WGA: Strike Award Shows to Lack Fake Banter
 

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) will not allow its members to work on the Academy Awards or Golden Globes shows, USA Today reports.

The WGA has turned down the Golden Globes' request for a waiver so that writers could work on its January 13 broadcast, and the union has also turned down the Oscars' request to use movie clips and scenes from past Oscar broadcasts for its February 24 telecast. In addition, the WGA said it would deny writing services for the Academy Awards were it asked.