THE BIGGEST LOSERS ARE NOW UNIONIZED WINNERS.
-From the LA Times.

Producers and crew members of the reality TV series “The Biggest Loser” have settled a labor dispute, ending a high-profile strike that disrupted production of the NBC reality series.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees reached an agreement this weekend with production companies Reveille, 3Ball and 25/7 to end a nearly two-week strike, said two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak about the settlement.

The parties subsequently released a statement confirming the development. "The agreement is a positive step forward for the crew of the 'Biggest Loser,' especially in the area of health benefits,'' said Mike Miller, vice president of the IA. "We are pleased to see them go back to work."

Lee Rierson, managing director and head of business operations for Reveille said the sides had reached a "fair agreement" while "managing to avoid significant disruption to the production, and are happy to see our entire crew working together again."

About 50 crew members unanimously approved the agreement Monday morning. Under the deal, the crew members on the show will be eligible to count their work hours toward their health insurance benefits, which had been a primary goal of the union. Starting next summer, IATSE members must work 400 hours every six months in order to secure or retain their health insurance coverage. The current minimum is 300 hours.

Crew members walked off the job Nov. 8, saying producers had refused to have their work represented under an IATSE contract. The Directors Guild of America and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists already had contracts covering their workers on the show.

Production of the series resumed last week when producers recruited replacement workers, but it was disrupted by pickets organized by IATSE at the Calabasas ranch studio where "The Biggest Loser" is produced. Trainers on the show refused to cross picket lines and, with the host, pledged to auction themselves on EBay to raise money for the strikers

LITTLE J SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FROM GOSSIP GIRL

CONSPIRACY AGAINST TERI HATCHER- TO FORCE LEAVING DES HO'S

NEW SILK SPECTRE REPLACES LILO, IN PORN BIO-PIC.

WES SNIPES TO CLUB FED FOR 3 YEARS

OKSANA G. EXPLAINS EXTORTING DANGEROUS ASS, MEL GIBSON.



ARE THERE FREE THINKING, LIBERALS OVER AT FOX NEWS..FINALLY!

IS THE NEW GREEN LATERN, TOO FANTASTIC FOUR (ALBA ERA?)

CAN THE DIRTY GIRL: BECOME A MOVIE STAR WHILE SIGNING,ACTING AND DOING A NAKED FAN DANCE- ALL AT ONCE-WITH CHER WATCHING HER!?

ANGIE JOLIE F@#$% WITH JOHNNY DEEP, AS THE TOURIST.

ANNE HATHAWAY AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL ARE OVERSEXED IN NEW FILM.

NEW CALL OF DUTY GAME- BUSTS A REOCRD.

MAYBE DEMI LOVATO WILL BE THE NEXT LILO WITH GUMPTION?



MILEY CYRUS GOES ALL LARA CROFT, IN SO UNDERCOVER.

CO-CO'S MESSAGE TO NBC: "GO TO HELL!" AND HE MAY HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN HIS WISH.

From The wrap.com

Ratings are the best revenge. And if these numbers hold, "Conan" had a very sweet debut for TBS, served cold.

In his first night back on the air in over nine months, Conan O’Brien bested David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and -- most importantly for O'Brien and his followers -- Jay Leno.

Conan’s new TBS show scored a 2.8 rating among Nielsen’s 56 metered markets. In contrast, Leno earned a 2.7 rating, Letterman drew 2.5, and Kimmel received a 1.7.

ALSO READ THEWRAP'S REVIEW: Conan Returns to Late Night With a Message for NBC: 'Go to Hell'

Against his Comedy Central competition, the ginger-haired comic also fared well. "The Daily Show" earned a 1.5 rating, while "The Colbert Report" nabbed a 1.1 rating.

The real challenge will be maintaining the lead over the next few weeks and months. An executive from a rival show said that he expects O'Brien's numbers will dip once the curiosity factor wanes.


Conan's Real Late-Night Foe Isn't Jay or Dave -- It's Jon Stewart
Conan Returns to Late Night With a Message for NBC: 'Go to Hell'However, those numbers are subject to change once national figures come in later today.

