SAG's Rosenberg tells talent reps to stay away from GG, BFCA

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Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg made it clear during a teleconference session with major celebrity reps and publicists earlier today to keep their clients away from the Golden Globes Awards on Sunday, 1.13. Oh, and Rosenberg doesn't want the talent attending the VH1 Broadcast Film Critics Awards next Monday either.

In other words, Rosenberg is saying that if NBC insists on broadcasting the Golden Globes Awards on 1.13, there won't be any celebrities in attendance because he'll be expressly telling the nominees not to attend. So don't broadcast the show, NBC, because you'll be wasting your time...got it?

In the wake of the latest Golden Globe awards hiccup, which is a statement from NBC spokesperson Rebecca Marks that "we are prepared to move forward with the telecast on Jan. 13," a bicoastal teleconference happened earlier this afternoon between Rosenberg and all the big-cheese publicists and representatives of the nominees who've been nominated by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which is having its awards show on Monday night, 1.7, and the Golden Globes Awards (set for Sunday, 1.13).

During this meeting Rosenberg basically laid down the law, which is that no one can go to the Globes unless the Globes aren't televized. The SAG chief also said that while SAG can't officially say "we don't want anyone going to Monday's BFCA awards" (which is being produced by non-signatory companies Bob Bain Prods. and VH1), they don't want anyone going to the BFCA awards.

The BFCA request was apparently made because there's no red-carpet agreement, and therefore a video journalist interviewing a celebrity nominee could take a videotaped or webcam interview and sell it to a struck network. The Golden Globes bottom line is that SAG is eyeball-to-eyeball with NBC, saying to the network that if they broadcast the Golden Globes Awards the celebrity attendance will be nonexistent....so don't broadcast it or else.

Here's Dave McNary's Variety story on this.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 4, 2008 at 4:30 PM

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christian says ...

Booyah!

Posted by christian at January 4, 2008 4:41 PM

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actionman says ...

I am so sick of all this shit

Posted by actionman at January 4, 2008 4:51 PM

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christian says ...

This is a pivotal moment in history, actionman.

Revel in your time.

Posted by christian at January 4, 2008 4:52 PM

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Craptastic says ...

If I were an up-and-coming, first time nom. actor/writer/directer, etc, I'd be pissed over this. Royally.

Posted by Craptastic at January 4, 2008 4:59 PM

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actionman says ...

I don't know if this is a pivotal moment in history but I certainly know I am not reveling in it.

Posted by actionman at January 4, 2008 5:06 PM

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Gordie Lachance says ...

This must be due to all that eroding support I keep reading about on HE.

Craptastic- I guess Diablo Cody will have to wait until next year to be this years' Nia Vardalos.

Posted by Gordie Lachance at January 4, 2008 5:20 PM

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JHRussell says ...

Why is SAG getting in on the act in this official capacity? Let the Writers Guild fight its own fight...these morons are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Posted by JHRussell at January 4, 2008 5:43 PM

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T. Holly says ...

I don't know JHR. Because the WGA threatened SAG that if they didn't, they'd release a sketch of the Cloverfield monster? Did they anyway?

Posted by T. Holly at January 4, 2008 5:51 PM

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scooterzz says ...

this is kind of fucked on rosenberg's part...the wga had already signed off on the bfca and agreed that there would be no picket line for celebs to risk crossing....seems rosenberg is creating unnecessary collateral damage.....

Posted by scooterzz at January 4, 2008 5:51 PM

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T. Holly says ...

How do you figure that one scooterzz?

"The Globes have been thrown into turmoil and uncertainty due to the WGA's refusal to grant a strike waiver to struck Globes producer Dick Clark Prods., which offered to accept the same terms as David Letterman's Worldwide Pants banner. Instead, the guild has said it will picket the Globes, skedded to air on NBC, which has become a prime target of the WGA's strike campaign in the past few weeks."

Posted by T. Holly at January 4, 2008 5:57 PM

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scooterzz says ...

i was speaking of the bfca, not the globes....it's an entirely different situation...

Posted by scooterzz at January 4, 2008 6:00 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

I'm fairly certain this is actually illegal.

Posted by BurmaShave at January 4, 2008 6:11 PM

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T. Holly says ...

The networks and studios have brought the damage upon themselves.

Posted by T. Holly at January 4, 2008 6:15 PM

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JHRussell says ...

Burmashave - I will say that if it is not illegal, it should be.

Something very fishy about this SAG maneuver...but the whole strike has stunk to high heaven from the start. The WGA legal action threats being leveled against Jay Leno seem nutty to me, too, even if they are legal...anybody have any insight on this?

Posted by JHRussell at January 4, 2008 6:17 PM

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scooterzz says ...

y'know, burma, you're probably right.....

i just don't get the motive in the case of the bfca....it was a done deal...no muss, no fuss...now, there's an issue....an issue that's actually going to affect a lot of people adversly...like jh said, it seems fishy....

Posted by scooterzz at January 4, 2008 6:22 PM

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Balthazar says ...

I'd blame Leno for this. Over the past 48 hours, he's gotten the whole WGA pissed at him and NBC for his monologues and attitude. This is the strike back against NBC, IMO.

Posted by Balthazar at January 4, 2008 6:31 PM

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scooterzz says ...

the decision not to grant a waiver to the globes was made long before leno pissed off the wga... and the decision to pull actors from the bfca has no effect on nbc... the cca is broadcast on viacom's non-signatory vh1 (whose network affiliation is cbs).....

Posted by scooterzz at January 4, 2008 6:46 PM

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le corbeau says ...

