Dustyhawk :: Broken Mirror

Well now, this is something. Due to the protest by the Writers Guild of America and the support by actors who vowed to boycott it, the Golden Globes has been cancelled. Thus there will be no ceremony and the winners will be announced via a press conference and a scaled back red carpet event, so no big traditional televised dinner and prize presentation.

*cough* How did this all happen ?

Well every three years, the Writers Guilds negotiate a new basic contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) by which its members are employed. This contract is called the Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA), which is the entertainment industry’s equivalent to a sports league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).