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Atonement, Sweeney Win Deflated Globes

Stars don't come out for event punctured by writers strike

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 14, 2008 3:33 AM CST
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(Newser) – A Golden Globes ceremony scaled down by the writers strike to a press conference in a mostly empty ballroom yesterday awarded best picture honors to Atonement and Sweeney Todd, and best actor nods to Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Julie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis. None of the stars, reluctant to cross the writers, were on hand to receive their awards, reports People magazine.

The show was "probably as strange as movies would be without scripts," quipped one director to the Los Angeles Times. The deflated ceremony wasn't the only depressing note: The awarding of almost all the TV prizes to cable shows added to the already considerable woes of broadcast television, noted TV Guide.

Tables full of working journalists replace celebrities as presenter Jim Moret speaks at the podium during the 65th annual Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Tables full of working journalists replace celebrities as presenter Jim Moret speaks at the podium during the 65th annual Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday,...   (Associated Press)
Presenter Lara Spencer prepares to announce winners at the 65th annual Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Presenter Lara Spencer prepares to announce winners at the 65th annual Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)   (Associated Press)
French actress Marion Cotillard arrives to the 20th European Film Awards in Berlin in this, Dec. 1, 2007, file photo. Marion Cotillard won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for her role in La Vie on Rose on Sunday...
French actress Marion Cotillard arrives to the 20th European Film Awards in Berlin in this, Dec. 1, 2007, file photo. Marion Cotillard won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion...   (Associated Press)
Johnny Depp arrives at the European premiere of Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp arrives at the European premiere of "Sweeney Todd   (Associated Press)
Giulana Rancic announces Julie Christie as the winner for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama for her work on Away from Her at the 65th Annual Golden Globes, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Giulana Rancic announces Julie Christie as the winner for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama for her work on "Away from Her" at the 65th Annual Golden Globes, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif....   (Associated Press)
Mary Hart announces Daniel Day-Lewis as the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his role in There Will Be Blood Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Mary Hart announces Daniel Day-Lewis as the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his role in " There Will Be Blood" Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP...   (Associated Press)
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