Clooney shows his support as writers' strike forces cancellation of Golden Globes

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The star-studded three-hour gala, broadcast live and one of the highlights of the Hollywood year after the Oscars, is being replaced by an hour-long press conference.

The axing of the show is a symbolic victory for the Writers' Guild of America and could now threaten the Oscars if the union adopts the same tactics.

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Union support: George Clooney has stated categorically that he will NOT cross picket lines raising fears that the cancellation of the Golden Globes will mean the same for the Oscars next month

The mood among Hollywood stars was summed up by Clooney as he appeared at the Critics' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, accompanied by stars including Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

"I belong to six unions," he said before the show.

"I wouldn't cross a picket line."

The victory for the writers came as the union announced a breakaway deal had been reached to put writers back to work at Tom Cruise's film company.

It is the first deal to be reached with big-screen producers since the strike began on 5 November.

Sponsors of the Golden Globes decided to cancel Sunday's show rather than face a boycott by nominees and presenters reluctant to cross picket lines.

The WGA had previously refused to grant a special waiver permitting the Globes show to go on with union writers, as the WGA allowed for last night's lower profile Critics' Choice Awards, airing on cable channel VH1.

Daniel Day-Lewis moved a step closer to winning his second Oscar when he won Best Actor at the Choice Awards for his sensational performance in the big oil drama There Will Be Blood.

His victory came in the wake of ecstatic reviews in the US for his portrayal of Texan oil prospector Daniel Plainview in Paul Thomas Anderson's tale of family, greed and religion.

The Los Angeles Times said: "Day-Lewis works at such a high-wire level that many of the film's supporting cast members simply fade away."

Day-Lewis, 50, won an Oscar in 1990 for his performance as Christy Moore in My Left Foot.

The decision to axe the Golden Globes came after Hollywood stars indicated they would boycott the ceremony in support of the strikers.

Now fears the Oscars could follow suit look increasingly likely as the nine-week-old walk out becomes ever more bitter.

Keira Knightley, 22 – who has been nominated for Best Actress for her role in Atonement – announced she would not cross the picket line. The actress' mother is playwright Sharman Macdonald.