Another Strike?
Say it ain't so!Remember when it was the Writers Guild (WGA) versus the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP)?
Well now it's the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) againt the AMPTP!
In other words, actors (all of them!) might go on strike, which is very, very bad news for us, the audience.
SAG's current deal expires June 30, so we all knew talks were going on. However, we also all hoped that they'd end amicably and there wouldn't be another strike. Well, as of Tuesday afternoon, talks between the alliance and the union shut down, as the AMPTP called SAG's demands for higher residuals from DVDs and Internet content "unreasonable."
Yes, this is pretty much the same argument that went on between the WGA and AMPTP. How come both sides didn't learn their lesson from the strike we just went through? So many people were out of work, and we were out of entertainment.
Fingers crossed this gets resolved quickly.
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Who cares?! Most of what's available is total crap anyway. HGTV is where it's at!
But it's not fair, I can only afford 1 home in each country.....
OK, that is ridiculous. This in my opinion is actors being very greedy, they are well OVERpaid! Now the writers strike is understandable, They should get paid the same or pretty close to the actors...Quick fix: Reduce the actors pay and use the extra money to pay the same to the writers.
I agree with all that they are saying. These guys don't seem to appreciate the good things in life. While real people with real lives are trying to find any job in the unemployment office, even a McDonalds position would be a blessing to them, these here greedy actors don't seem to like the idea that their million dollar pay cheque is just not enough. I hate people like that, flaunting it in people's faces. I hope that they cancel their shows and find themselves in an unemployment agency and regret what they're doing now.
I saw them on "S e e k i n g R i c h . c o m",too.Maybe they want make more new friends.You can contact to them on that site.
I don't care if they go on strike. I am all about reality TV anyway.
Working girl: Remember are running debate on 11/15/2007 on the Letterman blog, whats you saying now, do the actors care if the cameraman and secretaries are out of work. NOT