Moreover, with the exception of Stewart, they do not represent head-to-head matchups, as Leno and Letterman both kick off their show at 11:30 p.m., while O'Brien begins his 30 minutes earlier.

DISNEY'S NEWEST ZIT-COM/DANCE SHOW IS ANOTHER HIT.
From Nielsen Co.
Ratings Highlights for Sunday, November 7, 2010 Preliminary National
Ratings

6.2 Million Bust a Move and Cut a Rug with "Shake it Up"!


Disney Channel's No. 2 Highest Rated Series Premiere of All Time Among
Total Viewers and Tweens 9-14 and No. 1 Sunday Series Premiere Ever
Among Target Demos


Lead-In "Hannah Montana Forever" Posts the Series' Best Ratings in
Over 3 Years, Ranks as its No. 3 Telecast Ever in Total Viewers


"Shake It Up" (8:30-9:00 p.m.)


The series premiere of Disney Channel "Shake It Up" grooved with
audiences across the U.S., ranking as the channel's 2nd-most-watched
series debut overall among Total Viewers (6.2 million) and Tweens 9-14
(2.7 million/11.0 rating) and its No. 1 Sunday premiere on record in
Total Viewers, Kids 6-11 (2.6 million/10.6 rating) and Tweens 9-14.


· "Shake It Up" doubled the year-ago (11/8/09) time period average in
Total Viewers (6.2 million vs. 3.1 million), and nearly doubled among
Kids 6-11 (73% - 2.6 million vs. 1.5 million) and Tweens 9-14 (93% -
2.7 million vs. 1.4 million).


"Hannah Montana" (7:30-8:30 p.m.)


At 7:30 p.m., "Hannah Montana Forever" delivered season highs across
all target demos, becoming the series' most-watched telecast in more
than 3 years among Total Viewers (7.1 million), Kids 6-11 (2.6
million/10.6 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (2.8 million/11.3 rating) - since
the post-"High School Musical" telecast on 8/17/07.


Sunday's all-new one hour episode became the show's 3rd-most-watched
telecast of all time in Total Viewers, and 4th-most-watched ever in
Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14.


· Sunday's "Hannah Montana Forever" generated the channel's largest
Total Viewer (7.1 million), Kid 6-11 (2.6 million) and Tween 9-14 (2.8
million) audiences in the hour in the network's history.

FAILED DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS PLAYERS, BACKSTREET BOYS TOUR WITH THE NEW KIDS...

HOT FUZZ DIRECTOR HOPES-AMERICA TURNS SCOTT PILGRIM INTO A HIT ON HBO AND DVD!

SNEAK PEEK OF THIS SUNDAY'S DEXTER!!

AN UNSTOPPABLE PREMIERE



COMIC ASS ADAM SANDLER FAKES-A-DATE WITH JENNIFER ANISTON

...TWO FERNS HOST ZACK GALIFINAKIS- TELLS BABE TO "LEAVE MY BEARD ALONE."

JANET JACKSON'S MULTI-COLORED INTERVIEW.

CHARLIE SHEEN FILES FROM DIVORCE- WITH ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED EX-WIFE.

CELEBRITY Q AND A: AMY ACKER

DATA HARD:Your too damn sexy,Amy. Do you think you could be character on Burn Notice?

Amy Acker: I don't know if I could be on Burn Notice.

JOE JONAS IS HELLA JEALOUS OVER BEAU ASHLEY GREEN.

JAMIE FOXX ABOUT TINSELTOWN.

CHARLIE SHEEN'S LATEST WHORE CAN SPEAK.

HANNAH MONTANA IS NOW ANOTHER VICTIM OF DIVORCE.




Note: This may explain why Olivia Munn, was angrily crestfallen- near the entrance of E!/G4 offices yesterday afternoon- when the story broke.She ducked into a hallway, before we could get a picture.

CHARLIE SHEEN AFTER LEAVING PSYCH WARD.

NOW, THAT KATIE PERRY/RUSSELL BRAND ARE MARRIED- BRING ON THE DIVORCE RUMORS

THE HOBBIT TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND OVER FAILING TO SCREW OVER THE UNIONS.

