Monthly Archives: December 2007
Scab Kitty New Year’s!
OK, I promise this will be the last post about our cats for a while…but believe it or not, while Christine, my Mom and I were ringing in the new year with my new WGA “strike buddies” at a swinging … Continue reading
Merry Christmas Cats!
In honor of the many holiday photo cards we received this year, we wanted to add some pics of our beloved four-legged “children” to the mix. So, happy holidays from Diego and Nigella. As you can see, Diego is the … Continue reading
AMPTP Movie Mosaics
Though the building itself is pretty ordinary and kind of dentist-office-y, the AMPTP headquarters (when not wrapped in bright yellow CRIME SCENE tape) are surrounded by a massive wall that is actually very beautiful. Not the wall, mind you, but … Continue reading
AMPTP “Scene of the Crime” Rally
One of our last great rallies before the Christmas break was held last week outside the Death Star-ish home office of the AMPTP in Encino. Organized by some of the Guild’s top-ranking crime show writers — people from the various … Continue reading
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Speechless #21: The Bateman’s
While there have been several more additions to United Hollywood’s “Speechless Without Writers” video series since I first blogged about it a while back — including a strangely unnerving Woody Allen clip that gave me a serious case of the … Continue reading
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“In Rainbows” Album Art!
With the upcoming release of the CD version of Radiohead’s previously download-only album — the staggeringly beautiful “In Rainbows” — I was thrilled to see that the band has finally released pictures of the actual album cover art. Yeah! True … Continue reading
Chicago Tribune Article
When the news broke last week that Jay and Conan would be returning to their talk shows on January 2nd without their writers, our usually sleepy picket line at NBC was kinda swarming with reporters. Most of them wanted to … Continue reading
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Ashley Tisdale’s New Snout
Those of us who thought things in the “High School Musical” universe couldn’t get any less authentic were thrown for a huge loop recently by the unveiling of “HSM” star Ashley Tisdale’s new nose at a concert in New York … Continue reading
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SAG support unwavering
With the WGA strike entering it’s seventh week today, I was pleased to find a really rocking e-mail of support from Screen Actors Guild (SAG) President Alan Rosenberg (“L.A. Law”, “Chicago Hope”, “CSI”) in my inbox this weekend. I shouldn’t … Continue reading
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Carson Daly Heckled…
Much to the delight of everyone here on the Carson Daly Taskforce, we were thrilled to hear the news that Carson Daly was heckled by “covert op” strike supporters at a taping of his show on Wednesday night. Heckle away … Continue reading
WGA files “unfair labor” charges!
Wow…just learned that earlier this evening the WGA filed “unfair labor” charges against the AMPTP with the National Labor Review Board. According to the memo (pictured below in a screencap from Nikki Finke’s rocking blog) the WGA is claiming that … Continue reading
2008 Golden Globe Nominees
This morning in Beverly Hills, the unholy trio of “Heroes” cheerleader Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Reynolds and Quentin Tarantino (huh?) announced the nominees for this years Golden Globes. Don’t know how they picked that group of presenters, but either way, the … Continue reading
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Closes Early “R” Us!
Just came back from a harrowing visit to the ghetto-ass Toys “R” Us in Burbank and all I can say is…wow, crazytown! I was in search of one particular item — NOT the vintage Boba Fett Underoos pictured below, but … Continue reading
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Quote of the day: Paul Hagis
The rumor mill seemed to be working overtime today, with that paragon of journalistic integrity, Daily Variety — who reap untold millions off the AMPTP’s pricey “For Your Consideration” ads each year — reporting that “…a letter directed to WGA … Continue reading
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We Write, They Wrong…
As you probably know by now, the AMPTP once again broke off talks with the WGA on Friday after issuing us a rather puzzling ultimatum. Remove every meaningful issue to writers from the table (the bulk of our internet proposals, … Continue reading
WGA Strike: Week Six
Don’t know what it’s like by you, but down here, the network news — which is pretty much owned and operated by, you guessed it, the AMPTP — has been flooding the airwaves with sob stories about the Writers Guild … Continue reading
Strike Cookies!
I didn’t make these bad-ass WGA picket sign cookies, but I did eat them today on the picket line at NBC Burbank, and man, alive, what a treat! These sweet, buttery picket signs — which I just realized look a … Continue reading
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Tenacious D to rock Fremantle!
Just found out that the WGA’s Reality and Game Show rally planned for Friday afternoon here in Burbank will have a killer new headliner… Earlier tonight, Jack Black and Kyle Gass of the kick-ass, two-man band, Tenacious D agreed to … Continue reading
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“I’m Not There”
Lest you think all I do these days is walk the picket line with a megaphone, I decided to write about a rocking good movie we saw a couple weeks back. Yes, despite the chaos of the strike, Christine and … Continue reading
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Strike Beards!
Many of you have commented on my dashing new “strike beard” — my sister-in-law Laura even jokingly likened it to the beard of all beards belonging to Mr. Kenny “The Gambler” Rogers himself! — so I was thrilled to learn … Continue reading
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From the Horse’s Mouth…
Most of you have probably heard the news by now, but just wanted to let you know that negotiations between the AMPTP and our WGA leadership have not been going well. Both sides have agreed to continue talking again on … Continue reading
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