Atonement wins at Golden Globes

British romantic drama Atonement has won best film at this year's Golden Globe awards.

The movie, starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, took top honours at a press conference in Los Angeles.

But the lavish red carpet ceremony was cancelled because of the ongoing writers' strike, meaning none of the stars were present.

Other winners included Daniel Day-Lewis who won best actor for the role of an oil tycoon in There Will Be Blood.

The honours were announced at a low-key media event at the Beverly Hilton Ho

tel without any of the stars being present.