PLAN B - OSCAR GETS A REPRIEVE

OSCAR GETS A REPRIEVE

The end of the writers' strike will also mean that the Academy Awards show will go on employing producer Gil Cates's Plan A. (A contingency Plan B that would have seen the Oscars show reduced to film clips had also been in the works.) ''Until yesterday, we really had two shows we were preparing,'' Cates told an assemblage of production staff in Hollywood Tuesday. ''I'm very happy the writers' strike came to a close," he said, "This is basically the last push before the big show.''

13/02/2008