A-list stars may forgo Globes
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And the winner is . . . not here?
The Golden Globe Awards are a highly rated NBC event, an often irreverent ceremony brimming with A-list stars. If the Writers Guild of America strike against the TV networks and movie studios isn’t resolved, the WGA could picket the Jan. 13 show, potentially resulting in a ceremony with all the celebrity clout of a charity bowling tournament.
While not considered remotely as prestigious as the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes can predict which films possess Oscar momentum. (Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. voters narrowly made ‘Atonement’ a favorite Thursday, with seven nominations.) This year the Globes could also be a harbinger of how the labor dispute will affect prime-time specials -- with ABC’s Oscars next in the cross hairs.
Several Globe nominees expressed reservations about crossing picket lines to attend the show, with a handful saying they wouldn’t consider being disloyal to the WGA.
‘If actors can’t have solidarity with writers -- the people who put the words in their mouths -- then who can they have solidarity with?’ said Tom Wilkinson, nominated for supporting actor for ‘Michael Clayton.’
WGA member Aaron Sorkin, nominated for writing ‘Charlie Wilson’s War,’ said he wouldn’t cross, and Marc Forster, the director of foreign-language film nominee ‘The Kite Runner,’ said he wouldn’t either.
‘It’s important to respect the writers,’ Forster said.
--John Horn
