Confirmed: The 65th Golden Globes Are Cancelled

[wrngco]

my uncle is the creator of Big Love and nominated he's a writer , member of the WGA and a producer so he would not cross a picket line ..some are both sooo...
lots of producers are also writers...again like I said before the strike won't end until June so I don't know what will happen when Oscar time really comes
actors today are ultra political crossing picket lines is a no no
but for the 4 or 8 cents for downloads..I do feel bad for the lower level workers the grips who do hard labor sucks

 

[smartarse]

hollywood writers (as well as the actors) make tons of money, that they can afford not to work for a year or more. So this strike is pennies to them. But what about the little people? are they even getting a paycheck while the strikes been 4 months running now? i hear there will be layoffs in the lower levels-- this is just hearsay. so who's really hurting here, certainly not the writers nor the actors but the little people on the lower level. why do you think Leno, Lettermen went back on air despite the strike? Not for the show but for the lower level employees.

a big TSK! TSK! to writers.

my uncle is the creator of Big Love and nominated he's a writer , member of the WGA and a producer so he would not cross a picket line ..some are both sooo...
lots of producers are also writers...again like I said before the strike won't end until June so I don't know what will happen when Oscar time really comes
actors today are ultra political crossing picket lines is a no no
but for the 4 or 8 cents for downloads..I do feel bad for the lower level workers the grips who do hard labor sucks

 

[MissMagAddict]

Originally Posted by Manuva
It's incredible the power of this strike though, it's really groundbreaking stuff. As much as I will miss the glitz of the red carpet, I am completely behind the writers.

Me too

hollywood writers (as well as the actors) make tons of money, that they can afford not to work for a year or more. So this strike is pennies to them. But what about the little people? are they even getting a paycheck while the strikes been 4 months running now? i hear there will be layoffs in the lower levels-- this is just hearsay. so who's really hurting here, certainly not the writers nor the actors but the little people on the lower level. why do you think Leno, Lettermen went back on air despite the strike? Not for the show but for the lower level employees.
a big TSK! TSK! to writers.

Writers only make a lot of money if they're writing for a really big show. If the people behind the shows are laid off they are members of unions which will continue to pay them a certain amount (depending on what they were making) while the writers on are on strike. As for Leno he continued to pay his employees including the writers when the show was off the air due to the strike.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

where do you get that information that they are making all this money? if you are a writer on a major show, sure you are making money but most member of the guild aren't and even the members that are making money are making far less than the actors and studios.

As I said before, I see where they are coming from. But would it kill them to be a little less selfless? Even if they were making the same amount of money as a costume designer or makeup artist (which they don't, not at all), those people aren't going to get residuals, period.

Eventually, courtesy of the internet, none of these people will be making tons of money anyways.

 

[eternitygoddess]

Bad thing about this strike is that the writers have enough money to draw this out a longggggg time.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Up to 1,000 employees on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank could be laid off anytime after Friday as a result of the Hollywood writers strike. The studio distributed legally mandated warning notices on November 12, five days after the Writers Guild of America walkout began, stating that recipients could be subject to layoff after 60 days. The notices represent the first concrete sign that the strike could trigger massive job cuts across Hollywood.

A Warner Bros. spokeswoman declined to say when or how many pink slips might eventually fly. She said the notices were mandated under the U.S. Department of Labor's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) regulations, which are designed to give employees some advance notice of possible job eliminations in the event of a strike.

"These WARN notices were sent because, in certain circumstances, federal and California law can require employers to give notice of staffing changes," Warners spokeswoman Stacey Hoppe said. "Due to the ongoing WGA work stoppage, some studio divisions will have to lay off employees. We regret the impact this will have on our employees, and we hope to bring them back to work once the WGA strike ends."

Those receiving WARN notices are employees of Warner Bros. Studios Facilities, primarily production workers and others involved in lot maintenance and facility management.

News of the development circulated Tuesday, the 65th day of the writers strike. It wasn't immediately clear if any other major studios have issued similar notifications.

But there already have been widespread cost-cutting moves on most studio lots. At Fox and elsewhere, overtime pay has been curtailed for many positions, and industryites coast to coast have been finding their department budgets scrutinized more thoroughly than usual.

