(NewsCore) - "The Social Network" won top honors at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles Sunday, with wins in four categories including the prized best drama title, while TV series "Glee" dominated the TV awards, taking home three.
"The King's Speech" star Colin Firth won best actor in a drama for his portrayal of stammering British monarch George VI, while Natalie Portman won best actress in a drama for her role as a ballerina in "Black Swan."
Firth, 50, paid tribute to his co-stars Geoffrey Rush and Tom Hooper, and their "surprisingly robust triangle of man love."
He said it can be difficult going through mid-life "with your dignity and judgment intact," and as he held his award in his hands, added: "Right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson."
Portman, 29, who is pregnant with her first child, thanked her grandmother and asked her to have a drink for her. She paid tribute to Benjamin Millepied -- who is her co-star, fiance and the film's choreographer -- explaining he appears in the film and says he would not want to sleep with her character.
"He's the best actor because it is totally not true -- he totally wants to sleep with me!" she joked, giggling.
"The Social Network," which follows the rise of social networking website Facebook and its creator Mark Zuckerberg, also picked up best director for David Fincher and best screenplay for Aaron Sorkin.
Fincher thanked "the real people on whom this film is based," while Sorkin said: "We had an extraordinary cast and couldn't have done it without such talented actors."
The film also won best original score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
"Glee" won best musical or comedy TV series and its star Jane Lynch followed up her Emmy win, taking home best supporting actress in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie for her role as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester.
She thanked the writers for creating "every heinous insane line that comes out of my mouth," and the show's creator Ryan Murphy for "this big fat present" of a role.
Her castmate Chris Colfer won best supporting actor in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie for his role as gay teen Kurt Hummel. Struggling to contain his emotion, Colfer said: "I think I dropped my heart somewhere between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore so if anyone sees it can you give it back to me?"
The 20-year-old dedicated his win to all the kids at school who are told they "can't get what they want because of who they are," before adding "Screw that, kids."
"The Kids Are All Right," about a Californian lesbian couple who each have a child using the same anonymous sperm donor, won best comedy or musical and its star Annette Bening, 52, won best actress in a comedy or musical.
Bening -- who won best actress in 2004 for her role in "Being Julia" -- gave a special mention to co-star Julianne Moore for asking her to do the movie and also thanked the cast and her family.
"I am very proud to be part of this special film about two women who are in love and trying to keep family together," she said.
Paul Giamatti, 43, won best actor in a comedy or musical for his role in "Barney's Version," the film adaptation of Mordecai Richler's acclaimed novel.
"I worked with an incredible crew and I thank every single one of them," he said, making special mention of co-stars Minnie Driver and Rachelle Lefevre.
Melissa Leo won best supporting actress in a motion picture for "The Fighter," which chronicles the life of professional boxer Micky Ward.
"Mark Wahlberg you are amazing," the 50-year-old said of her co-star, who plays Ward. "Thank you so much for working so well and so hard. This is thrilling -- I am beside myself."
Christian Bale scored a surprise win as best supporting actor in a motion picture beating favorite and two-time winner Rush.
Thanking the Hollywood Foreign Press, Bale, 36, who plays tough guy Dicky Eklund in "The Fighter," said "suddenly I realize how wise and perceptive these guys are."
Jim Parsons also followed up his Emmy win, taking home the best actor in a comedy TV series award for "The Big Bang Theory."
"Thank you for providing a character that I get to enjoy playing," he told the show's writers of his role as Sheldon Cooper.
Best actress in a comedy TV series was awarded to Laura Linney, for her role in "The Big C." Linney was not present at the ceremony.
Veteran actor Al Pacino added a fourth Golden Globe to his trophy cabinet, picking up best actor in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie for his role in "You Don't Know Jack," for playing the true story of an advocate for doctor-assisted suicide.
The 70-year-old -- who has been nominated 15 times -- said it was "a great honor for me to have portrayed such an extraordinary person as Jack Kevorkian and to navigate through his life was so much fun and interesting."
Claire Danes picked up best actress in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie for her role in "Temple Grandin," a biopic about a woman with autism who is revolutionized practices for the humane
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