Prospects for a Grammy Awards broadcast this year are looking worse because of the ongoing writers' strike. Yesterday, the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that they'd filed a formal request for a waiver with the Writers Guild, and the union again said yesterday that the request is unlikely to be granted. Still, ARAS President NEIL PORTNOW said the academy, quote, "remains hopeful that there will be a quick and positive response."
The Screen Actors Guild has said it probably won't cross the picket line should writers protest the Grammys. Several musicians are SAG members, meaning they'd likely honor the picket, while other musicians are likely to avoid crossing the picket out of sympathy for the writers' cause.
As of now, The Grammy Awards are still scheduled to take place February 10th, and air on CBS-TV. However, no performers or presenters have been announced yet.
Better news for next month's NAACP Image Awards: the Guild has granted them a waiver. WGA West President PATRIC VERRONE explained yesterday, quote, "Because of the historic role the NAACP has played in struggles like ours, we think this decision is appropriate to jointly achieve out goals."
No comments:
Post a Comment