Studios still owe actors money from strike
June 5th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Dollar Writers Strike

The actors’ strike could get dirty for actors low on cash this summer. Regulars of, for example, ‘Lost,’ ‘CSI’ and ‘Ugly Betty’ claim the studios still owe them a big chunk of cash, a back pay caused by the writers’ strike last winter. They were temporarily suspended during the strike, but their contracts entitles them to 2,5 weeks’ pay when suspended for ‘extraordinary circumstances.’

The Screen Actors Guild says hundreds of actors still owe over $10 million in paychecks. “The employers have refused to live up to their contractual obligations and have instead attempted to shift the studios’ financial obligations onto the backs of the actors who are their employees,” a spokesman said, totally shifting the focus of their current negotiations.

The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, spokesman for the studios, could not comment because of the pending judgment on this case.

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When Brendan Fraser did Superman
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Brendan Fraser Superman

MTV continues their ‘what could have been’ series, with this time Brendan Fraser as Superman. “First they offered it to me. Then they didn’t offer it to me,” Fraser said. “Then a huge swath of guys came in to put the suit on. We acted scenes as Clark Kent and [Superman].”

He goes on about how the script, at that time the one by J.J. Abrams (the creator of ‘Lost’), was “really really really,” yeah really awesome. It actually sounds like he’s saying it was “really” better than the script that was actually used. Check the video below for the full interview at Comic Con.

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