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RECORD-BREAKING WEEKEND! 4 Films Open $20+M: ‘The … 
Remembered: Jennifer Hudson To Perform Whitney Houston … 
Live From NY, It’s Jean Dujardin On 
R.I.P. Whitney Houston 
TOLDJA! Indomina-BET Buy Sundance ‘LUV’ 
Midnight Madness For ‘Breaking Dawn’ DVD 
Saoirse Ronan Bigger Teen Action Queen 
WME Signs Writer-Director Jon Kasdan 
‘Glee’s Jane Lynch Joins Indie Film Comedy 
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Jodie Foster Sending Mel Gibson Film ‘The … 
‘Roseanne’ Reunion: John Goodman To Co-Star In … 
UPDATE: Closing Arguments Conclude In Golden Globes Trial; … 
Series Adaptation Of ‘Legion’ With … 
Lionsgate Calms Investors With Talk About Charlie Sheen, … 
Ridley Scott Commits To Next Direct McCarthy’s … 
Marvel Studio’s Tim Connors Defects To Legendary As … 
UPDATE: Warner Bros Lawyers Dig In Garbage Over ‘The … 
Upstart Shingle Radius Acquires Redo Rights To Nic … 
EXCLUSIVE: Summit’s Erik Feig To Be Named President … Very catchy tune on this video reminding you of all the great movies written. From Roberta Montgomery, wife of striking WGA writer Sam (Breakdown, U-571, 24).
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UPDATE: Par’s Weston To Be Upped, Too
Well, it took Paramount long enough to attempt to clarify Brad Weston’s status. I gather that’s because these moves were weeks and months away, not just days. An insider just told me, “John Lesher’s responsibilities are growing, Rob Moore’s responsibilities … Read More »
What This Strike Doesn’t Need: More PR
The AMPTP announced today it has retained Mark Fabiani and Chris Lehane of Fabiani & Lehane and Steve Schmidt of Mercury Public Affairs “to assist in communicating the industry’s proposed New Economic Partnership.” All I can say is, Big Media is nuts if it really thinks at this late date it can … Read More »
Mogul Cracks Are Curiouser And Curiouser
The Wall Street Journal not just follow-ups but also credits my reporting that there’s not unanimity within the mogul camp on how to proceed with these resumed AMPTP-WGA talks. Here’s the WSJ article today. Here’s my post … Read More »
WGA Talks More About Fixed Residuals
The presidents of the Writers Guild West and East just sent this joint letter to their memberships:
To Our Fellow Members:
Yesterday, the WGAE and WGAW presented to the AMPTP a response to its proposal on streaming television programs.We accepted the framework in their proposal of last Thursday for a fixed residual in
EXCLUSIVE: PARAMOUNT SHAKE-UP; Studio To Promote John Lesher & Rob Moore; Brad Weston’s Status Unclear; UPDATE: But Now Weston’s Upped, Too
UPDATE: Par’s Weston To Be Upped, Too
What a bolt out of the blue! I’ve learned that Paramount boss Brad Grey is promoting both his newish pal Paramount Vantage chief, John Lesher, … Read More »
“Speechless” #19: Tim Robbins
CAST: Tim Robbins
CREATIVE TEAM: George Hickenlooper, Alan Sereboff, Kamala Lopez, Jill Kushner
MUSIC: Anthony Marinelli
TECHNICAL TEAM: Joel Marshall, Justin Shumaker, Clint Bennett
This is the 19th of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for Project “Speechless” featuring A-list Screen Actors Guild talent. For the first time in the TV and … Read More »
“Speechless” #18: Alan Cumming
CAST: Alan Cumming
CREATIVE TEAM: George Hickenlooper, Alan Sereboff, Kamala Lopez, Jill Kushner
MUSIC: Anthony Marinelli
TECHNICAL TEAM: Joel Marshall, Justin Shumaker, Clint Bennett
This is the 18th of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for Project “Speechless” featuring A-list Screen Actors Guild talent. For the first time in the TV and … Read More »
Talks Day #5: “Questions & Haggling”
I’ve been able to glean a little from Tuesday’s resumed WGA-AMPTP talks. Both sides sounded very matter-of-fact about today’s negotiations focusing on the writers’ counter-offer. (See my The Operative Word Tuesday Is “Haggle” from last night for background.) … Read More »
Moonves Shines On Investors Re Strike
News reports say Les Moonves told an investor conference in New York that he was hopeful but “not terribly optimistic” about a quick resolution in the resumed WGA-AMPTP talks because the two sides remain “far apart” as the writers strike drags into its … Read More »
WGA Releases Analysis Of AMPTP Offer
The Writers Guild Of America just sent this email to members:
December 4, 2007
Fellow Guild Members:Rumors, half-truths, and misinformation about what is actually happening at the bargaining table fly across the internet, are posted on blogs, passed across picket lines like a game of telephone, and appear in stories and advertisements
URGENT! More About WGA Counter-Offer
United Hollywood just posted the following from WGA member Laeta Kalogridis. (It fleshes out what I reported last night, The Operative Word Tuesday Is “Haggle”):
Here’s the proposal that the WGA is bringing to the room as I understand it (got
Jimmy Kimmel Does It Again And More…
Yesterday ABC suspended nearly everyone on Jimmy Kimmel Live because it’s in repeats since Jimmy won’t cross the picket line of the WGA (he’s a member). Even Kimmel has been suspended without pay. Before, Kimmel without fanfare had been quietly underwriting the low-paid production people … Read More »
Carlton Cuse Not ‘Lost’ In Strike Confusion
For weeks since the strike started, tipsters have kept telling me that Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse, one of the WGA negotiators, had gone back to work and is a major chink in the resolve of the all-important TV showrunners. I kept … Read More »
The Line To Break Mogul Ranks Is Here…
There is not unanimity within the mogul camp on how to proceed with these resumed AMPTP-WGA talks. For one thing, not all their agendas are the same: there are the mostly movie studios, the mostly TV networks, and the studios that own … Read More »
The Operative Word Tuesday Is “Haggle”
There were rumors all weekend about how the AMPTP wasn’t making its second half of the offer, and how the WGA wasn’t making a New Media counter-offer. Both proved to be false, thankfully. So here’s the reality. The WGA has been informed that the AMPTP … Read More »
Jimmy Kimmel Did It Early Without Props
I’ve confirmed that Jimmy Kimmel without fanfare has been quietly underwriting the low-paid production people on his show’ since the start of the WGA strike. Senior staffers are being paid by ABC.
WGA Emails ‘The Playbook Of The AMPTP’
There are so many “internal” emails and memos being issued from both the WGA and AMPTP in recent days that it’s hard to keep pace with them all. But I’ll try. Here’s a new one from WGA board member Tom Schulman that just went out to writers:
The Playbook of the
Zucker Hints At Uni-DreamWorks Reunion
It appears David Geffen’s recent rapprochement dinner with GE chairman/CEO Jeffrey Immelt went well. Today, Jeff Zucker told an investor conference that NBC Universal would consider buying DreamWorks from Viacom. ”If the opportunity were to arise, it’s something obviously we would look at. We know them well, … Read More »
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