Golden Globes live: Boyhood, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, The Grand Budapest Hotel win

9.34am: Boyhood wins the award for best motion picture, drama

It’s time for the last award: the Golden Globe for motion picture, drama. Meryl Streep comes out to present it and the winner is no surprise — Boyhood, by Richard Linklater. Linklater also won the Golden Globe for best director. Boyhood’s victory is a triumph for American independent cinema and that too, on a night that’s all about Hollywood and television, the two most commercial industries in entertainment.

But with that, the show’s over and the stars can now be unleashed upon after parties. We’ll raise another cup of coffee to the winners.

9.25am: Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne win acting awards 

Apparently the producers of the Golden Globes are complaining the show is running too long. We’re entirely in agreement. Despite some wonderful speeches and two superb hosts, this awards show has been something of a drag (and this is not a pun about Transparent’s multiple wins).

The Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture, drama, goes to Julianne Moore in Still Alice. “No one wanted to make this movie because no one wanted to see a movie about a middle-aged woman,” says Moore, after giggling in a thoroughly un-middle-aged way.

The Golden Globe for best actor in a motion picture, drama, goes to Eddie Redmayne, for The Theory of Everything. Redmayne played Stephen Hawking in the film. It’s a rather theatrical acceptance speech, which makes sense given this is, after all, an award for dramatic acting. It seems Redmayne had to cut his honeymoon short to attend this awards show. Thank heavens he won the Golden Globe. That’ll make up for it, we figure.

On a separate note, with Clooney getting the lifetime achievement and Redmayne winning the best actor award, it’s a good year for newlyweds in Hollywood.

9.16am: The Grand Budapest Hotel wins best picture, comedy or musical

Two and a half hours into the Golden Globes, there really hasn’t been enough of Fey and Poehler. But hey, Robert Downey Jr is here! And he’s sticking to bland, teleprompted script. Bummer.

The Grand Budapest Hotel wins the Golden Globe for best motion picture, comedy or musical. Director Wes Anderson has a piece of paper with names of the people he wants to thank: members of the HFPA with weird and wonderfully foreign names. This has to be one of the cutest speeches that we’ve had this evening, even if it does underscore just how insular Americans can be (Dagmar is a weird name in a country that has a Beyoncé?).

9.01am: Michael Keaton wins best actor for Birdman

Michael Keaton wins the Golden Globe for best actor in a motion picture, comedy or musical, for his performance in Birdman. “The reason people go on about thanking so many people is because there are so many people to thank,” says Keaton. Top of Keaton’s list: the HFPA, for having a special category for comedies. Keaton details his background — it’s humble and completely un-starry, made up of hardworking parents who worked unglamorous jobs, many siblings and hardship. “Never whine, never complain, and always keep a sense of humour,” these were the words to live by in his home and they’ve been his motto over the years. Keaton tears up as he talks about his son, describing him as his best friend. “Two things I thought I wouldn’t do, tear up and do air quotes. Damn,” says Keaton, having done both, but in a heartwinning way.

While it’s great that Keaton won for his stellar performance, you’ve got to wonder how Birdman qualifies as a comedy or musical. The humour in the film can only be described as dark and twisted. No amount of a bird costume can take away the chilling grimness in the story of a fading Hollywood actor who was once famous for playing a superhero. There was something particularly cruel and sharp in Keaton playing this role, given he was once Batman and hasn’t had much work in recent years.

8.58am: Another win for The Affair

Chris Pratt and Anna Ferris say they have a mixed marriage. He’s CBS and she’s NBC, but Pratt hopes to raise their kids as HBO. The couple are here to present the award for best actress in a TV drama.

The Golden Globe for best actress in a TV series, drama, goes to Ruth Wilson, for the The Affair. This is the first win for Wilson and the second win for The Affair.

Richard Linklater wins the Golden Globe for best director, motion picture, for his critically acclaimed film, Boyhood. No surprises there. This is Linklater’s first Golden Globe. During his acceptance speech, the camera turned to the Boyhood table where Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke sat on either side of Ellar Coltrane, who plays their son in the film. Arquette and Hawke looked teary-eyed and were beaming while holding hands. Coltrane looked like he was vaguely sulking. You’d be hard pressed to find a more real family portrait. Bless.

