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I don't have a whole lot to add to what I wrote almost 4 months ago (below). Expect the threat of am industry shut down forced by an AMPTP lock-out to leak out over the weekend, probably on a blog. The threat will be intended to scare SAG voters to ratify, but may become real, as if a shutdown is...
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April 19, 2009 - Rumors have surfaced in Hollywood that if the agreement between SAG and AMPTP is not embraced by the membership of the union, the studios, already making cutbacks and suffering losses, will be forced to lock out the actor's union within days and to, essentially, shut down the town...
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The Rally this week is again at the AMPTP/MPAA offices at Sherman Oaks Galleria, NW corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards, on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 11am-2pm. Parking in the structure or on side streets. In the Los Angeles Daily News, April 10, 2009, the AMPTP said that we "...are not...
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You know... I hate the idea of rubbing a soft success in the WGA's face, I think that the Strike Committee did what they sincerely felt they HAD to do. I think that most of them continue to believe that the deal they got wouldn't have happened without a strike. I disagree. The minor improvements...
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I keep feeling compelled to write about the SAG problem... this week, because there is once again talk of a settlement ... but I don't think I have anything new to say... so here is the same 2 month old commentary... again... The question is, can Doug Allen and Alan Rosenberg be forced into signing...
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Sharon Waxman is told by an "inside source," who is almost guaranteed to be “Singing” Alan Rosenberg, that Alan Rosenberg is closing this chapter of his life as SAG president with a kamikaze attack on his union, filing suit to reinstate Doug Allen. We’re in sad, scary Col. Kurtz territory now...
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From The Hot Blog, December 22 ... nothing really new has happened since... only a small part of me wishes to have toldja, but when faced with "news" about what's coming next, I don't see the point in rewriting what I have already written in August , then December , then below... Sorry...
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The question for SAG is now… what will you do without a strike or a contract? Today, SAG announced that it would delay the sending of ballots for a strike vote by two weeks. As Mike Farrell comments in a stunningly disingenuous, but occasionally dead accurate missive , “It appears that we’re now going...
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ALAN ROSENBERG'S STRIKE It’s finally settling in… the possible SAG strike is Iraq all over again… The corporatized industry has been attacked by the economy and Al MoPTP is looking to take advantage. Alan Rosenberg is President. He knows that his Nation of SAG needs to do something to show that it...
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As head-scratchingly odd an idea it is to turn NBC Latenight into a 4.5 hour nightly franchise (with one hour of poker), plus 90 minutesof SNL on Saturday and another one hour poker round-up - here's a novel idea.. how about moving the NBC local news slot to 9:30, leaving the chatter uninterrupted...
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I feel like there is not nearly enough discussion about… The SAG Strike Or Non-Strike Here is my simple answer. SAG lost their strike the day that WGA struck last November. I hate to be a dog with an old bone, but the idea of a late year, single guild/union strike is just not viable. I can’t speak for...
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I have been pretty quiet about the SAG situation for a while... mostly because the story was written months ago and has played out pretty much as expected, except for the current SAG leadership continuing to hold out for a better deal and AMPTP not really sweating it. The story that has suddenly heated...
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It seems that everyone is now apologizing for the lame coverage of the SAG non-strike. Here's my semi-apology... Nothing has changed since I wrote about this on February 19 . Listening to the painfully unmoderated and unfocused back and forth between the SAG and AFTRA toppers on KCRW yesterday (embedded...
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