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Thank you for the kind words during these last days and throughout the strike. I tried to do my best, even though it made me a pain in the butt to both the moguls and the WGA leadership at times. I’ll be emptying my emails and notebooks over the next few days for some final reporting and analysis, so send along any details, photos, YouTube video links and other information you think I should have. But, most of all, I can’t wait to report that everyone is back at work and that Hollywood has returned to what passes for normal. Please keep giving me your trust and your tips.
P.S. Congrats to comedienne Rachel Dratch for doing such a dead-on impression of me coughing and blurting out news that it made everyone at the WGA East awards laugh. But I do hope SNL writer Seth Meyers’ prophesy to Rachel that night doesn’t come to pass: “I don’t know how to tell you this, Nikki, but the reason we brought you up here is that we wanted to let you know that if indeed the strike is over, none of us are ever going to go to your website again.”
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Thanks for keeping us in the know. I have to admit I religiously checked DHD for updates during the past four months, but I know I’ll frequent it in the future. Keep keepin it real, Nikki…
Nikki,
Your whole strike coverage thing was a real trip.
I truly dug reading this blog the past few months.
The exclusives, the snarky rhetoric, the shills, the leaks, the slants, the bombast, the caption contests, the dramatic illnesses, the cheesy strike agitprop, the second guessing, the questionable experts, the sob stories, the BTL bitterness, the SCAB!-screamers, the hardliner trolls and even the occassional Gavin Palone post kept the mix interesting.
I’ll still check in weekly, but it’s back to work for now…
Thank you.
I could say that you will always have Robert Shaye, the gift that keeps on giving, but even he is on the way out.
Well, I wouldn’t worry, there’s always the potential for a SAG strike, and someone will most likely take over Bob Shaye’s place as a cautionary example.
Thank you for all the hard work you did. You were the person to read! Let’s hope everyone in Hollywood is working soon.
Ann
“…if indeed the strike is over, none of us are ever going to go to your website again.”
Well, I for one will keep on reading.
Good job during the strike Nikki.
- Richard
Don’t worry, Nikki, DHD now has a permanent place on this writer’s Firefox bookmarks toolbar.
Nikki, rest assured that your site has earned a permanent home both in the history books and in my bookmarks toolbar. It will oft be visited by me well after this strike is resolved. You are and have been the source for amazing insight into what’s happening behind the proverbial curtain.
Speaking of which, any chance you can figure out what exactly is up with today’s announcement of the Fox/Warners lawsuit about “Watchmen”?
Nikki-never fear–if anyone else is like me, they’ll be hitting your website out of sentimental attachment, if not reflexive force of habit, for a long time to come. My browser almost defaulted to DHD as its home page through sheer repetition. Besides–if today truly marked the end of Hollywood greed, deception and chicanery, I might agree with Meyers. But sadly, we’ll be needing your talents for the indefinite future…
You’ve earned my trust, Nikki. Your coverage has been stellar and you’ve earned your industry-wide attention. What errors you made were inconsequential compared to the sloppy reporting observed many times in the mainstream press. Way to go.
If I were a WGA member, I’d be really angry. This site and that other site both do final strike postings before the strike is officially over. WGA asks people to strike then bullies those who don’t agree with the settlement into voting yes. The WGA was on the side of right. Now both sides just look corrupt.
We love you Nikki.
Thank you for all you do.
Thanks Nikki for all your posts. You’re in my” Bookmarks” on my computer, and there you will stay. Since the strike is over, I will now read your posts in a calm, adult- like manner. No more frantic checking every 10 minutes for updates, as I down massive amounts of coffee and swing from the roof tops, screaming at the top of my lungs.
To all the WGA: I wish you all the best in the world. Can’t wait to see the writers and crew on my show.
LOL to all
Nikki,
I for one just found your web site in the early days of the strike, it was recommended on a board I visit as one of sites to visit for unbias, truthful, and up to date information. I will continue to visit daily. Thank you ever so much
Will someone please create and post a login for that Rachal Dratch video? It’s on the LATimes website and they annoying require a login.
Nikki,
I came way before the strike and I’ll keep coming after because yours is the best inside hollywood coverage I’ve ever seen. I enjoy your unco-opted vantage point. You’re one of the only voices not handing out B.S. company lines. Keep it up. And thanks for all your fair coverage during the strike. You were our lifeline.
Ah that Seth such a jokester, I think you’ve earned the trust of so many and many will be back here in droves. I know a lot of people that were upset with the trades, etc. during this time and many canceled their subscriptions to a certain publication. I don’t think anyone will be canceling their bookmarks to this website, it’s proved far to valueable an information source to both moguls and writers. It sounds lame but seriously congrats on your hard work. It’s obvious you’ve been working your ass off for the good of the community at large.
Ah, yes, Nik – what would the end of strike reporting be without you giving a shout out to someone talking about you – after all that is why we all went out, isn’t it, to get your name out there and sorry, but Seth Myers was right: just as you were in it to make a name for yourself, I came to your site for a little bit of news and a lot of comedy during the strike, no reason to visit anymore.
Thank YOU, Nikki, for always keeping us informed with breaking strike news…moreso than any other media outlet anywhere else. Your diligence is deeply appreciated.
“But I do hope SNL writer Seth Meyers’ prophesy that night doesn’t come to pass…”
Nah. Especially with Mark Lisanti taking off somewhere; where else am I gonna get my daily dose of poetic snark and smarm and titty-twisting?
Nikki,
Thanks so much for all the highly informative and detailed updates before and throughout the WGA strike. You were such a valuable source of information when information was often very hard to come by.
I hope you’re feeling better these days!
Just wanted to say THANKS for being the one source out there that we could count on for keeping us updated and telling it like it is!
Nikki,
Thanks so much for all the hours you put in and for (mostly) being a clear voice in a world of disinformation. The WGA made history through their actions and you are firmly a part of that history.
And Seth Meyers is only right in that less of us will be coming here so regularly, but a lot more will be visiting overall. Our moment of crisis has passed so of course we won’t be checking in every hour like we have for months (especially that first month.)
But the SAG negotiations are around the corner, and while I hope they’ll be less dramatic, I’m sure the entire city will be coming here first for the scoop.
Again, thanks for all your hard work, Nikki. When it seemed the whole world was against us, you were there for writers, your heart always in the right place, and it won’t be forgotten.
And with Johnny Grant having passed away, how about Nikki Finke for Honorary Mayor of Hollywood?
Hey, I read your site before, and I’ll read it after! Thanks for turning on the comments. It helped a lot of us vent during the “situation.” See you all in three short years!
Thank you thank you thank you.
As for coming back to your web site — this year I wasn’t the only one who noticed that you had the pilot pick up news way ahead of anyone else. I wouldn’t worry about losing us.