Elsewhere, TV production companies have shed workers as show after show has run out of scripts and shut down operations, and now film producers with overall deals on the various lots are coming under similar scrutiny.

Some TV studios, including Warner Bros. TV, are expected to send out letters shortly to terminate deals with select writer-producers. And on the film side, Universal recently parted ways with Vertigo Entertainment, the company behind the "Ring" and "Grudge" horror movies, upon the expiration of their production pact.

In the 1988 WGA strike, almost every studio eventually laid off scores of workers during the five-month work stoppage.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Source

And this is why I am tired of the writer's strike.

 

[smartarse]

hollywood writers (as well as the actors) make tons of money, that they can afford not to work for a year or more. So this strike is pennies to them. But what about the little people? are they even getting a paycheck while the strikes been 4 months running now? i hear there will be layoffs in the lower levels-- this is just hearsay. so who's really hurting here, certainly not the writers nor the actors but the little people on the lower level. why do you think Leno, Lettermen went back on air despite the strike? Not for the show but for the lower level employees.

a big TSK! TSK! to writers.

looks like the rumor is true. Axium the payroll company for Hollywood 's entertainment industry just shut down its doors according to a trade paper.

TSK! TSK! @ writers.

 

[MissMagAddict]

Source | Guardian UK | January 10, 2008

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Academy defiant as fears for Oscars grow[/FONT]

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]The organisers of the 80th annual Academy Awards were presenting a united front yesterday, insisting that this year's Oscars will go ahead as planned. The ongoing writers' strike has already claimed one high profile casualty in Sunday's Golden Globe awards and fears are building that the Oscars could also fall victim.

[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]"We are going to do it," said Oscar producer Gil Cates. "I can't elaborate on how we're going to do it, because I don't want anyone to deal with the elaboration in a way that might impact its success."[/FONT]

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Without special agreement between the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the event's organisers are unable to hire union members to work on the show. In a show of solidarity, members of the Screen Actors Guild have stated that they will refuse to cross the picket line outside the Kodak Theatre. This raises the prospect of an Academy Awards ceremony that is shunned by the major Oscar nominees.[/FONT]

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]In place of Sunday's Golden Globe awards, the US network NBC now plans to run a one-hour press conference, featuring clips from the winning films. The network has reportedly agreed to return as much as $15m to advertisers who had bought media spots on the understanding that the event would go ahead. ABC, the network hosting the Oscars, is believed to be in similar talks with advertisers over a possible course of action if it is forced to abandon the telecast.[/FONT]

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]"We're not panicking," Academy president Sid Ganis said yesterday. "We're preparing our show and moving forward. It's been on through wars and through presidential assassination attempts. It would be shameful if the Oscars were in any way affected."[/FONT]

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]But producer Havery Weinstein struck a more cautious note. "No matter what anybody says, if the WGA goes on strike and SAG (Screen Actors Guild) is in support, there's no Oscar show," he told the Associated Press this week. "It's as simple as that."

[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Talks between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down on December 7.[/FONT]

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]This year's Academy Award nominations will be announced on January 22. The Oscars are set to be presented on February 24.[/FONT]

 

[MissMagAddict]

Source | NY Daily News

Matt Fills In For Globes

January 10, 2008 -- NBC will sub a two-hour "Dateline" special in place of its Golden Globes coverage scuttled by the writers' strike.

The Matt Lauer-hosted special, "Going for Gold," airs Sunday (7-9 p.m.) and includes interviews with a slew of Golden Globe nominees - including Sally Field, Kyra Sedgwick, William Shatner and Patricia Arquette.

The interviews were conducted by various NBC News correspondents, including Hoda Kotb, Natalie Morales and Tiki Barber, and will culminate with the announcement of the Golden Globe winners.

The special, which also includes commentary from snarky comedian Kathy Griffin, had been slated, for some time, to air this Saturday - but was quickly rescheduled when the Globes were revamped, a casualty of the ongoing writers' strike.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which stages the Globes, scrapped the traditionally lavish awards ceremony - and subbed a more subdued press conference - in order to avoid the spectacle of picketing writers and celebrity no-shows.

