Trade Roughage 12/27/07

By Karina Longworth posted 9 months ago

Oh, so THAT’S why the studios didn’t send a rep to that L.A. City Council meeting about how the writers’ strike has devastated the local economy––their bottom lines are doing just fine. According to Jill Goldsmith at Variety, shareholders love the idea that the conglomerates are finally “cutting costs [and] getting tough with talent,” and thus seem prepared to support the AMPTP companies through the long haul.
The Anti-Defamation League has decided to forgive Will Smith for telling an interviewer that Adolf Hitler “woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was `good.”’ Yes, on the Thursday after Christmas, this is news enough for me.
Dancer/choreographer Michael Kidd has died. Kidd won an special Oscar in 1997 for his work directing dances for such films as The Band Wagon, Guys and Dolls and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. You can see a scene from The Band Wagon, featuring Fred Astaire an Cyd Charisse, above.