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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.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: goldenglobes; hollywierd; hollywood; movies; unions; wga
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To: Mad Dawgg
To: pepsionice
Id rather watch a repeat of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea...than watch the Golden Globe. Awright, now that is a little bit extreme.
How about, I'd rather watch the Golden Globes...sinking to the bottom of the sea?
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:23:42 PM PST
by
thulldud
To: Mad Dawgg
Maybe we will get a twofer and they will cancel the Oscars also! How suhweeeeeeet would that be, I say cancel them all, permanently, no one will miss these arrogant clowns patting themselves on the back.
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:23:44 PM PST
by
rockabyebaby
(PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR INFIDEL STEPHENJOHNBANKER)
To: Mad Dawgg
"There are a lot of people being hurt by this,"********************
LOL!
Sorry.
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:23:51 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Mad Dawgg
Maybe we will get a twofer and they will cancel the Oscars also!You may just get your wish because Hollywood is talking about it!
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:24:27 PM PST
by
frogjerk
To: Mad Dawgg
I N B R E D.
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:24:49 PM PST
by
OESY
To: Mad Dawgg
maybe congress should hold hearings. sarc/
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:27:46 PM PST
by
sappy
To: ConorMacNessa
Gezunheit, and bring on the panzers! Send them all to Beverly Hills.
vadine
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:27:56 PM PST
by
vaudine
(RO)
To: trisham
"There are a lot of people being hurt by this,"A partial list:
Iranian limo drivers
Mexican Coke dealers
Fashion designers
Pat O'Brien
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:28:29 PM PST
by
AU72
To: frogjerk
"You may just get your wish because Hollywood is talking about it!" heheheh The Irony is much of those folks claim there is no God.
And yet...
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:28:42 PM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: Allegra
LOL. Does it make me a bad person if I: (1) had no idea these people were still on strike, or (2) don’t give a flying crap if they ever go back to work?
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:29:02 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Mad Dawgg
No two hours of preening glitterpigs on TV? Horrors!
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:31:07 PM PST
by
VR-21
To: webschooner
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:31:43 PM PST
by
xtinct
(I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
To: pepsionice
They can cancel ALL of the awards shows as far as I'm concerned.
To: Allegra
Allegra — that would make me a bad person, too.
I’ll meet you at Starbucks....
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:33:32 PM PST
by
Right Cal Gal
(Remember Billy Dale!!!)
To: VR-21
"preening glitterpigs" Now THAT is an AWESOME NAME for a ROck Band!!!!
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:35:09 PM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: Mad Dawgg
Cry me a river... (not you Mad Dawgg)
This is a real hoot. Now if only the Oscars can suffer the same fate.
This industry sickens me. I’ve seen enough beautiful people for ten lifetimes.
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:35:55 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
To: xtinct
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:36:33 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
To: pepsionice
Hey - I thought David Hedison was HOT!
Come to think of it - we had LOTS of hot guys on TV in the 60’s — REAL men!
I remember when I wanted to run off with either Illya Kuryakin or Mr. Chekov (apparently, I was in a Russian phase)
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:37:03 PM PST
by
Right Cal Gal
(Remember Billy Dale!!!)
Professional attention whores
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posted on
01/09/2008 12:37:33 PM PST
by
evets
(beer)
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