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reuters.com - 1/10/2008
Hanks urges end to writers' strike | Entertainment | Industry
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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 ...

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WGA Cancels Awards Fete
Thompson On Hollywood — ... While Academy Governor Tom Hanks urges the WGA and AMPTP to settle their dispute before the Oscars, saying, "the show must go on," the WGA, which announced its ...

Drew Carey Buys Striking Writers’ Lunch Daily; George Clooney’s “Mediation Panel”
Cele|bitchy — ... too: “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.” [From Reuters.com] Now that the Golden Globes have been canceled there’s a huge concern ...

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