Brian Damage
01-17-2008, 10:24 PM
http://www.variety.com/VR1117979092.html
For a while there, it looked like the Oscars might be in danger of going the route of the Golden Globes, especially since the Writers Guild of America wasn't going to give the show a waiver during the strike, but they've come up with a plan. Two plans, actually. One idea is to just do the show as usual (with some changes, of course), and another idea would be "industry heavyweights writing their own speeches and presenting the awards."
For a while there, it looked like the Oscars might be in danger of going the route of the Golden Globes, especially since the Writers Guild of America wasn't going to give the show a waiver during the strike, but they've come up with a plan. Two plans, actually. One idea is to just do the show as usual (with some changes, of course), and another idea would be "industry heavyweights writing their own speeches and presenting the awards."