If the guild says you cannot render publicity services, you will not be in violation of your contract. These junkets, in which studios fly in print and broadcast journalists from around the country to watch early screenings of their films and to conduct round-table interviews with the stars and directors, are part of a film's normal publicity campaign. A spokesman for Letterman's show said the late-night host has gone on record saying that as a longtime WGA member he would support the guild. As for Oprah and Rosie O'Donnell, those shows go on hiatus during the summer months and would, presumably, not be immediately affected by an actors' strike.
Stars move magazines.
That eases my mind somewhat. For the record, SAG has not yet made a determination whether to allow its members to publicize their movies and TV shows. Some things we need to do now because the timing is now. If we've got late summer or early fall movies coming out, this is the time you do those interviews and photo shoots. You will not be charged to look for stories, only to retrieve one.