HOLLYWOOD: The cancellation of the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards due to the Writer's Guild of America strike has erased a major celebrity-seeding and product-placement opportunity from the awards-season calendar.

Without the show, PR agencies have lost the opportunity to showcase their clients' brands in swag bags and at high-profile brand-sponsored parties taking place before and after the awards.

Danielle Capogrosso, director of entertainment and marketing at Matter Entertainment, an Edelman Entertainment company, said the cancellation's ...