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more about #defamer more comments → SpyMagician: You know what this all means, right? Come 2040, the meta layers of retro ironic quirk will smother us all! Also, what will the 2010+ years be like? ... more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: The America of the aughts will not be remembered well. Started with a stolen election, then moved on through 9/11, anthrax, Iraq, Katrina, Afghanistan... more » belltolls: Darren Aronofsky has a lifetime cool exemption...as he should. more » raincoaster: As ever, "Make somebody shitloads of money" = "Get out of jail free" card more » Magister: The television list was just too trendy to take seriously. Year-end or decade-end lists are a natural post, but it's like the person from the Hollywoo... more » Juancho: John Lee Hancock has always had cash rolling in as an in-demand screenwriter (particularly on rewrites). Kind of a nice gig to fall back on. I should... more » Helio: "boy, that must've been a fun crowd to hang around with" I think it must be indicative of the overwhelmingly bad shit that's have happened. Basically... more » fatmonalisa: As a person who worked in the entertainment industry for the better part of this decade I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us. We knew it s... more » PaisleyPajamas: On "The Grosses Speak Law," doesn't this have its tentacles in "The Big Cool Friend Exemption?" Not in terms so much of getting household names commi... more » Mike Jahn: The decade began with hanging chads and ended with Lady Gaga. Next. more » Conchie Birdie: This decade was exhausting. Pop culture was a shitstorm of everything but the kitchen sink. A few twinkles here and there, but with the stench of Pere... more » Baroness: Interesting piece I will reread.. Thought this was about writer/Tarantino collaborator Avary, Tweeting from jail. For DUI manslaughter. It's actually... more » Airvault: Why am I in film school again? I'll be right back. I'm going to go dunk my head in the kitchen sink for a few minutes. more » CumaeanSibyl: If 1 is the Twilight kids, they should fire their marketing firm. Each and every Twihard hates K.Stew and believes she is the only one who can make he... more » Conchie Birdie: Could number 1 be A-Rod and Kate Hudson? Hence, "swing the other way"? Plus, it didn't say anything about actors. more » -
#traderoundup
Don't Say We've Never Said Anything Nice about Tyler Perry
Uma Thurman, Nicolas Cage and Tyler Perry are all things that won't win them automatic scorn. This is progress. Also, Martin Sheen may get the chance to be in charge of freedom again. Finally. More » -
#traderoundup
500 Days of Potter
Dumbledore could (and should) buy out the American auto industry. Madonna's dry thrusting leads to tragedy. Google Images will explode within the next few hours. And everyone is mean to the writers! More » -
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Bright Lights, Big City, Old Ideas
Movie deals for funny men, a TV deal for a funny woman, AMC branches out, SAG and AFTRA become friends again, and The Simpsons make the mail. More »
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#traderoundup
Every Nerd Will Have His Day
A director gets a big new job, and so does MacGyver. SAG stalls, Chevy Chase steps on the gas, the Sci-Fi Channel takes a soft left turn, while nerds everywhere gather and celebrate. More »
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#hollywoodstrikewatch
SAGpocalypse Now: All Hope is Lost
Let's hope James Cameron's Thespbot 2000 technology works, because from the looks of how things are progressing on the SAG deal front, the sun could be setting on the Age of the Human Hollywood Actor. More » -
#hollywoodstrikewatch
SAG To Renew Kinder, Gentler Saber-Rattling Feb. 17
After finally turning down the volume on Alan Rosenberg's bluesy twang, SAG leadership plans to return next week to relatively quiet — and hopefully swift — negotiations with the major studios. More » -
#hollywoodstrikewatch
Alan Rosenberg Strikes Out In Court
SAG president Alan Rosenberg's final opportunity to preserve his strike-hungry executive director and negotiating committee fizzled this morning in Superior Court. More » -
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#hollywoodstrikewatch
Judge Blocks Alan Rosenberg's Restraining Order Against His Own Union
SAG president Alan Rosenberg's ploy to halt contract talks and reinstate his closest strike-friendly ally could be going better, with a judge this afternoon rejecting his petition for a temporary restraining order. More » -
#hollywoodstrikewatch
Blues singer to sue for SAG exec's reinstatement. [The Wrap]
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#hollywoodstrikewatch
Defiant Alan Rosenberg Calls For Sympathy-Vote Resolution
This whole SAG presidency thing may not be working out so well for Alan Rosenberg, but so what? His blues-career Plan B is taking off before our eyes — have a listen after the jump! More » -
#hollywoodstrikewatch
Rosenberg: Fired Doug Allen "too good" for SAG. [The Wrap]
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#sag
SAG Coup Leads Justine Bateman To Cry 'Woe to the Membership!'
Before you unscrew that bottle of André you've been saving up for some happy SAG news, commenter Justine Bateman over at Deadline Hollywood Daily had this to say about the overthrowing of Doug Allen: More » -
#sag
Chief Negotiator Doug Allen Overthrown, Replaced By SAGnana Republic
A mutinying group of SAG moderates calling themselves National Board Majority have succeeded in removing Doug Allen as SAG's National Executive Director and chief negotiator, in what will likely be the strike movement's fatal blow. More » -
#awards
Rabid, Unstoppable 'Slumdog' Chews Into SAG Awards
Only four more weeks til the Oscars! Which, if last night's Screen Actors Guild Awards showing by Slumdog Millionaire is any indication, means only 11 more months until your next viable Oscar race. More » -
#sundance
Today in Sundance Hell: SAG Clarifies, The Linklater Cult, And Park City Comes To You
The first full day at Sundance is eerily quiet in streets and screening rooms alike, but that's not keeping the snap judgments and quasi-news from cascading in from the Park City press corps: More » -
#sundance
Will SAG Crisis Kill The Market At Sundance?
Granted, it's a worst-case scenario on the fringe of the endless labor imbroglio, but we love a good disaster plot: Could all those outstanding SAG waivers burn movies with studio interest at Sundance? More » -
#hollywoodstrikewatch
Doug Allen avoids banishment after marathon 30-hour SAG meeting. [DML]
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#hollywoodstrikewatch
Chief Negotiator In Limbo as SAG Board Implodes
Conflicting reports emerged late Monday from SAG's emergency national board meeting, where at least one member says Doug Allen is out as the union's chief negotiator. More » -
#hollywoodstrikewatch
Actors at Each Others' Throats as SAG Strike Threat Fades
SAG's protracted pursuit of a strike authorization vote may end as early as tomorrow, with the bitter aftertaste of a secret awards blacklist lingering in an emergency meeting underway at union HQ. More »
