The lawsuit was first brought in late 2011 by two interns — Alex Footman and Eric Glatt — who both worked on Fox Searchlight’s Black Swan and claimed that the company’s unpaid internship program violated minimum wage and overtime laws.
The lawsuit then got bigger with amended claims brought by added named plainitffs such as Kanene Gratts, who worked on Searchlight’s (500) Days of Summer as well as Eden Antalik, who participated in the FEG internship program. To prevail, they would need to jump several hurdles including showing that the training programs set up weren’t for the advantage of the trainees.
On Tuesday, federal judge William Pauley issued a ruling that is very favorable to the suing interns.
Interns Win Huge Victory in Labor Lawsuit Against Fox
There is a song for this
Office Space helped typecast me, sure — I’ve been asked to play that guy many times. I’ve been in dramatic auditions where I brought tears to the room, but then was asked to try doing it more as the waiter guy. I’ve seen breakdowns come in where they were “looking for the “flair” waiter,” but my agents didn’t know that was me so the work went to someone else. I’ve been myself for Halloween!
Taking direction
Pelé, Michael Caine and Sylvester Stalone on the same team: Genius.
The first time I saw this graphic, I thought it was satire. It turns out that I was wrong:
Well-funded advocates of privatizing the nation’s education system are employing a new strategy this fall to enlist support for the cause. The emotionally engaging Hollywood film “Won’t Back Down” — set for release September 28 — portrays so-called “Parent Trigger” laws as an effective mechanism for transforming underperforming public schools. But the film’s distortion of the facts prompts a closer examination of its funders and backers and a closer look at those promoting Parent Trigger as a cure for what ails the American education system.
Watching Peter Sellers reminds Me That Andy Kaufman was A Poor Imitation
Watch Dr. Strangelove if you disagree
Sacha Baron Cohen, as himself
Also discussed:
- Why Jews make good comedians
- Drawing out prejudices while hiding in persona like Ali G or Borat
- Concerns about Orientalism in The Dictator
Like our mother always said: “Don’t pick up hitchhikers unless you’re pretty sure it’s John Waters.”
All I could think of after seeing this was how I’d redo Cecil B. Demented badly if I picked up Waters.
New 'Blade Runner' film to be a sequel
Back in August, news broke that director Ridley Scott had signed on to direct and produce a new installment of his iconic sci-fi film “Blade Runner,” but no further details were revealed. Now it can be told that the project will be a sequel, and the original film’s screenwriter, Hampton Fancher, has been recruited to develop the film.
Nice.
Maybe they’ll get the distopian Los Angeles of the future right this time and they’ll be speaking a mish-mash of English, Spanish and Japanese in it.
I wonder if I could do something banal like this to make money with a random URL like this clown does.
New billboard takeover from Teacher. (Melrose & Fairfax)
Imagine if Edna actually stood up for education back in the day.
