Many celebs and industry bigwigs are expected to boycott the event.

Some actors sympathetic to the writers may boycott the event.

He was due to be interviewed in public, only to be disinvited when other speakers threatened to boycott the event.

Even now, all these years later, we continue to boycott the event.

The fractured nature of the opposition movement dimmed hopes of a deal yesterday, with one hardline leader boycotting the event and another in jail.