To develop, deliver a movie.) The czar of reality television (The Bachelor, The Bachelorette) would let his agent of 11 years, Miguel Camacho, is a surprise. Even opponents are telling me this morning agents Camacho had “hit 1000″ Fleiss. However, Fleiss became a rich man, because reality television $ 100 million according to some – and all such arrangements were made by Camacho. But in the fierce agency business where the grass is always greener “, no matter how well you’ve ...Read More
You know I do not do geek. (Although this is less a hard and fast rule of what used to be.) So here is Lucas and Thompson to cover the 2009 Conference for Human Development Department with emphasis on all things Hollywood
Comic-Con, like most of us, feels pinch of recession
But for small companies like Mezco and NECA, access was much easier than in recent yearsIf a big screen here, I did not see. Nothing like snow falling in the year last stand The Spirit (not that helped the film.) The closest thing to the Owl Ship Watchmen is a battle suit of James ...Read More
PHOTO: 7 music directors including Michael Bay, David Fincher, Spike Jonze (more…)
So all this time Marc Graboff had to play the adult, while his co-chairman Ben Silverman served as an unruly child, all the while kept Graboff trains running while Silverman leg again and again, to no avail. Instead of rewarding him with the sole or joint custody of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, now humiliating hair must inform the new fair child NBCU Jeff Gaspin. In summary, Graboff Zuckered, like the rest of NBCU
This move expands its role to include oversight now of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, as well as all its current ...Read More
Hey, Hollywood, do not be fooled by week’s earnings reports this pessimism in the major media companies. Now why this does not translate into more projects and more jobs is because of all the Nervous Nellies new (it used to be male moguls) on entertainment units. In fact, the entertainment side of some of these companies are making – dare I say – better. But there is definitely green shoots on earnings reports
But profit film directed by Hangover rose 52% due to lower overhead and marketing expenses(Y TW topper Jeff Bewkes reminded analysts that ...Read More
This was emailed to me by an insider Judd Apatow, who also is a leading film director (he asked to “stay in the shadows”) in response to my box office report that executives at Universal had “prayed “Apatow to shorten Funny People
There was a fight mini “40 Year Old Virgin” between Judd and [ex-Uni exec] Mary Parent, and all learned never to one against, or ever really in question after that Judd . “Despite what anyone from Universal is saying now – trying to cover their asses – I can assure you 100%, never ...Read More
UPDATES NBC admits it was “premature” to declare Conan Late Night Bible
More dueling press releases late at night. And The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is to win viewers for the 3rd consecutive weekSo CBS is out very early this morning with his singing of Public Relations The Late Show with David Letterman has just released its longest winning streak at The Tonight Show from 1995.
This is the first Late Show, has won four consecutive wins over “The Tonight Show” with a term first broadcasts from the week ending June 9, 1916 de ...Read More
While many spectators said they were disturbed that Sandusky, who was charged with 40 Heads of sexual abuse against children, would do a phone interview and get the attention of the media, television critics and experts could not do to praise t Costas performance. Sandusky, 67, is free on bail of $ 100,000. (more…)
This sounds a lot like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse from September. Can you imagine this conversation occurs not only among the magnatesThe idea that NBC Universal, Time Warner, News Corp / Fox, Viacom / MTV, CBS, Disney / ABC and Discovery are forming a consortium to challenge the dominant force in the TV audience measurement gives rise to all sorts of scenarios.
NBC can not be defeated by Univision.” Les Moonves: “I’ll leave that artificially boost that, if given the ...Read More
Howard Rodman is running for another term on the Board of Directors of WGA, West, and Human Development Department requested to send this statement. (All statements by the candidates welcome)
I ask you now to remember what our guild was around the turn of the century
That is, we were told, what the DGA. bargaining was seen as the best use of intelligence to suss companies bottom line, then meet there. Leadership urged us to lower our expectations, and lower back, not the clusters not forward, working from our needs “takes us seriously.” That is, ...Read More
SAG and the AMPTP issued this joint statement
LOS ANGELES (August 18, 2009) – Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have today reached agreement on the terms of two years for new contracts covering Screen Actors Guild members who work in Cable television and basic animation Animation
“We are very pleased to have concluded these negotiations and have reached a fair agreement that offers strong economic benefits to our members. Screen Actors Guild members who work in these areas now have the benefit ...Read More
TV eligibility period: Long Form, episodic animation, screenplay categories Children First broadcast between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 200
All Categories another script: First broadcast between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 200
Display period for eligibility exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles for at least a week for 200
2009/2010 octubre October 16 Deadline for submission of scripts and TV Paul Selvin Award October 23 Deadline for online TV Series November 1906 November in line at a preliminary vote begins TV (* Drama, Comedy and the new ...Read More
Phil Alden Robinson is in the WGAW Board and co-founder of United Writers
Dear Friends
I would like to take a minute of your time writing about six people who had the great honor of serving during the past four years
Four years ago, belonged to a union of the twentieth century trying to find balance in an industry of the 21st century. We were losing members, losing market share, the loss of competition, the loss of coverage of health care, the loss of our fair share of the future
New ideas, new leadersSo I tried something new.
He went by the ...Read More
Here is the list of Daytime Emmy winners tonight transmission in CW (But I do not want to live in a world in which embarrassing crapfest exceptional La Vista won “anything”
Drama Series: Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Drama Series Writing Team: General Hospital (ABC) Talk Show Host: sight (ABC) Drama Series Directing Team: One Life to Live (ABC) Game / Audience Participation Show: Cabin cash (Discovery Channel) morning program Good Morning America (ABC) Talk Show / Entertainment: Rachael Ray (Syndicated) Talk Show / Informative: The Tyra Banks Show ...Read More
UPDATE: John Wells wrote reply to Verrone / Bowman
(Department of Human Development has been asked to send this message from Patrick Verrone election, president of WGA West, and John Bowman, chairman of the negotiating committee 2007/2008, contesting presidential candidate John Wells WGAw campaign claims and support the opposition candidate Elias Davis
To our colleagues in the Brotherhood
By now you should have your votes WGAW. We can not emphasize enough how important it is to vote in these elections and we want to clarify a statement that has been ...Read More
