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by Shannonn Kelly

 

Normally when a Hollywood award show is on the horizon, our televisions are filled with ads, entertainment news on the fashion and stars and a whole lot of Hollywood glistz and glamor.

Then, on award night you, the television viewer could watch the brightest stars from movies and television step out in their finery on the red carpet for all the world to see and gossip about on Monday.

For the first time since 1944 when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA),  started them as a fundraiser, the Golden Globes were starless!

The Golden Globe Awards are generally the third most-watched awards show after the and Grammys and the Academy Awards , and is one of the highest honors for actors and actresses from film and television.

With the WGA Strike still ongoing, the Golden Globes were faced with actors and actresses choosing to boycott the ceremony rather than cross picket lines. Striking writers threatened to picket the Globes.

So, on Sunday January 13, 2008  the Golden Globes were held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel and broadcast live for a total of 31 minutes; leaving networks to fill the reamining 3 or so hours of programming with film clips and commentary and as if there were nothing better to run, an episode of —still can’t believe it: American Gladiators.

The winners of last nights Golden Globes can be viewed by clicking on this link at Variety.

I’m going to have that nap now…

written by RHIFF