The Strike Is The Talk Of The Town
November 5th, 2007
Check out what your favorite celebrities are saying about the Writer’s Guild Strike:
“A strike is never good for anybody but I’ll honor whatever they deicide and I think that’s the right thing to do,” VINCE VAUGHN said at the ‘Fred Claus’ premiere. “It’s never easy thing to go through.”
Vince’s pal and ‘Elf’ director JON FAVREAU says he can understand why this is happening. “Both sides have a point,” he says. “I don’t know any way that it’s going to be resolved easily. It’s unfortunate for a guy like me who’s waited his whole life to make movies and then to be told to take time off and not work on what you love is always frustrating. But there are issues that have to be resolved fairly.”
“Heroes” star MASI OKA reveals this will definitely affect his hit show. “It affects so many people and my heart actually goes out to our crew because they don’t have anything to gain,” he says. “So hopefully we can resolve this very quickly.”
“Grey’s Anatomy” top doc PATRICK DEMPSEY says how this strike will have a trickle down affect. “My concern is not so much for myself really, because I’ll be alright, but I think how long this strike lasts is going to affect a lot of people that are living paycheck to paycheck — they are going to be damaged profoundly by this, and I think that’s a real tragedy,” he said. “I think a lot of people and a lot of families are going to be in a difficult place in their lives; hopefully we can come to some sort of understanding and resolve this soon enough that it doesn’t affect those people.”
The cast for the hit HBO show “Entourage” say the strike directly affects their show, while shows like “The View” will not be interrupted. “Contingency plans have been made in the event of a strike,” the femme chatfest said in a statement. “‘The View’ will continue without interruption.”
ABC soap operas will also go on as planned. “ABC’s daytime dramas are written well into the New Year,” they said in a statment. “We will continue to produce original programming with no repeats and without interruption.”
Proving that Jon Stewart is a great guy, the Daily Show host has told his writing staff that he will cover all their salaries for the next two weeks, according to a well-placed source. He has also vowed to do the same for writers on The Colbert Report. A Comedy Central spokesman referred my inquiry about this to Stewart’s personal publicist, who has yet to respond.
Stewart’s intention, says the source, is to ensure his writers will face no financial hardship should the strike, which kicked off at 3 a.m. local time, conclude within that timeframe.
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