Ken Howard, Unite For Strength’s SAG candidate for president, made this video. UPDATES SAG Prez Candidate Anne-Marie Johnson’s Campaign Video For more info, visit UniteForStrength.com and <a href="http://www.MembershipFirst.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"…

(Steven Schwartz is running for the WGAw’s Board of Directors and has been endorsed by WGA presidential candidate John Wells. Tonight, he posted this on the Writer Action board, and it is currently making the email rounds): I’m now willing to give details I wouldn’t when I first posted about these issues, in the…

UPDATES WGA: Verrone/Bowman Dispute John Wells’ Campaign Claims (DHD has been asked to post WGA West presidential candidate John Wells’ rebuttal to the recent election message sent out by WGAw president Patric Verrone and 2007/2008 negotiating committee chair John Bowman:) My fellow members, When I was asked by the…

UPDATED: John Wells Writes Rebuttal To Verrone/Bowman (DHD has been asked to post this election message from Patrick Verrone, the WGA West president, and John Bowman, chair of the 2007/2008 negotiating committee, disputing WGAw presidential candidate John Wells’ campaign claims and supporting the opposing candidacy of…

Several media outlets are reporting that the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is changing its Best Picture voting rules now that 10 films will be nominated for the top award. This fall, an announcement will go out to the membership about how, on the final ballot, Oscar voters will be asked to rank all 10…

15TH UPDATE: Behind-The-Scenes Of Disney-Marvel Deal  14TH UPDATE: Universal vs Disney Over Marvel Characters 13TH UPDATE: Why Disney Must Wait For Marvel Synergy 12TH UPDATE: VIDEO: Stan Lee On Disney-Marvel Deal 11TH UPDATE: Here’s the list of characters included on Universal Islands Of Adventures’ Marvel Island…

UPDATE: Hey, few have hated Entourage more than I have in recent seasons. Judging from your comments, you still think the show stinks up HBO. Maybe I’m just more easily amused these days after what feels like a summer devoid of entertainment (especially at the box office), but HBO’s Entourage seems less…

Here’s the list of tonight’s Daytime Emmy Winners from the telecast on CW (But I don’t wanna live in a world where that embarrassing crapfest The View wins “Outstanding” anything: Drama Series: The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Drama Series Writing Team: General Hospital (ABC) Talk Show Host: The View (ABC) Drama…

As SAG membership is sadly aware, there has yet to be a debate between the two main candidates running for president. (I’ll explain why in another post later tonight.) Because of that, every opportunity for the Guild’s members to question their candidates is important. There will be a live teleconference with…

The next few weeks will see still more layoffs at WME Entertainment. (I’ve been told between 15 and 18.) But UTA already has snapped up longtime Endeavor talent agent Kevin Volchok who was let go from WME late Friday afternoon. Volchok met with UTA bigwigs on Saturday morning and by the end of the day had a deal to…

EXCLUSIVE: Actually, there’s still a little contract language to be worked out so the deal is not formally closed yet. But I can report that, after three months of negotiations, and a meeting two weeks ago with Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes, Jeff Robinov has what he wants — for now. He’s been re-upped as president of…

Anne-Marie Johnson, Membership First’s SAG candidate for president, made this video. (DHD has asked Unite For Strength for its statement on behalf of candidate Ken Howard.) For more info, visit UniteForStrength.com and <a href="http://www.MembershipFirst.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"…