The National Book Foundation announced it had rescinded Barrymore's invitation to host in light of her decision to return to her daytime talk show amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Since her announcement, members of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA have picketed outside the talk show's studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
"The Drew Barrymore Show is a WGA-covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers," WGA "The Guild has and will continue to, picket-struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing on 'The Drew Barrymore Show' violates WGA strike rules." The National Book Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on Nov. 15 in New York City. The awards' longlists will be announced Wednesday and finalists will be unveiled on Oct. 3.
The foundation has since 1950 honored books in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people's literature. Last year's winners included Imani Perry for her nonfiction book"South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation" and John Keene for"Punks: New & Selected Poems."
CBS, Paramount+ and CBS News and Stations are part of Paramount Global, one of the companies affected by the strike. Some CBS News staff are WGA and SAG-AFTRA members but work under different contracts than the writers and actors who are on strike.
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