BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Nothing fancy or frilly for the winners and losers of Sunday night's dressed-down Golden Globes -- some celebrated barefoot, in bars, or waiting for their bags at the airport carousel.
The writers strike forced cancellation of the usual fashion-drenched soiree in favor of a news conference that winners watched from televisions in living rooms and hotel suites.
Tom Hooper, director of the night's top award winner, the TV movie "Longford," popped open a small bottle of bubbly from his Santa Monica hotel room's minibar.
"We managed to rustle up two champagne glasses ... That's as glamorous as it gets," said Hooper, who wore jeans, no shoes and what he called a "scruffy shirt."
Still, Hooper planned to celebrate in a bit of style by heading out with Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy to the Hotel Chateau Marmont.
That's where Focus Features Co-President James Schamus had encamped earlier for a Globes-viewing dinner party for the producers of "Atonement." He said he'd cooked pasta all day to prepare.
"This is a picture we love. It's finding its place in the U.S. and in movie history. We're thrilled," Schamus said of the Globe winner in the drama category.
Not everybody wanted to watch the Globes broadcast, though.
David Duchovny, winner for best actor in a TV comedic or musical series ("Californication"), went out to see a "The Bucket List" in Vancouver, where he's filming the "X-Files" film sequel.
"I kinda didn't want to watch. It would just make me tense or nervous," he said. "I knew if my phone was ringing when I walked into my hotel room that I would have won, and it was. Nobody calls a loser."
Hooper said he found out about the three wins for "Longford" from the screenwriter Peter Morgan, who was viewing a broadcast of the news conference in London. Morgan sent a text message with the news about 10 seconds before NBC broadcast it on a tape delay.
"This is the new-style Globes," Hooper said. "Finding out when you won at the time when everyone else does is a thing of the past."
Julian Schnabel, director of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," found out that his film had won the Globe award for foreign language film while waiting in the baggage claim at JFK airport.
"I just got off the plane from Los Angeles and I was standing there and it was just perfect," he said. "It was perfect to stand there, that was better than being in a proscenium kind of space or at a dinner.
"I feel like I'm included in a community of people, and I usually feel like I'm on the margins somewhere, so it's nice to be included. And, also, obviously, it means that more people will see the movie, and that's important."
Because the traditional swirl of parties had been canceled, winners found innovative ways to celebrate.
"Atonement" producer Tim Bevard said he planned to jump in the pool at the Chateau Marmont. "I guess that's what you do, isn't it, after you win a Golden Globe. You go for a swim," Bevard said.
The night's usual boozy atmosphere wasn't entirely lost. "Damages" star Glenn Close sipped bourbon on the rocks while watched the telecast at the Brass Monkey Bar in New York with the show's cast and crew.
"It was short and sweet, wasn't it?" Close said. "It was great, this huge cheer went up. And of course huge boos when our other people didn't win."
Jon Hamm, winner for best actor in a dramatic TV series, said he was disappointed to not be able to use his acceptance speech to thank those who worked on the series "Mad Men."
"I wish I could have thanked everyone publicly," said Hamm, who celebrated on the roof of the Chateau Marmont. "But it was still a great experience. I wouldn't trade it. I will remember this always."
Globe nominee Ernest Borgnine didn't win, but made sure he brought the festivities to his home in Beverly Hills. He allowed reporters and camera crews inside his living room for a TV viewing party featuring balloons, flowers, sandwiches and pizza.
He said wife Tova had picked out a dress in hopes of attending the ceremony, but that he was happy for the low-key atmosphere. Wearing a black sweater and pants, the winner of the best-actor Academy Award for 1955's "Marty" sipped cider as his wife opened bottles of champagne.
"Sweeney Todd" producer Richard Zanuck, an Oscar winner for "Driving Miss Daisy," said he watched the Globes at his son's house in "Levis and tennis shoes instead of the tuxedo, which had been all pressed and ready to go."
Duchovny joked that he took a really dressed-down approach.
Asked what he was wearing as he soaked in the news that he was a winner, he replied: "I was naked in my hotel room. It was my way of protesting any number of issues."
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AP writers John Rogers, Ryan Pearson and Alex Veiga in Los Angeles and Solvej Schou in West Hollywood, Calif., contributed to this report.
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