Okay, apparently George Clooney is behind the actors' strike of award shows.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
le nubian - Jan 06, 2008 2:05:57 pm PST #9369 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Kevin - Jan 06, 2008 2:09:57 pm PST #9370 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Fuck, I shouldn't have read the comments on that link. Now I may have to go kill people. On my Xbox.
brenda m - Jan 06, 2008 2:28:01 pm PST #9371 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I didn't know it was possible to swoon even harder over him.
Laura - Jan 06, 2008 2:30:57 pm PST #9372 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Like I needed another reason to love George.
Laga - Jan 06, 2008 2:31:08 pm PST #9373 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yeah some of those comments are really angry-making. To some degree I think the point that actors are paid out of proportion to their contribution to society is true, but I don't think there is a profession that is paid in proportion to it's societal contribution. That's not how the free market works.
Kristen - Jan 06, 2008 2:33:18 pm PST #9374 of 10001
Nikki Finke is reporting that it's not true.
Clooney's longtime publicist Stan Rosenfield emailed me today: "Yes, the story is 100% false. The only thing he EVER said was he would not cross a picket line. The writer never called me or anyone I know of to check it out."
brenda m - Jan 06, 2008 2:35:47 pm PST #9375 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There's a proportion issue too - sure, Clooney makes obscene amounts of money. As do about a hundred other people at his level, and maybe a thousand or so a notch down. Most people are making a living ranging from comfortable to scraping for rent. Not terribly different than just about any other industry, and quite possibly far less, just better publicized.
Kevin - Jan 06, 2008 2:51:50 pm PST #9376 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Clooney has also been involved in many social and political issues over the years, and has done many personal project films.
I noticed the UA deal failed to materialise. I wonder if Nikki Finke buggered it up by running the story early.
Kristen - Jan 06, 2008 4:29:17 pm PST #9377 of 10001
I noticed the UA deal failed to materialise. I wonder if Nikki Finke buggered it up by running the story early.
I always thought it was odd that it was being "announced on Sunday." Why not Monday?
I suspect we'll hear something, confirmation or denial, tomorrow.
Fay - Jan 06, 2008 10:24:03 pm PST #9378 of 10001
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Not terribly different than just about any other industry, and quite possibly far less, just better publicized.
Well, a couple of years ago (when I was thinking about trying to get into acting) the average actor in the UK earned 10,000 sterling per annum, iirc. I would imagine that most actors stateside are equally strapped for cash, even though the big names earn shitloads of cash. The people at the top in any industry are earning shitloads of cash.