The 68th Golden Globe Awards were broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais. The nominations were announced on December 14, 2010, by Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes and Blair Underwood. Robert De Niro was presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. The Social Network won four awards, the most of any film, including best drama. It beat British historical tale The King's Speech, which had entered the awards ceremony with the most nominations but collected just one award.
Winners and nominees
These are the nominees for the 68th Golden Globe Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list.
2: Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland, The Tourist)
7: The King's Speech
6: The Fighter, The Social Network
4: Black Swan, Inception, The Kids Are All Right
3: 127 Hours, Alice in Wonderland, Burlesque, The Tourist
2: Blue Valentine, Love and Other Drugs, Tangled
5: Glee
3: 30 Rock, Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, The Good Wife, Mad Men, Modern Family, The Pillars of the Earth, Temple Grandin
2: The Big Bang Theory, The Big C, Carlos, Nurse Jackie
4: The Social Network
2: The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right
1: Burlesque, Toy Story 3, In A Better World, Barney's Version, Black Swan, The King's Speech
3: Glee
2: Boardwalk Empire
1: Sons of Anarchy, Carlos, You Don't Know Jack, Temple Grandin, The Big Bang Theory, The Big C
Kevin Bacon and Milla Jovovich with Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama and Best Television Series - Drama
Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Lopez with Best Original Song and Best Original Score
Annette Bening with Best Director
Halle Berry with Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld with Best Animated Feature Film
Matthew Bomer and Kaley Cuoco with Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Julie Bowen and LL Cool J with Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Jeff Bridges with Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Sandra Bullock with Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Steve Carell and Tina Fey with Best Screenplay
Matt Damon with the Cecil B. DeMille Award
Special Guest Michael Douglas with Best Motion Picture – Drama
Robert Downey Jr. with Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Zac Efron introduced The Kids Are All Right
Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth with Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Jimmy Fallon and January Jones with Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Jane Fonda introduced Burlesque
Megan Fox introduced The Tourist
Andrew Garfield introduced The Social Network
Joseph Gordon-Levitt introduced Inception
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen with Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester with Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Jeremy Irons with Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Scarlett Johansson with Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Alicia Keys introduced Black Swan
Eva Longoria introduced HFPA President Philip Burke
Helen Mirren introduced The King's Speech
Julianne Moore and Kevin Spacey with Best Miniseries or Television Film
Robert Pattinson and Olivia Wilde with Best Foreign Language Film
Michelle Pfeiffer introduced Alice in Wonderland
Geoffrey Rush and Tilda Swinton with Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film and Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
Sylvester Stallone introduced The Fighter
Blair Underwood and Vanessa Williams with Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Bruce Willis introduced Red
The three nominations for The Tourist were criticized since the film previously received negative reviews from critics and was nominated in the Musical or Comedy categories despite the fact that it was sold as a thriller film. The nominations for Burlesque, another film with bad reviews, also received outrage after news surfaced that the film's distributor, Sony, had treated Golden Globe voters to an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas, culminating in a concert by Cher, one of the film's stars. And while the reviews for Alice in Wonderland were only average, it still meant that The Kids Are All Right had no real competition aside from Red.
Ricky Gervais's job as host was also met with criticism since he made biting jokes about many of the stars in attendance including Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen, and Paul McCartney. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association even wrote, "his blunt one-liners targeting big-name celebrities caused anger and resentment in some quarters.”
