And the Golden Globe Attention Goes to . . .

Here's the difference between Katherine Heigl and Hugh Laurie -- each of whom received a Golden Globe Awards nomination yesterday from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and took the opportunity to draw attention to the writers' strike that has shut down the television industry:

"I'm not crossing the picket line unless I'm obliged to do so -- and I'm not with the Golden Globes," Heigl, the resident sourpuss of "Grey's Anatomy," told celebrity suck-up show "Entertainment Tonight" in re whether she'll attend the ceremony, to be broadcast on NBC. Heigl is nominated for best supporting actress in a TV series.

"But enough about me -- what do you think of my nomination?" she added. Not really.

By the time the celebrity suck-up show "Extra" caught up with Heigl, she was waxing goopier, ruminating that while the Globes was an "awesome opportunity for everyone to get together and really sort of celebrate the year's work," if she can't attend "because we can't cross the picket lines . . . it's just going to be very disappointing and sad."

Which just goes to show you, as my father used to tell me when I was a wee babe, that all things are in fact relative. I, for instance, am thrilled at the prospect of a Katherine Heigl-free Golden Globes ceremony.

Moving on, "House" star Laurie had this to say about his nomination for best drama-series actor for the Fox show: "I'm extremely honored to be included in such company. But now, especially now, I have to emphasize how much I owe to [series creator] David Shore and all the writers on 'House.' Without them I wouldn't even know how to finish this sentence without . . . you know . . ."

The Tina Fey Twins also weighed in on the strike.

Tina Fey the Actress, who had been working on her NBC series "30 Rock" during the writers' strike, issued the following Official Statement about her Globe nomination for best actress in a comedy: "I am excited and very grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press, and I look forward to being the least glamorous person at the Golden Globe Awards."

But shortly thereafter, Tina Fey the Writer -- who we're told was not busy yesterday morning manning the picket line at Viacom's Manhattan headquarters but was no doubt taking a well-deserved rest from her busy schedule of picketing photo ops -- awoke with a start, shouted, "What the heck?!" and retracted that statement, issuing instead an Official Statement that reads: "I'm very excited and grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press. It's a happy piece of news in this weird season."

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With the Hollywood Foreign Press Association showering just 21 nominations on broadcast shows and 39 on pay and basic cable programs -- up from last year's 29 -- this year's list of television nominees reads like a Who's Who of the Barely Seen.