American director Ethan Coen attends the photocall for the 33 directors contributing to "Chacun Son Cinema" on the Terrasse Riviera at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 20, 2007. (UPI Photo/Christine Chew) | License Photo
American director Joel Coen arrives at the Palais des Festivals for the gala screening of "Chacun Son Cinema" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 20, 2007. (UPI Photo/Christine Chew) | License Photo
Screenwriter Diablo Cody arrives at the 19th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, California on January 5, 2008. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen). | License Photo
Director Judd Apatow poses during a photocall promoting his film "The 40 Year Old Virgin" at the 31st annual American Film Festival in Deauville, France on September 4, 2005. (UPI Photo/David Silpa) | License Photo
Actor Daniel Day Lewis, winner of Best Actor for the film "There Will Be Blood" attends the 2007 New York Film Critics Circle Awards held at Spotlight Live in New York on January 6, 2008. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen) | License Photo
American actor/ director Sean Penn attends a screening of "Into The Wild" at London Film Festival at Odeon West End in London on October 25, 2007. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad) | License Photo
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The Hollywood writers' strike has claimed another casualty, with the Writers Guild of America, West saying it will spike its awards show if the strike persists.
"There will be no Writers Guild of America, West show until the strike is over," the Los Angeles branch of the guild said in a brief statement.
The WGA said it would announce the winners Feb. 9, the scheduled date of its annual awards show.
The decision was announced after the WGA announced the nominees for its feature film and documentary awards.
"Juno," by Diablo Cody; "Michael Clayton," by Tony Gilroy; "The Savages," by Tamara Jenkins; "Knocked Up," by Judd Apatow; and "Lars and the Real Girl," by Nancy Oliver were nominated for best original screenplay.
The WGA nominees for best adapted screenplay are "No Country for Old Men," by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy; "There Will Be Blood," by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel, "Oil," by Upton Sinclair; "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly," by Ronald Harwood, based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby; "Into the Wild," by Sean Penn, based on the book by Jon Krakauer; and "Zodiac," by James Vanderbilt, based on the book by Robert Graysmith.
