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The Oscars are putting pressure on the Writers Guild to give them an answer.
Are they going to boycott the show or not?
"We're running out of time," says the president of the Academy.
The talks between the writers and the big media moguls appear to be reaching a resolution, but the Oscars are right around the corner!
"I'm reaching out in a measured way," says the Academy Prez. "We're feeling great that (WGA-AMPTP) negotiations seem to have reached the stage where they're concluding. I'm a filmmaker and I want everybody back working."
So far, no words from the WGA.
It'd be a shame if the Oscars were cancelled.
Posted: February 7, 2008 at 6:09 pm
HMMMM
Who gives a crap if the Oscars are cancelled?
boo urns
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1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! don't cancel
wow
God, i hope this strike ends soon, with a reasonable outcome on both sides.
wino barred from usa
at least the grammys are still on!
shame
1st
whatever
who cares/
NO I WOULDN'T. The Oscars are the most boring SHIZZ on TV.
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yeah who cares. stop living in fantasy land.
fak me
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WHO CARES AT THIS POINT….
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OSCARS = BORRRRIIIIINNNGGGG.
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.BESIDES BRITNEY IS WAY MORE ENTERTAINING THAN THEY COULD EVER BE!!!
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FUCK THE WRITERS
FIRSTTTT
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Maybe if they treated the writers better we would not have these issues pplz….
I hope they get this resolved right away. This sucks.
Everyone just calm the fuck down. The Oscars are not getting canceled. God forbid.
The strike will be over by Valentine's Day, as has been widely known among insiders for over a month.
Dont F**k with the little gold man
Oh it's not that big of a fucking deal.
they better not cancel the oscars!!! i wanna see the fashion!
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STOP THE LOSE-LOSE!!!!!!!
GET WITH WIN-WIN!!!!!!!!!!!
HONESTLY - both the producers AND writers have egos that are DESTROYING the lives of the REST of hard-working Hollywood employees WITHOUT WHOM their grand stories WOULD NEVER MATERIALIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Having trouble getting over yourselves????
Take a trip to Darfur, or Baghdad, or Delhi, or Karachi, or Phnom Penh, ETC! ETC! ETC!
OR THE SLUMS OF AMERICA!!!!
GET the FUCK over all this petty SMALL-MINDEDNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#4 is insane!
For the love of CRAP I need to go back to work!! I wanna see the the Oscars and have money in my pocket….is that too much to ask?!?!? lol
These fools think they are fighting the good fight, but I dobut people will forget that they were screwed over during said time.
In all these nut jobs sent HBO & Showtime a lot of new viewers. Why watch reruns when you can pick up a new show on cable, or wacth a series on On Deamnd.
Let the Oscars press forward !
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I think they should be canceled.
I'd be more of a shame if the writers are not paid for their work in all mediums! there are no good movies to produce without writers!.. Pay the writers already!! come on..
FUCK THE OSCARS! Talentless fucking loser American actors can stay at home and fuck themselves.
i dont want the oscars to be cancelled.go to hell writers strike people
Re: pronto – i dont
Maybe they could get DAVID LETTERMAN to host again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: oscarschmosker – screw u
perez shut up .you want everything cancelled .what about the grammys.are they going to cancell that to.because of the writers strike
It is important that the Writers Guild continue to stand strong and hold out for the issues they have been striking for. In the grand scheme of life, the Oscar show is not that important. Oscars can be awarded and televised in a new program format. Frankly, in recent years, the Oscars have seem over-produced to me and the MC's not good.
I have no life, so of course, I'm going to watch!
I will be so pissed if they cancel, I don't watch it but tis been on for 70 years. First they make me miss the ending to scrubs then all of my other shows have no new material. I FUCKING hate this stupid strike….just take a fucking deal..,.pretty soon you won't have a job to go back to
Hopefully this snoozefest of a show will be cancelled. Who wants to see these stuck up conceited dumb ass actors parading around in their fancy shmancy gowns…. who gives a shit.
It would NOT be a shame were the Oscars cancelled. It would be nature's way of correcting a system that is horribly wrong. Sometimes ya just gotta erase the blackboard. . . .
VOTE Mike Gravel.
BOICOT THE MEDIA THAT KEEPS ON censoring candidates!!
who cares if they are canceled - we have much better things do be concerned with in life.
ITS GOING TO BE OVER THIS SUNDAY!
I am pro-union but this strike is bordering on the absurd. If this strike wasn't tied to entertainment industry would it have lasted as long as it has ? I don't think so.
