TV News: Perlman sends missive to members — With the Screen Actors Guild’s election season in full swing, the renewed push for a merger between SAG and AFTRA has become the dominant issue in the guild’s upcoming board election.
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Union merger central issue in election
The collection of C-list celebrities, reality stars, and Bristol Palin that comprises the Dancing with the Stars cast will all be paid the same amount if they last through the entire competition: $345,000. Among the people who turned that down were Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Sylvester Stallone, Ann Coulter, Condoleezza Rice, Erin Brockovich, Richard Branson, Tim Allen, and Suzanne Somers, while Joel McHale, Drew Carey, and Kirstie Alley have also said no previously–though the show…
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Dancing with the Stars cast all paid the same: $345,000 if they last 10 weeks
TV News: Show’s season preem has stars hit the town — The fictional bikers from “Sons of Anarchy” were no match for the Hollywood crowd that showed up to its season three preem at ArcLight Cinemas on Monday.
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‘Anarchy’ reigns
Michele Noonan, the bisexual neuroscientist who came in third place on Big Brother 11 last summer, will be on Playboy TV’s Foursome this fall, presumably having sex on camera with fellow cast members.
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Big Brother 11’s Michele is on Playboy’s sex-on-TV reality show Foursome
TV News: Union nixes offer to actors from producer Stan Brooks — The American Federation of Television & Radio Artists has made it official, formally rejecting a settlement offer by producer Stan Brooks to actors who worked on the TV series “Sordid Lives.”
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AFTRA rejects ‘Sordid’ settlement
TV News: Board elections to weigh pros and cons of union — The prospect of a renewed push for a merger between SAG and AFTRA is looming large over the Screen Actors Guild’s upcoming board election.
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SAG, AFTRA merger on Guild’s mind
CBS has ordered a pilot episode for a new competition series from the producers of Undercover Boss that will feature two employees of a company competing for a promotion.
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Employees will compete for a promotion in CBS pilot from Undercover Boss producers
The publisher of The Hollywood Reporter, e5 Global Media, is launching a Comic-Con for reality TV shows, cast members, and producers that will be held for the first time next April in L.A., reality TV’s hellmouth. As of now, it is called Reality Rocks, apparently to make sure it is not taken seriously. The April 8 to 10 event “will include a show floor, live demonstrations, stage performances, celebrity panels and an online Reality TV…
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Reality Rocks will be a (stupidly titled) Comic-Con for reality TV
TV News: Faction aims to strengthen hold on SAG’s board — The Unite for Strength faction’s unveiled its ticket of 35 candidates as the self-styled moderates aim to strengthen their hold on the Screen Actors Guild’s national board.
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Unite for Strength unveils candidates
The Academy’s decision to cut the best reality show host Emmy from the prime-time telecast Aug. 29 and move it to the Creative Arts awards a week earlier means that Survivor host Jeff Probst will not be there to accept if he wins his third consecutive award. The Survivor Nicaragua production schedule was arranged so Probst could fly from Nicaragua to L.A.
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