BROADCAST OF GOLDEN GLOBES IS IN DOUBT

December 28th, 2007 Uncategorized

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It’s been eight weeks since the writers went on strike. We are watching many rerun programs or renting more videos than we would have. No one is talking about a settlement yet and the Golden Globe award show is right around the bend. Will anyone show up? Will it be broadcast?

“Thursday, Jeff Hermanson, strike coordinator for the Writers Guild of America West and the Writers Guild of America East, still promised a showdown on the sidewalks around the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the Globes ceremony is set to be produced by Dick Clark Productions and broadcast by NBC on Jan. 13.”

“Panicked at the prospect of having to confront strikers as they walk up the red carpet, celebrities have sent what Hollywood publicity executives describe as a near-unanimous signal: If striking writers show up, the stars will not.”
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