Like Tom Hanks, George Clooney indicated last week that he’s eager to see the WGA writers’ strike end. To that end, Clooney has even offered to mediate. He wants to set up a strike mediation panel that would also include Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and John Wells (ex-WGA president and executive producer of the ER TV series).

At this point I don’t care who gets involved, as long as they get something done. Talks seem to be stalled, as I haven’t heard of any progress other than the individual studio agreements. The strike has already caused the traditional Golden Globes ceremony – which would have been held yesterday (Sun Jan 13) – to be called off and replaced with a star-less and unentertaining “press conference”. Now, The Oscars are threatened. Let’s hope Clooney and company succeed. (Clooney recently donated $25,000 of his own money to the strike.)

Clooney is currently in Michael Clayton and Oceans Thirteen, and will appear in two films in 2008 (Leatherheads, Burn After Reading) and one in 2009 (The Fantastic Mr. Fox, animation). Hanks is currently in Charlie Wilson’s War, and will appear in at least The Great Buck Howard (2008) and Angels & Demons (2009). He’s rumored to be appearing in Boone’s Lick (2008) and Fahrenheit 451 (2009).