The ceremony was slated to be telecast on 18 September, and the LA Times reported that a January date is contingent on a resolution to disputes between studios & guilds.
The unions said NBCUniversal infringed its freedom to picket and endangered its members by obstructing a public sidewalk next to the company’s studio lot in California.
The SAG-AFTRA, which represents over 1,60,000 actors, stunt performers & others, called for a strike last week after union negotiators stated that they were unable to reach an agreement.
A SAG-AFTRA strike, representing 160,000 actors, would push the heat on Hollywood studios already grappling with a nearly two-month work halt by the Writers Guild of America.
One rough measure of the current toll is the number of permits issued for filming in Los Angeles. It has fallen 56% from a year ago, according to permitting organization FilmLA.
An actors’ strike would lead to a broader shutdown and increase pressure on studios that need programming to feed their streaming services and the fall TV broadcast schedule.
Hundreds of members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) picketed in New York and Los Angeles in the first work stoppage to hit Hollywood in 15 years.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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