It's A Boycott!
Filed under: Awardz
The Writers' Guild announced Monday that it would not grant the Golden Globes (or the Oscars) WGA waivers. This means that no Guild members can work on the show.
The writers will most likely picket the Globes and the actors will stand in solidarity with them, refusing to cross the picket line and boycotting the ceremony.
The dramz!
Posted: December 18, 2007 at 1:05 am
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LAME
wow that is crazy
daaaang
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third biatch!!!!!!!!!!!111
SO bad…1st hehe
This is just getting obnoxious. The studios need to just give the writers what they want.
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its gettin intense!
what a bunch of whining bitches! they need to get back to work…boo hoo we don't get paid enough….whatever your asses arent poor by any stretch of the imagination!
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this is getting a little out of control
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We needs to be gettin past this strike already! Hurry up and compromise people. You are ruining TV for everyone!
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they need to reach agreements NOW
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End this stupidass this alreadyyyyy!!!!! I miss my shows!
Oh my god, am I first? Love the new pic P-Nasty!
So, Potato Head will be all alone? Oh my.
I'll write the stupid cue card lines. Doesn't take a genius. CANNOT believe the uber-rich writers are ruining award season not to mention the economy.
UNIONS SUCK AND DESTROY INDUSTRIES. Bye bye, Detroit - and thanks to the teamsters (et al) how many films are shot in the US anymore?
Good, there is no need to celebrate anything, hundreds of writers are going to lose their homes as well as their benefits for being out of work for an entire quarter.
this will settle soon - no way in hell can networks afford to lose those advertising dollars — the Oscars and Golden Globes are major advertising dollars for the networks - smart move for the writers…
woooohoooo…DRAMA!!!!
boo-hoo-hoo. I don't give a shit…although I'm tired of having to fill my emtpy life with meaningless "reality" shows because these selfish bastards won't come to an agreement…
Who gives a fuck!
This sucks.
I'm sick of this. All the good shows, we don't know when they're coming back. Shows that have been on for YEARS, all because someone's being greedy-the writers or the people who pay them. Now it's gone as far as this? Somebody needs to suck up their pride. This is the dumbest crock of bull ever, it's really starting to piss me off. I mean it's not like they're POOR! It's not like they're getting paid PEANUTS! And if they do deserve some sort of raise, why won't networks give it to them? We know they have the money to! Or um, just close down the WGA and hire new writers and start from scratch. Screw the WGA. And screw the Networks. Makes no sense.
MAYBE WE CAN EXPAND OUR MINDS BY READING A BOOK DURING THIS TIME. SERIOUSLY. I'M READING CATHIE BLACK'S BOOK "BASIC BLACK" ON HOW TO GET AHEAD IN BUSINESS. I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH ROSIE AND LANCE BASS' BOOK…NOT NEARLY ENOUGH DIRT!!!
Re: GO WRITERS! –
Shame on the late night talk show hosts who continue to do their shows?? I respect your opinion and all but many many people (who have nothing to do with this strike) are losing their jobs because of this. It's not fair at all to them. I support the writers yet I respect those who have made the decision to cross the picket lines. It's a very difficult decision, one none of them took lightly. Hundreds, maybe thousands will be laid off because of this. If I had to make the choice, I would cross the picket lines. I wouldn't want someone who has a family to support to get laid off because they are stuck in the middle of this. I think this whole thing is senseless and could have been avoided.
finally , maybe they will realize WE DONT GIVE A SHIT !
Good…who wants to watch a bunch of elitist actors give themselves awards while arriving to the red carpet in "green" limos, promoting leftist agendas that hurt the poor in America and worldwide? I sure as hell DON'T!!!
Re: jimmyjazz – agreed. While reality show don't quite make the cut, a good book does!
Re: Thalia – are you kidding me? If you owned a business (which you obviously don't) you'd just give everyone whatever they wanted? C'mon. They deserve a small cut of the 'new media' revenues, but it's not like the writers are the ones taking the risks putting up money to produce most of the stuff that hits airwaves. (that is largely shit, and very often loses money)
The Globes should just eliminate the writing categories this year. No sense honoring people who are against you. Let them get their ego stroke elsewhere.
Re: GO WRITERS! – you mean it's not their fault other than Verrone stating LAST YEAR "we are going on strike no matter what" yeah, that's not the WGA's fault. Dip shit.
The AMPTP offered a new media package after the WGA dumped their demand to renegotiate DVD residuals (which they do currently get, it pays for their health care and pension) but then the WGA tried to wedge in a clause at the last minute to unionize reality and animation writers (which is illegal to unionize people who haven't voted on unionizing) and said everything else was a non-starter without that illegal clause added.
The AMPTP is resonsible to SHAREHOLDERS to be as profitable as possible. It's just as silly to fault them for not just lavishing money on every asshole who asks for more. Many of our 401(k) retirement plans have shares of their companies in them. I don't want my retirement fund to lose value so some asshole who writes Cavemen can make and extra $500 a year.
