In a burst of what to the inmates of 5757 must seem like optimism, but to the rest of the world may not, another e-mail message from the Allens has emerged. It presupposes something we don’t – that after the Jan. 12-13 National Board meeting, the Strike Authorization referendum will go out as the Allens [...]
Here’s the e-mail just out tonight: From: “Unite for Strength” Date: December 29, 2008 7:27:14 PM PST To: Subject: Strike authorization – UFS wants to hear from you. Reply-To: As you may already know, SAG’s strike authorization referendum has been put on hold until the national board meets on January 12-13. The announcement was made [...]
According to the Hollywood Reporter, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords is off to a big start … online. In an encouraging sign for the upcoming second season of HBO’s offbeat comedy “Flight of the Conchords,” the premiere episode has raked in some 250,000 streams in its first 10 days on FunnyOrDie. That is in addition [...]
More good news, bad news. Both from a story in the New York Times. Here’s a snippet: Networks are “down 10 percent in actual live viewers, with ABC, NBC and Fox all drawing around a million viewers less each night than they did last season.  CBS is the one network that has improved from last season; the network [...]
The Wall Street Journal says the theatrical business has pretty much avoided the recession. Box office receipts for the year are down .9%, with the gross over $9.5 billion. That’s the good news.The bad news is that the number of tickets sold is actually down 5% for the year. Higher ticket prices made up the difference.
Buried at the bottom of Variety’s story about the week old KNBC pre-taped interview hyping the strike authorization vote that isn’t going out Jan. 2 was an interesting tidbit. There’s more dissent about the emergency face to face meeting the Allens called for Jan. 12-13, which is being held in the Cagney, at 5757, rather [...]
