In the post-strike world, we have now have some room to run more “general interest” items on the BTL blog. And as we rush toward Oscar night, we present our recent interview with director Paul Thomas Anderson, on the subject of “There Will Be Blood,” his much-lauded adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s muckraking book, “Oil!” [...]

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Now, it’s officially over. From DGA President Michael Apted’s statement, on the finally getting to “fade out” in the writer’s strike:
“The last three months have been painful ones for tens of thousands of working people in and around the entertainment industry, and like everyone else, our members are now eager to get back to work.”

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So our WGA Source checked in one more time, with this report about last night’s big meet — lots of interested stuff in here, fallout/implication wise, especially the lead off consideration about time to make up the health coverage minimum. Question: Will members in other idled guilds and locals get the same chance?:
I left after [...]

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Excerpts from the letter that went to WGA’s strike captains today, following the board’s official approval of the new contract terms, earlier this morning:

DEAR STRIKE CAPTAINS,
This morning, the WGA Negotiating Committee unanimously and unconditionally recommended the terms of the proposed 2008 MBA to the WGAW Board and WGAE Council. The Board and Council then voted [...]

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