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In which we wondered if the Brits are actually coming, after all, but the BFI took a funding cutThe big storyLong live the geeks! Whether they be stuttering monarchs or slightly sociopathic software whizz-kids, it was all about the nerd at this year's Golden Globes nominations. The Social Network, David Fincher's Facebook drama, which has been hoovering up the majority of the awards so far, picked up six nominations, as did Mark Whalberg sweat-fest The Fighter, while our own The King's Speech, about the late monarch's sessions with an Aussie speech therapist, pipped them both with seven.