The writers deserve some money for 'new media' but they need to stop being as greedy as they accuse everyone else of being.
Re: jimmyjazz – I TOTALLY AGREE! All these people complain about no TV…What is the world coming to? Read a book, the newspaper, a magezine, take up a new hobby, exercise, etc, etc, etc. Who gives a shit? It's sad so much of our society thrives off television. GET OVER IT.
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UMMM SHUT THE FUCK UP……..THEY ARE RUINING TV FOR EVERYBODY AND NEED TO STOP COMPLAINING THEY GET PAID ENOUGH WHAT ABOUT THE CAMERA MAN OR THE JANITOR THAT'S OUT OF WORK BECAUSE SOME OVERPAID WRITERS DECIDES THEY ARE NOT PAYED ENOUGH. ONLY IN AMERICA BITCHES ONLY IN AMERICA. SO TO THE WRITERS GET BACK TO WORK, THERE'S ALWAYS TEN OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT BEHIND YOU TRYING TO GET YOUR JOB IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL:)
PS. I MISS LETTERMAN, THAT OLD FART DOES SOMETHING TO MY 20 YR OLD BODY, I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT……MAYBE ITS THE GREY HEAD OR THE FACT THAT HE COULD DROP DEAD ANYTIME FOR BEING SO OLD…..I DUNNO BUT I LIKE IT:)
Re: GO WRITERS! –
UMMM SHUT THE FUCK UP……..THEY ARE RUINING TV FOR EVERYBODY AND NEED TO STOP COMPLAINING THEY GET PAID ENOUGH WHAT ABOUT THE CAMERA MAN OR THE JANITOR THAT'S OUT OF WORK BECAUSE SOME OVERPAID WRITERS DECIDES THEY ARE NOT PAYED ENOUGH. ONLY IN AMERICA BITCHES ONLY IN AMERICA. SO TO THE WRITERS GET BACK TO WORK, THERE'S ALWAYS TEN OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT BEHIND YOU TRYING TO GET YOUR JOB IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL:)
PS. I MISS LETTERMAN, THAT OLD FART DOES SOMETHING TO MY 20 YR OLD BODY, I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT……MAYBE ITS THE GREY HEAD OR THE FACT THAT HE COULD DROP DEAD ANYTIME FOR BEING SO OLD…..I DUNNO BUT I LIKE IT:)
omg i know so many people are out of work and suffereing and they bitch they arent getting paid enough hell i got a pink slip ans we havent had a raise in 8 years deal w it geez they make alot of money but always want more
om sick of reruns lol
That's a pretty trophy. Too bad there is a big x through it.
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FUCK THE WRITERS
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AND FUCK THE ACTORS
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FUCK THE MPAA
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FUCK THE CORPORATIONS AND THEIR LAWYERS
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FUCK REALITY SHOWS
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AND FUCK MTV
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FUCK WRITERS WHO WRITE TODAYS SHITTY SHOWS AND THE SHITTY ACTORS WHO ACT IN TODAYS SHITTY SHOWS.
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FUCK THE PIECE OF SHIT TELEVISION WE HAVE TODAY
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fuck redheads.
I hate them now. I love to watch the gg's and the Oscars. W.T.F?
ayayai. rich people fighting with rich people over more money so they can buy nice things for themselves. meanwhile people all over the world are dying of starvation.
$$$ = root of all evil. i hate hollywood.
maybe i would actually care about their whining asses if they were protesting for something like darfur…i dont feel bad for them at all…
i can't read the comments with so much advertisement int he background. am i the only one complaining? i miss reading other people's comments.
as far as the globes … it would be a real pity for the actors to miss the biggest "free" party of the year! i won't miss anything, i'm too busy with school anyways. that mean less distraction for me. yeah!
THE NEW BACKGROUND AND TRANSPARENT COMMENTS SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK and SUCK SOME MORE.
If these writers fuck up the Oscars!!! Damn them to hell!!!!
they like to bite the hand that feeds them dont they?
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No big loss
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they're the mose useless awards anyway
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This new background is seriously burning my eyes. I'm sick of having to highlight everything, I too miss reading other people's comments.
I hope the networks put on reality shows and let the greedy writers rot on the vine. Look how many staff members (who don't get the type of money writers do) have lost their jobs because of the writers' greed. Too bad all the writers couldn't be dumped and replaced by a new generation of writers with fresh ideas.
When are these selfish FUCKS going to quit ruining everything for everyone else? Fucking assholes… Go back to work you lazy pieces of shit….
The Writers Guild can suck it! Greedy assholes..ruining my december. I'm out of a job because of these shitbags. They make 4 times more money than I do and they are complaining?