Now if they could just order actors to stay out of the public eye in every other way except making movies and TV shows.

Posted by le corbeau at January 4, 2008 6:53 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

Like running for President.

Posted by jeffmcm at January 4, 2008 7:12 PM

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le corbeau says ...

Ronald Reagan wasn't an actor and he had 40 pictures to prove it!

(Line stolen from Victor Mature, when he was turned down by some country club because he was an actor)

Posted by le corbeau at January 4, 2008 7:15 PM

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gr81lives says ...

This is a horrible move on rosenberg's behalf. Slowly we will see the public sway against SAG. The globes for some reason people like and when no actors are there people will go will why not? Do you really think the folks who don't know exactly why WGA is on strike will understand why won't actors go this? I could be wrong...

In regards to the BFCA awards it's wrong... The show is on Monday night and now rosenberg says don't go, The show wasn't being affected by the WGA. This is so wrong.

If the HFPA had any guts and they don't they would say ok screw the actors no awards this year and they could point to SAG to blame! That would be perfect no GLOBES this year at all and can blame SAG!

Posted by gr81lives at January 4, 2008 7:20 PM

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scooterzz says ...

it seems that rosenberg's little edict is just a way to ensure that only the sag awards show has any celeb draw....it has little to do with the wga and is just a way to make his little awards show bigger than the other little awards shows....what a fucking opportunist....

Posted by scooterzz at January 4, 2008 7:37 PM

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christian says ...

Yes, the Globes must go on!

Posted by christian at January 4, 2008 7:41 PM

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scooterzz says ...

there's a bit more to it, christian....

Posted by scooterzz at January 4, 2008 7:49 PM

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corey3rd says ...

Union members do not screw over folks in other unions - especially to collect a crappy award presented by a bunch of weasel alleged foreign journalists.

Maybe the Golden Globes can go through the phone book and find people with the same names as the stars - Diablo Cody might be a hard one, but they could just get a stripper to fill in for her. Have the Name-alikes collect the awards.

Posted by corey3rd at January 4, 2008 10:06 PM

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T. Holly says ...

It's a pre-SAG-strike message: SAG wants a new media deal too.

Can SAG control the "red carpet agreement" situation at its TNT/TBS live awards show on Jan. 27?

Posted by T. Holly at January 4, 2008 10:07 PM

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scooterzz says ...

is there anyone NOT watching 'skidoo' on tcm right now?

Posted by scooterzz at January 4, 2008 11:11 PM

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Craptastic says ...

No. I'm currently watching the blonde in Wells' ad for the 2007 Automation Buyers Guide.

I'm hoping the next ad will be for that book on how to control your pets.

Keep them ad dollars rollin'.

Posted by Craptastic at January 5, 2008 12:35 AM

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Craptastic says ...

One more thing... anyone else see Conan rockabilly it out on the show tonight? I'm of the opinion that he should do that more often! F'ing great stuff.

The strike is really bringing out his natural, performer side.

Posted by Craptastic at January 5, 2008 12:55 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

Yes, Conan has been better than ever.

Posted by BurmaShave at January 5, 2008 3:59 AM

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nola says ...

The end of the year is usually slow on the feature side. There was hope it would be over by Feb.

It still could be, but the huge multi-nationals don't care and have deep pockets. Now that people are coming back from the holidays, this strike impact will be felt...and not just for the TV pilot season. I'm glad SAG is laying down the law for the Golden Globes. I grew up in a union household. Striking is no joke, it's a last resort intended to inflict as much damage in order to force those in power to the table. A strike is supposed to hit hard and fast then end. This thing could go on forever. When I lived in NYC there were transit strikes, garbage strikes etc. that would shut the city down. Hollywood is still standing despite all the btl people who have lost their jobs.

The studio don't give a crap about the writers, never have, never will. But the actors? That is a different story. Regarding public opinion, please, most people think actors make up all their dialogue. The strike will be settled when the studios decide this strike is more painful than negiotiating. It's already painful for the writers who don't make millions a year, which is 99 % of the WGA.

I don't give a flying fuck about the Golden Globes or the Oscars to be honest. All people care about are the dresses and ratings. Yes, I only started to feel this way once one of my friends started working as a producer on the Oscars and I saw how they determined who gets to present. It's a joke.

I hope this strike is over soon, so people can get back to work.

p.s. that line about Cody was priceless.

Posted by nola at January 5, 2008 6:03 AM

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nola says ...

oops I forgot to add Rosenberg comes from a old-school union/organizing background. The SAG talks are going to be very interesting.

Posted by nola at January 5, 2008 6:06 AM

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janetm says ...

Just saw on the hsx forum that UA has an agreement with the WGA and will announce on Sunday.
Anyone else hear anything on this?

Posted by janetm at January 5, 2008 7:51 AM

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Movie Watcher says ...

I don't watch the Golden Globes, so I don't give a damn. I have 4 books on my table. I read them instead of watching tv. I am waiting for Lost on 1/31. It would be funny to me if the actors, etc. don't turn up for the oscars. Would it still be on tv?

Posted by Movie Watcher at January 5, 2008 8:28 AM

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Esme says ...

All this is little confusing to me. SAG doesn't want actors to attend BFCA because the press there might sell the interview footages to networks but aren't there also going to be the same press at the Indie Spirit and SAG awards who might as well sell their footage to networks or are they not allowed? Also they don't want actors appearing on talk shows that doesn't have a deal with WGA but even on Letterman or Conan, aren't actors still working for the studio by appearing on those shows to promote their films?

Posted by Esme at January 5, 2008 8:55 AM

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