Gee, if the idea — Behind contract negotiations is to split a union in two, the AMPTP has what it wants. The Screen Actors Guild sent out its strike authorization ballot and now there are two growing sides to the controversy over whether to authorize the board to initiate a strike. Big power players […]
I do not know — What other people do facing impending starvation. I know what I do. I order groceries. It is a very odd thing. Most of the time I do not eat a lot. When I am worried about cash flow? I eat like a ninja. So. A strike is possibly coming? […]
It is SAG Monday. This is the day Screen Actor’s Guild [SAG] sends out its strike authorization ballot and announces the strike authorization time table. Actors have been working for half a year without a new contract while SAG tried to negotiate with AMPTP and SAG tried pretty hard but appaently AMPTP is being […]
Speaking of Stalin — The AMPTP is now dicking the actors around. [How, um, out of character.] AMPTP Dicks Actors Around. Hopefully SAG [that is the actors’ primary union] can hold steady, but if AMPTP [that is the association of motion picture and television producers which really means the iron clad fist of a […]
Dear Blonde Assassin — If the rumors are true, and the WGA strike is nearly over, then we should expect a return of pseudo-quality to the airwaves soon. What three current shows would you put at the top of your assassination list? [Personally, I’d axe a few reality shows and anything that gets compared […]
Well my best birthday present — Besides the gold, diamonds, and large quantities of cash — The strike is over. Yay! Every writer in town has been unable to accept writing work since November 5, 2007. And that goes on down the line, if the writers are not working, no one else […]
Okay definitely TV but — Not really “late.” “Late” for me and “late” for other people is very different. But I have been watching “late night” David Letterman [wow, someone else owns David Letterman dot com who is just dotty you should really fix that Uncle Dave] and Craig Ferguson [ditto for you Scottish […]
There are some — Key phrases and words in Hollywood that always mean you are being lied to. Here are a few of my favorites : Honestly… [always means something is up] Frankly… [always means something is up] I am on your side…. [oh you are so sold down the river now] I fought […]
There is more strike news — Tom Cruise’s company United Artists has signed an independent agreement with the Writer’s Guild — independent of the AMPTP. This makes United Artists the only film studio in Hollywood that can legitimately employ Guild writers. When Letterman broke away from the AMPTP to sign the first independent contract […]
Speaking of David Letterman this is pretty funny to me. It is David Letterman talking about the strike issue : [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=HHqf_o5igmg] David Letterman is back on the air because David Letterman signed a contract with Guild Writers. All of Letterman’s writers are back at work too. Jay Leno is back on the […]