Now it's war.
The battle between NBC and the HFPA/Dick Clark Prods. reached fever pitch Friday as wrangling over Golden Globes money and creative control led the HFPA to pull NBC's broadcast exclusivity and turned the backstory into a drama as bloody as any of the films nominated for best drama.
The Globes press conference is now a network-neutral broadcast that NBC will not host or produce and instead serve as, at most, one of several broadcasters.
But that result only hints at the intensity of Friday's drama, which undoes a fragile repackaging of the show earlier in the week and serve as a messy coda to several days of recriminations. It also sets the stage for a potential lawsuit between Dick Clark Prods. and NBC over show costs.
On Monday, even as the WGA said it would still picket the Beverly Hilton, NBC retooled the Globes as an NBC News event, with the possible presence of "Access Hollywood", "Today" and other NBC personalities.
But sources said the HFPA and Dick Clark Prods., with whom the network has a contract, was incensed with what it perceived as a loss of creative control. It sought more influence over who would appear on the program.
At the same time, a dispute brewed between Dick Clark and NBC over clips to be delivered for a "Dateline" show. Sources say the network had agreed to pick up all of Dick Clark's preproduction costs for the show, an amount estimated at $1.25 million, in exchange for the clips. But Dick Clark said it was entitled to a separate fee for the graphics package as part of the three-hour block it was offering the network. The clips were never delivered and a check was never cut.
The dispute over the clips, however, was just a prelude to Friday's fireworks. That's when Dick Clark and the HFPA, still upset over creative control, asked for a fee -- either below $1 million or at $1 million, depending on which side is estimating it -- that NBC would pay for airing a Globes-branded telecast.
The battle between NBC and the HFPA/Dick Clark Prods. reached fever pitch Friday as wrangling over Golden Globes money and creative control led the HFPA to pull NBC's broadcast exclusivity and turned the backstory into a drama as bloody as any of the films nominated for best drama.
The Globes press conference is now a network-neutral broadcast that NBC will not host or produce and instead serve as, at most, one of several broadcasters.
But that result only hints at the intensity of Friday's drama, which undoes a fragile repackaging of the show earlier in the week and serve as a messy coda to several days of recriminations. It also sets the stage for a potential lawsuit between Dick Clark Prods. and NBC over show costs.
On Monday, even as the WGA said it would still picket the Beverly Hilton, NBC retooled the Globes as an NBC News event, with the possible presence of "Access Hollywood", "Today" and other NBC personalities.
But sources said the HFPA and Dick Clark Prods., with whom the network has a contract, was incensed with what it perceived as a loss of creative control. It sought more influence over who would appear on the program.
At the same time, a dispute brewed between Dick Clark and NBC over clips to be delivered for a "Dateline" show. Sources say the network had agreed to pick up all of Dick Clark's preproduction costs for the show, an amount estimated at $1.25 million, in exchange for the clips. But Dick Clark said it was entitled to a separate fee for the graphics package as part of the three-hour block it was offering the network. The clips were never delivered and a check was never cut.
The dispute over the clips, however, was just a prelude to Friday's fireworks. That's when Dick Clark and the HFPA, still upset over creative control, asked for a fee -- either below $1 million or at $1 million, depending on which side is estimating it -- that NBC would pay for airing a Globes-branded telecast.
- 1/12/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
KNBC Los Angeles has decided to air a live telecast of NBC News' Golden Globes news conference announcing the winners.
The TV station originally was scheduled to air the tape-delayed telecast at 9 p.m. Sunday along with the rest of the West Coast, but it has now decided to air the program live at 6 p.m. Sunday.
KNBC also will air the tape-delayed telecast at 9 p.m.
The TV station originally was scheduled to air the tape-delayed telecast at 9 p.m. Sunday along with the rest of the West Coast, but it has now decided to air the program live at 6 p.m. Sunday.
KNBC also will air the tape-delayed telecast at 9 p.m.
- 1/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here is the cold, hard reality of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards that will be handed out Sunday at the Beverly Hilton: A lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.
Not only NBC, which could be forced to return $10 million-$15 million in ad revenue, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which will pocket a license fee much less than its usual $5 million check, but also dressmakers, party planners, caterers and limo drivers, to name a few.
Then there's the unquantifiable effect on the studios.