LILO IN REBAB AGAIN,PART 30

TOO SEXY DIANE AGRON FORCED TO APOLOGIZE, FOR BEING SEXIER THAN AVERAGE WHITE GIRLS IN GQ SPOT.

IS SHARON CHARLES PREGNANT AGAIN?

BELLA BECOMES A STRIPPER.

KEIRA KNIGHTLY TO BE PRINCESS DI,WITHOUT BREASTS-UNLESS SCARLY JO TAKES THE ROLE!

TIA CARERE'S TIME IN JURY DUTY FINALLY PAYS OFF-WILL BE A STYLISH,SADISTIC VILLAIN OF NEW HAWAII 5-0.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser CONFIRMED actress Tia Carrere is "reinventing the famous Hawaii Five-0 villain Wo Fat." The Hawaii-born actress and Grammy-winning singer stated:

"And it doesn't matter that the original Wo Fat was a man -- so was Kono, now played by actress Grace Park." In Jack Lord's Five-0, "Wo Fat was played by Khigh Dhiegh." He played Steve McGarrett's Communist Nemesis, through the show's entire 12 year run.

Carrere, "had expressed interest" in the CBS reboot "earlier in the year." Since she lost out on the Kono part,based on age issues- she moved on other shows,like Syfi's Warehouse 13.

She intends her Wo Fat to BE clad in "a Versace leather suit with Christian Dior sunglasses with sharp nails." Cha-Cha continued: "She would be a dragon lady- but sadistic, absolutely. She would have so much fun.He had a perfect tone of menace."

Exec Producer Peter Lenkov had seriously discussed the role with Cassandra- since they last worked together in notable bomb Jury Duty with '90s star Pauly Shore.

She's finishing the "upcoming You May Not Kiss the Bride and the part of Rell Sunn in Wave Dancer." Carrere relishes " the idea of being bad." Her most memorable role, is the violently classy,slut Juno Skinner- "in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film True Lies."

"I would rather play the villain," the ex-Relic Hunter cooed. "It's more fun to be able to be that bad."

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CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF SMALLVILLE.

CALI SWAG TWITTERS KIM KARDASHIAN.

DENZEL WASHINGTON IS UNSTOPPABLE, DAMN IT!

BILL O REILEY PISSES OFF JOY BEHAR AND WHOOPI ENOUGH TO LEAVE.

DAVID ARQUETTE'S NEW GIRLFRIEND OUTBOXED LILO!

BRETT FARVE SHOULD HAVE QUIT WHEN HE HAD THE CHANCE.

LEIA WAS WITH DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE.
-The writer/actress almost become a crackhead.

Actress Carrie Fisher "admitted...to taking cocaine on the set of The Empire Strikes Back." She even revealed she "didn't even like the
drug- but was intent on getting high."

Fisher (now in her early fifties) stated "her life had been defined by addiction,
with stints in psychiatric hospitals and rehab clinics -- even the emergency
room with an overdose." Fisher said the coke was ingested "in the ice planet" Hoth scenes, Fisher told Yahoo News.

Fisher reiterates: "I didn't even like coke that much, it was just a case of getting on whatever train I needed to take to get high," she said while vacationing in Sydney for her stand-up comedy show,entitled Wishful Drinking.

John Belushi of the The Blues Brothers fame, may have been the one to save her.He told her "that she had a problem," before his own death by drug overdose "in 1982."

"Slowly I realised I was doing a bit more drugs than other people and losing my
choice in the matter," Fisher recalled. "If I'd been addicted to booze I'd be dead now, because you just go out and get it."


Fisher, a one-time reality TV judge- will not blame her family or celebrity B.S., for her drug use. "It's always been my responsibility," Leia concluded. "If it was Hollywood (to blame), then we'd all be dope addicts."

CELEBRITY Q AND A-SMALLVILLE'S KRISTEN KRUEK.

Data Hard:Thanks, Kris. Any chance you honor Tom Welling's request- for a final goodbye on Smallville?

Kristin Kreuk: Yes.

