LOS ANGELES (AFP) – 2017 PST: The Social Network is the big winner of the night, clinching the top award for best picture and scooping the most honours of the night - four (best picture, best screenplay, best director, best score). The thank-yous from the stage again acknowledged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, whose life served as "a metaphor for communication and the way we relate to each other."
The riveting social networking drama trounced the night's most nominated film, British historical drama The King's Speech, which started the night with a leading seven nominations but scored only one with Colin Firth's much deserved best actor honour.
The Kids Are All Right won two Globes.
Inception, meanwhile, which was nominated for four, left the night empty-handed, as did 127 Hours and The Tourist, which were both nominated for three.
The Fighter won two acting awards and Black Swan one. Indeed, there weren't that many surprises in the film categories acting wise - Natalie Portman and Colin Firth seem assured Oscars now, while Melissa Leo and Christian Bale should probably also start practising Academy-worthy acceptance speeches.
It was a good night too for Annette Bening and Paul Giamatti, Steve Buscemi and the cast of Glee - Fox's musical comedy-drama picked up three Globes.
RIcky Gervais should also get some credit for managing to shock an audience prepped for offence with gags about Scientology and simulated oral sex. But did he succeed in his mission never to be invited back? Perhaps we will have to ask HFPA president Philip Berk...
1957 PST: And it's The Social Network!!!
1956 PST: Michael Douglas comes on stage to present the best film Globe and gets a standing ovation from the audience.
"There's got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation," jokes the actor, who was recently declared cancer-free.
1955 PST: Firth's win is the first Globe for The King's Speech, which went into the ceremony with a leading seven nominations. Will it get the final award of the evening or will it be The Social Network??
1952 PST: Yes, as expected Colin Firth wins his first Globe for his portrayal of stammering monarch George VI in the critically adored historical drama.
The 50-year-old Brit thanks his "exquisitely no-nonsense queen Helena (Bonham Carter), older brother Guy (Pearce), Geoffrey Rush and (director) Tom Hooper, "my two other sides of a surprisingly robust triangle of man-love."
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