THE Sopranos, the mob series that went to its grave with a shockingly inconclusive finale, found a happy ending yesterday with 15 Emmy nominations, including best drama.

KIEFER SUTHERLAND always comes through in the end on 24.

EVERYBODY loved Raymond one more time at the Emmys as the show won the best comedy series for its final season, denying newcomer Desperate Housewives.

The Desperate Housewive of Wisteria Lane added some sparkle to the Emmy Awards, with Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher and Nicollette Sheridan stealing the show in stunning floor-length gowns.

Jamie Foxx’s uncanny re-creation of Ray Charles in Ray earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for best actor, while Hilary Swank won the best-actress prize for Million Dollar Baby, playing a spirited boxer whose life takes a tragic turn.

Angels in America, the surreal TV mini-series adapted from a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about New Yorkers affected by the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, received a leading 21 nominations today for the American television Emmy Awards.

How sad to see everybody's sweetheart in such an awful film, and clearly at a point in her career where the count is reaching 10.

JOHNNY DEPP was a surprise lead actor winner at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles for Pirates of the Caribbean, while Charlize Theron took the best-actress honour for the serial-killer drama Monster.

Johnny Depp was a surprise lead actor winner at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles for Pirates of the Caribbean, while Charlize Theron took the best-actress honour for the serial-killer drama Monster.

Hollywood’s annual award season started today as the Golden Globe nominations were announced.

NBC’s White House saga The West Wing won its fourth Emmy Award for best drama despite shrinking viewership, while CBS’s Everybody Loves Raymond was honoured as best comedy.