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Dexter Sibs Say Killer 'I Do'
 Dexter Sibs Say Killer 'I Do' 
Jan 9, 2009 7:30 PM CST

Dexter Sibs Say Killer 'I Do'

(Newser) - Dexter star Michael C. Hall has tied the knot with co-star Jennifer Carpenter and eloped to New York, E! Online reports. The on-air siblings married on the sly in Big Sur, Calif., as Carpenter's granddad's wedding band played on. The pair's first public appearance will be Sunday at the...

Ledger, Brangelina Score Globe Nods; Snubs Abound

Milk left out of best picture, No 'best comedy' for Tropic Thunder

(Newser) - The list of Golden Globe nominations is an interesting one, in part for what’s not on it, CNN reports. Heath Ledger’s turn as the Joker earned a best supporting actor nomination, but that was the lone nod for The Dark Knight, the year’s top-grossing film. Meanwhile, Doubt...

Screen Actors Guild Sets Strike Vote for Jan. 2

(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild plans to send strike authorization ballots to more than 100,000 union members on Jan. 2, a date that leaves the Golden Globes safe but puts Oscar night in danger of a potential boycott. Votes will be counted on Jan. 23, nearly two weeks after the...

Juno Barbs Prompt Protests
Juno Barbs Prompt Protests
Feb 14, 2008 4:02 PM CST

Juno Barbs Prompt Protests

Adoptive parents hurt by 'iPod scene'

(Newser) - Angry viewers are lobbying to axe "hurtful" lines from the trailer of quirky adoption flick Juno before showing it at the Oscars, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The offending scene—televised at the Golden Globes—has the title character quipping the Chinese "give away babies like free iPods....

Writers Strike Accord With Grammys
Writers Strike Accord
With Grammys
Jan 29, 2008 6:21 AM CST

Writers Strike Accord With Grammys

Strike won't stop the music, but what about Oscar?

(Newser) - The Grammys broadcast will go on—with union scribes cleared to pen intros, segues, and one-liners that glue awards shows together—thanks to a waiver deal hammered out between the Writers Guild of America and the Recording Academy. The next battlefield is the Academy Awards. The guild has warned that...

Writers Cut Grammys a Break
Writers Cut Grammys a Break
Jan 23, 2008 4:20 AM CST

Writers Cut Grammys a Break

Preliminary talks also underway to settle strike

(Newser) - Striking writers have agreed not to picket the Grammys next month, opening the way for major stars to perform and attend the telecast. The Writers Guild and the Recording Academy are negotiating a deal that would also allow union writers to work on the CBS broadcast. Writers and studio representatives...

Atonement, Sweeney Win Deflated Globes

Stars don't come out for event punctured by writers strike

(Newser) - A Golden Globes ceremony scaled down by the writers strike to a press conference in a mostly empty ballroom yesterday awarded best picture honors to Atonement and Sweeney Todd, and best actor nods to Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Julie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis. None of the stars, reluctant to cross...

NBC Loses Golden Globes Exclusive
NBC Loses Golden Globes Exclusive
Jan 12, 2008 12:39 PM CST

NBC Loses Golden Globes Exclusive

With network out, stars may show up at press conference

(Newser) - NBC lost exclusive rights to the Golden Globes yesterday, unwilling to pay a licensing fee for a show that’s been reduced to a press conference by the writers' strike. The conference will now be covered on several channels, including CNN and E!, and won’t be picketed by the...

Canceled Awards Shows Could Cost Fashion Biz

Designers will lose millions in visibility

(Newser) - The writers' strike-canceled Golden Globes will hit designers and the fashion industry hard, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing design houses that rely on red carpet-strutters for priceless exposure that can reverberate for months and years. If a big star wears your dress, that's big money. "It's a crapshoot,...

NBC Scraps Globes Gala Over Picketers

Star parties scuttled, show reduced to press conference

(Newser) - NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association scuttled the Golden Globes today for a decidedly drab press conference, the Hollywood Reporter says. HFPA pressed NBC to let the gala run untelevised, to dissuade picketers and welcome stars, but NBC refused. "We are all very disappointed," the HFPA president...

Actors Won't Show for Golden Globes

Stars' union says none of 70 nominees will cross picket line

(Newser) - None of the 70 actors nominated for a Golden Globe this year will cross a picket line to pick up their award, Variety reports. Striking writers have refused to grant a waiver to the Globes producers and will be picketing the Jan. 13 awards show instead; Screen Actors Guild president...

Writers' Union Nixes Waiver for Golden Globes

Guild vows to picket awards ceremony

(Newser) - The Writers Guild of America vowed it will picket the upcoming Golden Globes award ceremony, contradicting a producers' statement that an agreement was being worked out. Union officials said the guild will protest anything created by Dick Clark Productions, a struck company, although it has granted waivers allowing writers to...

Strike Threatens Golden Globes Broadcast
Strike Threatens
Golden Globes Broadcast
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Dec 28, 2007 1:50 PM CST

Strike Threatens Golden Globes Broadcast

Writers determined to keep stars away

(Newser) - A showdown of Hollywood-epic proportions is shaping up for the Golden Globes, the New York Times reports. Striking writers are vowing to deploy 3,000 pickets to keep celebs away and perhaps even jeopardize broadcast of the Jan. 13 awards ceremony.  People close to the Globes say a webcast—...

Writers' Strike Hits Oscars, Golden Globes

WGA refuses to issue waivers for script-heavy awards shows

(Newser) - Two of Hollywood's glitziest shows will have to go on without striking writers, reports the AP, as the WGA yesterday denied waivers to the producers of the Golden Globes and the Oscars. The move means the shows will be scriptless, must pay residuals to screen old movie or TV clips,...

Atonement Gets 7 Globe Nods
Atonement Gets 7 Globe Nods
Dec 13, 2007 9:34 AM CST

Atonement Gets 7 Globe Nods

Charlie Wilson's War follows with 5

(Newser) - The WWII-era romance Atonement leads today's Golden Globe nominations with seven, including best drama, best actor, and best actress. Also among the seven drama contenders—there are typically five—are There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, The Great Debaters, American Gangster, Michael Clayton, and Eastern Promises. No ...

Strike Threatens Star Attraction at Golden Globes

Big stars unlikely to cross picket lines at Golden Globes, Academy Awards

(Newser) - The Hollywood writers' strike seems certain to impact the big awards shows, with picket lines under consideration at both the Golden Globes and the Oscars—and few stars willing to cross them, reports Daily Variety. The Golden Globes nominations will be announced tomorrow. The Writers Guild of America is unlikely...

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