The Big Question: As the Golden Globes are cancelled, who's winning in the writers' strike?
Nine weeks into a strike that has brought film and television production ever closer to a standstill, Hollywood's writers have just pulled off their biggest propaganda coup to date – sabotaging the glittery Golden Globes award show scheduled for this coming Sunday. The writers announced almost a month ago that they were picketing the event – and most likely the Oscars as well – and the actors' union quickly made clear that its members would not cross any picket lines in solidarity.
he Sunday ceremony, watched last year by 20 million people in the US alone, will be replaced by an unglamorous "press conference", with coverage from parties broadcast afterwards.
The Globes are often seen as a dry run for the Academy Awards, or Oscars, set for 24 February, and there are fears the bitter strike will hit those, too.
Clooney yesterday appealed for an end to the action that has brought US film and TV production grinding to a halt.
He said he would not cross picket lines, however. "This is a one-industry town and when a strike happens it's not just writers or actors,
it's restaurants and hotels and agencies," he said. "Our hope is that all of the players involved will lock themselves in a room and not come out until they finish."
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