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Writers' Union Nixes Waiver for Golden Globes

Guild vows to picket awards ceremony

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 3, 2008 4:03 AM CST
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(Newser) – The Writers Guild of America vowed it will picket the upcoming Golden Globes award ceremony, contradicting a producers' statement that an agreement was being worked out. Union officials said the guild will protest anything created by Dick Clark Productions, a struck company, although it has granted waivers allowing writers to work for the Screen Actors Guild and Independent Spirit awards.

"The WGA has great respect and admiration for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association," which sponsors the awards, "but we are engaged in a crucial struggle that will protect our income and intellectual property rights for generations to come," the union said in a statement. Many stars have threatened not to show up at the awards ceremony January 13 if it means crossing picket lines.

Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Jorge Camara speaks.
Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Jorge Camara speaks.   (Getty Images)
Jay Leno of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno greets supporters of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and others on the picket line in front of Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif., in this Nov. 13, 2007, file photo. Leno and Conan O'Brien's late-night shows will return to...
Jay Leno of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" greets supporters of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and others on the picket line in front of Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif., in this...   (Associated Press)
Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket outside the gates of NBC studios in Burbank, Calif. Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. They also plan to picket thfe Golden Globes. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket outside the gates of NBC studios in Burbank, Calif. Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. They also plan to picket thfe Golden Globes. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)   (Associated Press)
Standup comedian and actress Whitney Cummings walks the picket line with members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), outside the NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif., Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. Members are also threatening to picket the Golden Globes. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Standup comedian and actress Whitney Cummings walks the picket line with members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), outside the NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif., Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. Members are...   (Associated Press)
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