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Tuesday night, after the Writers’ Guild of America West reached a contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Hollywood’s writers voted to end their 100-day long strike. Writers may begin work again as early as Monday morning—and without shame, at that. The much-discussed Writers’ strike proved a win for the Guild...
Celtics fans: you're lucky they're not young whippersnappers, dingbats in their 20s seeking the stats for an insane contract. "When you are young, you are trying to secure yourself," says Pierce, 30. (Read: Just give me the damn ball.) "You look at us three--we've made millions of dollars. We've won tons of awards. So we look at each other and say, 'Hey, what's left to do?'" Allen is 32, Garnett 31--old enough to buy their own team yet young enough to still score at will...
...Writers' Strike? On Feb. 13, screen- and TV writers resumed work after a long strike that cost the Los Angeles County economy some $3.2 billion. Unions tentatively agreed to a three-year contract that, among other things, gives writers a piece of the profits from new media like Internet streams and downloads...
...Only about two-thirds are proficient,” he said. Criticized by committee members in the past for a “test-oriented” and “autocratic” approach to school policy, Fowler-Finn—who had his superintendent contract renewed by a close committee vote in January—suggested a provision to encourage creativity in school curricula. “Our school system must take advantage of the creativity of teachers and principals,” he said. “There are going to be $5,000 grants available...
...capable of conjuring them. His greatest creation is Diane. Acid-tongued and relentless, she is single-mindedly driven to purchase the rights for a play in which Mitchell will (heroically) portray a gay man. Her willingness to verbally abuse all comers into submission until the terms of the contract read “in perpetuity through the end of time” is representative of a character that is shallow, but delightfully so. Keiller’s performance is masterful; her character is in total control of her huge catalogue of barbs and imposing enough to silence the background music...