question: Why was Spielberg 's Cecil B. DeMille Award postponed from 2008 ?
answer: watered-down format of the ceremony resulting from conflicts in the 2007 -- 08 writers strike
turker_answer: Spielberg 's Cecil B. DeMille Award was postponed from 2008 due to the watered-down format of the ceremony resulting from conflicts in the 2007 -- 08 writers strike .
rule-based: Spielberg 's Cecil B. DeMille Award was postponed from 2008 because of watered-down format of the ceremony resulting from conflicts in the 2007 -- 08 writers strike .