8.50am: George Clooney wins lifetime achievement, turns everyone to mush 

The Cecil B DeMille award is presented by Julianna Margulies and Don Cheadle, who fight over who knows George Clooney better. Margulies was his co-star in the TV series ER and Cheadle has been part of Clooney’s gang in Ocean’s Eleven. “We all want to be FOG, that’s Friend of George,” says Cheadle. Ne’er was there a truer word said.

While this has nothing to do with Clooney’s acting career, he and Amal Clooney make a beautiful, beautiful couple. That is definitely an achievement, albeit not quite the sort for which he’s getting an award.

Clooney has been nominated in more categories in Golden Globe than any other character. Looking at the little capsule of Clooney’s performances over the years, we’re struck by how much hotter Clooney has got over the years. He really wasn’t this delicious as a young man (which is, perhaps, a source of hope to some). Also, how wonderful to see an actor who has consistently made smarter, more intelligent and responsible choices as he grew older.

“I can’t tell you what an honour it is up here,” says Clooney. It’s an evening of excellent speeches and Clooney, always an eloquent speaker, gives one that’s right at the top for class, humour and sweetness. “Thank you for keeping small films alive. Big ones do fine, it’s the little ones that need help,” says Clooney, standing out as one of those rare actors who cares about cinema and not just profit. He also has a sympathetic spot for his colleagues because, as he says, he’s lost more awards than he’s won at the Golden Globes and he knows how it feels to be a nominee but not a winner. “Literally 80% of the people in this room don’t win. And then you’re a loser. … For the record, if you’re in this room, you’ve caught the brass ring. You get to do what you’ve always dreamed of doing, and be celebrated for it, and that ain’t losing.”

Clooney also remembered Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams in his acceptance speech. He also ended with a salute to those who died in Paris, in the recent terror attacks.

However, the real “awwww” moment in Clooney’s speech was when he looked at Amal Clooney and said, “It’s a humbling thing when you find someone to love. Amal, I couldn’t be more proud to be your husband.”

8.30am: Kevin Spacey wins best actor, The Affair is the best TV series

Katherine Heigl and David Duchovny are here to present the best actor in a TV series, drama. Duchovny clearly isn’t even remotely interested in what Heigl is saying or doing. Heigl doesn’t help the cause of blonde women by struggling to open the envelope and finally asking Duchovny to do it.

Kevin Spacey wins best actor, for House of Cards. “This is the just the beginning of my revenge…This is the 8th time I’ve been nominated. I cannot f%^*ing believe I’ve won,” said Spacey, bringing in the first moment that will give editors work when the Golden Globes are re-telecast. “As I stand here tonight, as someone who has enjoyed such an extraordinary career…I just want it to be better, but this is very encouraging.”

Between Transparent and House of Cards, the Internet is winning the Golden Globes this year.

Paul Rudd (pretending to be Blake Shelton) and Adam Levine present the award for best TV series, drama. The Golden Globe goes to The Affair, causing Game of Thrones fans to roar and threaten to behead their TV, and driving Downton Abbey fans to ask the maid to bring them a cup of tea.

The entire cast of The Affair is on stage for this award and of course in the middle of the acceptance speech, the music starts playing. We’re going to try and not read into the fact that the music tried to drown out the bit about marriage being sacred.

8.17am: Maggie Gyllenhaal wins best actress for The Honourable Woman

The Golden Globe for best actress in a TV movie goes to Maggie Gyllenhaal, for her performance in The Honourable Woman. “I think what’s new is the wealth of roles for real women in television. That’s what I think is revolutionary,” says Gyllenhaal in her acceptance speech. Gyllenhaal plays a businesswoman who inherits her father’s company and finds herself in a world of conspiracy and espionage.

Thanks to Gyllenhaal, we get a few glimpses of Jake Gyllenhaal, her brother and date to the Golden Globes.

