The show's over, ladies and gentlemen, and it's been a relatively predictable ride -- for the most part.

Denzel Washington presented the final award for the evening: Best Film - Drama. Would there be an upset? Would we have something unpredictable? No, the sweep continues, and sensitive cowboys rule the world. Brokeback Mountain is Best Film.

Hilary Swank presented the Best Actor - Drama Globe to Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote. The win was an expected one, and the performance, where the actor took on the challenging character of writer Truman Capote, has received unanimous praise from critics.

Leonardo DiCaprio took the stage and presented the Best Actress - Drama trophy to Felicity Huffman for Transamerica. One imagines the actress is more than consoled about losing out for Desperate Housewives.

Dennis Quaid introduced the most anticipated nominee for Best Film - Drama, Brokeback Mountain. The Ang Lee film stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, and is a tender love story between two cowboys.

The multiple Globe-winning Will & Grace cast -- Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Eric McCormack and Sean Hayes -- was on hand to present the award for Best TV Series - Drama. The Globe went to ABC's super-successful Lost. Creator JJ Abrams thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press for 'the consideration and the open bar.'

Renee Zellwegger gave out the Globe for Best Film - Musical/Comedy to Walk The Line! Unexpectedly, the film has swept its categories completely.

Musician Tim McGraw introduced the next Best Film - Musical/Comedy nominee, Walk The Line. The Johnny Cash biopic has already picked up both acting trophies.

John Travolta took the stage to announce the Best Actor - Musical/Comedy. A star-studded category indeed, the Globe went to Joaquin Phoenix for Walk The Line. Going by the last couple of years, guess playing a singer pays off bigtime!

Last year's Best Director Clint Eastwood presented the trophy to this year's Best Director. As he passively read out the nominees, the tension in the room built up to maximum. And the Globe goes to Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain! It is a sweep! The cowboys are picking up everything tonight, and this bodes extremely well for Oscar time. Lee was overwhelmed as he laughed about the fact that he got this award from Clint, the iconic face of Westerns. He also took the opportunity to wish his friends from China and Hong Kong a very happy new year.

Mandy Moore introduced the next nominee for Best Motion Picture - Comedy, The Squid And The Whale, whose stars Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney have both gotten acting nods tonight.

Golden Globe winner and nominee tonight, Gwyneth Paltrow came on stage to present her co-star Sir Anthony Hopkins with the special Cecil B De Mille award. 'Anthony, you are the (Laurence) Olivier of our time,' smiled the actress, calling him 'the greatest actor of our generation.' The legendary actor has sparked rumours of retirement of late, as he has reportedly mentioned he wants to film King Lear as his swansong soon. Hopkins merely smiled as he picked up the award, saying that 'it's been a great life.'

2005's best selling music artist, Mariah Carey, appropriately presented the award for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture. Beating out Mel Brooks' The Producers hit, Brokeback Mountain romped home again, with A love that will never grow old picking up the prize.

The Globe for Best Original Score went to John Williams, for the Rob Marshall film, Memoirs Of A Geisha. The award was presented by Fantastic Four actor Julian McMahon and Sin City star Rosario Dawson.

Screen legend Catherine Deneuve walked onto stage to introduce the much-acclaimed nominee for Best Motion Picture - Drama, A History Of Violence, a superbly crafted film by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen and Globe-nominee Maria Bello.

People Magazine's sexiest man of 2005, Matthew McConnaughey was accompanied by Sex & The City star Sarah Jessica Parker as they handed out the Best Foreign Film award to the Palestinian Paradise Now.

The lovely Penelope Cruz presented the next nominee for Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy, Mrs Henderson Presents, starring Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins.

The next award was for Best TV series - Musical/Comedy. A very unpredictable category, this went to Desperate Housewives, beating out far funnier shows -- including Weeds, Everybody Hates Chris, and Curb Your Enthusiasm -- and making up for the girls not getting the predicted Best Actress prize.

