January 10, 2008–The WGA has called off the February 9 awards show in Los Angeles–unless it has ended its strike by then. In a brief announcement Thursday afternoon, the guild said it would announce its awards as planned but added, ?¢¬Ä¬úThere will be no Writers Guild of America West show until the strike is over.?¢¬Ä

“An Unmarried Woman” was nominated for three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actress for Jill Clayburgh, and Original Screenplay for Paul Mazursky, who also helmed.

The smash hit French comedy was nominated for three Oscars: Foreign-Language Film, Best Actress for Marie-Christine Barrault, and
Original Screenplay for Jean-Charles Tacchella (who also helmed) and Daniele Thompson.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won the Best Director and Screenplay for “All About Eve,” wrote the sharpest, wittiest, most cynical lines for Sanders. In voice-over narration, De Witt says: “Margo Channing is a star of the theatre. She made her first stage appearance at the age of four in “A Midsummer Night's Dream. She played the fairy and entered quite unexpectedly, stark naked. She has been a star ever since. Margo is a great star, a true star. She never was nor ever will be anything else.”

This was Bette Davis' sixth Best Actress Oscar nomination. In a career spanning five decades, she was nominated for ten Oscars, winning two, in 1935 and 1938. For playing the tyrannical mother, Gladys Cooper received the first out of her three Oscar nominations; all in the supporting league.