Jon Stewart is going to have the hardest and most pressurized job any host at the Academy Awards has ever had to endure when the 80th annual ceremony beams out in February. The reason is of course the WGA strike.
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You see he won't be able to read his pre-prepared jokes from a team of writers from an auto-queue, the way I understand it is that he may have to be as spontaneous as possible. I'm not even sure if he will be able to take a piece of paper into the ceremony with him because that would be technically writing the script. I could be wrong on that one though. If the strike is to go on till February, then all those members of the WGA will be holding picketing rally's outside the event on the 24th and a lot more empty seats will have to be filled in the audience. Technically, the WGA members won't be allowed to attend... so again I'm not as knowledgeable on the strike as most but does that mean actors who write and direct, won't be able to be there too. People like George Clooney? The ceremony beams out to god knows how many millions of viewers worldwide LIVE, it could quickly turn mighty embarrassing for the film industry if things started to go wrong. source - rope of silicon