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TOM TERRIFIC: First Triple-A List Actor Links Fate Of Oscars To Studios Refusal To "Get Down To Honest Bargaining"
TOM TERRIFIC: First Triple-A List Actor Links Fate Of Oscars To Studios Refusal To "Get Down To Honest Bargaining"
It's hard to imagine any actor in Hollywood who makes the studio and network CEOs swoon more than Tom Hanks. So the fact that he has gone public and shamed them for breaking off bargaining talks with the Writers Guild is hitting them where it hurts: their public image. The two-time Oscar winner just gave an interview to [...]
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GALACTICA SITREP — There doesn't seem to be anything new on the WGA/AMPTP front, other an an Law and Order showrunner being nearly run over and then assaulted by some studio exec coke head in an SUV at a 20th Century Fox gate. And thankfully, Tom Hanks is getting involved in shaming the AMPTP moguls to get back to fair and honest negotiations. Also, be sure to read LOST exec producer Damon Lindelof's Why We Write essay. Will Ron Moore any other BSG writers be writing Why We Write essays as well? See also these cool trailers for LOST season ...

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