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...valid one, though many A-list SAG members question the timing of holding a strike now, during a recession. Actress Rhea Perlman and husband Danny DeVito recently wrote a letter imploring the union to achieve a settlement with the studios rather than strike: the letter was seconded by such box-office draws as Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Matt Damon, and Morgan Freeman. SAG president Rosenberg - who has his own list of stars backing him (Mel Gibson, Martin Sheen) - remains fixed on a strike. Starting Jan. 2, he hopes to hold a referendum over several weeks allowing SAG members...
...first SAG-studio contract was signed in 1937, but it was only following the Supreme Court's 1948 anti-trust decision against Paramount Studios, which broke the studio monopoly, that actors were set loose. Two years later, Jimmy Stewart negotiated his way into a percentage of Winchester '73's box office grosses - or points on the back end, a practice which remains in place to this day. (See the 100 best movies of all time...
Sometimes you have to plant them and then wait for a while. Years ago, I started saving all those T shirts from soccer league and school plays and breast-cancer walks, even after they no longer fit. They are in a box in the attic, awaiting the day my girls head for college and we patch them into a soft, stretchy quilt made entirely of their adventures and allegiances. Maybe someday we'll do the same for their sons and daughters, make a map of moments on their way to forever...
...here's a challenge. Start a new tradition in the New Year: a regular Sunday-night Scrabble smackdown; a spring clothing drive; a rule that every time Mom or Dad swears, they put a dollar in the charity box that gets distributed on New Year's Eve. At their best, traditions make us better; at the very least, they remind us how far we've come and how lucky...
...with a pointed reference to the economic climate.And in tune with the season’s giving spirit, the Medical School will also be running a non-perishable food drive for the nonprofit Greater Boston Food Bank. Flier added in the invitation that he intends to leave a box outside his office until Friday for collection purposes.Charged with planning a frugal gathering for 500 expected attendees, Margaret Solon, director of administration, said that she slashed the holiday party budget by a brutal 75 percent.“It used to be quite elegant,” Solon paused, reminiscing about...