Glare From Golden Globes Starting To Heat the Grammys?

The Beverly Hilton, where the Golden Globes were scheduled for Sunday, is a ghost town today. There are parking spaces available, only a single news crew's van is parked outside and the only lingering limos belonged to a NAACP Image Awards announcement.
The fear that other awards show venues will be similarly empty is certainly bound to start spreading if there is no settlement to the writers strike within the next two weeks. The Grammy Awards, if staged amidst pickets at Staples Center, would have to do a show with no WGA writing, no actors as presenters and none of musicians with union or Hollywood connections.
Were the strike to have taken place last year - and SAG was refusing to go against the writers - the ceremonies would have lacked the presence of T.I., Ludacris, Reba McEntire, Mandy Moore, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders, Quentin Tarantino, Luke Wilson, Lewis Black, Nicolas Cage, Terrence Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Rock and David Spade.
There have been no announcements of performers or presenters for this year's Grammys. Last year, announcements of performers and presneters began during the second week of January, starting with beyonce, Dixie Chicks, Gnarls Barkley and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
If there is still a strike - and this is pure speculation - it's highly unlikely the Feb. 10 will be host to Dave Grohl, Bruce Springsteen, Beastie Boys, Joni Mitchell, John Fogerty, Lucinda Williams, Jack White, Steve Earle, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Fantasia, George Lopez, Jay-Z, Timberlake, Tim McGraw or Beyonce. (Grohl and his Foo Fighters are part of a heavily promoted Grammy Awards contest in which an unknown will be performing with the band. They appeared at the announcement, pictured, of the nominations).
Tech workers booked to work on the show are not crossing the picket line to do their jobs. But there are probably countless musicians who would not cross the picket line of fellow artists, a blow to the centerpiece of the Grammys' 50th anniversary.

Comments

[floatingworld]

The WGA announced well in advance that it would picket the Globes (and the Oscars, if the strike lasts that long), while negotiating deals to enable the SAG Awards and the Indie Spirit Awards to go on. The WGA hasn't said anything about picketing the Grammys, has it? After all, the American Music Awards took place after the WGA strike began and that event wasn't picketed. Granted the AMAs aren't a prestige event but isn't that still a sign that the WGA won't be picketing the Grammys, either?

[Phil Gallo]

The AMAs were written prior to the strike and avoided any sort of conflict. The Grammys, though, do draw on Hollywood talent and they are likely to stay away if the strike is still in place. The WGA has not decided what they will do at the Grammys if anything, but I get a sense that some musicians are awaiting a thumbs up from the WGA regarding the telecast. It's all wait and see.