The Screen Actors Guild, which represents over 70 Globe nominees, had instructed its members not to cross picket lines this Sunday as a show of solidarity with striking Writers Guild scribes.

NBC will fill the 10-11 p.m. hour, originally slated for live Globes coverage, with a repeat of "American Gladiators."

 

[MonkeyFish]

Why do they picket the Globes and oscars and not the sags??? That is stupid. And anyway what has these award shows got to do with the strike??? Its unfair they are going picket mad, with all these shows. They better not picket the oscars, that is just going way too far.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

Why do they picket the Globes and oscars and not the sags??? That is stupid. And anyway what has these award shows got to do with the strike??? Its unfair they are going picket mad, with all these shows. They better not picket the oscars, that is just going way too far.

I'm curious about this as well. The only answer I've come up with is that only actors are honored at the SAGs, whereas the other ceremonies honor writers and producers as well.

 

[MonkeyFish]

I'm curious about this as well. The only answer I've come up with is that only actors are honored at the SAGs, whereas the other ceremonies honor writers and producers as well.

So if theses writers are HONOURED at these award shows, why picket it??
I think alan rosenberg (president of sag) needs to keep his mouth shut. He is putting pressure on all the actors to not turn up at the globes. Psshh, he just wants everyone to turn up at his award show and let all the focus be on the SAGS for a change.

 

[MonkeyFish]

Also, the writers better not touch the BAFTAS.

 

[lesypersound]

to answer your question: SAG isn't getting picketed because the Screen Actors Guild caused the cancellation of the Golden Globes out of solidarity with the Writers' Guild of America. awards shows like the Critics' event last week wasn't striked because it doesn't have big connections with the studios unlike the Golden Globes or the Oscars...and doesn't get nearly the same amt of coverage as those two things (so the audience/public will notice their cancellations).

also as i understand it, the reason why the Studios are being hardline is because the Screen Actors' Guild and the Directors' Guild of America both have their contracts up for negotiation this summer. this is why this strike will go on until the then as someone else mentioned before.

and, i'm fairly sure that there are equivalent Unions for the laborers you all are angry for...i'm not sure what their positions are, but i suspect they are on the side of fellow striking workers in this mess.

a big TSK! TSK! to writers.

tsk tsk to the writers for wanting a fair shake? the members of the writers guild actually don't make a ton of money contrary to whatever beliefs ppl may have--according to a WGA representative in an LA Times column the median income for members is $5,000 a year because almost half of the members are unemployed most of the time! (LINK)

As I said before, I see where they are coming from. But would it kill them to be a little less selfless? Even if they were making the same amount of money as a costume designer or makeup artist (which they don't, not at all), those people aren't going to get residuals, period.

Eventually, courtesy of the internet, none of these people will be making tons of money anyways.

but that is the reason why they are striking--they want to be paid something in the form of residuals for available online/internet media they helped create.



This is the studio's fault... tsk tsk their execs' bloated salaries and profit margins... ppl should take the side of the actual culture producers involved in the industry--not the people who happen to have the money and want to make more of it at the expense of everyone else.

 

[Label Basher]

Why do they picket the Globes and oscars and not the sags??? That is stupid. And anyway what has these award shows got to do with the strike??? Its unfair they are going picket mad, with all these shows. They better not picket the oscars, that is just going way too far.

Heaps of people are talking on blogs etc saying that because the SAGS are not as high profile as the Globes, BAFTAs and Oscars it's like SAG has a hidden agenda. They will get way more publicity and their ratings will be higher than before. Also the actors contracts are up in June or July so there could be more striking (the writers might be back writing but will there be someone there is act it).

If I was from "Hollywood" then I wouldn't go to any of them. If you can't do them all then don't do any.

Unfortunately they will picket the Oscars if the strike is not resolved as that is the big one.

So if theses writers are HONOURED at these award shows, why picket it?? I think alan rosenberg (president of sag) needs to keep his mouth shut. He is putting pressure on all the actors to not turn up at the globes. Psshh, he just wants everyone to turn up at his award show and let all the focus be on the SAGS for a change.

