Show I Weeds Weeds' actress smokes Desperate competition Greg Braxton Los Angeles Times A A widowed selling pot-selling mom from the suburbs got the last laugh against the Wisteria Lane women's club I Desperate Housewives won its second consecutive Golden Globe for best TV series musical or comedy but that triumph was almost over over- I shadowed when Mary-Louise Mary Parker of Weeds single-handedly single beat out the stars of the hit ABC series Teri Hatcher Felicity Huffman Marcia Cross an anEva and Eva Longoria for best actress in a TV series musical or comedy Huffman was the only one who didn't go home handed empty-handed she won for best actress in a film drama for Transamerica I f H I v i Mary-Louise Mary Parker took on four of the Desperate Housewives Housewives' at the Golden Globes As s the category for best TV actress was being announced presenter Chris Rock poked poked fun at the tepid audience reaction reaction tion to Parker as as compared with the cast of the Desperate Housewives ratings dynamo When he named Parker as the winner Hatcher who won in inthe inthe inthe the category last year rose roseand and gave a congratulatory bow to a stunned Parker I didn't have a speech or anything Parker said I thought Felicity was going to win so I was really surprised ABCs ABC's Lost the hit series about a group of plane-crash plane victims stranded on a mysterious ous island won for best TV series drama adding to its Emmy win last year as outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing TV series The double win marked a huge victory for ABC Its been such a wonderful year for forus forus forus us said Steve McPherson president of time prime-time enter enter- I just cant can't believe that were we're here again in our second year Steve Carell who scored critical raves in last years year's hit film The 40 Year-Old Year Virgin won for best actor in a TV series musical or comedy for his role as the pompous inept boss in NBC's The Office In the dramatic acting categories categories categories cate cate- gories the night proved to be especially rewarding for veteran veter veter- an film actors finding fresh success on the small screen Oscar Oscar- winner Oscar inner Geena Davis won for best actress for playing playing playing play play- ing the president of the United States in ABCs ABC's Commander in Chief Davis delighted the audience when she began to relate that a little girl had approached her before the ceremony ceremony ceremony emony to say that the show had inspired her to try and become president A deadpan Davis then added That didn't actually actually actually actu actu- ally happen but it could have Hugh Laurie won best actor in a drama as the acerbic physician on Foxs Fox's House Paul Newman added a best supporting actor in a TV series miniseries or TV movie Globe to his previous Emmy award for HBO's Empire Falls The star-heavy star Empire Falls about the complicated complicated complicated com com- relationships in a small town also won for best miniseries or motion picture m made de for TV Sandra Oh won best supporting supporting supporting sup sup- porting actress in a TV series miniseries or TV move for her super-ambitious super intern on ABCs ABC's Greys Anatomy Oh one of the stars of the indie hit film Sideways said during her acc acceptance speech that she was so excited that she blanked 1 rig It ItI I j t a y d Y j 1 A r 1 1 a- a 1 1 i r. r f w t 4 t S SS i r rA The Desperate Housewives almost went home empty handed at the Golden Globes The show won for best comedy series and Felicity Huffman took home an award for Transamerica when it came carne to thanking her support team I dont don't remember remember remember ber any of your names she gasped from stage Law Order regular S S. S Merkerson continued her Lackawanna Blues winning winning winning win win- ning streak when she won for best actress in a miniseries or TV movie She won an best actress in a miniseries or movie Emmy last year for the HBO film in which she plays the proprietor of a home for emotionally needy people Im 53 years old and this is ismy ismy ismy my first lead in a film said Merkerson I feel like Im I'm 16 then joked that the hot flash she was having was a firm reminder that she alas is not |