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    The New Hollywood Blacklist

    SAG Delays Strike Vote Two Weeks In Landslide Vote-Delay Referendum

    Crisis Averted (Sort Of) As AFTRA Reaches Deal with Studios

    SAG, AFTRA Bosses Bravely Unite For Common Cause Of Walking to San Pedro

    Breaking Down The SAG / AFTRA Squabble

    Upfronts, Peacocks And Low-Grossers

    Trekkies Rip Off Rubber Vulcan Ears In Disgust Following Announcement of Five Month 'Star Trek' Release Delay

    Clooney, De Niro, Hanks And Streep Tell SAG, Studios It's Time To Start Talking

    Producer Surnow Leaves '24,' Tired Of Thinking Up Ways For Jack Bauer To Violate The Geneva Convention

    The Strike Is Over! Look Busy!
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    Image of Quilt Quilt
    01/11/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    Union [yoon-yuhn]

    -noun

    1. the act of uniting two or more things.

    2. the state of being united.

    3. having to conform ones ideas and thoughts because some asshole wants to take away your SAG Award.
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    Image of ShyamasriHamjelly ShyamasriHamjelly
    01/11/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    I hate to take corporate sides, but residuals seem like an outdated practice to me. Unless you're top-billed and, therefore, an actual draw to the program/film/whatever in question, why should one day of work continue to pay you in perpetuity?

    I'm not trolling here, I'd actually like to hear some responses on this.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    01/11/09

    @ShyamasriHamjelly: To compensate you for the risk of turning down another job that's willing to pay you up front.
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    01/11/09

    @ShyamasriHamjelly: Distribution of money=distribution of power. Why should the corporate head have ALL the money/power/residuals in what is supposed to be a creative collaborative project?He or she certainly didn't do all the work. Others have to be invested. If you left it all up to studio heads all you would see in the theaters is DUDE WHERE'S MY CAR PART XI.
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    Image of Mick Mick
    01/11/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    Frances Fisher: relevant since never.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    01/10/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    richard, we all know you only wrote this as an excuse to post a photo of alec baldwin shirtless


    and I like it

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    Image of Dagrolord Dagrolord
    01/10/09

    @Monsignor Xtravagante D'ouchestache: Good catch, Hawkeye.


    At second glance, Alec Baldwin IS shirtless.

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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    01/10/09

    @Monsignor Xtravagante D'ouchestache: Is it my imagination, or does Spacey look like he's making eyes at someone across the gym? Huh. Gay dudes cruising in the gym. I'm stunned.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    01/10/09

    @Hydroceph:


    www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/167799119.html

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    Image of TRexstasy TRexstasy
    01/10/09

    @Monsignor Xtravagante D'ouchestache: I could build an entire blog around that Craigslist ad. It's...yeah.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    01/10/09

    @Monsignor Xtravagante D'ouchestache: Or maybe something about you can help me fill this desperate lonliness and emptiness that has been devouring me as I frantically chase an image and life of someone I will never be. Maybe I won't have to use words like "hit me up" and "grab coffee" and "bro" to mask the self loathing homophobia I possess, praying they will make me come across as butch and straight and hell, anything but the sad, starving, lonely, judgemental, bitter, cynical, poser, wannabe that I really am.


    Wow. Just wow. Talk about existential angst. I bow before the master.

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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    01/11/09

    @Hydroceph: They checked each other out for a MILLISECOND but this dude thinks there is a meth-laden long-term relationship in the making? This must be a joke. Actually, on second thought, I have known quite a few queers who could easily have written this.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    01/11/09

    @seyswho: I caught the millisecond part, too. Yet in that time he assessed the other man sartorially, as well as crafted a future involving annoyingly named dogs and other such flights of fancy. That's what makes this almost tragic, rather than farcical, unlike most of CL or modern life or Gawker.
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    01/10/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    "There's a meeting in the Ladies Room / Be back real soon"
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    01/10/09

    @Rumpelstilskin: "where's my jewelry?"
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    Image of TRexstasy TRexstasy
    01/10/09

    @Monsignor Xtravagante D'ouchestache: "I came out of my condo for this?"
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    01/10/09

    @TRex has toes but he's not a toaster: no - don't make me slap you, because I am not in the mood
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    01/10/09

    @Rumpelstilskin: @TRex has toes but he's not a toaster: if you've never seen the video, go immediately to youtube and search for 'meeting in the ladies room' - you will not regret it
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    Image of Dagrolord Dagrolord
    01/10/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    Several of the SAG Eight named above have a great deal of present contract income to lose from a strike- more than they are likely to make back from a resulting favorable online content residuals agreement. People enter a union less for solidarity and more for the perceived benefits of that solidarity. Any Union referendum that immediately lightens your wallet breeds understandable hesitation.


