The Revenant and The Martian score big

MICHAEL IDATO The greatest weakness – and to some extent the greatest strength – of the Globes is their slightly ragged nature.

2016 Golden Globes as they happened

BHAKTHI PUVANENTHIRAN Hollywood's award season kicks off with all the glamour and fuss of the Golden Globes.

Dress that won the Golden Globes red carpet

The most striking dress was surely that of Bryce Dallas Howard - not a nominee, but a presenter.        

Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall bask in spotlight

MICHAEL IDATO With most eyes trained on Hollywood's A-list, few anticipated that the arrival of the Fox Studio boss would be the moment that stole the red carpet.

Gervais sends offensive tweet to kick off night

EBONY BOWDEN British comedian Ricky Gervais has fired the first unsavoury salvo ahead of what is expected to be an controversial Golden Globes ceremony.

Who will win the most important awards?

MICHAEL IDATO With Australians Cate Blanchett, George Miller and Ben Mendelsohn in the running for awards, we predict the winners in seven key categories.

Analysis: predicting winners won't be easy

MICHAEL IDATO The final tally for the annual Golden Globe Awards exposes the complex "campaign" machinery behind Hollywood's "awards season".

Mad Max: Fury Road scores pre-Oscar nod

Peter Mitchell George Miller's journey through Hollywood awards season continues to be pleasanter than the hazardous path his Mad Max characters endured.

Mining the '50s for Cate's role as Carol

STEPHANIE BUNBURY Todd Haynes got his inspiration from David Lean's Brief Encounter for Carol, a story of forbidden love starring Cate Blanchett.

Mad Max: Fury Road named top film of 2015

Los Angeles Mad Max: Fury Road made a fiery impression on the critics this year.

Carol: a masterpiece of romantic genre

CRAIG MATHIESON Todd Haynes' Carol is one of the great screen romances, an exquisite and heartfelt invocation of love's painfully complete grip on the hearts and minds of two people.

Minimum wage

Winner Arquette paid less than dog walker

Golden Globe winner Patricia Arquette has come clean about her salary for Boyhood, revealing she paid her babysitter and dog walker more.

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Cleavage gag

Jeremy Renner: Don't take my joke 'so serious'

Jeremy Renner is reminding people that his cheeky one-liner about Jennifer Lopez's 'globes' on Sunday was only a joke.

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'I'm playing the rice card'

Margaret Cho defends North Korea gag

Margaret Cho has fired back at critics who were not amused by her dig at North Koreans at the Golden Globes, insisting she's free to poke fun at her country folk.

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Winners wrap

Golden Globes strike a sober note

PHILIPPA HAWKER Tthis year, the ceremony delivered something no one could have anticipated; it was more politically aware than anyone could have expected.

Fey, Poehler

Globes hosts show no mercy

MICHAEL IDATO On their third and final outing as hosts of the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, the American comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took no prisoners as they opened the show.

Award winners

Golden Globes 2015: full list of winners

Here are the movies and TV shows that received the top awards at the 2015 Golden Globes.

Golden Globes as they happened

JOEL MEARES Who will take out the top gongs on one of Hollywood's biggest awards nights? Find out here as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host the 72nd Golden Globes.

Larrikin

Cumberbatch's photobomb steals Globes

SARAH THOMAS If there's one hashtag that will stand out from the Golden Globes, bets are on that it will be #Cumberbomb as the  British actor yet again seized the spotlight by mucking about. 

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Fey, Poehler's Bill Cosby joke gets gasps

SARAH THOMAS As promised, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler target Bill Cosby.

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Red carpet hits and misses

Golden Globes red carpet live blog

JENNA CLARKE A new year signifies not only new beginnings but the beginning of Hollywood's awards season full of red carpet hits and misses.

Globes nominee

Nominee O'Connor says she's 'a long shot'

MICHAEL IDATO Golden Globe nominated Australian actress Frances O'Connor will walk onto the red carpet today with no expectations.

Testing

Globes winners' page goes live in test

Jayme Deerwester So you're the website administrator handling the Golden Globes site and you figure it's safe to do some tests on a Friday.

Predictions

We pick the winners

MICHAEL IDATO After three years delivering what we will undoubtedly look back on as the best awards night hosting ever, comedians and friends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the Golden Globes for the last time on Sunday.

Australian hopefuls at the Globes

MICHAEL IDATO The biggest Australian star nominated at this year's Golden Globes isn't an actor or actress.

No holds barred

Fey, Poehler could bring on a prank offensive

AJA STYLES Bill Cosby, George Clooney and The Interview are all likely to be in Tina Fey and Amy Poehler sights this Golden Globes.

Jaw droppers & upsets

Blunders begone! How awards burnish credibility

Golden Globes' organisers may be trying to avoid missteps of the past but there are still some upsets that could occur.

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In the running

Golden Globes 2015 nominations

The awards will be presented on Monday - here is the complete list of nominees.

Nominations

Naomi Watts and Angelina Jolie snubbed

Peter Mitchell Naomi Watts' bid for an Oscar has hit a roadblock, but Australian actress Frances O'Connor and singer-songwriters Sia Furler and Lorde came up big at the Golden Globes nomination ceremony.

Analysis

What Globes nominations mean for the Oscars

GARRY MADDOX It is shaping as a rare year without Australian actors featuring at the Oscars with the surreal show business satire Birdman leading Golden Globe nominations.

