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Strike Watch: Closer to–or Farther from–a Deal

On the fourth day of writers’-strike talks, the studios came back with an offer for payments on electronic distribution of writers’ work. This much is clear. Whether the deal amounts to more or less for writers, and whether it brings the strike closer to or farther from resolution, is iffier.

The WGA, the New York Times reports, has

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The Morning After: 30, A.D.

NBC Photo: Eric Liebowitz

It wasn’t one of the best episodes of 30 Rock last night, but it was probably the most blatant reminder so far that the show has picked up the sitcom torch from Arrested Development. The storyline paralleling Jack and Tracy’s Little League team with the Iraq War recalled the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the …

How Now, New Mew?


New Museum of Contemporary Art, Sejima+Nishizawa/SANAA — Photo: Dean Kaufman

I just got back from previewing the new home of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in Manhattan, an eight story off kilter stack by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, the Japanese architects who call their firm SANAA. The museum is located on the Bowery, the …

More Talk With: Philippe de Montebello

Let’s conclude that conversation with the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

LACAYO: As you know, a number of nations have cultural property laws that effectively lay claim to anything found in the ground on their territory, or that require export permits for anything over, say, 100 years old. China has a request …

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Strike Watch: Can the Advertisers End It?

There’s been a lot of talk about how, between attention-getting protests and brilliant strike videos, the writers have been winning the PR war against the studios. I’m sure that it’s true; I’m not so sure how much it matters. Mind you, as a writer, I want it to matter: I want to believe that creativity and a powerful, well-expressed …

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The Morning After: Lights, Please

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Tonight ABC debuts Shrek the Halls, its new Christmas special, which like all things Shrek is funny enough but basically one joke after another after another. Last night, ABC got old-school with A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first and last word in network holiday specials. Talk about that, or any other …

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