Today’s Strike Roundup
Joss Whedon was on the picket line, “sick as a dog, but proud as a noble and much healthier dog.” Ken Levine jots down his notes from the picket line. In comments, Paul Haggis — writer of the best...
View Article"What profit?"
In the interests of equal time, here’s the producers’ side of the writers’ strike, via Saturday Night Live. Oh, don’t worry about the copyright issues of using this clip. I’m told that since it’s on...
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The Infinite Monkey Returns!
Screenwriter Josh Friedman used to write a blog called “I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing,” and you should know just from the title how funny and smart it was, if you’re any kind of nerd. Now, with...
View ArticleCOPS: Culver City
According to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily, the cops in Culver City have taken sides in the strike. Strikers at Sony picketed close to an executive building. The line drew honking from...
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But Remember, the Studios Don't Have a Dime to Spare…
News Corp.’s profits up this quarter, primarily because of… wait for it… “The Simpsons” and other TV shows and movies. They pocketed $362 million from box office and DVD sales in the last three months...
View ArticleOne BILLION Dollars…
I’m probably the billionth person to post this video about the strike by the writers of “The Daily Show,” but there are two good reasons for you to see it here. It explains the hi-larious hypocrisy of...
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Good News
The Studios and the Writers have agreed to return to the table. I don’t want to say the troops will be home by Christmas, but this is a good sign for all the script monkeys out there.
View Article"They Have the Plant, but We Have the Power…"
Looks like the WGA might be going back to work. Maybe.
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WGA Triumphant
Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, speaks at the WGA East Awards about the end of the strike: I’m told the agreement was met with some controversy, but I believe that the overwhelming majority of the...
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