The 60th Annual Golden Globes Awards, the best indicator of what and who will win at this year's Oscars, took place Sunday, and once again it was a night of few surprises.

As expected, "Chicago" was one notable winner of the Beverly Hills ceremony, grabbing three big awards, including Best Picture for a musical or comedy. Richard Gere continued to surprise as he walked away with the Globe for Best Actor, beating a favored Nicholas Cage, while a stunning Renee Zellweger edged out fellow star Catherine Zeta-Jones for Best Actress.

"Adaptation" had a quick start with awards for Chris Cooper and Meryl Streep in the supporting actor/actress categories, but did not cash in, as many predicted, for Charlie Kaufman's screenplay. Instead, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor were recognized for "About Schmidt," as was Jack Nicholson, who won Best Actor in a drama.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association unsurprisingly named Nicole Kidman Best Actress for "The Hours," but many were shocked to see the film take the top honor as Best Picture, drama. Martin Scorsese took home Best Director honors for the monumental "Gangs of New York."

In television, "The Gathering Storm," an HBO historical drama centering around Winston Churchill, nabbed the award for Best Mini-Series and its star, Albert Finney, was honored as well. Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" finally received its due in the comedy series category.

Michael Chiklis of "The Shield" continued his beginner's luck and snagged the Globe for Best Actor in a drama series as his show beat out favorites like "The West Wing." An injured Jennifer Aniston of "Friends" and the laryngitis-stricken Edie Falco of "The Sopranos" each received recognition, and Kim Cattrall of "Sex and the City" won her Best Supporting Actress category (again). A big surprise of the night came as Tony Shaloub of "Monk" overcame seemingly impossible competition to win Best Actor in a comedy show.

Uma Thurman was granted the award for Best Actress in a mini-series for her work in HBO's "Hysterical Blindness," and Donald Sutherland was recognized as Best Supporting Actor for his involvement in the HBO original film "Path to War." The award for Best Original Score went to Elliot Goldenthal for "Frida."

Missing from the winner's circle were "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "The West Wing," which both went notably unrecognized.

Some of the show's few highlights included presenter Brendan Fraser, after instructing the audience to salute him, grabbing the ass of Dagmar Dunlevy, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Bono saying "fucking" while accepting for U2's original song award in "Gangs of New York" and Pedro Almod