The reason it's going ahead is because they are simply supporting WAG. You have to wonder about the DGA and if they will go ahead.

Also, the writers better not touch the BAFTAS.

As far as we know the BAFTAs are ok at this point so fingers crossed.

 

[masquerade]

There shouldn't be a problem with the BAFTAs because the british writers are an entirely different union. IDK though since they do honor american films and such

And this is why I am tired of the writer's strike.

i understand you are tired of the strike, but it is the studios that are keeping all these people out of work, not the writers


The Weinsteins have officially made a deal with the WGA. That is two movie studios and one television production company. Hopefully this will influence the other studios.

 

[Label Basher]

Hanks urges end to writers' strike

By Michael Davidson

LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Tom Hanks is keen to see the Oscar ceremony held as usual, and urged studios to return to the negotiating table to end a writers' strike that threatens to disrupt the climax of Hollywood's awards season.

The Golden Globe ceremony scheduled for Sunday has already been scrapped, and will be replaced by a news conference few stars are likely to attend. The People's Choice Awards were also scaled back and subsequently bombed in the television ratings.

Now all eyes are on the Academy Awards, the movie world's biggest night, which are due to take place on February 24.

"The show must go on, that is one of the tenets of everything," Hanks told Reuters in London.

"I am a member of the board of governors of the Academy, and we definitely want to put on a great show and honor the films that have come out in the course of the year," he said on the red carpet at the premiere of his film "Charlie Wilson's War."

Hanks said corporate bosses should remember that many people, from carpenters to caterers, were suffering as a result of the strike by about 10,500 Writers Guild of America members over their dispute with major film and TV studios.

"There are caterers and carpenters ... and electricians and gaffers," the 51-year-old said. "There are a lot of people out there associated with the industry, for whom the sooner this work stoppage is over the better."I just hope that the big guys who make big decisions up high in their corporate boardrooms and what not get down to honest bargaining and everyone can get back to work."

The star of box office hits "Forrest Gump" and "The Da Vinci Code," and twice a best actor Oscar winner, added that a shift in the way screenwriters were rewarded for their work was needed in the Internet age.

"The delivery systems, the revenue streams, just the very presentation media is now going to be a brand new place," he said in a brief interview on Thursday.

One of the key issues in the ongoing writers' dispute is how they will earn money when their work appears on the Internet.

Warner Bros has told about 1,000 television and film production workers that an unspecified number of layoffs will soon be announced due to the strike.

From YAHOO entertainment page.

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I agree with Tom Hanks

 

[LUXXX]

I feel for the first time nominees...how disappointing for them...the awards just won't hold the same meaning without the fairytale night.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

I know this is somewhat of a defeated attituted, but the studios have been around as long as film has, and they've never lost.

but that is the reason why they are striking--they want to be paid something in the form of residuals for available online/internet media they helped create.



This is the studio's fault... tsk tsk their execs' bloated salaries and profit margins... ppl should take the side of the actual culture producers involved in the industry--not the people who happen to have the money and want to make more of it at the expense of everyone else.

But they already get regular television residuals, wherase the rest of the crew isn't getting anything at all. I'm sorry but to me, that's selfish.

The internet is far to expansive to try to put limitations on it, to police it. I think the music industry was the first to fully realize this, which is why bands like Radiohead are basically giving away CDs. The world wide web is a monster that cannot be tamed. TV shows are swapped around the net like music at the point, movies too. We, my friends, are living in a rapidly changing world.

 

[smartarse]

Originally Posted by lesypersound
tsk tsk to the writers for wanting a fair shake? the members of the writers guild actually don't make a ton of money contrary to whatever beliefs ppl may have--according to a WGA representative in an LA Times column the median income for members is $5,000 a year because almost half of the members are unemployed most of the time! (LINK)

that's because they're freelance. the point of the matter is, if they can stand to lose even more by striking for 4 months now, they've accumulate enough to do so, whereas, the little people behind the scenes who already got laid off because checks aren't coming in are the ones really hurting. some who's been working in the industry for 25 yrs lost their jobs, is having to look for another occupation - a mother who has rent and bills to pay.

A BIG TSK! TSK! @ WRITERS. have compassion to those little people.