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Date:
Tue, 22 January 2008 11:40 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Golden Globe 2008 With No Party
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No glitz as Hollywood
awaits Globes amid strike
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By Bob Tourtellotte
Sun Jan 13, 1:12 PM ET
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An unidentified
IATSE union member holds a sign near the Beverly Hilton hotel,
site of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards news conference in
Beverly Hills, California January 13, 2008.
REUTERS/Fred Prouser
(UNITED STATES)
Sun Jan 13, 7:29 PM ET
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Hollywood on Sunday awaited the strike-plagued Golden Globe
Awards at a drab news conference to announce winners, rather
than the usual star-filled gala.
The film and television awards,
given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are a
key stop on the road to Oscars, the world's top film honors,
and as a result are widely watched in the industry and by
millions of television viewers.
But the screenwriters strike
derailed this year's event when the Writers Guild of America,
which is embroiled in a labor dispute with major film and TV
studios, threatened to picket the ceremony.
As a result, A-list stars to
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Lacking star power, television
network NBC and the HFPA scrapped the gala shown on TV in a
roughly three-hour telecast, and in its place decided to air a
one-hour news conference.
Typically on Golden Globe
Sunday, stars such as Keira Knightley, nominated for best
actress in a drama for her role in romance "Atonement," would
have picked designer gowns and glittering jewelry to parade up
the red carpet.
Nominated actors such as George
Clooney for legal thriller "Michael Clayton" and Daniel
Day-Lewis in dark human drama "There Will Be Blood" might be
practicing Golden Globe acceptance speeches that could kick
off an Oscar campaign.
But this year, none of that is
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Jorge Camara, president of the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association, speaks to guests at the 65th annual
Golden Globe Awards news conference at the Beverly Hilton hotel in
Beverly Hills, California January 13, 2008.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
(UNITED STATES)
Sun Jan 13, 9:19 PM ET
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Jorge Camara, president of the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association, announces "Atonement" as winner of the
Golden Globe Award for best drama motion picture at the 65th annual
Golden Globe Awards news conference at the Beverly Hilton hotel in
Beverly Hills, California January 13, 2008.
REREUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
(UNITED STATES)
Sun Jan 13,10:27 PM ET
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Banners promoting the
Golden Globe Awards are pictured on a street light pole near the
entrance to Beverly Hilton hotel, site of the 65th annual Golden
Globe Awards news conference, January 13, 2008. Hollywood on Sunday
awaited the strike-plagued Golden Globe Awards at a drab news
conference to announce winners, rather than the usual star-filled
gala. The screenwriters strike derailed this year's event when the
Writers Guild of America, which is embroiled in a labor dispute with
major film and TV studios, threatened to picket the ceremony, as a
result, A-list stars refused to attend.
REUTERS/Fred Prouser
(UNITED STATES)
Sun
Jan 13, 6:27 PM ET
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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. during the 65th
annual golden Globe Awards.
(AP
Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Sun
Jan 13, 10:07 PM ET
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Presenter Jim Moret
announces Javier Bardem as the winner of the Golden Globe for
Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture for his role in 'No
Country For Old Men' at a news conference for the 65th annual Golden
Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.,
Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008.
(AP
Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Sun
Jan 13, 9:54 PM ET |
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Presenter Jim Moret
announces Queen Latifah as the winner of the Golden Globe for
Best Actress Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
for her role in 'Life Support' at a news conference for the
65th annual Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in
Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008.
(AP
Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Sun
Jan 13, 10:02 PM ET |
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Presenter Lara Spencer announces
Glenn Close as the winner of the Golden Globe for Best
Actress TV Series Drama for 'Damages' at a news
conference for the 65th annual Golden Globe awards at the Beverly
Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008.
(AP Photo/Mark J.
Terrill)
Sun Jan 13, 9:48 PM ET |
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REFILE - CORRECTING
SPELLING OF PRESENTER'S NAME Entertainment journalist Giuliana
Rancic announces actress Julie Christie as winner of the
Golden Globe Award for best actress in a drama motion picture
for her role in "Away From Her" at the 65th annual Golden
Globe Awards news conference at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly
Hills, California January 13, 2008.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
(UNITED STATES)
Sun
Jan 13,10:18 PM ET |
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Entertainment journalist
Dayna Devon announces actor Johnny Depp as winner of
the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a comedy or musical
motion picture for his role in"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of
Fleet Street" at the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards news
conference at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California
January 13, 2008.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
(UNITED STATES) |
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Presenter Brooke Anderson
announces Samantha Morton as the winner of the Golden Globe
for Best Supporting Actress .
(AP
Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Sun
Jan 13, 9:51 PM ET
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Cherli Marsik (R), a
union nurse who works on film sets and motion picture studios, holds
signs along with her daughter Jeandra (C), who joined her in
support, as IATSE union members shouted slogans and held signs near
the Beverly Hilton hotel, site of the 65th annual Golden Globe
Awards news conference January 13, 2008.
REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES)
Sun
Jan 13, 7:38 PM ET |
This year's Golden Globe award was held with no party, only on some kind
of press conference, as if inspired by my letter of "My
Own Holyday Gift: Late Coverage of Oscar 2007" whereas I wrote it far
after the Oscar event of February 2007 because my mind was distracted by
some major disasters in Indonesia around early 2007.
Of course the main reason was the strike held by
the screenwriters.
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