Ganis 'nervous' about the Oscar ceremony?
Tim Gray has a story in Variety that finds Academy president Sid Ganis admitting nervousness about this year's Oscar fate. Very strange times, my friends.He starts out like so:
Academy prexy Sid Ganis has again reached out to the Writers Guild of America about Oscar's fate but still hasn't received an answer. "We're running out of time," he told Daily Variety.
WGA leaders obviously have a lot on their plate this week, but Ganis on Wednesday said the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences needs to know ASAP "as a matter of logistics. We have nominees and potential presenters who live all over the globe. I'm nervous. We're getting down to the final moments; we need to make plans."
And wraps it up:
The Acad honcho reminds that nearly every member of the Academy belongs to a guild -- or several. (Ganis himself is a guild member, as a producer and former publicist). The org, he said, "has no beef whatsoever with the writers. We have a history of celebrating great writers and of constant cooperation with the guild."
"We're preparing for two shows," he reminded. The office of Gil Cates, who's producing the kudocast, has two boards -- one for Show A and one for Show B. "Both those boards are filling up with plans, but we want to do Show A."
"I'm reaching out in a measured way," he said. "We're feeling great that (WGA-AMPTP) negotiations seem to have reached the stage where they're concluding. I'm a filmmaker and I want everybody back working."
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