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Britney Hospitalized Again
Anka Says The Writers Strike Is One Giant Orgy
"SEX ON STRIKE: New York writers confess to passion on the picket lines," promises the cover of Page Six Magazine. Oh goody, I thought, a little vicarious action! Inside, the pull quote promised, "I'm outnumbered by guys on the picket line — most of them straight — at a ratio of 20 to 1. Where else in New York do you…
"These rallies are like super-saturated high school reunions. Every writer you've ever worked with or slept with, admired or betrayed — they're all there. At the first one, I elbowed my way through the crowd and right into my nemesis, who beamed at me artificially. "Anna, how are you?" She looked over my baggy…
Is The Writer's Strike Bad (Or Good!) For Fashion?
We all know the writers strike is certainly affecting, well, the writers. And the studios. And us, since there's little to watch now, save The Sarah Connor Chronicles. But wouldn't you know? Those in the always narcissistic fashion industry is worried about how the strike impacts them. Says designer Phillip Lim on the…
Golden Globes 2008: They Pick The Winners, We Pick The Fashions
Last night's Golden Globe Awards garnered some minor surprises (Julie Christie for best actress, drama; Julian Schnabel for director); some major snoozes (the exceedingly-painful televised press conference made us want to do all sort of tortuous things to Billy Bush, especially when he called Cate Blanchett not such a…
Just Because Nikki Finke Hates Everyone In Hollywood Doesn't Mean She Doesn't "Care"
The New York Observer names LA Weekly blogger Nikki Finke its "Media Mensch Of The Year." If you don't know Nikki from our previous adulation, she's a veteran Hollywood journalist with a bottomless reserve of outrage re media consolidation, hypocrisy, conflicts-of-interest, chauvinist arrogance disguised as…
Loose Lips
Sweet, Sweet 30 Rock might be returning soon. Talks resumed today between the striking writers guild and the producers alliance. • On the heels of an arrest outside a Chicago Walgreens, Shia LeBeouf got into a scuffle at L.A. club Les Deux. Apparently he played the "Do you know who I am" card. Bad form! • From skank…
How Does the Screen Writers Guild Strike Affect You? Depends How Trashy You Like Your TV!
Many of you may be aware that a Writers Guild of America strike is basically a forgone conclusion at this point, but you might not realize how the lack of working screenwriters might affect the average couch potato like yourself. To recap: the Writers Guild of America (WGA), which includes writers in the motion…
