Wednesday 7 May 2008

Golden Globes ceremony cancelled

Golden Globes ceremony cancelled



This year's Golden Globes ceremony has been cancelled after actors vowed to boycott the event in support of striking Hollywood writers.
The ceremony is to be replaced with a press conference and scaled-back red River carpet event, organisers have confirmed
The Hollywood Foreign Crusade Association said in a program line the hour-long upshot volition be covered by the word division of television network NBC.
The fate of the Golden Globes - due to be held in Beverly Hills on Sun - had been dangling in the balance always since impinging writers vowed to rear picket lines around the awards present.
On Fri, the Screen Actors Guild (Sag) announced that its members would not cross picket lines set up by writers, wHO ar locked in a bitterness difference of opinion with film and video producers.
It immediately called into question plans for the tux dinner party and awards presentations, which ar ordinarily televised be.Hollywood screenwriters have been on strike since 5 November, after the Alliance of Motion Pictorial matter and Tv Producers (AMPTP) failed to accord price for a new contract.