Pictured: Christian Bale accepting his Golden Globe for "The Fighter."

Pictured: Christian Bale accepting his Golden Globe for "The Fighter."

The Social Network, the pic about the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, was top of the heap at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards with four wins including Best Picture and Best Director.

Natalie Portman, predictably, took home the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her unsettling performance as a ballerina on the brink of insanity in Black Swan. While Colin Firth was the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s choice for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his understated performance as King George VI in The King’s Speech.

The Fighter rounded out the dramatic acting categories. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo took home the Supporting Actor/Actress statues for their fearless portrayals of a drug-addled fighter and his over-zealous manager mother in the pic.

In the Motion Picture Comedy or Musical arena, The Kids Are All Right, did a bit of all right with a Golden Globe for the pic as well as leading actress Annette Bening.

And Paul Giamatti managed the snag the Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Golden Globe for his flick, Barney’s Version – beating out Johnny Depp, who was nominated twice in that category for Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist.

Pictured: The radiant Natalie Portman makes her way down the red carpet at the Golden Globes.

Pictured: The radiant Natalie Portman makes her way down the red carpet at the Golden Globes.

Best Animated Feature Film went to the uber successful Toy Story 3 - and the Best Foreign Film Golden Globe went to the Denmark entry, In a Better World.

Burlesque, which was widely panned by film critics, still pulled off one win for Best Original Song: You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me, from Diane Warren and sung by Cher.

Warren was a bit emotional on stage while paying tribute to her publicist, Ronnie Chasen. You’ll recall that Chasen was senselessly murdered just off of Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills on November 16th 2010.

TV nabbed a number of notable statues. Best TV Series Drama went to the HBO program, Boardwalk Empire, while its star, Steve Buscemi landed the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Drama. Katey Sagal took home the award for Best Actress in a TV Series Drama for her role as Gemma Teller Morrow in Sons of Anarchy.

Glee was rewarded nicely in the TV Series Comedy or Musical category with a Best TV Series award, a Best Supporting Actress nod for series star, Jane Lynch and a Best Supporting Actor win for Glee regular Chris Colfer. Laura Linney won the Best Actress in a TV Series Comedy or Musical for The Big C and Jim Parsons grabbed the same win for playing Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory.

Pictured: Colin Firth holding his Best Actor Golden Globe for "The King's Speech," where he portrays King George VI.

Pictured: Colin Firth holding his Best Actor Golden Globe for "The King's Speech," where he portrays King George VI.

Best Mini Series or Motion Picture Made for Television winner was the Sundance entry Carlos, while Al Pacino walked off with the Golden Globe for Best Actor for the HBO movie You Don’t Know Jack and Claire Danes landed Best Actress in that same category for her performance as Temple Grandin in the HBO movie of the same name.

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Natalie Portman reflect on why her movie Black Swan has connected with the public.

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Colin Firth explaining why Brits are chosen to play British royals like the role he had playing King George VI in The King’s Speech.

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Annette Bening hopes to influence Americans with her movie about a gay couple whose children locate their biological father in The Kids Are All Right.

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Christian Bale relating why he could chew the scenery and still seem normal for his performance as Dickie Ecklund in The Fighter.

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Melissa Leo trying to process her emotions after winning Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter.

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Diane Warren admitting to her disappointment that murdered publicist, Ronnie Chasen isn’t there with her to enjoy her Golden Globes win.

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Katey Sagal taking enormous pleasure in her acting win for Sons of Anarchy. Sagal’s husband Kurt Sutter created the series and she shares the Golden Globe with him and the entire cast and crew.

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