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'Todd,' 'Atonement' Shine at Globes

Stars Stay Home as Day-Lewis, Depp Take Acting Honors
AP
Posted: 2008-01-14 16:03:31
Filed Under: Awards, Movie News, TV News
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Jan. 14) - Unlike a crippling writers strike that has dragged on for months, Hollywood's first big awards show was over in a flash, with no key winners, no stars in sight and no real fun for fans of show business glitz.




Related: Globes Bomb in TV Ratings | Stars React to Wins
The Golden Globes on Sunday honored such films as the tragic romance "Atonement," the crime saga "No Country for Old Men," and the bloody musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

Yet no one film gained critical momentum that might set it ahead of the pack for the Academy Awards on Feb. 24, and a compressed Globes show highlighted what a joyless awards season this is for Hollywood.

The two-month-old strike by the Writers Guild of America scuttled the big celebrity bash at the 65th annual Globes, which were replaced by a bizarre and speedy news conference to announce recipients, without any winners around to gush their thanks.

"I wish circumstance would allow me to be there," Cate Blanchett, who won the supporting-actress prize for the Bob Dylan tale "I'm Not There," said in a statement.

With the Globes left in shambles, everyone in Hollywood was left wondering if the same fate might befall the town's big prizes come Oscar night on Feb. 24.

"I just hope this whole thing gets cleared up before the Academy Awards, because it would really be a tragedy if a similar fate transpired for them," said Richard Zanuck, producer of "Sweeney Todd," which won the Globe for best musical or comedy.

List of Winners

FILM

Picture, Drama: "Atonement."

Actress, Drama: Julie Christie, "Away From Her."

Actor, Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood."

Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Sweeney Todd."

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose."

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd."

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There."

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men."

Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."

Screenplay: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men."

Foreign Language: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," France and U.S.

Animated Film: "Ratatouille."

Original Score: Dario Marianelli, "Atonement."

Original Song: "Guaranteed" from "Into the Wild."

Television

Series, Drama: "Mad Men," AMC.

Actress, Drama: Glenn Close, "Damages."

Actor, Drama: Jon Hamm, "Mad Men."

Series, Musical or Comedy: "Extras," HBO.

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, "30 Rock"

Actor, Musical or Comedy: David Duchovny, "Californication."

Miniseries or Movie: "Longford," HBO.

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Queen Latifah, "Life Support."

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Jim Broadbent, "Longford."

Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Samantha Morton, "Longford."

Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jeremy Piven, "Entourage."

"Sweeney Todd" also earned Johnny Depp the Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy for his title role as the bloody barber who slits the throats of customers in his quest for vengeance.

Normally one of Hollywood's brightest nights, with stars carousing into the wee hours, the Globes this year became a mild curiosity as TV entertainment show hosts announced the winners in half an hour.

The guild, on strike since Nov. 5, had planned pickets outside the show if organizers tried to move ahead with their usual televised ceremony. With nominees and other stars refusing to cross picket lines, Globe planners had to scrap their glossy show and hope for better times in 2009.

"Rest assured that next year, the Golden Globe awards will be back bigger and better than ever," said Jorge Camara, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hands out the awards.

Along with "Sweeney Todd," three other films received two prizes, with the tragic romance "Atonement" winning the top honor for best drama, plus the Globe for musical score.

The crime saga "No Country for Old Men" came away with the screenplay award for writer-directors Ethan and Joen Coen and the supporting-actor Globe for Javier Bardem, who offers a chilling performance as a killer tracking a fortune in wayward drug money.

The other double winner was "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," which received the directing prize for Julian Schnabel and the foreign-language film honor.

Coming into the evening, the awards season was blurry enough, lacking any of the front-runners that usually emerge in key categories.

The Globes did virtually nothing to sort out the Oscar picture, with the main prizes up for grabs among "Atonement," "No Country for Old Men" and other critical favorites such as "There Will Be Blood" and "Michael Clayton."

A historical epic set in California's oil-boom days of the early 20th century, "There Will Be Blood" earned Daniel Day-Lewis the Globe for dramatic actor.

Other winners included Marion Cotillard, best musical or comedy actress for the Edith Piaf saga "La Vie En Rose"; Julie Christie, best dramatic actress for the Alzheimer's drama "Away From Her"; Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, best original song for "Guaranteed," from Sean Penn's road drama "Into the Wild"; and the rodent tale "Ratatouille," best animated film.

The Writers Guild went on strike chiefly over members' share of potential profits from programming on the Internet and other new media.

Talks between writers and producers have been stalled for a month, though the weekend brought a new development that some in Hollywood sense could be an ice-breaker. The Directors Guild of America began its own negotiations with producers, and any deal the union negotiates might prompt writers to follow suit.

