Golden Globes Awards 2008 cancelled
It’s official. This years’ Golden Globes Awards show has been cancelled and replaced by a mere press conference. This is because of the on-going writers’ strike in Hollywood. The Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG) announced that its members will not attend the event. SAG released the following statement:
“After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives over the past several weeks, there appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross WGA picket lines to appear on the Golden Globe Awards as acceptors or presenters. We applaud our members for this remarkable show of solidarity for striking Writers Guild of America writers.â€
Since there’s no one to write the jokes, what’s the point of having a Golden Globes show? Everyone knows people around the world watch the Golden Globes for the jokes.
From Yahoo news:
This year’s Golden Globes ceremony is to be cancelled after actors vowed to boycott the event in support of striking Hollywood writers, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website on Monday.
The Times, citing an email sent by broadcasters to studios, reported that the traditional televised dinner and prize presentation had been scrapped in favor of a press conference and a scaled-back event.
The Globes organizers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), and NBC, the event’s broadcasters, were not immediately available for comment.
The fate of the Globes — due to be held in Beverly Hills on Sunday — had been hanging in the balance ever since striking writers confirmed plans to erect picket lines around the awards show last week.
On Friday, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced that its members would not cross picket lines set up by writers, who are locked in a bitter dispute with film and television producers.
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