Well, we all wanted The Tourist to win, but the Hollywood Foreign Press Association stuck to the predictable choices for most of the Golden Globes last night: The Social Network won the big ones, Christian Bale and Natalie Portman picked up something each and, of course, Colin Firth got his gong for Best Actor.
Putting The King's Speech on solid ground for an Oscar win, The Firthmeister accepted the award with all the British charm he could muster - which is a lot. Less charming for some was host Ricky Gervais, who started off risky and ended up a tamed beast who stuck to reading off cards.
His opening monologue accused The Tourist of bribing people, and also covered Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson. Gasps and frowns went round the room, and Gervais promptly disappeared for an hour before reappearing with a more serious face. Still, he did better than Andrew Garfield, who stuttered his way through trying to say the word "inspiring" and failing miserably. But hey, he looked good while doing it, so it's fine.
The very minor surprises of the night came from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross beating safe bet Alexandre Desplat to Best Score for The Social Network. Yes, that's right: Nine Inch Nails have now won a Golden Globe. Paul Giamatti also unexpectedly won Best Comedy Actor for Barney's Version, an award I thought would go to double-nominee Johnny Depp. The only other non-shock? In a Better World winning Best Foreign Language Film, proving that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association don't always just vote for Iñárritu by default.
But the best moment of the evening? The bit when Robert De Niro made a joke about Little Fockers. And 3D. And private schools. And immigration. It was a long acceptance speech for his Cecil B. DeMille Award, but The De Niro Stand-Up Hour won the Meet the Parents and Machete star back a lot of his credibility.
That was only rivalled by Lee Unkrich bashing down Justin Bieber, who presented him with the Best Animated Film award: "Were you even born when the original Toy Story was released?" Unkrich quipped. Sadly, he was.
Read on for the complete list of winners. And to see Ricky Gervais' opening monologue.
Best Picture (Drama)
The Social Network
Inception
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
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Best Actress (Drama)
Halle Berry - Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine
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Best Actor (Drama)
Jessie Eisenberg - The Social Network
James Franco - 127 Hours
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter
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Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist
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Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right
Anne Hathaway - Love and Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie - The Tourist
Emma Stone - Easy A
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Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)
Johnny Depp - Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp - The Tourist
Paul Giamatti - Barney's Vision
Jake Gyllenhaal - Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey - Casino Jack
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Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
Despicable Me
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Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Michael Douglas - Wall Street Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Jeremy Renner - The Town
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
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Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom
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Best Screenplay
127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Chodolenko & Stuart Blumberg
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The King’s Speech - David Seidler
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
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Best Foreign Language Film
The Concert
The Edge
Biutiful
I Am Love
In a Better World
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Best Director
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David Fincher - The Social Network
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David O Russell - The Fighter
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Best Original Score
The King’s Speech - Alexandre Desplat
Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman
127 Hours - A.R. Rahman
The Social Network - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
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Best Original Song
I See the Light, Tangled
You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet, Burlesque
Bound to You, Burlesque
There’s a Place for Us, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Coming Home, Country Strong
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Ricky Gervais - Opening Monologue
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