While Boyhood was busy shoring itself up as an Oscar frontrunner, the acting categories saw several thespians doing the same.  Michael Keaton cemented the impression that he's a shoe-in for his Birdman performance, which won Best Actor (Comedy), though Eddie Redmayne's portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything could give him a run for his money, having won in the Drama category.  Birdman, long an awards season heavy-hitter, also won Best Screenplay.

Julianne Moore and Amy Adams were anointed Best Actresses in Drama and Comedy/Musical for Still Alice and Big Eyes, respectively. Long-overdue character actor JK Simmons made it clear that he's got a real chance at an Academy Award thanks to his savage, horrifying performance in Whiplash.

In a pretty surprising upset, How to Train Your Dragon 2 won Best Animated Feature, defeating the much-loved and critically acclaimed The LEGO Movie.

The ceremony, hosted – for the last time, they say – Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, also saw George Clooney honored with a Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.  Batman & Robin was conspicuously missing from the highlight reel of his work during the show, a reel that came complete with new footage from the yet-to-be-released Tomorrowland.

Check out all of the winners of from the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards®, including the landmark winners from the television side, which saw streaming series awarded to an unprecedented extent:

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE 

J.K. Simmons
Whiplash

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Joanne Froggatt
Downton Abbey

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Fargo
FX, FX Productions & MGM Television

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Billy Bob Thornton
Fargo

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Gina Rodriguez
Jane The Virgin

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Transparent
Amazon
Amazon Studios Instant Video

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

Johann Johannsson
The Theory Of Everything

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“Glory”
Selma

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Matt Bomer
The Normal Heart

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Amy Adams
Big Eyes

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

How To Train Your Dragon 2
DreamWorks Animation LLC; Twentieth Century Fox

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Patricia Arquette
Boyhood

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Birdman

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Jeffrey Tambor
Transparent

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Leviathan (Russia)
(Левиафан) Non-Stop Production, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation of the Cinema Funds, RuArts Foundation; Sony Pictures Classics

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Honorable Woman

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

The Affair
Showtime
Showtime Presents, Sheleg, Higlewater

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Kevin Spacey
House Of Cards

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

Richard Linklater
Boyhood

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Ruth Wilson
The Affair

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Michael Keaton
Birdman

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

The Grand Budapest Hotel
American Empirical Picture; Fox Searchlight Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Julianne Moore
Still Alice

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Eddie Redmayne
The Theory Of Everything

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Boyhood
IFC Productions and Detour Filmproduction; IFC Films

Here is how IAR Managing Editor Jami Philbrick thinks the Golden Globe wins will affect the upcoming Academy Award-nominations:

-Boyhood and director Richard Linklater’s wins in Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Director, respectively, make them both frontrunners in their Oscar categories. 

-After it’s surprise win over Birdman for Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, The Grand Budapest Hotel is now a serious contender for an Academy Award-nomination for Best Picture. 

- Michael Keaton’s win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and subsequently, Eddie Redmayne’s win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, lock-in Keaton for being both nominated and likely winning an Oscar for Best Actor, as young Redmayne does not seem like much competition for veteran actor Keaton. 

- Amy Adams win for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical makes her a much more serious contender for an Academy Award-nomination in the Best Actress category. However, in an already very competitive race, it may be too little too late. 

-Julianne Moore, Patricia Arquette, and J.K. Simmons’ wins in their respective categories, assures all of them to receive Oscar-nominations and more likely than not, the gold this year. 

- How To Train Your Dragon 2’s surprise win over The Lego Movie for Best Animated Feature Film could help it’s chances come Oscar time. 

-Writer/director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s win for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture for his work on Birdman, could give him a leg up over Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel and Richard Linklater’s Boyhood in the Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay category.