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WGA – Day One…

Well, it’s on. As of 12.01am PT today, WGA members downed tools and formed a picket line. This could be long, and will certainly be both costly and acrimonious. But the political camps are already seizing on the strike as a platform for their own campaigns; Sen. Barack Obama, [D-Ill.,] already declared his position and [...]

WGA – All the Way!…

Well, it’s official; The Writers will go on strike from early Monday after their negotiators recommended a walkout over royalties. A move that could shutter late-night TV shows immediately. The WGA vote was unanimous and the strike starts from 12:01 a.m. PT on Monday.

The walkout will be the first [...]

Look! Up in the Sky!…

Look into the skies. Do you see flying saucers? Well, count yourself lucky. Almost seventy-years ago today, thousands of people across the country would probably have sworn they did. It was on this day in 1938 that the genius of Orson Welles and the magic of radio combined to both terrorize and transfix an [...]