At the Golden Globe ceremony on Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, “Atonement” won the best drama award in the most starless award ceremony ever.

The adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel, “Atonement” also won the best original score award on a night which lacked with stars due to the Hollywood screenwriters strike.

The awards were equally divided among four movies which won two awards each, according to AFP.

The traditional ceremony for the Globes including the red carpet arrival of the stars were canceled because the Screen Actors Guild said that it won’t cross any picket line of the writers and that they will support the cause of the scribes.

In this case the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which is the organizer of the ceremony saw no other choice than to transform the lavish glamorous 65th ceremony into a merely news conference where the winners were announced.

The Golden Globes are thought to be the hint ceremony for the upcoming Academy Awards which are due to take place on February 24.

On Sunday no movie seemed to be an Oscar favorite as the awards were given evenly.

Even though “Atonement” was nominated for seven awards, it didn’t manage to get the awards for best acting. Those awards were swept away by Johnny Depp in Tim Burton’s musical “Sweeney Todd”, who won the best actor. The movie also won the best musical award.

Best actor in a drama award was won by Daniel-Day Lewis for his interpretation as an oil prospector in “There Will Be Blood” and the award for best supporting actor went to Javier Bardem for the role in “No Country for Old Men.” The movie missed out the award for the best director, which went to Julian Schnabel for “The diving Bell and Butterfly.”

Julie Christie took the best actress in a drama award for her role as a woman who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in “Away From Her.”

She was up against Jodie Foster, Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett and Keira Knightley.

Cate Blanchett won best supporting actress award for “I’m Not There,” while Marion Cotillard received the award for best actress in a musical or comedy for her performance as Edith Piaf in “La Vie en Rose.” 

The wards were announced live on E! Entertainment Television and TV Guide Network and among presenters were Brooke Anderson of “Showbiz Tonight” on Headline News, Mary Hart of “Entertainment Tonight and Dayna Devon of “Extra,” the New York Times reports.

It appears as the association gave the honors to the foreign films as the awards for best picture went to a British movie, the acting awards were also won by Brits and the best director award went to a movie which was shot in French.