Due to the ongoing writers strike the Golden Globe Awards planned for this Sunday are cancelled. Viewing parties had been planned in homes throughout the region. While not as big as the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes recently had a large gay representation.
During the 2006 Golden Globe Awards alone Brokeback Mountain won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sceenplay and Best Original Song. Felicity Huffman won Best Actress for Transamerica and Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for his portrayal of the gay character Capote. Desperate Housewives won Best Television Comedy that same and other years as well.