George Clooney's Bid To End Writers Strike....

George Clooney has offered to act as a mediator between the Writers Guild Of America (Wga) unionmembers and Hollywood bosses in a bid to end the strikes.The writers have been on picket lines since November (07), bringing production on Hollywood movies to a standstill and causing a number of TV networks to release staff and air repeat shows.The strike has also forced the organisers of Sunday's (14Jan08) Golden Globes ceremony to cancel the event after actors threatened to boycott.But the Ocean's Eleven star has offered to set up a "mediation panel" to settle the Wga members' grievances - and plans to ask Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and ER producer John Wells to help him end the dispute, according to L.A.Weekly.Speaking of the strikes earlier this week, he said, "When the strike happens, it's not just writers (affected)... Our hope is that all the players will lock themselves in a room and not come out until they finish. We want this to be done. That's the most important thing."Meanwhile the * Writers Guild Award Nominees Announced Juno, Michael Clayton and Knocked Up are among the movies going head to head at the 2007 Writers Guild Of America Awards.The Savages and Lars And The Real Girl are also up in the same category of Best Original Screenplay at next month's (Feb08) event.

Best Adapted Screenplay nominees include the Coen brothers award-stealing No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, Into The Wild and Zodiac.

The Wga Award winners will be announced on 9 February (08) in Los Angeles and New York.

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