's won two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes for his powerful and varied performances starring in such films as Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Castaway, Apollo 13 and Saving Private Ryan. The other is Tim Allen,’ was not greeted kindly by the two actors. Said Hanks, ‘You know, like many of you we recall back when Ricky Gervais was a slightly chubby but very kind comedian,’ to which Allen deadpanned, ‘Neither of which he is now.' Reaction in the American press to Gervais’s performance was mixed; some applauded his shaking up the awards show, but the Los Angeles Times stated that ‘a visible contingent in the glitzy crowd was palpably discomfited by the British comic's full-frontal joke assault, which set a corrosive tone for this year's ceremony.’ When asked whether Gervais would be invited back to host the awards again, Berk replied, ‘No comment.’ The big winner on the night was The Social Network, which won four awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Scott Rudin, the film’s producer, praised its ‘brilliant, brilliant script,’ before going on to say, ‘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.’ Robert De Niro received a lifetime achievement award for his roles in numerous classic films dating back to the 70s. He said of his films: ‘These movies are like my children, except my children are more expensive and cannot be made into 3D to push up your grosses,’ and thanked the Association for giving him the award ‘before you had a chance to review Little Fockers.’ After the ceremony, six parties were held by different studios at six separate venues within the hotel.
The 68th Golden Globes Awards Winners (Film)
David Fincher - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version
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