14th Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 14th ceremony of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best in film and television acting achievement for the year 2007, took place on January 27, 2008 and, for the 12th consecutive time was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California. It was broadcast live simultaneously by TNT and TBS.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner
Julie Christie, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner
Javier Bardem, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Ruby Dee, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner
2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
From November 5, 2007 to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) went on strike.
Striking WGA members at Fox Plaza, Los Angeles, on November 7, 2007
Writer-actor Jeff Garlin of Curb Your Enthusiasm (foreground, right) and others at a WGAW rally outside the Fox Studios in Los Angeles.
WGA West president and Futurama writer Patric Verrone speaks at a strike rally in Los Angeles.
Family Guy and American Dad! creator and actor Seth MacFarlane speaks at a WGAW rally in Los Angeles on November 9, 2007.