Harrison Ford and Virginia Madsen handed out the award for Best Screenplay. The Globe went to Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana for Brokeback Mountain, beating out the anticipated Woody Allen and George Clooney. Is this an indicator that Ang Lee will miss out on the bigger prize, Best Director? Or does it indicate the beginning of a total sweep for the cowboy love story?

Colin Firth introduced the next nominee for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Match Point, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, generally regarded as a return to form for writer-director Woody Allen.

The Best Actress in a television series or TV-movie was another hotly contested for category, with some of Hollywood's most respected talent seen on television in 2005. The award went to 53-year-old actress S Epatha Merkerson for her work in the poignant Lackawanna Blues.

The Globe for Best Actor in a television series or TV-movie went to Match Point (and Bend It Like Beckham!) actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers for his portrayal of the rock'n'roll King in Elvis. The young actor beat out a stellar set of nominees -- including Donald Sutherland and Ed Harris -- to pick up the award.

British actress Emma Thompson introduced the next nominee for Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy, yet another adaptation (albeit critically extremely well received) of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice.

Comedian Chris Rock, producer of new autobiographical sitcom, Everybody Hates Chris, took the stage to present Best Actress for a Television Comedy. Four of the nominees were from current international sensation Desperate Housewives, but the award went to Mary-Louise Parker for the decidedly offbeat comedy, Weeds.

Ray superstar Jamie Foxx came forth to present the award for Best Actress in A Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy. The Globe was a total surprise, going to Reese Witherspoon for her work in the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk The Line.

Actor Tim Robbins next took the stage to introduce the next nominee for Best Motion Picture - Drama: Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener.

William Petersen, lead actor of the smash hit series CSI, was accompanied by the voluptuous Pamela Anderson as they handed out the award for Best Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy. The highly competitive trophy went to The 40-Year-Old Virgin star Steve Carrell for the US version of Ricky Gervais' British comedy, The Office.

Queen Latifah and Matt Dillon gave the award for Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television to the critically-loved production, Empire Falls.

Globe-winning actress Melanie Griffith introduced this year's Miss Golden Globe, traditionally a second generation performer to assist with the ceremony. The 2006 honour went to Griffith's daughter, Dakota Johnson. They presented the first nominee for Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy, Mel Brooks' rollicking The Producers.

Television actors Ian McShane and Evangeline Lilly presented the award for Best Actor - TV Series (Drama) to British actor Hugh Laurie, for his much acclaimed work in House. With trademark humour, Laurie came up with the funniest acceptance speech so far.

Actress Emmy Rossum felicitated the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and introduced the President of the HFPA, Philip Burke. The next award was Best Actress - TV Series (Drama), which went to Geena Davis, for Commander In Chief.

Drew Barrymore took the stage to introduce the first nominee for Best Motion Picture - Drama: The George Clooney-directed political true story, Good Night, And Good Luck.

The next presenting pair was as super as can get, with Brandon Routh, the new Superman, accompanied by Teri Hatcher, the Desperate Housewives babe better known as Lois Lane from Lois And Clark. The Best Supporting Actress in television series, miniseries or made for television movie went to Sideways actress Sandra Oh, for hit series Gray's Anatomy.

The lovely Jessica Alba and the quirky Luke Wilson next took the stage to award Best Supporting Actor in a television series, miniseries or made for television movie. And the Globe went to Paul Newman, for Empire Falls. The veteran actor is in Connecticut and could not make it to the ceremony.

The Best Supporting actress went to Rachel Weisz, for The Constant Gardener. Even though Fernando Meirelles' film has been tipped for some major awards, this was a bit of a surprise.

Natalie Portman, last year's best supporting actress, and Adrien Brody, presented the first award of the evening, Best Supporting Actor, which predictably went to George Clooney for his work in Syriana.

Queen Latifah started off the awards, talking about how it was good to see a film like Glory Road top the US box office on the weekend honouring Dr Martin Luther King Jr's birthday.