Bowing out

Next Globes to be the last for Poehler and Fey

Amy Poehler has confirmed she and fellow comedian Tina Fey will host the Golden Globes for the last time in January.

Golden Globes

Clooney to join elite club with honorary award

Oscar-winning actor, director and producer George Clooney is to be recognised for his work on both sides of the camera.

TV drama

Golden Globes tackle 'category fraud'

MICHAEL IDATO Broadcasters have been gaming the system to stand out in an increasingly congested TV schedule, but the Globes have drawn a line in the sand.

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On a roll

Third time lucky for Tina Fey, Amy Poehler

MICHAEL IDATO The comedic duo whose hosting duties at the Golden Globe awards have won almost universal acclaim for two years running will return in 2015.

'Insensitive'

E! apologises for 'fun fact' about star's illness

MICHAEL IDATO The awards had not even started when the first, and biggest, gaffe of the night took place.

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Surprise

Fox relishes Brooklyn Nine-Nine upset

This is what it has come to for broadcast television: When a new network show wins a major award, it's the upset of the night.

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Gag or gaffe?

Was Emma Thompson tipsy or having us on?

MICHAEL IDATO The Saving Mr. Banks actress took to the stage and delivered a performance which may be remembered for years to come, for all the wrong reasons.

Jaw-dropping dress

Miranda Kerr turns heads at after-party

Rachel Clun Forget the fancy hotel, the makeshift tent outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel was the place to be following the Golden Globes.

Winners

Cate Blanchett strikes gold at the Globes

GARRY MADDOX In a cinema year dominated by socialites, stockbrokers, space travellers and slaves, Cate Blanchett has won a Golden Globe for her inspired tragi-comic performance in Blue Jasmine.

And the winner is ...

Full list: 2014 Golden Globes winners

A complete list of winners at the 71st Golden Globes.

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2014 Golden Globes: as the awards happened

AJA STYLES Cate Blanchett takes out one of the biggest wins at the Golden Globes, but it's the best movie drama category that may surprise.

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#lawrencing

Jennifer Lawrence's dress inspires new meme

Sarah Mackenzie Fellow actors, fans and even animals are getting on the #lawrencing bandwagon.

Fashion

Braless and brazen stars reveal almost all

GEORGINA SAFE Call it the American Hustle effect, but the Golden Globes red carpet was groaning with globes of another kind as actresses put their considerable assets firmly front and centre.

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Golden Globes 2014: red carpet coverage

Sarah Berry and Georgina Safe Catch all the fashion action from the red carpet at this year's Golden Globe Awards.

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Oops

Red carpet drenched by fire sprinkler

MEGAN LEVY Last-minute preparations thrown into disarray after a fire sprinkler was accidentally activated, drenching the red carpet just hours before the stars were due to arrive.

Historical highlights

The 10 most memorable fashion moments

MJ Angel Ahead of Sunday's awards ceremony, we pay homage to 71 years of glitz, gaudiness and gowns on the Golden Globes red carpet.

Comment

Oscars' bridesmaid, but Globes are more fun

MICHAEL IDATO The Hollywood hustle, otherwise known as awards season, is back on.

TV treatment

All that glitters is gold

David Dale Wit and charm is the go for the Golden Globes when the show hosts are Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Nominees

Cate Blanchett nominated for best actress

Cate Blanchett had better find a gown to wear to the Oscars, although Hugh Jackman, Geoffrey Rush and Chris Hemsworth likely won't have to worry about tuxedos.

Comedy duo

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler return as hosts

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler proved such a success at hosting the Golden Globes in January that they've been signed up for the same job for the next two years.

Witty women

The funny thing about the Globes

AMANDA DUNN It would be heartening to think that Amy Poehler and Tina Fey's success might finally help put to bed the persistent 'women aren't funny' line.

Winners

Miserables to magical: Jackman's golden night

GARRY MADDOX Hugh Jackman's dream run for his stirring performance in Les Miserables has continued with a Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical.

Top honours

Full list: 2013 Golden Globes winners

The list of winners at the 70th annual Golden Globe awards.

Wrap

Jackman shines, comics send Globes into orbit

MICHAEL IDATO Tina Fey and Amy Poehler lit up the screen from the moment they stepped onto the stage.

'Courageous'

Gay community mostly hails Foster's speech

Was it a proud revelation, or an impassioned case for privacy? Too little and too late, or just enough?

Artful delivery

The genius of Jodie Foster's speech

Jodie Foster's 'coming out' speech was beautiful. And it wasn't just what she said, but the clever, elegant, way she used the power of rhetoric to get her point across.

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2013 Golden Globes: awards as they happened

NATALIE HAMBLY Who won, the sore losers, and - more importantly - the most awkward speeches.

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Shining stars

2013 Golden Globes: best and worst dressed

Kate Waterhouse The Aussies shone on the red carpet, but who won the Golden Globe of fashion on the red carpet?

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Australian chances

Stars focus on golden audition as Oscars loom

STEPHANIE BUNBURY It isn't hard to spot the Australians in the line-up for the Golden Globe awards. These are big names.

Winner predictions

Going for gold: a form guide to the Globes

A few of the awards already have names heavily pencilled if not engraved upon them.

Nominees

Nicole Kidman nominated for two Globes

GARRY MADDOX Nicole Kidman earns nods for her sex-crazed role in The Paperboy and for playing an adventurous journalist in the TV drama Hemingway & Gellhorn.