    And this could be our best chance for Alec Baldwin to get hit in the head with a rock.

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    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    01/10/09

    @Dagrolord: The SAG Eight? We haven't quite reached the levels of a Jim Sheridan Norn 'Iron movie yet methinks.
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    01/10/09

    @Calraigh: Ooops, I just watch to see what the ladies are wearing, fuck the awards. There is more important bizness goin on.
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    01/10/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    Ha. I'm sure this strike will go swimmingly.
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    01/10/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    I met Frances Fisher at a party once. From a distance, she thought I was (the annoying, conservative and significantly older-than-me comedian whom I do, sadly, resemble a little bit) Dennis Miller.
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    01/10/09

    @TedSez: Dennis Miller was a hottie. Congrats.
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    Image of mrs_hevesi mrs_hevesi
    01/10/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    "What I find a bit strange is that some these richie rich actors against the strike-which would, in part, fight to guarantee a residuals system for online content-are noted lefty progressives who should be down with the unions. "


    But Richard, these people are IN the union-- it's not like they're scabs. It's one thing to be a union buster, but you can be a totally progressive unionlover and not think it's a smart time to strike. If a strike happens, I'm sure none of these people will be crossing any picket lines.

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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    01/10/09

    @mrs_hevesi: You're right, I phrased that badly. Going to clarify what I mean.
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    Richard Lawson was starred Richard Lawson was unstarred
    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    01/10/09

    @mrs_hevesi: Or, at least, clarify that I'm just kind of joking about the whole thing.
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    Image of MaelstromInTheMiddle MaelstromInTheMiddle
    01/10/09

    @mrs_hevesi: But is it even possible to act in film and not be a member of SAG?
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    01/10/09

    @MaelstromInTheMiddle: Only if you are starting out and are Taft Hartley'd.
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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    01/10/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    When Saradon, Baldwin and the rest of the "progressive" Hollywood crowd pool their money into a strike fund to help support SAG members living hand to mouth because of the strike, then I will believe that they are actually progressives and not just out-of-touch people who like to say things that sound nice.


    (This mean you Susan Saradon - as a graduate of this country's second greatest university, and a place where you certainly learned all about social justice, don't punk out!)

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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    01/10/09

    @Iceland_Spar: Catholic University is the second greatest university? What's the first?
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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    01/10/09

    @Richard: Ohio State obviously!



    + Watch video



    (note who shares this opinion about 15 seconds in. Yeah, that's right, Ohi-arrrr State)
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    Image of howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches) howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches)
    01/10/09

    @Richard: Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell.
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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    01/10/09

    In reply to The New Hollywood Blacklist
    Do any of these people really care if they get a SAG award? Does anyone even watch them? I imagine a convo between two celebrities:


    Celeb 1: How do you like my shiny new Oscar and my two pretty Golden Globes?


    Celeb 2: Oh, they're, um, nice.


    Celeb 1: I heard you got a SAG award... *snickers*


    Celeb 2: Oh, you heard about that, huh? Um, yeah, it's true. *sighs*

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    Image of Kobayashi Maru Kobayashi Maru
    01/10/09

    @seyswho: I saw the SAG awards a few years ago, and Tom Hanks won something, and he gave a very sweet speech. He pulled out his old ratty SAG card and showed it to the audience and basically just gushed about how proud he was to be an actor, and what an honor it was to be recognized by this great community of his fellow actors. He was quite humble.


    Hell, he might have just thrown the thing in his trunk afterwards and forgotten all about it, but he seemed sincere.

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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    01/10/09

    @Kobayashi Maru: I believe that. Hanks is very gracious and kind in anything he does, he's a good guy. I don't know, I guess I'm just in a cynical mood, but actors voting for other actors always seemed a little goofy of a concept to me.
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    seyswho was starred seyswho was unstarred
    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    01/10/09

    @seyswho: I'm pretty sure any type of recognition is a bargaining tool for your agent, whether it's to get you considered for an audition or considered for a non-union scale salary.


    Although now that there are so many freakin' awards, they all seem a little hollow.

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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    01/10/09

    @seyswho: or is he secretly evil but just a really, really good actor who never drops character?
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    01/10/09

    Oooh@Iceland_Spar: Oooh--That's GOOD.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    01/10/09

    @Kobayashi Maru: hello, he's an AC-TOR


    (and... scene)

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