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The WGA plans to picket the Golden Globe Awards on January 13, 2008 unless, of course, the writers’ strike has ended by then. Therefore, actors and actresses who wish to attend the awards will be forced to either skip it or cross the picket line – either way, it stinks. Can you imagine being one of those people who finally gets nominated and this is the situation standing between you and your Golden Globe?!?!
Variety reports that "a WGA spokesman confirmed the decision to picket, a day after the WGA turned down a request for a waiver from Dick Clark Prods., producer of the Globes. The WGA’s also denied a waiver request from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciencs for use of clips and has said it won’t OK an interim agreement for writing services so long as it’s on strike."
We’ll see what happens. In the past, picketers and protesters have been hard to spot since you need credentials to get within a block of the Kodak center. I can’t believe this has gone on this long – hurry up and come to an agreement so that the writers can be back to making us all happy!!!
I really do go back and forth on this one. On the one hand, I understand the writers’ arguments but it is so unfair to the nominees. This is people’s life work, in some cases, that we’re talking about. It’s really unfortunate.
It really does seem like a low thing to do. How are the actors and other nominees really to blame for writers being treated badly? At least it will be a memorable night…