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Social Network, Firth, Portman bag Globes

The Facebook tale The Social Network won top honors Jan. 16 at the Golden Globes with four prizes, including best drama and director, solidifying its prospects as an Academy Awards favorite.

Winning the dramatic lead-acting prizes were Colin Firth for the British monarchy saga The King's Speech and Natalie Portman for the psychosexual thriller Black Swan.

Lead-acting honors for the musical or comedy categories went to Annette Bening for the lesbian-family story The Kids Are All Right and Paul Giamatti for the curmudgeon tale Barney's Version.

The boxing drama The Fighter earned both supporting actor Globes, for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo.

David Fincher, directing winner for The Social Network usually makes dark character studies about misanthropes, or films about serial killers such as Seven and Zodiac. The film also won the Globes for screenplay for Aaron Sorkin and musical score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Toy Story 3, the top-grossing film released last year won the Globe for animated films. (AP)

Shukan ST: January 28, 2011

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