And The Show Must Go On
Posted February 6, 2008
Academy Awards President Sid Ganis is positive the 80th Annual Academy Awards will go ahead despite the threat from the current Hollywood writers strike. In my opinion this is one year to skip them, although I did like Eastern Promises alot. Ganis has fueled speculation the Writers Guild of America (WGA) walkouts could be nearing an end by declaring that “things are looking very, very good now” for the February 24 ceremony to go ahead. Members of the WGA walked out in November in a protest over royalties and so far negotiations to break the deadlock have proved unsuccessful. However, talks have been stepped up ahead of this month’s Oscars ceremony, which many fear will be cancelled if the union refuses to grant organizers a waiver. Last month’s Golden Globes, which usually takes the form of a glittering star-studded ceremony, was reduced to a televised press conference after the union announced plans to protest at the event, forcing the majority of attendees to vow not to cross the picket line. Speaking at a luncheon to celebrate this year’s nominees, Ganis insists if the Academy Awards are cancelled, it will be a major blow to the movie industry. What about the writers starving to death and maxing out credit cards just to live? He says, “The Oscars exists to shine the brightest possible light on you and your work, and it would be such a terrible shame, through no fault of yours and no fault of ours, if the current conditions prevented us from shining that brightest possible light.” It was reported at the weekend that WGA officials and film bosses have sketched the outline of an agreement on how much writers will be paid for Internet broadcasting of their work. If a deal is reached, it will have to be approved by the Guild’s board and then ratified by the union’s 10,500 members. Fingers crossed.
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British singer Amy Winehouse has been questioned about a video that allegedly showed her smoking crack cocaine, police said Wednesday. I am not a lawyer or anything, but does a video like this warrant a warrant? I would say yes. Is she retarded, most definately. The real question is “Can she be arrested for this video?” I would say no. There is no way to prove that the contents is crack cocaine. People smoke crack on A&E all the time…why aren’t they arrested? Leave poor Whinehouse alone. LEAVE AMY ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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