GEORGE CLOONEY - CLOONEY SPLITS FROM WRITERS GUILD

CLOONEY SPLITS FROM WRITERS GUILD

George Clooney has withdrawn his members from the Writers Guild of America after the union turned down his request for a writer's credit on Leatherheads, Daily Variety reported today (Friday). Clooney had maintained that he had rewritten all but two scenes in the script originally submitted by Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly. Clooney told the trade paper, When your own union doesn't back what you've done, the only honorable thing to do is not participate,"

04/04/2008