8.15am: Best foreign film goes to Leviathan 

Lupita Nyong’o — the second actress to come on the Golden Globe stage wearing glasses. The Age of the Nerds is here. Rejoice!

Nyong’o with Colin Farrell present the award for best foreign film. The Golden Globe goes to the Russian film, Leviathan.

Three cheers for Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda! Add Dolly Parton and we could have had a Nine to Five  reunion. They’re here to present the Golden Globe for best actor in a TV series, comedy or musical. One of the best lines of the night comes from Tomlin: “FINALLY, we can put to rest that negative stereotype that men just aren’t funny.”

Jeffrey Tambor wins the award for best actor, for his performance in Transparent. “I would like to dedicate this award to the transgender community.” This is the second win for Transparent, Amazon’s show about a father who comes out to his family as a transgender. The series is only available online and has been renewed for season two. From the look of things, the best television isn’t on TV anymore; it’s on the computer.

8.01am: Birdman wins best screenplay

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are back! With Margaret Cho as Chow Yun Ja. Here are the newest member of HFPA’s observation: Hollywood doesn’t know how to put up a show. “You no have 1,000 babies playing guitar, You no have Dennis Rodman…” she complains. But there’s good advice from North Korea for Los Angeles: “Also Orange is the New Black should be in the Drama category… She [Kristen Wiig> should do Bridesmaids 2.” Fun stuff and we’re glad Cho got a few lines rather than just having to play a stock caricature, but this is really not funny enough to justify having woken up and stayed awake since 6.30am.

Wiig and Bill Hader are here to present the award for best screenplay. It is sharply telling about Hollywood that their pre-award delivery speech is the most boring repartée we’ve heard in a while. Just bring Tina and Amy back already!

The Golden Globe for best screenplay goes to Birdman. The film will be releasing in India on January 30, 2015.

7.49am: Patricia Arquette wins best supporting actress for Boyhood

Jared Leto can do a French accent, FYI. He announced his solidarity by saying “Je Suis Charlie”, which is wonderful but it’s just very hard to take him seriously given that black and white suit that he’s wearing. Leto is here to present the Golden Globe for the best supporting actress in a motion picture.

The Golden Globe goes to Patricia Arquette, who — bless her — is wearing glasses and an evening gown, and looking smashing every step of the way. Arquette won the award for her brilliant performance as the single mother Olivia in Boyhood. “My favourite role in my whole life has been playing … mom,” Arquette said in her speech.

7.45am: How To Train Your Dragon 2 wins best animated film 

Salma Hayek and Kevin Hart present the nominees for the best animated film. The Golden Globe goes to How To Train Your Dragon 2.

How the HFPA thought this was a more enjoyable and better film than The Lego Movie and Big Hero 6 is beyond us.

Amy Adams wins Golden Globe for Best Actress

Ricky Gervais, avec red wine, is here and clearly under the impression that he’s hosting the show, not just presenting the Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical. “It’s going well isn’t it. Let’s not ruin it with me saying anything,” says Gervais. “I’m not going to start picking on things you’ve done. Some them immoral. And illegal.”

Amy Adams wins the Golden Globe for best actress in a film, for Big Eyes. Adams played Margaret Keane, whose husband claimed he painted the paintings that were actually hers. “I’m so grateful for all of you women in the room…for speaking to my daughter,” said Adams. She’s tremendously generous to Christoph Waltz, her co-star in Big Eyes even though Waltz’s performance was astoundingly bad.

OMG It’s Prince! 

So far, the biggest surprise is that True Detective got no love from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Sienna Miller and Vince Vaughan present the award for the best original score. This is code for “Pee break”.

The Golden Globe for the best original score went to Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson, for The Theory of Everything. He is not related to Scarlet Johannsson.

Omg, it’s Prince! Live! On stage! With an Afro! And he’s carrying a sceptre with a microphone on top. Naturally. He’s also sticking to script, which is such a disappointment. Also, someone give an award to Prince’s barber for managing to shave that thin, unwavering line of beard that’s making its way across Prince’s face like a line of medium-sized ants. Prince presented the Golden Globe for the best original song. The award goes to Selma for “Glory”. Not that anyone is really paying any attention to anything other than Prince, in his suit made ostensibly from garbage bags, and his pout.

