Though "Steve Jobs" failed to win over many critics or moviegoers, Danny Boyle's drama about the Apple co-founder earned best screenplay for Aaron Sorkin and best supporting actress for Kate Winslet.

Best Original Score was awarded to Ennio Morricone forThe Hateful Eight.

Damon won best comedy actor for "The Martian", about an astronaut stranded on Mars, and the film also won the best comedy/musical movie category.

Who else but a victor would be coming down the aisle directly after a name was announced?

Without a runaway favourite for this year's top Academy Award, a handful of key contenders will be looking to the Globes for a little traction on the road to the Oscars. He thanked Gonzalez Inarritu who also won a globe for directing the film.

The last time he was nominated for a Golden Globe was in 1977 for the original "Rocky" film.

Best Original Song in a Motion Picture was awarded to Spectre's Writings On The Wall.

Brie Larson, 26, beat veteran Cate Blanchett to take home her first major award for playing a young woman who is abducted and locked up for years in the movie drama "Room". The night is split in two categories: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, which allows less competition.

Does that mean "The Revenant" is a shoe-in for best picture? When Ridley Scott, the director of The Martian, got up onstage to receive the award, he wondered out loud: "comedy?" before shrugging it off with a skeptical wave of the hand. Best limited series went to "Wolf Hall".

"A few years ago on this show, I made a joke about Mel Gibson getting a bit drunk and saying a few unsavoury things", he said.

Moving onto television, the victory of John Hamm and Taraji P. Henson for their roles in Mad Men and Empire, respectively is worth applauding. Best comedy series was a similar upset, with Amazon's "Mozart in the Jungle", winning over the HBO heavyweight "Veep".

In what became the most talked about moment of the entire awards, the 41-year-old actor threw what appeared to be serious shade at the singer after she bumped into him while accepting her award for her role in American Horror Story: Hotel.