Actors Ask for More Time to Study Final Offer

The Screen Actors Guild is asking for more time to study the final contract offer made by major Hollywood studios.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios, said both sides met Wednesday for four hours to discuss the offer. The meeting was held a day after the contract between SAG and [...]

Actors’ Union, Theater Producers Reach Agreement

The actors’ union and Broadway theater producers have reached a tentative agreement for a new 39-month contract that covers Broadway shows and touring productions.
Actors’ Equity Association and the Broadway League, which represents both producers and theater owners, had been negotiating past the deadline of midnight Sunday, when the last contract expired.
The contract agreement, announced Wednesday [...]

The Day the Music Died

If hit me this past weekend that I have not been a good student of pop culture, specifically music.
Growing up I was heavily involved in music knowing everything from countdown stats to band member bios, but as I got older I started to let go of my passion, not because I wanted to, but [...]

SAG says Studios Offered More to Sister Union

The Screen Actors Guild is accusing the major Hollywood studios of offering a contract deal worth less than an agreement tentatively approved by the leaders of a smaller actors union.
SAG executive director Doug Allen told The Associated Press on Wednesday the offer is worth millions of dollars less over the life of the proposed three-year [...]

Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder.

I’m still in shock and saddened over this weekend’s death of George Carlin. I found this op-ed by Jerry Seinfeld in today’s New York Times and wanted to share it.
My parents always watched George Carlin’s specials…so I basically grew up on his jokes.
I’m assuming he’s in a better place now and is looking down and [...]

How George Carlin Changed Comedy

From Time Magazine
Monday, Jun. 23, 2008
By Richard Zoglin
 
When the culture began to change in the late 1960s — when the old one-liner comics on the Ed Sullivan Show were looking pretty tired and irrelevant to a younger generation experimenting with drugs and protesting the war in Vietnam — George Carlin was the most important stand-up [...]

Stepping Up to the Plate

This ad appears in today’s New York Times and it’s not even from NBC! Now, that says a lot.  
It reads, ‘We celebrate your life and honor your life’s work. We will miss you. Your friends and colleagues at CBS News.’

Is it Me?

I’m starting to notice that I’m comparing more normal everyday items to a $4 gallon of unleaded gas.
For instance, a venti cup of specialized coffee with extras could reach $4 with tax at Starbucks.
Get my point?
Do I really want to get ale at TGIF’s or travel to work? I should never have to [...]

Yves Saint Laurent’s Ashes Scattered In Marrakesh

Friends of Yves Saint Laurent scattered his ashes on Wednesday in the botanical garden in Marrakesh where the reclusive fashion designer found inspiration and refuge from fame.
More than 100 guests including French former culture minister Jack Lang and fashion designer Paloma Picasso joined the private ceremony at the garden where bulbul birds sang in the [...]

First Quakes, Now Messy Divorces

From LA Times:

Nevada governor’s messy divorce is a gossip jackpot

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Gov. Jim Gibbons and Dawn Gibbons attend Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Maupin’s address at the Legislature in this March 2007 file photo.

Jim Gibbons and his estranged wife, Dawn, have made their marital woes a public spectacle. She has accused [...]