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Scrapped Golden Globe ceremony hits Hollywood hard
Yahoo News/ Reuters ^ | Tue Jan 8, 10:06 PM ET 2008 | Jill Serjeant

Posted on 01/09/2008 12:14:44 PM PST by Mad Dawgg

Scrapped Golden Globe ceremony hits Hollywood hard --- REUTERS

By Jill Serjeant
Tue Jan 8, 10:06 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood scrambled on Tuesday to assess the fallout from the decision to scrap the glittering Golden Globe movie and TV awards ceremony and hold only a news conference that few stars are likely to attend.

Caterers, limousine drivers, stylists, hotels and dozens of magazines and TV shows found themselves out of work when this Sunday's star-studded Golden Globes gala dinner and red carpet walk-up fell victim to the nine-week-old screenwriters strike.

"There are a lot of people being hurt by this," said Jack Kyser, chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. He estimated the Golden Globes annually bring in $70-$80 million to the Los Angeles economy.

"A lot of the parties are being canceled and they can run up to $200,000 each. There is a big ripple impact from this in terms of hotel bookings, security guards, parking attendants, beauticians etc.," Kyser said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: goldenglobes; hollywierd; hollywood; movies; unions; wga
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To: Overtaxed

I LOVED Airwolf...

In the first couple of years that was a super violent show..


101 posted on 01/09/2008 6:53:56 PM PST by Armedanddangerous (Chuin, Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: Armedanddangerous

This is why I usually watch Korean dramas and movies!!


102 posted on 01/09/2008 6:57:42 PM PST by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one recipe at a time http://www.youtube.com/Tamar1973)
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To: Red Badger
Why do you reference running for the Governorship of Louisiana? Just Wondering. BTW I’m a big Bobby Jindal fan.
103 posted on 01/09/2008 7:43:37 PM PST by BBell
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To: Abathar

The funny thing is that I would like to learn how to mill a mould the “Old Fashioned Way.”


104 posted on 01/09/2008 8:49:57 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps
It’s called EDM machining, you machine an electrode out of either copper or graphite and charge it in a tank of dielectric fluid and it arcs between the electrode and mold, disintegrating the mold. Takes a while, but it about the only way to get sharp internal corners in the mold without inserts, and on tiny pieces thats not an option.
105 posted on 01/10/2008 4:46:41 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar

This is why I like FR - you learn something new every day!


106 posted on 01/10/2008 5:59:24 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Mad Dawgg
The writers have probably lost more money now than they'll be able to make up in what's left of their lifetimes.

Such smart men and women creative artists are probably learning that belonging to a union is slavery and stifling. I'm glad William Shakespeare didn't belong to a union in his prime.

Leni

107 posted on 01/10/2008 6:12:23 AM PST by MinuteGal (Three Cheers for the FRed, White and Blue !!!)
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To: Mad Dawgg
"The Older I get the less the world makes sense to me..."

LOL! You and me both!

Carolyn

108 posted on 01/10/2008 6:21:18 AM PST by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: Mad Dawgg


Bring back the funny and I might care.
109 posted on 01/10/2008 6:37:03 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Allegra
You were a bad person well before the Golden Globe was canceled.
110 posted on 01/10/2008 6:40:45 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky
Hmmm...can't recall what drove that remark, but we must have had a run-in at some point.

C'est la vie.

111 posted on 01/10/2008 7:11:44 AM PST by Allegra (AACCK! Back in Iraq...how'd that happen so fast??)
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To: Allegra

Humor? (or at least an early morning attempt thereat)


112 posted on 01/10/2008 7:14:56 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky
Ah...OK. LOL

My body still thinks it's early morning because I was in the States just a week ago. (sob!)

So, it all makes sense now. ;-)

113 posted on 01/10/2008 7:17:37 AM PST by Allegra (AACCK! Back in Iraq...how'd that happen so fast??)
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To: dead

Is there a way that we can bring FEMA in...to help resettle folks and bring order to chaos?


114 posted on 01/10/2008 8:57:53 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: BBell
Why do you reference running for the Governorship of Louisiana?

The previous governor, Blanco, cried on national TV.........

115 posted on 01/11/2008 5:38:10 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Red Badger

I see. I had missed your point completely.


116 posted on 01/11/2008 1:48:20 PM PST by BBell
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