What was Prince holding on stage though...

A sword?

A cane?

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Katie Holmes and Seth Meyers present the award for best supporting actor in a TV series. Matt Bomer wins for his performance in The Normal Heart, a moving HBO mini series about the AIDS crisis in America in the 1980s. Bomer plays a journalist who discovers he’s HIV-positive.

Best TV series goes to Transparent

Newest member of Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Chow Young Ja, a general in the North Korean army in the fake world of Hollywood and actress Margaret Cho in real life. Leaving aside the sad truth that this is not a reflection of Cho’s talent, this is an attempt to provide a classy alternative to the Ellen Degeneres selfie that broke the internet last year. So Cho wants to take photo with Meryl Streep, which she does. Who takes the photo? “Birdman” Michael Keaton. And guess who photobombed that moment? Benedict Cumberbatch. But then, you didn’t need us to tell you that. It’s probably already on Tumblr.

Colin Firth says that The Imitation Game took this long to be made “because we were waiting for Benedict Cumberbatch to be born.”

So what if Breaking Bad is over. Bryan Cranston’s here, albeit only as a presenter.

Gina Rodriguez wins the Golden Globe for the best actress in a television or mini series, for Jane the Virgin.

The Golden Globe for the best TV series, comedy or musical, goes to Transparent.  Transparent is about what happens in a family after it learns that the father is transgender and identifies as a woman. It’s a big win for Amazon.com’s web TV division, which produced the show. Executive producer of the show dedicated their award to her “Moppa”.

7.00 am: JK Simmons gets Golden Globe for Whiplash

Jennifer Aniston and Benedict Cumberbatch present the award for the best supporting actor.

The Golden Globe goes to JK Simmons, for Whiplash. Simmons played an abusive music teacher in Whiplash and was tipped to be a favourite for the award.

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan (and his beard) present the award for the best supporting actress. Fifty shades of blah, this couple is.

The Golden Globe goes to Joanne Froggatt from Downton Abbey. She played Anna, the lady’s made to Mary Crawley, and this is Froggatt’s first Golden Globe.

Jennifer Lopez and Jeremy Renner present the award for best miniseries. The Golden Globe goes to Fargo. Lopez and Renner also presented the award for best actor in a mini series. Billy Bob Thornton won this award. Thornton said that he’s only going to say thank you because “you can get into trouble for saying anything.”

6.45 am: Time for Golden Globes–some of the best moments

It’s time for the first Hollywood awards’ extravaganza: the Golden Globes. This year, we weren’t made privy to the red carpet scenes, which basically meant we got to wake up at a slight less ungodly hour of the morning. The really good news: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are the hosts (it’s the last time they’ll be hosting the show). Here are some of the best moments from their opening set:

“You bunch of despicably spoilt minimally talented brats.” (Fey welcoming everyone to the Golden Globes)

“We celebrate all… the movies North Korea was ok with.” (Fey)

“She did all of her own walking and Andy Serkis was great as her backpack.” (Poehler on Reese Witherspoon’s performance in Wild)

Fey and Poehler said that one of Margaret Keane’s “big eyes” paintings was at the Golden Globes. Cut to Emma Stone. Fey and Poehler cooed about how the big eyes are “creepy but cute.”

“Boyhood proves there are still great roles for women over 40 as long as you were hired when you were under 40.” (Poehler, while talking about Patricia Arquette)

“It took me three hours to prepare for my role as human woman,” (Fey, while talking about how it took Steve Carrell two hours to prepare for his role in Foxcatcher)

“Per usual Wes [Anderson> arrived on a bicycle made of antique tuba parts.” (Poehler)

“So tonight her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award.” (Fey, after rattling off Amal Alamuddin’s illustrious resumé)

“Sleeping Beauty just thought she was getting coffee with Bill Cosby.” (Poehler)