Comments on: TOM TERRIFIC: First Triple-A List Actor Links Fate Of Oscars To Studios Refusal To "Get Down To Honest Bargaining" http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:04:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: BRIAN http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26634 BRIAN Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:35:43 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26634 I'm happy a big name came out critical of the AMPTP. I just wish it were to supports the writers and the crews, not the Oscars. I’m happy a big name came out critical of the AMPTP. I just wish it were to supports the writers and the crews, not the Oscars.

]]> By: Bring true peace to the middle east & hollywood http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26628 Bring true peace to the middle east & hollywood Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:15:33 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26628 Tom Hanks, Your heart and soul will be in the Book of Life... You have a moral code that understands that we are all family - the rich and the middle class on down... AMPTP please listen to Tom Hanks, he is only saying lets talk it out - and not nuke it out! "Peace be with you," should be on everybody's lips from this point forward... "And also with you..." Say it AMPTP... WGA... DGA...SAG... Tom Hanks,

Your heart and soul will be in the Book of Life… You have a moral code that understands that we are all family - the rich and the middle class on down… AMPTP please listen to Tom Hanks, he is only saying lets talk it out - and not nuke it out!

“Peace be with you,” should be on everybody’s lips from this point forward… “And also with you…”

Say it AMPTP… WGA… DGA…SAG…

]]> By: Suzy http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26523 Suzy Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:28:16 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26523 Every single show that is currently on late night is being written by scabs. They write their jokes and fax them to the hosts homes. This is a fact. And they are paying the writers in cash. If you were a working WGA writer and your show is on the air and you are not being paid, you are expendable and vulnerable. I hear from sources that hosts are setting up secret writing rooms...if you really wanted to find this out, do a little digging. They are all being paid in cash. It's a win win for them. All cash, no taxes and no Pension out of their paycheck. WGA gets more out of touch every day Every single show that is currently on late night is being written by scabs. They write their jokes and fax them to the hosts homes. This is a fact. And they are paying the writers in cash. If you were a working WGA writer and your show is on the air and you are not being paid, you are expendable and vulnerable. I hear from sources that hosts are setting up secret writing rooms…if you really wanted to find this out, do a little digging. They are all being paid in cash. It’s a win win for them. All cash, no taxes and no Pension out of their paycheck. WGA gets more out of touch every day

]]> By: clappergirl http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26503 clappergirl Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:34:10 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26503 It's a relief to see such very high profile actors getting involved in this economic Armageddon. Tom Hanks is not only one of the most decent people in the business, he's also very smart, and very careful. And he's probably heard rumors about the so-called awards voter boycott. The group which seems to have hatched the idea is asking people, who've been hurt by the studio-distributors shut-down, to send a message to the AMPTP by withholding their awards votes from one, chosen, targetted monster within the AMPTP. They hit on NBC Universal, whose biggest theatrical awards candidate happens to be "Charlie Wilson's War." If that picture gets shut out of guild awards and the Oscars, NBC Universal would be getting the punishment it deserves (with a message to the rest of the AMPTP), but "Charlie Wilson's War" is Tom Hanks's pet project, and he has good reason to push for a fair settlement before the awards voters mark their ballots. It’s a relief to see such very high profile actors getting involved in this economic Armageddon. Tom Hanks is not only one of the most decent people in the business, he’s also very smart, and very careful. And he’s probably heard rumors about the so-called awards voter boycott. The group which seems to have hatched the idea is asking people, who’ve been hurt by the studio-distributors shut-down, to send a message to the AMPTP by withholding their awards votes from one, chosen, targetted monster within the AMPTP. They hit on NBC Universal, whose biggest theatrical awards candidate happens to be “Charlie Wilson’s War.” If that picture gets shut out of guild awards and the Oscars, NBC Universal would be getting the punishment it deserves (with a message to the rest of the AMPTP), but “Charlie Wilson’s War” is Tom Hanks’s pet project, and he has good reason to push for a fair settlement before the awards voters mark their ballots.

]]> By: clappergirl http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26488 clappergirl Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:55:54 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26488 It's a relief to see such very high profile actors getting involved in this economic Armageddon. Tom Hanks is not only one of the most decent people in the business, he's also very smart, and very careful. He's probably heard rumors about the so-called awards voter boycott. The group which seems to have hatched the idea is asking people who've been hurt by the strike to send a message to the AMPTP by withholding their awards votes from one, chosen, targetted monster within the AMPTP. They hit on NBC Universal, whose biggest theatrical awards candidate happens to be "Charlie Wilson's War." If that picture gets shut out of guild awards and the Oscars, NBC Universal would be getting the punishment it deserves, but "War" is Tom Hanks's pet project, and he has good reason to push for a fair settlement. It’s a relief to see such very high profile actors getting involved in this economic Armageddon. Tom Hanks is not only one of the most decent people in the business, he’s also very smart, and very careful. He’s probably heard rumors about the so-called awards voter boycott. The group which seems to have hatched the idea is asking people who’ve been hurt by the strike to send a message to the AMPTP by withholding their awards votes from one, chosen, targetted monster within the AMPTP. They hit on NBC Universal, whose biggest theatrical awards candidate happens to be “Charlie Wilson’s War.” If that picture gets shut out of guild awards and the Oscars, NBC Universal would be getting the punishment it deserves, but “War” is Tom Hanks’s pet project, and he has good reason to push for a fair settlement.

]]> By: Enza http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26333 Enza Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:40:24 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26333 Most Excellent article... the solar powered anti-greed machine is working! Thanks Tom! Most Excellent article… the solar powered anti-greed machine is working!
Thanks Tom!