This is the most obnoxious background I've ever seen. Not everyone who posts here has A.D.D. but I'm sure we will soon thanks to this ridiculous wallpaper. This shit is not worth the headache. I quit.
This is BULL SHIT !
FUCK THE WRITERS !
Its always the people who are making most of the $$$$$ that screw over the people under them when they walk.
They fucked up the fall programs, and now they are going to take out both award shows !
I'm just glad these fuckers don't have their hands in the Super Bowl !
I'm just glad that AI will be able start on time… next year.
STOP MAKING THIS A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE. The problem is that the writers do not have the power and the people negotiating for them KNOW THAT. This strike has no end in sight because the studios are NOT going to give up the almighty buck and the writers do not have a leg to stand on. Someone needs to smarten up and reorganize the leadership. The man in charge, this Verrone is incompetent. He is not going to fix this we need the truth out to the public stop supporting the writers, stop looking for weapons of mass destruction, the boogeyman, and the tooth fairy because you are NOT GOING TO FIND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. Put your ego aside VERRONE. All the support in the WORLD Aint going to change the bottom line. POWER POWER POWER you aint got any. Sorry, Im sure you deserve what you want but people are losing their livelihood. Its like Iraq for pretty people….
OMG what a bunch of idiots!
they should stop whining and go back to work.
Hey Perez, I saw that picture of your dick posted on that one guy's blog from back when you were thin. Nasty AIDS fucker!
nough said…
Re: SUPPORT THE WRITERS! – OH SHUT THE FUCK UP
THE WRITERS ARE TRYING TO BE PART OF THE GREEDY CORPORATION, IN FACT THEY ALREADY ARE, BUT THEY ARE GREEDY LIKE THEM, SO THEY WANT
MORE MORE MORE
WILL I FUCK SUPPORT WHINERS WHO WANT TO BE RICHER,
IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT THEY CAN GO WORK IN A SUPERMARKET AND WRITE IN THEIR SPARE TIME, IF THEY CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR PRECIOUS ART.
regardless of the strike why should this award show even take place? it's not needed, actors.. whom are nothing more then modern day court jesters get way too much praise as it is. they're hired help and play pretend for a living.. they don't deserve their salaries, our praise, or the ego's they have.
I hope they don't have the oscars. Who cares, cause nobody wants to watch that shit anyways. Actors don't need awards, i think they get enough already.
then they shouldn't get to win awards then in the future , they spend there life trying to be the best and eventually get credit and awards for there work , now they shit all over it , wtf is going on , there all nuts !
its not only actors that get awards , writers do to , if they wanna play like that i wouldn't give the writers there awards then it works both ways
there all crazy acting like there the most important ppl to walk the earth
well i know what i would do , DONT hire union writers lol
well this is what happens when the big fat cats in suits run everything. that is mistake number one
just pay them the damn money that is owed, money that should have already been paid
how friggin hard is it?
and i want to say if they want new writers, there are plenty of them out there that are struggling to get their stuff out there….just pay them when you've hired them/bought at script, eh
(one of those people being myself, of course)
a year without awards shows? the actors will BEG the writers to give up so. they will not give up their red carpet entrances for anything.
POOR THINGS, THEY WANT MORE $$$$$! FUCK THEM, I MEAN THEY SHOULD GET MORE TO WRITE THE SAME PLOT OVER & OVER. ALL THE SHOWS HAVE THE SAME STUPID EPISODES JUST SWITCHED UP. BRING IN NEW WRITERS, AND PLEASE NBC, CBS, ABC BE A LITTLE MORE DARING. QUIT WITH THE SAME TRIPE. WE HAVE SEEN TO MUCH OF THE SAME OVER & OVER & OVER!!!!!!!!!
boo hoo i don't watch this dribble anyway, who cares who wins what stupid ass award, most of holywood is WAY over paid… fuck them all. the people who REALLY keep this country running don't get paid SHIT. same goes for pro sports… they get paid millions a year but want US little people struggling from paycheck to paycheck to pay for their new stadiums? FUCK OFF!
Simple solution
Move the show to Canada
That's what Hollywood did with film making
So the 'I LOVE MYSELF AWARDS' (insert awards show here) will not be seen this year and this is a big deal why? These people give themselves enough awards for God's sake. Actors, Writers and the rest get paid a lot of money to play pretend in the land of make believe. Good going to Letterman BTW for standing up and paying the people who make their living in this industry. They are the ones who are caught up in the greed by everyone involved in this fiasco. Note to self: don't rely on people who play pretend for a living that could effect your paycheck. In other words, FUCK them all for hurting working people.
HaHAA the angelina Holie can't show up licking up the attention, her charma rubs off on everybody around her, in bigger and bigger circles, thats how charma works.
whatever! they are just sooooo underpaid. they need to get a life and getback to work.
whatever! they are just sooooo underpaid. they need to get a life and getback to work.