NBC Insists Golden Globes Are Still A Go

COMMENTS (10)

• I wish those who are nominated for Golden Globes would come and picket on the sidewalk with the writers, that would make it very difficult for the press to ignore the strikers!

  Comment by Marian Martell — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 11:48am PST  Reply to this post

• It’ll be a good litmus test. The celebs who show up will be the ditzy clueless ones and the “any publicity is good publicity” crowd, and the conscientious ones will be outside waiving pickets. This could be the first useful Golden Globes in history for exactly that purpose.

  Comment by flyonthewall — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 11:51am PST  Reply to this post

• Since it’s a given that NBC News won’t report on the strikers outside the Hilton that night, I wonder if any of the other conglom-owned network newscasts will. Or if Variety will.

  Comment by StrikeSupporter — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 12:22pm PST  Reply to this post

• Maybe this will make the strike end sooner. I do feel bad for all the actors but I wouldn’t respect them as much if they did cross the picket line.

  Comment by Lizzy — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 12:46pm PST  Reply to this post

• This’ll be interesting. Imagine if the ratings actual imrove from past performances.

  Comment by Michaek — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 1:02pm PST  Reply to this post

• NBC knows there will be no show unless it is full of A listers from film and tv. Nobody will want to tune in to see the best C, D and Z listers about. If I was the HFPA I’d admit defeat and scrub the live NBC telecast – I take it there will be no problems broadcasting live worldwide??. If they also get very little support from the Hollywood community then I’d be sticking 2 fingers up to them next year and cancel what some call the best party of the year. We know there is no integrity and it isn’t a pre cursor to who will win the Oscar but for the viewers at home we want glitz and glamour to let us forget for 3 hours our own boring lives. Also if I had a bleacher package with the Beverly Hilton which costs about 4 grand I’d be demanding they forego it this year unless they can guarantee the same weekend as normal. We can all say poor WGA poor HFPA poor NBC but what about the ordinary Joe/Joanne who works hard all year round to go to something like this to support their fave celebs and this is how they are treated. Give a thought to them too in all of this.

  Comment by DivitGirl — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 1:12pm PST  Reply to this post

• Does anyone know what SAG’s position is on this? What they’ve told their members to do?

  Comment by E. Severson — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 3:00pm PST  Reply to this post

• Nikki, you’ve really gotta learn how to speak your mind; it’s totally unhealthy to keep your genuine thoughts and feelings all bottled up the way you do, lol…

  Keep it up, loving it…

  Comment by Johnny — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 3:32pm PST  Reply to this post

• The actors are fighting for the same exact issues as the writers. If they choose to go on this show they are saying they support the same companies who are currently screwing them and, come June, plan to continue to screw them. It’s not just helping the writers to boycott this, but helping themselves.

  Yes, I would love new shows like the brilliant “Mad Men” to get more national exposure. And yes, I feel bad for any fan who spent thousands to sit in the bleachers and watch the red carpet and now won’t see their favorite star (although if that same star is in the picket line they can still see them.) But unless an actor is completely short-sighted and cares nothing about their future or the future of other actors down the line, they should most definitely not support NBC by going on this show.

  I hope the big stars don’t claim “it’s complicated” and still go to the show. It’s not complicated at all. Unless you’re a complete putz, if given a choice, you don’t screw yourself and your peers.

  Comment by George Glass — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 4:42pm PST  Reply to this post

• This would be a great opportunity for some live impromptu speechless commercials at the podium to be aired.

  Comment by Anthony Morales — Monday December 31, 2007 @ 4:52pm PST  Reply to this post