High-Profile Actors Star In Internet 'Speechless' PSAs For Striking Writers

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WGA 07 Strike Week 3: It's All About Nikki
Published 11/20/2007 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
Second Life avatars are striking, too. Kiwini Oe alerted us to their presence . Nikki Finke's got some hot news about a naughty, naughty showrunner, but banned any speculation by commenters. He was ratted out by an assistant which is a strategy that could so easily backfire. And Finke's site will host video shorts by bold-faced names such as Paul Haggis, Rod Lurie, William H. Macy and Sean Penn and many more . ABC is set to run some webisodes of Lost . Was the network saving these for the "deleted scenes" feature of the DVD? ...

Buzz News Roundup, 11/21
Published 11/21/2007 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
... Strike news: A huge number of actors will be recording PSAs in support of the writers on the LA Weekly's Deadline Hollywood Daily blog; the New York Times says ...

These People Want You To Know How Much The Silent Era Sucked. PSAs Start Tomorrow
Published 11/22/2007 at OH NO!!
... editor; Justin Schumacher, production sound; and Ian Deitchman who is putting together the website. For more information regarding the "Speechless" campaign contact SpeechlessWithoutWriters@gmail.com." In the interest of fairness and objectivity, I would be more than pleased to announce and initially host a similar campaign conceived by members of AMPTP. But, as a journalist with a journalism outlet, I couldn't pass up any opportunity to have an exclusive. Source

"Speechless" videos are up
Published 11/22/2007 at Hollywood Elsewhere
... WGA "Speechless" video spots, conceived by George Hickenlooper and Alan Sereboff . WGAW chief Patrick Verrone has given Deadline Hollywood Daily 's Nikki Finke an exclusive internet window as a reward for her ceaseless pro-WGA strike coverage. Three new videos will show daily throughout Thanksgiving weekend -- morning, afternoon and evening. The ones up so far -- the first with Holly Hunter , the second with Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss -- are clever, charming and pro-level with very high-quality black-and-white resolution. Hickenlooper is slated to shoot ...

Supporting the writers
Published 11/24/2007 by Ms Interpreted at No Fact Zone
... If you haven’t heard about it yet, you should probably check out the “Speechless” campaign that debuted at Deadline Hollywood Daily yesterday. The campaign features “Public Service Announcements” that showcase “A-list Screen Actors Guild talent” in short internet videos illustrating supporting the writers in their current contract dispute. Here are the videos that have been released as of this evening: ...

Zach Braff is Speechless
Published 1/11/2008 by Chandra at ComedyCentric.com - Sitcom Central
... A press release initially posted at Deadline Hollywood Daily explains: ...