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January 14, 2008

'Atonement,' 'Sweeney Todd' Take Top Honors at Scaled-Down Golden
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Usually glamorous celebration reduced to news conference because of
Hollywood writers' strike The tragic love story Atonement has been
named best drama in Hollywood's Golden Globe awards, announced Sunday
evening. Sweeney Todd was named best musical or comedy. Mike
O'Sullivan reports, the usually glitzy celebration was reduced to a
news conference by the Hollywood writers' strike.







Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Jorge Camara greets
journalists and guests at news conference for 65th annual Golden Globe
awards in Beverly Hills, California, 13 Jan 2007 There were no
poignant moments and little glamour at the 65th annual Golden Globes.
Actors stayed away out of sympathy for striking writers, who walked
off the job 10 weeks ago, because of the issue of payment for
entertainment that appears on the Internet.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the awards,
instead offered a 30-minute news conference to announce the winners.

The World War II romance Atonement was named best drama. The picture
was also honored for its original score, but stars James McAvoy and
Keira Knightley were passed over for top acting awards. Instead,
Daniel Day-Lewis was named best actor in a drama for his role as a
ruthless oil prospector in There Will Be Blood.

Julie Christie was named best actress in a drama for her role as woman
who suffers from Alzheimer's disease in the sad tale Away From Her.







Dayna Devon announces Johnny Depp as winner of Best Actor in a Motion
Picture, Musical or Comedy for his performance in 'Sweeney Todd'
during Golden Globe Awards ceremony, 13 Jan 2007The film adaptation of
the Broadway hit  Sweeney Todd  was named best musical or comedy and
star Johnny Depp was named best actor in that genre for his role as a
vengeful barber who kills his customers.

Marion Cotillard won for best actress in a musical or comedy, for
depicting the great French singer Edith Piaf in  La Vie En Rose. Cate
Blanchett was named best supporting actress for portraying singer Bob
Dylan in "I'm Not There." Blanchett was one of six performers who
enacted different aspects of Dylan's life and work.

Spain's Javier Bardem was honored for his supporting role in the crime
drama No Country for Old Men, and writer-directors Ethan and Joel Coen
won a Golden Globe for the film's screenplay. Julian Schnabel was
named best director for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a French
and U.S. production about a paralyzed man who struggles to communicate
his rich inner world to those around him. It was also named best
foreign-language film.

Ratatouille, a tale of a rat with gourmet tastes, was named best
animated film.

Absent from the scaled-back Golden Globes were the top Hollywood stars
that had been scheduled to appear, including Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks,
Angelina Jolie and George Clooney. The scaled-down format raises
questions about the fate of the more prestigious Oscars, which are
presented by Hollywood's motion picture academy and are scheduled
February 24. Oscar telecast Producer Gil Cates says the show will go
on the air in one form or another, but if the writer's strike
continues, actors may be also reluctant to attend that event as well.


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