Several movies that most needed the Globes will feel the pinch. Such heavily nominated films as Atonement and Sweeney Todd have done respectable but not blowout domestic numbers -- $19 million and $39 million, respectively -- and if history is any predictor, they would have seen a spike after their clips and stars got Globes airtime. Ditto for Paul Thomas Anderson's oilman epic There Will Be Blood, which is just beginning to widen.
Lauded performers who wouldn't normally be high on awards season or entertainment media radars such as Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) could have seen career boosts from red-carpet exposure.
Not now.
A number of possibilities, including the total cancellation of NBC's telecast or a postponement of the show and ceremony, had been considered before the hybrid gambit, with a frantic set of negotiations between the four interested parties (NBC, the HFPA, the WGA and Dick Clark Prods.) nearly leading to an agreement in the days leading up to the ceremony.
In the end, the WGA said no, and NBC said it would go ahead with a minimal telecast reimagined as a news division program in the hope that it could generate at least respectable viewership and pacify advertisers.
Not only NBC, which could be forced to return $10 million-$15 million in ad revenue, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which will pocket a license fee much less than its usual $5 million check, but also dressmakers, party planners, caterers and limo drivers, to name a few.
Then there's the unquantifiable effect on the studios.
Several movies that most needed the Globes will feel the pinch. Such heavily nominated films as Atonement and Sweeney Todd have done respectable but not blowout domestic numbers -- $19 million and $39 million, respectively -- and if history is any predictor, they would have seen a spike after their clips and stars got Globes airtime. Ditto for Paul Thomas Anderson's oilman epic There Will Be Blood, which is just beginning to widen.
Lauded performers who wouldn't normally be high on awards season or entertainment media radars such as Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) could have seen career boosts from red-carpet exposure.
Not now.
A number of possibilities, including the total cancellation of NBC's telecast or a postponement of the show and ceremony, had been considered before the hybrid gambit, with a frantic set of negotiations between the four interested parties (NBC, the HFPA, the WGA and Dick Clark Prods.) nearly leading to an agreement in the days leading up to the ceremony.
In the end, the WGA said no, and NBC said it would go ahead with a minimal telecast reimagined as a news division program in the hope that it could generate at least respectable viewership and pacify advertisers.
- 1/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actresses Nikki Blonsky and Katherine Heigl have expressed their frustration after this year's Golden Globes Awards ceremony was cancelled as a result of the ongoing writers' strike. The televised event was axed by organizers Monday to avoid a celebrity-less event after the Screen Actors Guild pledged its members would not cross the Writers Guild Of America's picket line. Hairspray star and Best Actress nominee Nikki Blonsky tells MTV News, "It's kind of like you've got your dress, you're getting ready for the senior prom, you've got your hair and your makeup, and somebody goes, 'Prom's canceled!' That's what it's like. This was going to be a super-crazy prom. But it's not going to be." Katherine Heigl, who is nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Grey's Anatomy, also expressed her disappointment at the show's cancellation. She says, "It's really disappointing. It's an amazing night to be with people you respect and admire and to celebrate a year of work and a year of entertainment. I'm gonna be missing it on Sunday, and I'm gonna be sad." Hairspray director Adam Shankman adds, "It's wrong. I have just too many friends who worked too hard this year, and (the cancellation) is denying everybody a platform to say their cause." The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards was due to take place at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles. Instead, a news conference will take place to announce the winners of each category.
- 1/10/2008
- WENN
Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg will receive the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2009 Golden Globes Awards following the cancellation of this year's ceremony. Organizers decided not to present the Munich director with the honor for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field" at Sunday's stripped-down Golden Globes press conference. Instead, Spielberg will be feted in front of his peers with a montage of his work at the 2009 ceremony. The decision to cancel the televised event was made on Monday after the Screen Actors Guild pledged its members would not cross the Writers Guild Of America's picket line. The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards had been due to take place at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California. Instead, a news conference will take place to announce the winners of each category.
- 1/10/2008
- WENN
Attempts to save the Golden Globes ceremonies devolved quickly Monday evening as the famed broadcast was reduced from a three-hour gala to a one-hour press conference -- most likely with no stars, no parties and WGA pickets. A complicated story continued to unfold late into the evening yesterday as NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions desperately tried to keep the 65th Annual Golden Globes broadcast afloat in the wake of the two-and-a-half-month strike by the Writers Guild of America. After extensive negotiations, NBC came up with a plan to shorten Sunday's ceremony to a one-hour news special (circumventing the WGA strike, which does not affect NBC News), in hopes that it could utilize red carpet and after-party footage to supplement the evening's coverage both before and after the announcement of the awards. Thus, the network and the Globes could save millions of dollars in advertising revenue and lure numerous celebrities and nominees, especially in light of a recent statement released by the Screen Actors Guild that none of the 70+ acting nominees would attend the ceremony if it went forward as originally planned.
