Early winners include:

George Clooney was named Best Supporting Actor for “Syriana:� He declared, “I want to thank Jack Abramoff, just because.� (Abramoff just pled guilty to all sorts of corrupt behavior in Washington, which threatens to bring down a whole bunch of politicians, most of which share an ideology at odds with Clooney’s own liberal sensibility.)
Rachel Weisz won the Best Supporting Actress trophy for “The Constant Gardener.� As great as she was in the film, her makeup looked kind of odd and there was a bow the size of a Buick on the front of her dress and she’ll probably appear as part of tomorrow’s fashion don’t’s.
Not only was Geena Davis named “Commander in Chief,� she also received the Globe for Best Actress in a TV Drama and got a big laugh, besides. She told a heart-warming tale of feeling a tug at her skirt on the red carpet and seeing a young girl who told her she wanted to be President someday. After the appropriate pause, she added, “Well, that didn’t actually happen.�
Hugh Laurie bested a group of ladykillers to be named Best Actor/Drama for “House.� Noting he made a list of winners that extended to 172 names, he said he had put three on individual slips of paper and would thanks those whose names were on the three he drew at random: “The rest can just lump it.�
Best Supporting Actor in a TV movie/series/miniseries was, predictably, Paul Newman for “Empire Falls.� Predictably, he was a no-show.
“Grey’s Anatomy’s� Sandra Oh gave the requisite gushy speech when she was named Best Supporting Actress in a TV movie/series/miniseries. She seemed to get lost on her way to the stage, weaving back and forth between the star-studded tables, then announced, “I feel like someone set me on fire.� She thanked her support staff with a heartfelt, “Oh, God, I don’t remember any of your names.