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The Nielsen Co. says Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony was seen by 16.8 million TV viewers. It beat all network competition in its time period but dipped slightly from last year's audience for the film and TV awards show....

Ricky Gervais, who has hosted the Golden Globes three times, has ruled out the possibility of returning for a fourth. He took to his blog to make the announcement saying, "I've told my agent to never let me be persuaded to do it again though. It's like a parachute jump. You can only really enjoy it in retrospect when you realise you didn't die and it was quite an amazing thing to do."

It's Martin Scorsese vs. Steven Spielberg, and George Clooney going against himself -- that's one way to look at the nominations for best dramatic film at the 69th annual Golden Globes, where the rich visual epics "Hugo" and "War Horse" will vie for the prestigious trophy along with two films starring Clooney: "The Ides of March" and "The Descendants."

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

The King's Speech, the acclaimed historical drama about King George VI's triumph over a speech disorder at the brink of World War II, received the most nominations — seven — for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards announced this morning.

I've just learned that, at tonight's Board of Governors meeting of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, members discussed moving up the 2011 Oscars to sometime in January. You read that right -- JANUARY! This would be a shocking change, not just because the ABC telecast of the 83rd Academy Awards would conflict with (or is it more like outfox?) NBC's competing Golden Globes broadcast. And bump up against the Super Bowl.

"Mad Men" won despite a big night for Showtime's "Dexter." Michael C. Hall won for best actor in a drama and John Lithgow won a supporting actor honor.

"Nine," "Avatar" and "Inglorious Basterds" round out nomination leaders, while Meryl Streep gets to compete against herself.