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Post by beatie07 on Nov 18, 2007 1:22:58 GMT -5
ONLY SHOW IS ON TROUBLE Suite Life of Zack and Cody Spin-Off Writing halted  |
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Post by beatie07 on Nov 19, 2007 22:44:54 GMT -5
STRIKE NEWS
Hollywood screenwriters, who have been on strike for nearly two weeks, say they will re-open negotiations with their studios on 26 November.
They will be the first contract talks since the writers went on strike on 5 November, demanding a bigger share of profits from DVD and internet sales.
The strike has crippled US TV, forcing talk shows to be suspended and threatening favourite primetime series.
Writers said they would stay on the picket line until a deal was reached.
But one, Sean Jablonski, who pens the cosmetic surgery series Nip/Tuck, was glad to hear that negotiations were back on.
"That's fabulous, that's great. You can't get a deal until two sides sit down and talk about it," he told the Associated Press.
Shows like Desperate Housewives, Lost and Grey's Anatomy are reported to be on the verge of shutting down production, with no lines for their actors to learn.
The rapid impact of the strike highlights the pivotal role played by writers, not only in writing original stories, but on the set, says the BBC's Peter Bowes in Los Angeles.
Many shows operate on a tight schedule. Once it has been interrupted, a production can be affected for months.
But the employers, represented by The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, have made it known, through newspaper ads, that they believe writers are already paid well enough for their work.
ALSO
For its second week of picketing, the WGA has reduced their studio strike list from fourteen to ten, shifted picketing hours to earlier in the day, and has scheduled a series of daily strike themes ranging from "Bring-A-Star-To-Picket-With-You" (also called "Cast Day") to "Bring-Your-Kids" special events
STAR ON STRIKE
KT Tunstall
This Strike would lasted 2 weeks
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Post by beatie07 on Nov 22, 2007 21:22:32 GMT -5
STRIKE NEWS
STARS ON STRIKE
Lisa Edelstein
Ron Howard
Hugh Laurie
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Post by beatie07 on Nov 26, 2007 22:47:45 GMT -5
STAR IN SUPPORT
Alicia Keys
ONLY SHOW IN TROUBLE
Poker After Dark Still in production and airing original episodes, unaffected
I HOPE this Strike will end on November 26. D DAY
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Post by Niemmy on Nov 26, 2007 23:54:29 GMT -5
OOOohhh All the Meat Puppet actors would be starting to get a bit worried by now with no one to write there lines for them!They won't know what to say and do, And soon there will be frozen actors everywhere, Unable to function for them selves! ;D ;D ;D ;D Oh what will happen if the politicians speech writers go on strike ,there will be world chaos ;D ;D ;D
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Post by beatie07 on Nov 27, 2007 21:39:05 GMT -5
STARS IN STRIKE
Dana Gould
Sam Harris
Nancy Lee Grahn
Patton Oswalt
Jeremy Ratchford
do you know there is also a stagehand strike in broadway
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Post by Niemmy on Nov 28, 2007 0:05:14 GMT -5
So are you reading IF magazine Beatie???
I suppose Americans are lucky that they have jobs to go on strike from ;D ;D ;D Santa isin't gonna bring any tony awards in his christmas stocking this year. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by beatie07 on Nov 29, 2007 21:55:59 GMT -5
While there is a media blackout on the negotiations, it has been reported through unofficial channels that progress is slowly being made.
and there is still no end of the writers strike.
no i haven"t read IF Magazine.
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Post by beatie07 on Nov 30, 2007 23:00:23 GMT -5
STRIKE NEWS
the AMPTP submitted a new proposal to the WGA, reportedly worth an additional $130 million in compensation. Both sides have agreed to a four-day recess at the WGA's request. Both sides will resume talks on December 4.
Democratic Presidential debate that was to be held in Los Angeles, California, was canceled November 28, 2007 due to candidate boycott.
One week after an estimated 4,000 supporters participated in a WGA strike processional, a large contingent of Hollywood's horror screenwriters is going to perform an "exorcism" on one studio this Tuesday. Here's the invite one insider passed along to ShockTillYouDrop.com:
In a town where accounting is not what it seems...
Where books are cook'd like witches' brew,
And net profits are cannibalized
And passed through the bowels of darkness...
Where residuals formulae are wrought
By prestidigitatory art...
And fair compensation is a distant dream...
One guild risked everything to make a difference.
And so can you.
Join us.
Exorcism rites will be performed to rid movie studios of diabolic infestation.
A eulogy will be given for the old MBA, which expired post-maturely on Halloween '07.
A moment of silence will be observed in memory of the late great Ira Levin.
Location details are being kept mum. Black garb (natch) is required. Leave it to the fear makers of the industry to concoct such a devilish scheme. Shock will be checking in on this expurgation, be on the lookout here for coverage and pics.
Now entering its fourth week, the WGA strike may be a ways off from seeing an end, but a meeting is scheduled today between WGA reps and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. It's the first time both parties have met since writers have hit the picket lines.
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Post by Niemmy on Nov 30, 2007 23:31:26 GMT -5
Yep Animators of Australia Union will go on a sympathy strike! Yep all one of me is going on strike to support our striking commrads in the US! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by beatie07 on Dec 2, 2007 21:46:26 GMT -5
Last Call with Carson Daly would be the first late night show to go back into production, with episodes taping throughout the week and the first new episode to be aired on December 3. neogations to end the strike will be on December 4.
STARS IN SUPPORT
William Shatner
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Post by beatie07 on Dec 4, 2007 21:17:32 GMT -5
Stars in support
Stephen Colbert (the Colbert Report)
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Post by Niemmy on Dec 6, 2007 16:31:13 GMT -5
Stephen Colbert! isin't he supposed to be hard right?
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Post by beatie07 on Dec 6, 2007 21:29:16 GMT -5
yes he was hard right when he lost his nomination on the democratic and republican presidential ballot for the South Carolina. and he also wrote a book. Stars in Strike Debrah Farentino and Jordan Hinson |
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Post by Niemmy on Dec 6, 2007 23:10:50 GMT -5
Yes I feel his pain! I would have liked to be a living god wielding power with an iron fist,But alas I'm a drunken yobbo without a jobbo!
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