]]> By: Stuart Creque http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26329 Stuart Creque Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:30:02 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26329 <em>"The show must go on, that is one of the tenets of everything," Hanks told Reuters... "I am a member of the board of governors of the Academy, and we definitely want to put on a great show and honor the films that have come out in the course of the year."</em> Ummm... wouldn't that mean that, as a member of the board of the Academy, he's committing to having an awards show <em>no matter whether the strike is still on?</em> I certainly didn't see in the Reuters piece or the brief BBC red carpet clip anything that indicated that he wanted the Oscar ceremony cancelled if the strike doesn't end. Really, what did he say in this London appearance that was new or different or at all bold? “The show must go on, that is one of the tenets of everything,” Hanks told Reuters… “I am a member of the board of governors of the Academy, and we definitely want to put on a great show and honor the films that have come out in the course of the year.”

Ummm… wouldn’t that mean that, as a member of the board of the Academy, he’s committing to having an awards show no matter whether the strike is still on? I certainly didn’t see in the Reuters piece or the brief BBC red carpet clip anything that indicated that he wanted the Oscar ceremony cancelled if the strike doesn’t end.

Really, what did he say in this London appearance that was new or different or at all bold?

]]> By: writerperson http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26328 writerperson Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:29:33 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26328 Thank you, Tom... you will have me in the audience of every movie you make, as long as it is not written during this strike period. Thank you, Tom… you will have me in the audience of every movie you make, as long as it is not written during this strike period.

]]> By: fedup http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26310 fedup Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:48:03 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26310 Kudos to Hanks!!!! There really is at least one STAR in Hollywood. When are the rest of these "AAA list" stars, with their multi-million dollar contracts, perks up the ass, and assistants to perform their every request gonna get out there and back the people who put words in their mouths? Oh wait...... maybe they can't since they don't have a script. Do what's right, so we can have an end to this thing! Kudos to Hanks!!!! There really is at least one STAR in Hollywood.

When are the rest of these “AAA list” stars, with their multi-million dollar contracts, perks up the ass, and assistants to perform their every request gonna get out there and back the people who put words in their mouths?

Oh wait…… maybe they can’t since they don’t have a script.

Do what’s right, so we can have an end to this thing!

]]> By: Richard http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26303 Richard Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:34:18 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26303 Well done to Tom. I hope he is the first AAA star to come out in support like this. That said, I can't help wondering why Hanks didn't speak out about the AMPTP walk-out when it happened? I may be wrong, but I couldn't see any of the the studios refusing to make or distribute a film starring Tom Hanks, even if he slams them. The timing, and what he's quoted as saying, makes me wonder if the Academy has got Hanks to head up a Save the Oscars campaign to support the Academy, rather than because Hank and the Academy supports the WGA's stance. - Richard Well done to Tom. I hope he is the first AAA star to come out in support like this.

That said, I can’t help wondering why Hanks didn’t speak out about the AMPTP walk-out when it happened?

I may be wrong, but I couldn’t see any of the the studios refusing to make or distribute a film starring Tom Hanks, even if he slams them.

The timing, and what he’s quoted as saying, makes me wonder if the Academy has got Hanks to head up a Save the Oscars campaign to support the Academy, rather than because Hank and the Academy supports the WGA’s stance.

- Richard

]]> By: Seth Striker http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26293 Seth Striker Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:08:07 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26293 And Variety is right behind you with the scoop about Tom Hanks - Oh, wait a minute. Their scoop is that he wore a soccer scarf in London. And Variety is right behind you with the scoop about Tom Hanks -

Oh, wait a minute. Their scoop is that he wore a soccer scarf in London.

]]> By: Dante http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26290 Dante Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:46:52 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26290 What isn't mentioned here is that Tom makes most of his money as a Producer these days. Playtone is much more than a vanity shingle. If you read his comments from this perspective (in the original Wire Service article, sadly, not sourced here), you'll also note he doesn't say the word "writer" at all. He toes the AMPTP line that "nobody knows how money is going to be made from the internet." So of course, "The show must go on!" In no way is this a "get" for the writer's side. C'mon Nikki, I thought you were more discerning. What isn’t mentioned here is that Tom makes most of his money as a Producer these days. Playtone is much more than a vanity shingle.

If you read his comments from this perspective (in the original Wire Service article, sadly, not sourced here), you’ll also note he doesn’t say the word “writer” at all. He toes the AMPTP line that “nobody knows how money is going to be made from the internet.” So of course, “The show must go on!”

In no way is this a “get” for the writer’s side. C’mon Nikki, I thought you were more discerning.

]]> By: Alexander Chow-Stuart http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26289 Alexander Chow-Stuart Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26289 Clearly the Tom's have it with this strike: first, Cruise, now Hanks. If the Weinsteins announce their deal this afternoon, they should be made honorary Toms for the duration! But a Halle, a Nicole or a Julia would be very welcome, too. Clearly the Tom’s have it with this strike: first, Cruise, now Hanks. If the Weinsteins announce their deal this afternoon, they should be made honorary Toms for the duration! But a Halle, a Nicole or a Julia would be very welcome, too.

]]> By: plain old joe http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26288 plain old joe Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:34:47 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26288 It's about time that someone of Hanks stature got up and said something. The next one should be Spielberg. He has the clout It’s about time that someone of Hanks stature got up and said something. The next one should be Spielberg. He has the clout

]]> By: WGA to be http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26287 WGA to be Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:33:43 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/tom-terrific-first-triple-a-list-actor-links-fate-of-oscars-to-studios-refusal-to-get-down-to-honest-bargaining/#comment-26287 It's about effing time. The only way to make any progress with the CEOs is to hit them in their egos. It’s about effing time. The only way to make any progress with the CEOs is to hit them in their egos.

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