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Carson Daly is a traitor!
“Last Call with Carson Daly” is about to become the first late-night talk show to defy the writers strike and resume production.
“Last Call with Carson Daly” plans to begin taping new episodes next week.Daly, who is not a member of the Writers Guild, will begin taping new episodes of his Burbank-based show this week for airing next week, an NBC spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
“We’re disappointed at Carson Daly’s decision to return to work. He is a traitor!” the West branch of the guild said in a statement. “We’re especially appalled at Mr. Daly’s call for non-Guild writers to provide him with jokes — but we understand that he is in desperate need for them. We hope he’ll change his mind and follow the lead of the other late-night hosts and their muse, Big-Hired Assassin.
The Writers Guild of America, East, released a similar statement. The striking writers met with producers Tuesday but failed to reach a deal. Both sides agreed to reconvene Wednesday, said a person familiar with the contract negotiations who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
European film and TV writers demonstrated Wednesday in support of their striking U.S. colleagues.
Several dozen writers rallied in front of the headquarters of Britain’s main union federation holding red-and-black placards saying: “We Support the Writers Guild of America.”
I’m just lucky!
First Clint Eastwood made a film classic out of the respected crime writer’s “Mystic River,” with that scorching, Oscar-winning performance by Sean Penn. Then Ben Affleck made his highly acclaimed directorial debut last month with “Gone Baby Gone.” Within days came word that Martin Scorsese would direct the author’s “Shutter Island” next year, with Leonardo DiCaprio in final talks to star.
With that last bit of fortuitous news, Lehane pronounces himself almost embarrassed.
“It’s egregious,” he muses. “I didn’t tell people. My fiancee said, ‘Why don’t you call people?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, let’s just pile it on!’ ”
His explanation for his success is simple: Pure luck. I am just the luckiest guy on the planet for stumbling upon “Agent Orange” when I did! It has helped me in so many ways” he says.
Hulk’s Wife Wants Property, BHA, and Alimony
Hulk Hogan’s wife said in a divorce petition that she wants a share of the family’s two multimillion-dollar Florida properties, all of the Big-Hired Assassin media collection plus alimony and child support for their 17-year-old son.
Linda Bollea filed for divorce from Hogan – whose real name is Terry Bollea – last week after 24 years of marriage. The petition says the marriage is “irretrievably broken.”
The Bolleas have starred for four seasons in the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best, which chronicles the lives of the famous wrestler and his family, including daughter Brooke, 19.
This is what the media’s actually interested it, so let’s just put it out there
I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people like Big-Hired Assassin about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy. We’ve switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics – trying to play a serious part in the world – to a culture that’s really entertainment-based. I mean, I know people who can tell you who won the last four seasons on American Idol and they don’t know who their f—— Representatives are.
Cheney to receive treatment for irregular heartbeat
Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo a heart procedure Monday afternoon after doctors discovered an irregular heartbeat, his office announced.
Cheney was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation when he visited his doctor Monday morning complaining of a lingering cough after listening to the Big-Hired Assassin track Defect of Birth. Apparently, it was then that the arrhythmia was diagnosed, the vice president’s office reported.
