Golden Globes.

"Amid the barest hint of star power at a Golden Globes ceremony derailed by striking screenwriters, Atonement captured the award for best drama and Sweeney Todd won for best musical or comedy on Sunday," write David Carr and Michael Cieply in the New York Times, where Alessandra Stanley reports on what it was like to zap between NBC, E! and the TV Guide Network. Basically, it was "a bizarre showdown."

At any rate, here's the full list of award winners.

Online viewing tip. Jamie Stuart's We got it. They want it.

Updated through 1/15.

Updates: Eugene Hernandez writes a thank you note to the striking writers: "By going on strike and forcing the cancellation of the Golden Globes this year, you reminded the movie industry and film fans alike how pointless the event ultimately is."

"The Globes and the Oscars live or die by the amount of celebrity firepower they are able to muster," blogs the Guardian's Xan Brooks. "Remove the big names and the pretty dresses and you're left with a bald, corporate press conference that has the advertisers clamouring for a refund."

"The Hollywood Foreign Press becomes a more laughable and pandering award-bestowing organization every year, and the awards not-handed-out tonight - with its seven Best Dramatic Picture nominations and the Best Musical/Comedy Picture category proving more than ever before how inane it is to automatically have those two broad genres combined - were no less absurd than any other year, and possibly more so," writes Aaron Dobbs.

"This has little impact whatsoever on the Oscar race," adds Variety's Anne Thompson. But the Hollywood Reporter's Ray Bennett's not so sure.

"It seems the Hollywood Foreign Press was in the mood to knock a few kings down; frontrunners suffered generally, with No Country For Old Men (losing Best Picture and Director) and Juno (losing Picture and Comedy Actress) taking the biggest hits," writes Gabriel Shanks. "The big question has to be: with the Globes ceremony being so completely unwatchable, will they still carry significant weight with Oscar voters?"

Whether Oscar goes for Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard or Ellen Page, "history will be made." Nathaniel R explains.

At Hollywood Bitchslap, Rob Gonsalves offers a few thoughts on "What They Mean for Oscar (or Don't)."

"But it wasn't really an evening of movies," blogs David Poland. "It was an evening of weird."

Jeffrey Wells "is hereby delivering a resounding thumbs-down to NBC's decision to play games."

Live bloggers: David Carr, Nick Davis, Rebecca Winters Keegan and Karina Longworth.

Glenn Kenny offers a "Golden Globes Palate Cleanser."

"To be clear, this event involved a bunch of reporters listening as a bunch reporters revealed the victors of a contest run by a bunch of reporters," Troy Patterson reminds us in Slate.

"[T]he job of most HFPA members is to cover the entertainment industry, not to write film reviews," adds Time's Richard Corliss. "They should be voting on Most Cooperative Actor, Least Obstructive Publicist, Best Free Hors d'Oeuvres (Premiere or Junket)."

Updates, 1/15: "The windy speeches, the tears of joy, the fashion miscues, all arrayed over remarkable superbeings in gossamer frocks are what people turn the television on for," writes David Carr in the New York Times. "Without pomp, there is no circumstance, at least in Hollywood."

Posted by dwhudson at January 14, 2008 12:09 AM