The Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series, and the winner is Ugly Betty‘s America Ferrera. She’s happily weeping, of course…thanking everyone, etc. Doing a Halle Berry. Fine.

Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore presenting (wait…Grant explains that Pince was stuck in traffic earlier) the Golden Globe for Best Original Score, and the award-winner is Alexandre Desplat for The Painted Veil.

Djimon Honsou and Sharon Stone announcing the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Film, and the winner is Clint Eastwood‘s Letters From Iwo Jima. Fine…if I were king I would have handed it to The Lives of Others but fine — Letters is a very good film. Significant Eastwood remark: “This does amazing things for my confidence.”

Jamie Foxx takes the stage to present the…forget it. He’s just there to introduce the Dreamgirls reel.. “A film that has audiences cheering all across the country…in only 800 theatres,” Foxx says. “Do the math, do the math.” Not true! It expanded last weekend to nearly 2000 theatres.

Golden Globe for Best TV Series Comedy, and the winner is Ugly Betty.

Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy TV Series, and the winner is Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock. Noteworthy remark: “Thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press for remembering me in the autumn of my career.” Also: “I’d like to than the greatest producer in the history of broadcast television….Marci Klein.” (He means Calvin’s daughter.)

Golden Globe for Best Screenplay…will it be for The Departed or Babel? And the winner is Peter Morgan for The Queen.

Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Bill Nighy (!!!)….the great Bill Nighy, who is awesome in The Vertical Hour, inGideon’s Daughter. Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Helen Mirren wins for Elizabeth I…Christ, she’s going to win two tonight.

Rachel Weisz presenting Golden Glboe for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture….will it be Murphy? And the Golden Globe goes to Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls. An omen? Does this mean that Dreamgirls win the Best Musical or Comedy Golden Globe award? Even if it does…hah! Stand-out remark: “Thank you, David Geffen, for convincing me to work for free.”

Salma Hayek strides out on stage to present the Golden Globe for Best Series or TV Movie, and the trophy goes to HBO’s Elizabeth I. ( I called it Elizabeth the First earlier….I was wrong.)

Joaquin Pheonix presenting the award to Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy….and the award goes to Meryl Streep. Surprised? Not me. “Oh, my God…thank you everybody. I’m really thrilled. I think I’ve worked with everybody in the room. (Somebody groans or murmurs something.) Oh, shut up….it’s not that long. Congratulations to nominees in all categories for Best Actress….this has been such a fun year to watch movies because of you gals. I just want to thank David Frankel and Aline Brosh McKenna for a really sharp script, and thanks to Elizabeth Gabler [and the other producers] and Tommy Rothman who signs the checks…and oh, gosh, the delicious Emily Blunt, the darling Annie Hathaway, the dreadful Stanley Tucci.” (Goofing, of course.) Said something about how “it’s amazing how much you can make happen if you politely stand your ground and demand it.” More stuff, too convoluted to get right under pressure.
Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture is next…commercial break time.