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LIVE: WGA Strikewatch a reality (UPDATE 11/1 PM)
By Mark London Williams Nov 2, 2007, 4:42 GMT
A photo of the Hollywood Sign in Hollywood California , USA, 01 November 2007. Hollywood writers prepair to go on strike if a contract can\'t be agreed upon before the midnight expiration of their current contract. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
As has been crytal clear the last 24 hours, it is no longer a matter of "what" -- will there be a strike? -- but simply "when."
As writer Nikke Finke reports on her blog -- and moments later, confirmed in an AP wire story -- the writers meeting at LA Convention's center erupted in cheers when union President Patric Verrone announced that a walkout would now take place.
Picket lines could be operative as early as Friday morning, though the Variety webpage reports from its sources that Monday is more likely.
No one, of course, has the faintest idea how long this plunge over the cliff will last.
Mark London Williams is a regular contributor and columnist for Below the Line and has written for Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Williams is also an award-winning author of the children's literature series, "Danger Boy."
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