what if they gave an awards show and nobody came?

They want you to find out.

Writers Refuse to Budge on Globes

This is the strangest strike I’ve ever heard of—the union picks and chooses which organization will benefit from its largesse [emphasis in original]:

The writers are allowing otherwise-striking scribblers to contribute to the Screen Actors Guild and Independent Spirit Awards.

But what do you expect from “the giant high school cafeteria that is Hollywood”?

Hot tempers dominate the picket lines, and tension among friends is rising as more people in ancillary businesses lose their jobs and weeks without work stretch into months. The 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America walked off the job on Nov. 5 over payments for the use of programs and movies on the Internet.

But once the strike captains call it a day at the end of the picketing shifts and both sides dispatch their last press releases, the conflict settles into a quiet discomfort.

“When I see writer friends at the supermarket or at the movies, we know that those places are not forums to get into a debate on the strike,” said Nina Tassler, president of entertainment at CBS. “I’ve been friends with some of these people for 20 years.”

Welcome, Angelenos, to the wonderful turbulent media world of the early 21st century. Glad you could join the rest of us!