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Writers Strike: Big Day In Hollywood
TV with MeeVee —
Several thousand writers and assorted hangers-on (Teamsters, Alicia Keys) rocked downtown Hollywood yesterday in the last big pre-Thanksgiving strike action. And the studios sent out a memo about next week's resumption of talks that was less combative than most of the other verbiage coming from them lately. Looks like the writers have won the war of public opinion. But given the failure rate for movies and TV shows, you have to wonder just how much the studios know/care about what the public thinks. This could be a huge break, or merely a blip that will be long-forgotten when the writers are still on strike in April. Keep your fingers crossed. ...
Our New Widget...
GALACTICA SITREP —
Sending pencils in support of your favorite striking shows & writers just got even simpler...just use the handy widget we've put up here at Sitrep on the righthand column. Meanwhile, if you prefer writing or calling your moguls - see BringTVBack's nifty list with phone numbers.
The Mighty Pencil — Support the WGA
the TV addict —
Is anyone else worried that these mini-WGA videos are getting to be a little too entertaining? I mean seriously, with stuff like this, who needs CAVEMEN?
Support the TDS/TCR Writers! Operation Superstantial Truthiness is ON!
No Fact Zone —
Ok, we’ve been sitting patiently, waiting for the moment to strike sexy and hard in the name of the Colbert Nation.
Nation, that time has come.
We are officially launching Operation Superstantial Truthiness TODAY! Negotiations start again on Monday, and we want to make sure we have a bold, visible, and amazingly large front to present to the powers that be that WE ARE THE COLBERT NATION! And we love our writers! And dammit, we want our shows back, and we’re not going to take this anymore!
We’ve got multiple different ...
Support the TDS/TCR Writers! Operation Superstantial Truthiness is ON!
Daily Show News —
Support the TDS/TCR Writers! Operation Superstantial Truthiness is ON! Posted by DB Ferguson on November 21, 2007 at 10:58 AM | Permalink | Email this
The Mighty Pencil
Glowy Box: Basking in Television's Friendly Radiation —
Here's a funny (and impressively well-produced) video by Will Forte and Kristen Wiig on how fans can support the WGA and get their voices heard by sending pencils in to media moguls. (Which you can do by using the form on my sidebar, or by clicking here ...
The Secret Lives Of Striking Writers' Pencils [Short Ends]
Gawker: defamer —
· Not to be outdone by SNL colleague Fred "Roger Trevanti" Armisen's strike video, Will Forte and Kristen Wiig demonstrate the many exciting, non-writing uses for the pencils WGA members put down 17 days ago.
· Those strike-related ads in the trades just keep getting nastier and more confrontational, don't they?
· We would've accepted "because that's what eventually happens when you give a trampy 17-year-old millions of dollars" as a reason for why Britney Spears' life has become such a mess, but Dr. Drew has a more detailed theory.
· Ernest Borgnine: still alive. Who knew? It's an ...
The Mighty Pencil - How to Support the Writers
HollywoodGrind - Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors celebrity scandals Hollywood gossip blog —
SNL’s Will Forte and Kristen Wiig demonstrate an easy, fun way that fans can take action to support all the WGA writers on strike.
NOTE: If you send pencils through the mail, please send UN-sharpened pencils. Thank you! - your postal worker.
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Weird Web Wednesdays: World’s Fastest Clapper
Film Junk —
Everyone has heroes and role models that they look up to, and I think I have just found a new one: Kent “Toast” French, current holder of the world record for fastest clapping! I feel like I should be paying admission to watch him do his thing on YouTube, but I guess when your nickname is Toast, sometimes internet celebrity status is all you can hope for. Also this week on Weird Web Wednesday, check out some celeb reactions to the notorious 2 Girls 1 Cup video, how the real world might work if everyone talked like the internet, and a seriously scathing rant about the Power Rangers Animated Series! (Note: I think something may be wrong with this kid.) There’s also ...
WGA STRIKE: Send A Pencil!
The Moviezzz Blog —
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's Will Forte and Kristen Wiig made the following WGA STRIKE video about the importance of a pencil. You can visit the site discussed here, Pencils2MediaMoguls.com. Apparently, if you send a pencil, you will be entered in a contest, where you could receive a call from a cast member of LOST, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, SMALLVILLE or other shows. SMALLVILLE seems to have the most fan support, with the winner getting a call from Lois Lane and Supergirl.
MERRY LISTMAS: The 10 Best Things To Happen To The Internet Because Of The Writers Strike
Best Week Ever —
In the weeks that have passed since the film and television writers first went on strike, and all of my favorite TV shows started to disappear from the air (right as I finally got an HDTV nonetheless!), my evening hours have passed with an unfulfilled boredom I've only managed to escape with alternately binge drinking at holiday parties and burning through my entire DVD collection. But the one ray of entertaining light that has shined through these bleak clouds of content-less television is the massive amounts of funny stuff the bored writers have putting onto the Internet in support of their cause. I've taken the time to round up the Ten Best ...
