WRITERS STRIKE IS MOSTLY OVER
02.11.08
According to DeadlineHollywoodDaily, WGA leaders have voted to end the writer’s strike. The members have until Tuesday to ratify the agreement, while TV showrunners (who have producing duties in addition to writing duties on TV shows) would be allowed to go back to work Monday.
[Via AP]:The tentative contract secures writers a share of the burgeoning digital-media market, [WGAW President Patric Verrone] said, including compensation for Internet-delivered TV shows and movies. "If they (producers) get paid, we get paid. This contract makes that a reality," Verrone said. But, he added, "it is not all we hoped for and it is not all we deserved."
[Via DHD]: "This is the first time we actually got a better deal in a new media than previously." Verrone credited News Corp. No. 2 Peter Chernin and Disney chief Bob Iger, and also CBS boss Les Moonves, with "being instrumental in making this deal happen" after the WGA spent 3 months "getting nowhere" with the AMPTP negotiators and lawyers. WGA negotiating committee chief John Bowman added that, "What happened to the Golden Globes was instrumental in getting the CEOs to this table. It was a huge symbol."
Yes, any spectacle in which Atonement wins best picture honors should be a wake up call to all involved. The Golden Globes were pretty much worse than the holocaust.

asian persuasion
Finally! I welcome my writing staff back with open arms. Perhaps NOW I’ll get a CoTW!
Quick:
More jews:
Holocaust or Holywood?
GO!
Well, ignore my comment on the previous post, then.
As long as it means more movie roles for Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia, I say, "Welcome back, writers!"
But it better not interfere with instant classics like Fool’s Gold reigning supreme at the box office. Nothing can stop McConauhudson!
I usually don’t give advice to people, but if you haven’t seen King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters go out and rent/buy that movie today. It is simply the most awesome documentary I have ever seen. Anyone else watch it yet?
I heard Paris’s movie grossed $25k.
It did SS. 111 screens, 225.00 average. Gives the world a little hope.
Writer’s strike = over?
We’re gonna need a bigger table.
lazy ass writers better get working on Heroes ASAP
Can anyone remember the last time there was a REALLY good show on TV?
seinfeld?
Sadly , no. I find striking for the right to continue to be highly paid hacks a little stupid. Long Live Mediocrity!
Think about it, the people who wrote Paris’s latest and Epic Movie were on those picket lines.
I like the history channel
new up, ylingtahs
But what about the scabs? Will no one think of all the poor scabs?
I’m speaking, of course, about another Paris Hilton crotch shot. Fuck the stirke.
Good show on TV? The wire. best this ever.
She’s cute. Is she single?