Said Globes overseer Camara at the start of the show: "We all hope that the writers strike will be over soon so that everyone can go back to making good movies and television programs, which is what the Golden Globes were designed to celebrate."

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2008-01-09 10:28:43
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virginiaaa77 10:31:02 AM Jul 11 2008

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I'm so happy the Golden Globes weren't STUPID IDIOTS like the Oscars!Johnny Depp deserved the oscar and MORE. Oh well, he got the golden globe. :]

NMOREPIE2 05:02:54 PM Apr 15 2008

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where is the Deppsters blog on mixedfriends.com ??? nm

NMOREPIE2 04:55:02 PM Apr 15 2008

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i'm waiting for the Deppster to win one. he was such a quiet little boy.....nm

zxychick07 05:43:50 PM Feb 22 2008

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of course johnny has 2 b so weird its part of who he is and i think its REALLY SEXXY!!
hes my all-time fave actor and i hope 2 become an actress and star in a movie with him!!!!!! (on second thought cant i just marry him??)

PirateLuBBer 06:44:52 PM Jan 31 2008

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I'm obsessed with Atonement... its such a sexy movie!!!!

Schrammitup1362 11:18:51 PM Jan 14 2008

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Hot Fuzz= funniest movie of the year

mickeymouse13524 10:46:23 PM Jan 14 2008

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MY AIM (above)

Johnny Depp is totally my favorite actor. And Kiera Knightly is my favorite actress.
The writers strike made the Golden Globes suck, for me. It's my favorite night on T.V.

I WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS so, if there are any jobs out there, contact me.

I LOVE JOHNNY DEPP AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE WITH HIM!!!!
~shaina

mickeymouse13524 10:45:47 PM Jan 14 2008

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Johnny Depp is totally my favorite actor. And Kiera Knightly is my favorite actress.
The writers strike made the Golden Globes suck, for me. It's my favorite night on T.V.

I WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS so, if there are any jobs out there, contact me.

I LOVE JOHNNY DEPP AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE WITH HIM!!!!
~shaina

mickeymouse13524 10:45:13 PM Jan 14 2008

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Johnny Depp is totally my favorite actor. And Kiera Knightly is my favorite actress.
The writers strike made the Golden Globes suck, for me. It's my favorite night on T.V.

I WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS so, if there are any jobs out there, contact me.

I LOVE JOHNNY DEPP AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE WITH HIM!!!!
~shaina.

mickeymouse13524 10:44:47 PM Jan 14 2008

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Johnny Depp is totally my favorite actor. And Kiera Knightly is my favorite actress.
The writers strike made the Golden Globes suck, for me. It's my favorite night on T.V.

I WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS so, if there are any jobs out there, contact me.

I LOVE JOHNNY DEPP AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE WITH HIM!!!!
~shaina

LifeZing 10:30:26 PM Jan 14 2008

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SEE THE WASTE OF A once-good-story, the Great Debater's. Prep subject: "Atonement". Filming schedule, a minor black uprisal flick motivation to the real thing. Debate? There is none. ATONEMENT......ASSURED, THERE WILL BE PLENTY. Movies. The star of "Debaters" Denzel Washington. What did he get attention for? THE AMERICAN GANGSTER. a song of the south. Intersting. Anyone follow that? I doubt it. 7 months ago they were filming the debaters. The gangster flick was filmed after that. Gee............Summer and fall 06', slam bam thank yo maam'. what is?

ldyshanan1619 10:21:12 PM Jan 14 2008

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Johnny Depp is definately awesome once again. However, I'm beginning to think the guy has an obsession for playing with sharp objects....!!

andyin137 10:03:19 PM Jan 14 2008

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I am so annoyed that the big Winners are always Projects and Movies that are not seen by the masses.I dont know of anyone who has seen "Sweeney Todd"(or cares Too).However now that it has won an award people will now go see it ,whereas making it Popular.I personally cannot stand johnny depp(especially after some negetive remarks he made about the USA,a while back).But even without that I still never could stand him. Just Not a Fan.

Basmithpaul 08:35:21 PM Jan 14 2008

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I like

I like Johnny Depp, but does he always have to be so - weird? "Daring" roles, or always so off kkilter. Donald Sutherland did those types of roles, too, but it wasn't until he played an ordinary guy in "Ordinary People" that I thought he did some good acting. I'd like to see Depp take off the eyeliner and play an Average oe with some good conflict. If someone could write it. Depp with Kate Winslett in a domestic drama I'd like to see.

j

ohhny Depp, but does he always have to be so - er, weird?

Trjack22 08:34:00 PM Jan 14 2008

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i was happy to see jonny depp win a globe he was wonderful as always as sweeny todd.. who knew he could also sing??? I saw it. I saw his singing videos at mixedfriends.com. He created a blog there for communicating with us... His blog is very hot now....

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