tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post3597068738783278855..comments2023-08-28T01:47:52.421-07:00Comments on United Hollywood: Your Late Night LinksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-77553146982426872582007-11-27T22:10:00.000-08:002007-11-27T22:10:00.000-08:00Oh and to add, I did all that research and grouped...Oh and to add, I did all that research and grouped it all togehter, so my friends can look at the same articles and videos on youtube without having to do the searching like i did. I have more time on my hands than my friends do, so I basically did the research for them. (-:<BR/><BR/>My post I post to groups and friends: (taken from my notes on facebook)<BR/><BR/>So you may have seen that i have posted a lot of videos and links on strike.<BR/><BR/>I saw the lady in my Prof. pic, picketing and I got interested in it (lady below). Her name is Diane Neal she plays Casey Novak from Law and Order SVU (my all-time fav. show at the moment). She also starred in Dracula 2 and 3 as Elizabeth Blaine. Don’t know if you ever saw it, shes more famous for those than as Casey Novak.<BR/><BR/>I have done a lot of watchin of videos and reading and i'm so in support of the strike. Cause see, hopefully in about 10 years from now, I will be on the road to pursing the acting career I want. I’ll be in a guild called SAG = Screen Actors Guild which works with the WGA = Writers Guild of America. The WGA is what is on strike right now. WGA are the people who write all the scripts for every movie you have ever seen and every TV show you watch. They are supposed to get what are called “residuals” or money every time their shows and movies are bought (videos, DVDs) or shown (ie. Movie theaters). <BR/><BR/>Its like for authors, every time they sell a book, they get mony. Every time a singer cuts a album, they get money for every time someone buys their album or a songwriter gets money if their song is used in something like a movie or a tv show or a commercial. Well, people in WGA aren’t getting the residuals promised them. And with the new media in effect now (Internet, Tivo) they aren’t getting residuals off their episodes when put on those. NBC is the worst right now about that. They air entire episodes and seasons on their website that the writers aren’t getting paid anything because NBC says “Its promotional” But NBC is rerunning the show which falls into the category as “showing the episode”<BR/><BR/>Here this video will explain it better to you: <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=oJ55Ir2jCxk" REL="nofollow">Why We fight</A> Called “Why We fight” Its put in real simple terms to help people understand whats going on better. <BR/><BR/>But many people think “Oh well it doesn’t affect me so why should I care??” Little do they understand is that it does affect them too. Go here to find out what shows are affected by the strike: <BR/><A HREF="http://ktla.trb.com/entertainment/news/ktla-tvgrid,0,6411259.htmlstory?coll=ktla-entnews-1" REL="nofollow">Strike Watch: Track Your Favorite Shows</A><BR/>I’m sure you have a show in the list that you might like to watch that is being affected. I do, SVU.<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZRzgUT36TVk Sally Field explains a little why writers are important. Without them there, it (movie or TV show) doesn’t work quite right. Glen Close hits it nicely explaining also the point of writers. I’m sure you saw her as Cruella from 101 D. She is reading the words writers brilliantly put together for her to make her Cruella. http://youtube.com/watch?v=i9QAV2pwTmg you may have to turn the volume up pretty high to hear it, don’t forget to turn it down when you get done with the clip.<BR/><BR/>And because the Actors/Actresses are affected if the writers don’t write they are in support of them. But too, when you work on a show such as Law and Order SVU, you get close when you work as long as SVU has been out. They are in the middle of the 9th season which means nine years together with the producers, the crew, the other actors/actresses and the writers.<BR/><BR/>Some other videos on youtube you might find interesting:<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=bVH_6pZRtUQ<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=IMBljNmFCOk<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cdm6V08w530 – Day one<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=D2dFCaAxo4s – Day two<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=QSltqlW2Rq0 – Day three<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=SnLdS6pP2-g – Greys Anatomy’s entire cast support<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=lyegkkPrtFM<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=gn9tvyh5dHY – Sandra Oh explains (Princpal from Princess Diaries and on Grey’s Anatamoy)<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=tkE_GPi2p1E – for Grey’s Anatomy<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=uVvSG1c8tt0 – Mr. Marshall (Penny Marshall’s brother. Penny Marshall – Laverne from Laverne and Shirley - http://youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo / http://youtube.com/watch?v=X7oHvQu-dc4 ) <BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=b6hqP0c0_gw – The Office closes.<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=-1W-HHK6SS4 – Lost and Desperate House Wives<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=bLd9BAH7kTI<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3zELcO0Sc8 – The writers get creative!!<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=0vX8VEo0orE<BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=hcq9lyrvdrs – WGA briefing<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think you get the point. I’m all for the strike and wish many others would be too, but they won’t. I know better.<BR/><BR/>So that’s what the whole “strike” thing is all about. I would hope that my friends would support me down the road if the SAG ran into the same thing down the road (which I pray we don’t).<BR/><BR/>Look at it this way, Suppose you retail or fast food and you work on an hourly rate. Lets say you work a 10 hr shift for 6 days straight - youd get 60 hrs right. And you get paid 6.25 an hour. The company has it in your contract that you would work 60rs a week for 6.25 an hour and you get paid every two weeks. That would be some good money for all your hard work right oh about 750 every two weeks thats $1500 a month. So on check day you'd be expecting the full amount right?? What if when you went and got your check, its written out for two hours - $12.50. Would you say "Thank you so much, I'm going to go get this cashed and save it."<BR/><BR/>The heck you would! You would be pissed!!<BR/><BR/>Thats basically (as I have been told) what these big companies are doing with these writers. <BR/><BR/>Also since they aren't getting paid for what is aired on the internet and Tivo its like a Doctor, Pharmasist, Banker, Realitor, Teacher, or an Actress performing their services and then not getting paid. And their bosses thinking its ok because its "just promotional so you don't get paid for promotional stuff". <BR/><BR/>So how many of you would stay with your job after that if they dealt ya that way?? <BR/><BR/>How many of you would be looking for a different place to work at?? I would be. <BR/><BR/>However in today's society we have laws against that stuff in average work places. <BR/><BR/>It is NOT so with writers, which is why there is a strike going on which I am all for!! (none of us are happy to have to do the strike or have it go on, but it is Ness!)<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Its not a perfect post, but it gets info across and has changed minds on the idea of the strike<BR/><BR/>Hang in there writers!!<BR/>~Twilight~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-50918588171341880772007-11-27T21:56:00.000-08:002007-11-27T21:56:00.000-08:00Hey just wanted to say that we facebookers are tot...Hey just wanted to say that we facebookers are totally behind the writers 100%!! There are new facebook groups supporting the writers pop up about every couple of weeks or so!! I'm apart of a number of them!<BR/><BR/>I try to post articles from the United Hollywood blog when ever I can get on my groups on facebook (which is about every couple of days)!<BR/><BR/>I've even have done reasearch by reading articles and watching youtube videos - grouped it all together in one post and post that to all my friends on facebook and the facebook groups (apart of 130 facebook groups).<BR/><BR/>I've even convinced several fellow Law and Order Special Victims Unit friends that the Strike is important and they have picked up in forming a SVU group supporting the writers!<BR/><BR/>The biggest facebook group right now supporting the writers is called "In Support of the Writers Guild of America Strike" with over 9,000 members (9,976 members to be exact) and they are growing all the time!! New members join every day!! <A HREF="http://ucok.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19177889752" REL="nofollow">In Support of the Writers Guild of America Strike</A><BR/><BR/>Writers, keep putting on pressure!! Hang in there and know that there are thousands of facebookers (9,000+) who are pulling for you all!!<BR/><BR/>Love ya'll!!<BR/>~Twilight~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com