The Great Writer’s Strike of 2007/08/? claimed its latest victim as the Beast devoured the telecast of the Golden Globe Awards. The always mysterious Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced today that, due to members of SAG not crossing picket lines and no pre-written material for them to read off of a TV, the award winners would be announced during an hour-long press conference airing on NBC this Sunday at 9pm EST/6pm PST. While viewers will be spared the usual yawn-inducing praisefest, one can’t help but lament that we will not be able to see Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Borat) present the Best Actor - Comedy, Musical or Whatever award to Tom Hanks, nor the death glare from John C. Reilly that is sure to follow his snub.

In other strike news, hot off of David Letterman’s victory against the Strike Monster, Tom Cruise has thrust his sabre deep into the beast’s hide, as his United Artists company has come to an agreement with the Writer’s Guild, allowing UA to move forward on re-writes and projects they have in development. UA is the first major company to do so and could completely change the way that labor negotiations are done in Hollywood, if other companies follow suit, the AMPTP could be crippled. More to come…