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.
I think that I read somewhere that less than ten percent of the members of the Screen Actors Guild make enough money acting to live on. (it might have been two percent). Also, I saw a special about working actors back when I was in college and thinking about it, and this woman said "I've been waiting tables for 15 years, but if I ever have to write down my profession, I say 'actress'. " That was rather sobering.
So you know that Leno thing where WGA attacked him for writing his own monologue. Craig Mazin points out that Leno's monologue is not written material under the current strike rules. He cites (and parses) the passage that defines what
isn't
strike-prohibited written material:
material written by the person who delivers it on the air unless such person has written material for delivery by another person as well as by himself/herself on that particular program; provided that, unless elsewhere herein excluded, the following shall not be excluded: Such material written for any dramatic programs, and such material written for comedy-variety programs broadcast in prime time on a basis of once-a-week or less unless the material was completely written for another purpose prior to such person’s engagement.
I guess NBC was right. [link]
material written by the person who delivers it on the air unless such person has written material for delivery by another person as well as by himself/herself on that particular program;
Were the audience members fed questions during the first night Q&A?
The strike rules seem often at odds with our actual MBA and the areas we have jurisdiction over. (Case in point: the animation overreach that they had to correct.) I think that, if the Guild chooses to pursue this with Leno, it could eventually end up in court and we'd lose.
So, the Golden Globes are canceled according to tvgasm
Google have suspended United Hollywood's ability to post new articles. They are under investigation for spamming, according to Google.
Wanktastic!
I was just coming here to post that, Kevin. Heh.
OMG CONSPIRACY.
Well, they DID post an article called "Exciting Employment Opportunity", and they use Blogspot. Bomb 'em!
