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• jcvd is a 47 year old genius

  You ever wonder what the definition of genius is?Well, wonder no more.  It’s simply interviewing the legendary Jean-Claude Van Damme about his oeuvre, which the Onion’s AV Club did and killed.  Or rather, JCVD killed.  Whatever the case, the definition of genius has been killed.  Defined.  Over.For example, JCVD on scene stealing in Breakin’:
  I didn’t know the […]

  Posted on Mar 12.08 to flicks, the biz   

• handicapping hollywood’s big night

  Amy Smart smiled at me at the gym today. It’s also Oscar Sunday and for the first time in a few years, Mary Milan and I have seen all the best picture nominees (thank god for screeners!). Coincidence? I think not.
  Here are my annual predictions. I guarantee nothing except that I […]

  Posted on Feb 24.08 to the biz   

• checking in on the pilot

  This is classic good news/bad news.
  Good news first:
  Last we heard from the pilot, he had flown off to FOX network.  After being told he was fat, then having to starve and lose weight, some scary pre-flight/pre-fight  issues temporarily got in the way of his departure but he finally made it off the runway and landed […]

  Posted on Feb 21.08 to projects, the biz   

• big day, part one

  Context later.  Video now:

  Posted on Jan 30.08 to the biz   

• the amptp secret weapon

  The AMPTP has returned from Thanksgiving with their bellies full of turkey and have, as promised, returned to the negotiating table. According to this report from Variety, they will be resuming negotiations with the WGA at an undisclosed location.
  You know what I have to say about that?
  RUN, WRITER’S GUILD NEGOTIATING TEAM! DICK CHENEY […]

  Posted on Nov 26.07 to politics, popularity contests, the biz   

• on the line

  I walked the line yesterday at NBC. If you were one of the many who drove by on Alameda between 10 and 1 and honked - thanks. If you honked and I didn’t raise my picket sign or give you a thumbs up, I’m sorry - keep honking, there are others who are more fastidious […]

  Posted on Nov 16.07 to the biz   

• why we strike

  John August, screenwriter of Go, Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels and others, has a great post about why the WGA is striking.  In very plain terms, he explains the wonky legal issues in authorship and ownership in the movies and why residuals are not called royalties.
  And here’s a movie that WGA made -

  Posted on Nov 12.07 to the biz