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Shrimp Pimp Scrimp
2008-02-13 16:44:00 NBC blaming the writers' strike for striking the budget for the "upfronts" where networks have traditionally courted the ink-stained Tee Vee critic wretches to gush about new TV shows. NYP Why are we reading yet another story on this? Wretches looking forward to that May L.A. glitzy "Shrimp & Swinefest" extravaganza? The Queen of the Writers' Strike, Nikki Finke, on the overwhelming vote to end the three-month walkout. The late night talk show writers are the among the first to be back on board. Richard Huff NYDN
By: Chickaboomer
Deal Oscar
2008-02-11 16:56:00 1 bunch fresh producers, ends trimmed. 1 pound king scab legs. 6 veal cutlets, lightly pounded. 2 tablespoons butter. Divided 1 ballot chopped. 1 tablespoon fresh paragon. 1 tablespoon olive oyl. Blanch fresh producers in simmering water..."A huge victory." WGA writers dig the deal. Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily NYT NYPGiven that a new poll, albeit in Britain, finds that guys would give up sex for six months for a 50" plasma TV, this is good news for TV suits wooing jilted male lovers. NYP
By: Chickaboomer
So Easy A Caveman Can Do It
2008-01-04 15:39:00 David Letterman will trade his Unabomber look for that of a Wall Street trader on Monday's show.Letterman will turn his two-month-old facial Chia Pet into an on-air stunt akin to "Stupid Pet Tricks." Richard Huff NYDNLeno's debut beat Letterman 7 million viewers to 4 million. Apparently Tee Vee voyeurs went to rudderless Leno to rubberneck the trainwreck. "Leno flying blind is now the strike story of the moment. David Letterman, with his nice little WGA waiver, his staff of writers and his non-picket-line-crossing guests, is irrelevant. Bye, bye." Lisa de Moraes Wash PostStriking writers are upset that Jay continues to write his own monologue against guild rules. Leno "took a meeting" (in Hollywood parlance) with the WGA before he returned to the late night airwaves and told the union he planned to write his opening shtick. Strike Queen Nikki Finke claims the WGA never told Jay they'd look "the other way." NBC contends "the WGA agreement permits Jay Leno to write his own monologu...
By: Chickaboomer
Dave v Jay
2008-01-03 15:23:00 "The long national nightmare is over." Brilliant Wash Post Tee Vee critic Tom Shales on the return of late night TV. "The trump card in late night is humor, and Leno's jokes, wherever he got them, were consistently funnier than Letterman's." David Hinckley NYDN Funny, three second-tier NYDN ink-stained wretches wrote that Letterman won "by more than a whisker." "[The] TV universe tried to right itself two months into the writers strike." NYPLeno's legendary (we hear) dick is in the WGA vise for writing his own monologue against the strike rules. He admitted it last night. "You know what I'm doing? I'm doing what I did the day I started. I write jokes and wake my wife up in the middle of the night and say, 'Honey, is this funny?' So if this monologue doesn't work it's my wife's fault... We are not using outside guys. We are following the guild thing... We can write for ourselves..."Au contraire, bellows Strike Queen scribe Nikki Finke. Leno didn't have to confess writing h...
By: Chickaboomer
Picking The Scab
2008-01-03 05:00:00 "He walked onstage at the Ed Sullivan Theater in midtown Manhattan sporting a full beard and a WGA-written monologue amid a chorus line of high-kicking showgirls wielding WGA picket signs." Nikki Finke, Deadline Hollywood Daily, on Letterman's return. Hillary did a pre-taped Top Ten List. More on that later.Mike Huckabee flew to L.A. to do Leno's show and was greeted by striking writers with signs: "What Would Jesus Do?" "Huckabee: You Can't Deny This Cross." Nikki FinkeMiz Nikki reports Leno's monologue was funny and Conan was pathetic.
By: Chickaboomer
Letterman's Worldwide Pants Leg Up
2008-01-02 15:42:00 The Genie's out of the bottle for Dave Letterman and has granted Dave's first wish: writers. 2. Kick ass. 3. Cream Jay. Dave's guest tonight: Robin Williams Richard Huff NYDN NYT NYPLeno's got guitar-slinging Mike Huckabee pimping himself the day before the Iowa caucuses. Conan, Jon Stewart, Kimmel aren't revealing their guests to protect them from writers' guild assassins. Who's behind this gambit to prevent Jon Stewart and Colbert from returning to their perches? NYPNikki Finke's "Deadline Hollywood Daily" is the go-to pub for strike news. The Strike Queen delivering the inside dope and racking up astounding website traffic. NYO
By: Chickaboomer
Schmucker
2007-12-30 17:20:00 Here's the REAL reason the WGA made an exception and let Letterman's CBS show go on WITH writers. To bring NBC honcho Jeff Zucker to his knees. Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily has the dope.
By: Chickaboomer
Warner Bros. Denies Nikki Finke?s ?No Women in the Lead? Report
2007-10-11 05:14:00 Of course, there?s no way any respectable movie house would let a report go unanswered about it not wanting women to take the lead in its films. As expected, Warner Bros. has fired back and says it is still committed to women.On Oct. 5, Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood Daily reported that Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov said the company is ?no longer doing movies with women in the lead?. On Oct. 9, Variety reported:Warner production prexy Jeff Robinov insists he is moving forward with several movies with women in the lead. Indeed, he is offended by rumors of his cinematic misogyny.[While] action features starring women remain a hard sell for many moviegoers, Robinov [says] he is still willing to put a femme star into an action role.?Like any other movie, it has to be the right movie with the right actor and the right filmmaker at the right time,? he said.The optimistic read from Karina Longworth of Spout.com is that ?Warner Bros. is taking a conscious step away fr... |
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