Though the WGA initially agreed not to picket the press conference format, negotiations quickly broke down over NBC's suggestions for additional news coverage of the awards that would include nominee interviews, clips from nominated films, and coverage of the Golden Globes studio-sponsored parties. While the news conference is expected to go on as planned, airing Sunday night at 9pm ET, NBC's other programming was still in question, and more crucially, many of the large-scale parties were canceled as news broke throughout Hollywood. NBC Universal, Warner Bros. and HBO officially canceled their parties, and according to Variety it was expected that Fox Searchlight and the Weinstein Company would follow suit -- thus insuring few if any celebrities would be in attendance of any kind for the Golden Globes. Adding insult to injury, the Writers Guild may still picket the Globes news conference, with the Screen Actors Guild expected to show support by encouraging members not to attend. An official statement from the WGA was not available at press time.
Though the WGA initially agreed not to picket the press conference format, negotiations quickly broke down over NBC's suggestions for additional news coverage of the awards that would include nominee interviews, clips from nominated films, and coverage of the Golden Globes studio-sponsored parties. While the news conference is expected to go on as planned, airing Sunday night at 9pm ET, NBC's other programming was still in question, and more crucially, many of the large-scale parties were canceled as news broke throughout Hollywood. NBC Universal, Warner Bros. and HBO officially canceled their parties, and according to Variety it was expected that Fox Searchlight and the Weinstein Company would follow suit -- thus insuring few if any celebrities would be in attendance of any kind for the Golden Globes. Adding insult to injury, the Writers Guild may still picket the Globes news conference, with the Screen Actors Guild expected to show support by encouraging members not to attend. An official statement from the WGA was not available at press time.
- 1/8/2008
- IMDb News
NEW YORK -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and NBC have reached a deal for a scaled-back version of the 65th Annual Golden Globes that will eliminate the formal show at the Beverly Hilton but still create a block of programming around the winners.
"We are all very disappointed that our traditional awards ceremony will not take place this year and that millions of viewers worldwide will be deprived of seeing many of their favorite stars celebrating 2007's outstanding achievements in motion pictures and television," HFPA president Jorge Camara said. "We take some comfort, however, in knowing that this year's Golden Globe Award recipients will be announced on the date originally scheduled."
The programming Sunday evening will include a hotel press conference, red carpet and party coverage, much of which would be televised either by NBC through its NBC News division or other existing programs.
The effort is an attempt to satisfy the concerns of the WGA and SAG -- allowing a picket to be lifted and stars to attend -- while still providing enough live programming that NBC could garner viewers and advertisers.
"We are all very disappointed that our traditional awards ceremony will not take place this year and that millions of viewers worldwide will be deprived of seeing many of their favorite stars celebrating 2007's outstanding achievements in motion pictures and television," HFPA president Jorge Camara said. "We take some comfort, however, in knowing that this year's Golden Globe Award recipients will be announced on the date originally scheduled."
The programming Sunday evening will include a hotel press conference, red carpet and party coverage, much of which would be televised either by NBC through its NBC News division or other existing programs.
The effort is an attempt to satisfy the concerns of the WGA and SAG -- allowing a picket to be lifted and stars to attend -- while still providing enough live programming that NBC could garner viewers and advertisers.
The televised Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be replaced by a press conference this Sunday as a result of the ongoing writers' strike. Organizers announced their decision on Monday to avoid a celebrity-less event after the Screen Actors Guild pledged its members would not cross the Writers Guild Of America's picket line. The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards had been due to take place at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California. Instead, a news conference will take place to announce the winners of each category. Spokesman Jorge Camara says, "We are all very disappointed that our traditional awards ceremony will not take place this year and that millions of viewers worldwide will be deprived of seeing many of their favorite stars celebrating 2007's outstanding achievements in motion pictures and television. We take some comfort, however, in knowing that this year's Golden Globe Award recipients will be announced on the date originally scheduled."...
- 1/8/2008
- WENN
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