One major backlash of the Writers' Guild strike in the Stateside: a less-fabulous, schmaltz-free Golden Globe 2007 Award Ceremony. No red carpet, no uber-fashion glamorousness, no over the top "teary-eyed" acceptance speeches - just straightforward announcement, as though the award giving body would simply like to throw some throphies, push the winners home, and get it done with. Now, the winners have emerged, as the season for awards is finally now in the threshold of our time. Oscars may be a month away, but certainly Golden Globes COULD predict the real winner. But then again, most of the time, Oscars has an elitist mind and usually they ignore Golden Globes results as though it's filth.

At exultation, I am so pleased ATONEMENT won Best Motion Picture Drama, and SWEENEY TODD as Best Motion Picture Musical (although I haven't seen this one yet, but I am still happy about it). A tad sad because Angelina Jolie didn't get what she deserved in A MIGHTY HEART, and instead, the Best Actress statuette went to Julie Christie in her performance in Canadian tearjerker AWAY FROM HER. Listen AMPAS, you better give Jolie that award. Johnny Depp, too, seems to be in nirvana finally as he grabbed BEST ACTOR MUSICAL. Best Director, Julian Schnabel? What about Joe Wright?!

And so much of me blabbering here. Here's the results, with winners in RED:










BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
AMERICAN GANGSTER
ATONEMENT
EASTERN PROMISES
THE GREAT DEBATERS
MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Cate Blanchett – ELIZABETH : THE GOLDEN AGE
Julie Christie – AWAY FROM HER
Jodie Foster – THE BRAVE ONE
Angelina Jolie – A MIGHTY HEART
Keira Knightley – ATONEMENT


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
George Clooney – MICHAEL CLAYTON
Daniel Day Lewis – THERE WILL BE BLOOD
James McAvoy – ATONEMENT
Viggo Mortensen – EASTERN PROMISES
Denzel Washington – AMERICAN GANGSTER


BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
HAIRSPRAY
JUNO
SWEENEY TODD


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams - ENCHANTED
Nikki Blonsky - HAIRSPRAY
Helena Bonham Carter - SWEENEY TODD
Marion Cotillard - LA VIE EN ROSE
Ellen Page - JUNO


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp - SWEENEY TODD
Ryan Gosling - LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Tom Hanks - CHARLIE WILSON
Philip Seymour Hoffman - THE SAVAGES
John Reilly - WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, I'M NOT THERE
Saoirse Ronan, ATONEMENT
Julia Roberts, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Amy Ryan, GONE BABY GONE
Tilda Swinton, MICHAEL CLAYTON


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Casey Affleck, ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES...
Javier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Philip Seymour Hoffman, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
John Travolta, HAIRSPRAY
Tom Wilkinson, MICHAEL CLAYTON


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE BEE MOVIE
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
RATATOUILLE


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS
THE KITE RUNNER
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
LUST, CAUTION
PERSEPOLIS


BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Tim Burton, SWEENEY TODD
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Julian Schnabel, DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY
Ridley Scott, AMERICAN GANGSTER
Joe Wright, ATONEMENT


BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Diablo Cody - JUNO
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Christopher Hampton - ATONEMENT
Ronald Hardwood - THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Aaron Sorkin - CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder - INTO THE WILD
Clint Eastwood - GRACE IS GONE
Alberto Iglesias - THE KITE RUNNER
Dario Marianelli - ATONEMENT
Howard Shore - EASTERN PROMISES


BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
"Despedida" — LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (Music by: Shakira, Antonio Pinto Lyrics by: Shakira)
"Grace Is Gone" — GRACE IS GONE (Music by: Clint Eastwood Lyrics by: Carole Bayer Sager)
"Guaranteed" — INTO THE WILD (Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder)
"That’s How You Know" — ENCHANTED (Music & Lyrics by: Alan Menken)
"Walk Hard" — WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (Music & Lyrics by: Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan)