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oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 11:48 AM
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	DATES TO REMEMBER & OTHER STUFF Actors union loses support for strike vote - Jan 22, 2009 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Screen Actors Guild has lost the necessary support on its board to proceed with a strike vote after a hardline faction within the union and the guild's president on Thursday backed a plan to suspend the vote. A group of Hollywood actors, led by guild president Alan Rosenberg, also recommends sending the movie studios' final three-year contract offer directly to its 120,000 members for a vote. The group's statement Thursday follows months of preparations for a strike vote that would have given the guild the power to shut down production of major-studio movies and prime-time TV shows. The last contract expired in June. Although the guild has not acted officially to revoke its Oct. 19 plan to call a strike vote if mediation failed, the Hollywood group known as Membership First was the last major bloc still supporting that plan. Its reversal now means chances of a walkout are extremely slim. Other members of the 71-member board, including those from New York and the regions, also oppose a strike vote...... cont’d http://www.usatoday.com/life/2009-01-22-hollywood-labor_N.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Besides learning new medical conditions and fact-age..... we are also getting an education in speak-age Eric Dane Breaks His Penis, Inspires Nationwide Rush to Google - Jan 23, 2009 http://www.towleroad.com/2009/01/post-2.html Broken penis episode in Grey's Anatomy sparks frantic internet search among men http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4322523/Broken-penis-episode-in-Greys-Anatomy-sparks-frantic-internet-search-among-men.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Networks zero in on Thursday nights - January 26, 2009 Casting and other changes in prime-time lineups have thrown must-see TV into a tizzy. Now that Gil Grissom has left the building, we can get acquainted with a simple truth: Thursday nights on network TV are totally up for grabs. When William L. Petersen left " CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" after more than eight seasons playing the crusty forensics ace Grissom, the dynamics of television's most important night -- when marketers try to hit viewers planning their weekends -- changed yet again. And no one really knows where things will end up. If this past week is any guide, "CSI," long CBS' top scripted series, will see significantly lower ratings as viewers get accustomed to Petersen's replacement, Laurence Fishburne. The original "CSI" has always been the most popular of the three-show franchise (the others are "CSI: New York" and "CSI: Miami"), and the Petersen exit is the first major threat it's seen to its dominance. This creates an opportunity for rivals. ABC is angling for a ratings and critical renaissance for " Grey's Anatomy," the medical drama that viewers have been complaining has been in a creative funk this season. Meanwhile, NBC is set to unplug "ER" this season, apparently with a goodbye pat from former cast member George Clooney (next season, Jay Leno's new prime-time show will occupy that spot). And Fox, in its umpteenth effort to get some sort of traction on Thursdays, just moved "Bones" to 8 p.m. and scored some decent numbers. Add it up and you get a picture of a night in flux everywhere. That could have a big effect on what viewers see, and not just on Thursdays...................there’s more http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-channel26-2009jan26,0,5801737.story Edited by oncetherewasaway, Jan 29 2009, 05:17 PM.


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