The complete list of winners of the 65th annual Golden Globes was announced Sunday at a news conference held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills.
The stars of Grey's Anatomy and Pirates of the Caribbean were among the fan favourites at the 34th annual People's Choice Awards on Tuesday, as CBS scrapped its usual live broadcast of the show for a strike-friendly, pre-taped program. The People's Choice Awards announced last month it would replace its traditional live show with "a new format" that had its crews deliver trophies to music, film and television stars on location. Other winners in categories that spanned from television to movies to music included Katherine Heigl of "Grey's" as favourite female TV star, "Dancing With the Stars" as favourite reality show, Ellen DeGeneres as favourite talk show host and Justin Timberlake as favourite male singer. Top movie winners included Johnny Depp and Reese Witherspoon as favorite male and female movie star, respectively, and Justin Timberlake was voted favorite male singer.
The Screen Actors Guild on Friday said nearly all its members will refuse to cross striking writers' picket lines at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards, throwing Hollywood's award season deeper into doubt. Award nominees such as Julia Roberts and Johnny Depp would be key draws for audiences of the film and television honors on January 13, and could be nominated and appear for the world's top film honors, the Oscars, in February. If they, or other A-list actors, fail to appear, industry watchers think the Golden Globes may not air as scheduled. The Writers Guild of America, which represents the writers, also has barred its members from writing for the Oscars, but SAG's Friday announcement pertained only to the Golden Globe Awards. "After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives over the past several weeks, there appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross WGA picket lines," SAG President Alan Rosenberg said. Rosenberg also said SAG has asked members about appearing on late-night talk shows that remain subject to the strike. In the case of programs such as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," SAG members also appear unanimous in not wanting to cross picket lines. A representative for NBC, which broadcasts the Golden Globes as well as "Tonight Show" and "Late Night" was not immediately available to comment. Earlier this week, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which gives out the Golden Globes, said it was in talks with the WGA to seek an "interim agreement" that would allow it to air as scheduled. The WGA, however, said that for now it would continue with its plan to picket the show.
The Screen Actors Guild, which represents film and television actors, on Thursday nominated the performers in grim crime thriller No Country for Old Men and western 3:10 to Yuma for best ensemble cast in a movie. Joining them on the list for SAG's top award were the casts of musical Hairspray, crime drama American Gangster and wilderness tale Into the Wild. In the category for best film actor in a drama, SAG nominated George Clooney for his role as a troubled attorney in Michael Clayton, Daniel Day-Lewis in oil prospecting drama There Will Be Blood, Ryan Gosling for heartwarming comedy Lars and the Real Girl, Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild and Viggo Mortensen for crime thriller Eastern Promises. Film actress nominations went to Cate Blanchett for drama Elizabeth: The Golden Age," Julie Christie in Alzheimer's tale Away from Her, French actress Marion Cotillard for her role as singer Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, Angelina Jolie as the wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl for A Mighty Heart, and Ellen Page in teen pregnancy comedy, Juno. The Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be given out on January 27 in Los Angeles, often indicate who will be nominated for the film industry's top honors, the Oscars, because actors make up the largest group of Academy Award voters. But unlike the Oscars, which are given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, SAG also hands out awards in TV categories. The top TV award is best cast in a drama and that grouping featured familiar names like The Sopranos, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer and cable TV newcomer, Mad Men. The nominees for best ensemble cast in a TV comedy also featured a list of programs that have been nominated for past Hollywood awards, including 30 Rock, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, The Office and Ugly Betty.
The Oscars may be a lot shorter this year. The Writers Guild of America will not allow its members to write for the February 24 awards show nor the Golden Globes on January 13. On Monday, the Associated Press cited a guild source, who declined to say when the decision had been made. Still no word from Academy Award host Jon Stewart, a writers guild member, who has so far honored the strike. Stewart may not be the only awards show no-show. Nominee Katherine Heigl said Friday at a screening for her movie 27 Dresses: "I've been asked by my Guild not to cross the picket line, and I really have to respect that. "But I think I would feel uncomfortable doing that because I think it makes a really big statement I'm not sure I really want to make," she added. "The reality is, I really want to go – so I really wish that they'd get their waiver."
