The WGA, the union representing striking writers, is refusing to allow its members to write for the Academy Awards or Golden Globe ceremonies, reports The Associated Press.

The board of directors of the Writers Guild of America West decided not to give the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences an interim agreement for writing services.

Meanwhile Monday, the guild released a letter rejecting a waiver request from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which awards the Golden Globes. The letter said that granting a waiver "would not advance" the guild's ongoing battle with studios to negotiate a new contract.

In a separate letter to Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences also released Monday, the guild denied the use of clips from movies and past awards programs that could be shown during the award show in February.

The academy had made its standard, annual request for clip use to the writers guild and other relevant industry guilds that must grant approval, spokeswoman Leslie Under said Monday.

"The academy has not requested any strike-related waiver from the writers guild related to the awards show," she said.

In a statement, the Globe organization expressed measured unhappiness.

"The Golden Globe Awards, which has a long and friendly relationship with the Writers Guild of America, is obviously disappointed that the WGA denied its request for a waiver," the group said.

I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart isn't funny without writers. Kick him and have Jim Carey do the show.

It actually kind of depresses me that we could go without award shows. I know it sounds silly but, I mean, this is my version of following sport championships.

And we all know how fuckin' insane sport fans get over their teams.

No Globes...meh, who cares.

No Oscars......me smash WGA.

Would they just announce the winners on their website? What about acceptance speeches? Wouldn't it SUCK if you won an oscar but you couldn't even attend the ceremony of deliver an acceptance speech? Ugh, I HATE the WGA now. I hope the Academy gets rid of the screenplay cats and says "FUCK YOU" to the WGA, and still does the show, with whatever writers they can get. I would rather watch an unfunny and lame oscar show than no oscar show at all.

No Globes...meh, who cares.

No Oscars......me smash WGA.

Would they just announce the winners on their website? What about acceptance speeches? Wouldn't it SUCK if you won an oscar but you couldn't even attend the ceremony of deliver an acceptance speech? Ugh, I HATE the WGA now. I hope the Academy gets rid of the screenplay cats and says "FUCK YOU" to the WGA, and still does the show, with whatever writers they can get. I would rather watch an unfunny and lame oscar show than no oscar show at all.

Yeah...at first I was sympathetic toward's the WGA's cause...but they've really started to piss me off, and protesting that awards shows is just a slap in the face to the actors, directors, other people involved in the industry, and their fellow writers. Their BEST writers, actually.

I still think Wind Wanker is a double account. No one is that dense.

It looks like an official annoucement is due tomorrow. Still, that's the opposite of this

Hollywood Elsewhere has an update on the BFCA

So if they hold a private ceremony, I hope they can at least provide timely updates on their website.