*Breaking News* Globes As Good As Dead This Year

Variety is reporting that the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), in a show of solidarity for the membership of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) that is currently on strike against the American Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), have called on all actors to be no shows at this year’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

SAG president Alan Rosenberg has announced that not one of the more than 70 actors that have been nominated for a Golden Globe will attend the televised January 13 ceremonies pretty much shutting down the event. While no official word on this latest development has come from Dick Clark Productions, it seems inevitable that this show will not go on as planned, unless the strike concludes within the next week, which itself seems highly unlikely

After intense negotiations with the WGA Dick Clark Productions failed to get the kind of waiver granted David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants company. However, the Guild has asserted that it will picket the Globes, set to air on NBC one week from this Sunday.

“After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives over the past several weeks, there appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross WGA picket lines to appear on the Golden Globe Awards as acceptors or presenters,” Rosenberg said. “We applaud our members for this remarkable show of solidarity for striking Writers Guild of America writers.”

Rosenberg has also encouraged his SAG members to only appear on the two Worldwide Pants talk shows owned by David Letterman, which would include Dave’s “Late Night” show and Craig Ferguson’s “Late Late Show” and said all other talkers, including Leno, O’Brien and Kimmel should be avoided at the present time.

“Actors who are asked to appear on the struck network talk shows will have to cross WGA picket lines, creating the same situation that has led to the consensus among actors to skip the Golden Globes,” Rosenberg said. “As I have said since this strike began on November 5th, we must stand united with our brothers and sisters at the WGA.”