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Tom Short Says Sayonara to the IATSE - Posted July 31, 2008
Thomas Short, president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (that's the guild representing all those unwashed below-the-line workers), yelled an outright "CUT" Thursday to his career atop the IATSE.
He offically retired, ending his 14-year stint as top man at the union.
Though he was a powerful negotiator and had strong... [FishBowlLA]
Tom Short Says Sayonara to the IATSE - Posted July 31, 2008
Thomas Short, president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (that's the guild representing all those unwashed below-the-line workers), yelled an outright "CUT" Thursday to his career atop the IATSE.
He offically retired, ending his 14-year stint as top man at the union.
Though he was a powerful negotiator and had strong... [FishBowlLA]
American Idol: WGA Still Trying to "Represent" - Posted July 18, 2008
As the American Idol production team winds through the country for audition season, the Writers Guild of America is in hot pursuit. Having chartered a "Truth Tour" bus to shadow AI auditions, the WGA hopes go get attention for its long-running battle against the hit TV show over the right to... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 11, 2008
Johnny Grant Memorialized: Fittingly, a memorial was held over Johnny Grant's star on the Walk of Fame.
Big Day For Bob and Harvey: Weinstein Co. signed an interim deal with the Writers Guild of America, which will allow the companies projects to go ahead and get a few more writers back... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 7, 2008
Elizabeth Snead's Big Weekend: The Dish Rag makes us feel dirty... and, worse, somehow culpable in the destruction of Britney Spears.
Steven Seagal Buries The Hatchet: A six-year battle between Steven Seagal and former business partner Julius R. Nasso ends with an out-of-court settlement, in which Seagal agrees to pay Nasso $500,000.... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 12, 2007
Fractious Or Fictitious? There appears to be dissent among members of the Writers Guild of America, with "key members" pushing union leaders to get back to the bargaining table. But WGA officials say they haven't received many complaints and accuse the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers of "trying to... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted November 20, 2007
New Hyphenate On The Block: The ever-entertaining columnist-reporter Patrick Goldstein suggests that out-of-work/striking writers seek a new hyphenate to secure their would-be futures: the writer-entrepreneur.
Who's Gonna Write Up the Story? Writers, graphic artists and other staffers who work for CBS news operations voted "by a wide margin" to authorize a strike,... [FishBowlLA]
WGA 07 Strike: Women In The Line Of Fire - Posted November 14, 2007
Local writer Sandra Kobrin writes in Women's eNews that many of the people most screwed in this writers' strike are women -- women who are getting very little ink. Kobrin leads off with one, an aspiring writer/Warner Bros. assistant who lost her job when the studio suspended her striking boss's... [FishBowlLA]
Who's A WGA Strike Winner? Gimme An E! - Posted November 5, 2007
Well, we guess there's a benefit to putting all your eggs in Kim Kardashian's ass after all.
As the writers' strike simmers, the network that boasts virtually no writers (nope, that 11-year-old on a stripper pole thing was not scripted), is expected to get a few more viewers, or so says... [FishBowlLA]
Producers Take Residual Pay Changes Off the Table - Posted October 17, 2007
Heading into Day 11 of talks, the Writers Guild of America got a surprise when AMPTP withdrew their proposed change in the payout of residuals. The original proposal would have changed the formulas for paying residuals so writers would only receive payments after producers recouped basic costs, which the WGA has... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 2, 2007
Mirthala Salinas A No-Show: Unsurprisingly, the mayor's girlfriend wasn't gung-ho about being reassigned from her anchor position to her new Riverside reporter job. She didn't show up to her first day of work Monday, and after a few hours her network, Telemundo, announced that she would not be returning.
E! To Cough... [FishBowlLA]
