Daniel Frankel
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Hodge Elected to Head SAG N.Y. Division
Moderate United Screen Actors Nationwide sweeps the election.
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Howard’s Election Brings SAG/AFTRA Merge Closer
Says the first item on his agenda will be to meet with leaders of other guilds, notably AFTRA’s Reardon.
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Bruce Willis Battles Dancin’ Fools at the Box Office
MGM’s musical “Fame” remake and sci-fi “Surrogates” lead new entries.
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Fitzgerald Joins AMC as Scripted SVP
Cable channel makes first big programming hire since Christina Wayne’s exit.
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Hotly Contested SAG Election Comes to a Vote
Could determine if the traditionally go-it-alone labor union will finally merge with AFTRA.
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Backstage With Alec, Tina and ‘Mad Man’ Jon
Baldwin on his “30 Rock” wishlist: “I want McCartney to come on. We’re working on it.”
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The Emmys in Real-Time
From NPH’s opening to the “30 Rock” and “Mad Men” big wins … the show moment-by-moment.
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Bloody WGA Election Finally Heads to a Vote
Outcome likely to determine whether the Guild goes on strike when studio contract ends in 2011.
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AFTRA’s Roberta Reardon: Grilled
On merging with SAG, figuring out new media and running a union in hard times.
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Perry’s ‘I Can Do Bad’ Sparks Lionsgate
“Sorority Row” and “Whiteout” get lost in glut of R-rated blood and gore.
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Variety’s Army Archerd Dies at 87
Longtime columnist was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity.
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Horror Films: Blood, Gore and a Tasty Profit
Inexpensive, venerable horror franchises remain among the most reliable assets in the business.
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Industry Leaders View the Web as Moneymaker
Disney’s Iger, Hulu’s Kilar, YouTube’s Hurley muse at digital-media panel.
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Obit: Variety Columnist Army Archerd
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87. A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published…
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Labor Day B.O. Fizzles, but Summer 2009 Still Rules
“Given the economy and the quality of the movies released last summer, to come in slightly up on gross is a pretty good result.”