sohh.com - 1/15/2008
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The writer's strike has threatened to do some major damage to one of the music industry's biggest nights of the year. Now, it's official. There will be a picket line at next month's 50th Anniversary...
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WGA Pickets Grammys
Oh No They Didn't! —
... a waiver either and all nominees in acting categories vowed they would not cross a WGA picket line. The event was relegated to basic news conference status, nixing the celeb jokes and banter and whittling the show down to little more than reading the nominees and winners. The WGA has already cancelled its own awards show scheduled for Feb. 9 and the Feb. 24 Oscar's is still uncertain, but the guild indicated last month that it wouldn't grant a waiver if requested. Source I wonder if all those "singer/actor" types are even aware of their SAG duties. ...
Gangsta Guilds: Grammys Targeted, Image Awards Spared
SOULBOUNCE.COM —
... There is, however, a reprieve from all this madness. The WGA West has granted a waiver to the NAACP, allowing their 39th Image Awards ceremony to be scripted by members of the Guild and not be disrupted by a picket line. We're sure this probably has something to do with Will Smith being the most powerful black Scientologist actor in the universe. [SOHH, ...
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Strike Will Cost Oscars - For Now —
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"Extra" has learned that the Academy Awards will not receive a waiver from the WGA. That means the Oscars will be picketed - and stars will likely not pass the picket lines.
The WGA is hoping to make an agreement with ABC before the show. Same ...
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