Poor Dick Clark Productions. First, the writers’ strike prompts the Writers Guild of America to spurn its efforts to obtain a writing exemption for the Golden Globes. Now, the WGA says it plans to picket the ceremony.
According to Variety, if the strike is still in effect on January 13, actors will have to cross a picket line to attend — an unlikely occurrence, given the Screen Actors Guild’s solidarity with the WGA. Without witty banter or famous rear ends in the seats, it’s difficult to imagine how (or if) the show will go on.
Variety notes that the ceremony’s security policies may keep the striking writers out of sight, however; according to the article, “everyone who wants to get within a block of the Beverly Hilton needs a credential,” and it isn’t out of the ordinary for protesters to be shunted off to an area several blocks away from the ceremony.
Source: Variety