It feels as if the Writer's Guild is being spiteful at this point.
The WGA clearly has contempt for the Academy but they shouldn't forget that the Oscar show is seen around the world by over one billion people. I cannot think of another platform that is able to promote the product of their members the way the Oscar telecast does.
Sign the fucking contract and get back to work.
I am pro-union but this strike is bordering on the absurd. If this strike wasn't tied to entertainment industry would it have lasted as long as it has ? I don't think so.
It feels as if the Writer's Guild is being spiteful at this point.
The WGA clearly has contempt for the Academy but they shouldn't forget that the Oscar show is seen around the world by over one billion people. I cannot think of another platform that is able to promote the product of their members the way the Oscar telecast does.
Sign the fucking contract and get back to work.
THE WHOLE STRIKE IS GOING TO END THIS SUNDAY U HEARD IT FIRST?!
The ONLY people I feel a bit sorry for are the people who have been nominated in lower categories who will be denied their moment in the sun. Other than that, don't give a crap.
NOT A WAR IN IRAQ. NOT SEPT 11. BUT A BUNCH OF STRIKERS are the ones to cancell the ceremony. Shame really!!
NOT A WAR IN IRAQ. NOT SEPT 11. BUT A BUNCH OF STRIKERS are the ones to cancell the ceremony. Shame really!!
CANCEL THE OSCARS WHO GIVES A SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone knows the magnif DDL is going to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Celebs with fur on should not be let in.Especially P Diddy & Star Jones UGH ugly & stupid
OF COURSE THE OSCARS WILL GO ON
FUCKING SELL OUT BASTARDS
IF THEY REALLY MEANT IT THEY WOULD NOT CAVE FOR THE OSCARS (AND VICE VERSA) BUT OF COURSE THE OSCARS WILL STILL GO ON
BUNCH OF BASTARDS
IT'S FUNNY THAT EVERYONE THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SORT OUT IN TIME FOR THE OSCARS
BECAUSE THE OSCARS ARE SOOOO IMPORTANT
I MEAN….. STARS TURN UP WEARING EXPENSIVE DRESSES!!!
RICH PEOPLE GET ATTENTION!!
- - IT'S NOT AS IF EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE AFFECTED BY THIS STRIKE IS IMPORTANT RIGHT?
PEOPLE LOOSING THEIR JOBS,
PEOPLE GOING WITHOUT
BECAUSE OF THE WRITERS GREED
BUT *GOD FORBID* SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THE *OSCARS*
GET CANCELLED.
IT'S ALL A SELF INDULGENT BUNCH OF CRAP
IT'S ONLY A CEREMONY
THEY WILL STILL GET THEIR AWARDS, THEY JUST WON'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION
WELL AWARDS FOR FILM AND ACTING ETC ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT…
YEAH YOU GUESSED IT, THE TALENT AND HARD WORK
NOT THE DRESSES. NOT SHOWING OFF.
- - AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE OSCARS CAN STILL GO ON. THE *WILL* GO ON.
THE ONLY THING THAT WON'T GO ON IS A *TV SHOW* AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE WHOLE POINT OF THE STRIKE
WHY SHOULD THE OSCARS BE ANY DIFFERENT ??!!!
Oscars are meaningless and have nothing to do with film profits or the film industry. The AA are a way of controlling people into thinking they are important when they are not. They are completely irrelevant.
i say.. go on with the oscars and adlib… they are actors.. let them act.. make it up as they go.. and be the best in show.
those who speak so negatively on the subject here but watch ESPN all the time.. let them cancel the superbowl and see how they react…… fuck that football shit…. bring on the gown and the awards….. and the men in tuxedos with tight asses in tight pants…
Show me the money. If the Oscars don't go on, the industry will lose huge dollars which the writers are hoping to get their hands on. My guess is there will be a settlement to save the sinking ship for both sides. This year's Oscar night will be a ratings loser anyway — no one went to a majority of the films nominated. Its all about unions baby — you noticed the SAG awards went on without a hitch.
Ty for not frosting this pic Perraz.
i wouldn't miss the oscars if they weren't aired. i once worked for someone who was an academy member and i could see how easy it was for industry people to vote for their friends. in other words, this awards show is pretty phony since it's a bit like a popularity contest. i like the glamor of the show, but it has lost its prestige in my eyes.
if anything, though, the oscars would be helpful for the los angeles economy.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING.
hollywood burn it for this..the writers have the razon
I hope its not my neighbors film is up for an oscar. I really want to see it this year. www.freeheld.com