Independent Spirit Awards will have writers, and Rainn Wilson !
By fred | December 21, 2007
This time a year, awards ceremonies are pouring on TV, or they usually are at least. But with writers on strike and celebrities refusing to cross picket lines, things get troubled. When they’re not canceled, shows just turn boring.
One of them, could potentially become a much stronger hit than usual or than any others out there : the Independent Spirit Awards. Why, you ask ? But because this year they’ll have the one and only Dwight Rainn Wilson hosting, I reply !
Not only that, but the ceremony, which will be held February 23 - that’s one day before the Oscars - also received the WGA’s blessing, as the stated on a recent statement :
Film Independent came to us before the strike and the WGAW board decided to grant an interim agreement allowing for writing services for the Spirit Awards. The best way to get the awards season back on track is for the AMPTP to return to the bargaining table to negotiate a fair deal with the Writers Guild to get this town back to work.
This is huge, not just because Wilson will have words to say, but also because it means everyone can actually show up and have a good time for that event, because there won’t be no picket lines to cross !
And since the WGA did not granted a waiver for the Golden Globes or the Oscars, the Spirit Awards could end up being the biggest award event of the season…
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