VICTORIOUS IN HOLLYWOOD

COOL, WHITE GIRLS REJOICE: 5O CENT AND UNFUNNY BITCH FROM E! NETWORK NOT DATING.

50 CENT DATES UNFUNNY BITCH WHO SCREWED UP MTV AWARDS.

JENNY MCCARTHY GIVES ANOTHER REASON TO FELL SORRY FOR HER (AFTER MISGUIDED VACCINATIONS REASONS.)

DANA DELANY BRUSH WITH A QUACK DOCTOR

NEW ARTHUR STILL INTENDS TO WED KATY PERRY (ON THEIR DATE PLANNER.)

ARE RYAN SEACREST AND J-LO BITCH SLAPPING EACH OTHER(BACKSTAGE?)

A REVEIW OF FACBOOK:THE MOVIE.

JULIE BENZ'S NEW JOB- SUPERMOM!

GEORGE LOPEZ'S ASSUMPTIVE,BIGOTED ASS- BEING DIVORCED AND TO LOSE UP TO HALF OF FORTUNE.

LILO SURPRISES ALL WITH $300K BAIL OUT FOR HERSELF.

A FULL 30 DAYS BACK IN JAIL FOR LILO.

IS EMMA STONE THE NEXT LINDSEY LOHAN,WITHOUT THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE?

REAL LOIS LANE (TERRI HATCHER)TO PLAY MOM TO SLEAZY, BITCH LOIS (ERICA DURANCE)OF SMALLVILLE FAME.

On Smallville's final season, producers have signed "erstwhile
Lois Lane Teri Hatcher to play mom to Erica Durance’s Lois Lane!"

Despite being Lane's mom is dead on show # 8, (Abandoned):"Lois discovers old videotapes of her mother." The Desperate Housewife gave four years of her life, "playing Superman’s soul mate on ABC’s The New Adventures of Lois and Clark."

Fans should feel great "appreciation for that role (and the role it played in her future career.)"

EX WRESTLER CHYNA PINNED BY ALCOHOLISM AGAIN.

Chyna is being admitted "for alcohol poisoning." The pin-down girl is now at UCLA Medical Center, leading close sources to the think busty ass-kicker attempt to get clean herself up by becoming a guest on Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew, did nothing to help her condition.

CAST AND WRITERS DISCUSS SEASON 5 OF DEXTER.

FIRST LOOK OF J. ANI IN COX'S COUGAR TOWN.

LILO TO GET FACADE DRUG HEALING.



ICE CUBE REMAINS REAL

LILY & G. KALEN AT THE CBS PRESS TOUR

A BLACK MR. AND MRS. SMITH ON NBC.

DAX SHEPARD'S SEXUAL FREEBIE.

"ITS GOODFELLAS MEETS CASINO MEATS HEAT...."

From Deadline.com's Mike Fleming
It's Goodfellas meets Casino meets Heat. So if you're a fan of those
great crime movies, get ready: I'm told Al Pacino and Joe Pesci are
now circling The Irishman, the mob drama that Martin Scorsese and
Robert De Niro have been working on together based on the exploits of
mob hitman Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran as chronicled in the book I
Heard You Paint Houses. The pic's being developed at Paramount by De
Niro and Jane Rosenthal's Tribeca Productions.


Pacino has worked with De Niro in the Michael Mann-directed classic
Heat, as well as Righteous Kill. Pesci and De Niro of course teamed
with Scorsese on Goodfellas, Casino and Raging Bull. Steve Zaillian
wrote the script.


Right now, Scorsese's off directing the 3D Hugh Cabret for GK Films,
and this is one of a couple pictures he's considering next. Others
include Silence, based on the Shusako Endo novel. Scorsese and GK
Films nearly had the pic together with Benicio Del Toro, Daniel Day-
Lewis and Gabriel Garcia Bernal in the Jay Cocks-scripted saga of
Jesuits who face danger as they preach Christianity and try to find
their mentor in 17th Century Japan. Scorsese will be in New York
Wednesday as HBO premieres the pilot he directed for Boardwalk Empire,

WANNABE DJAM LEAVES SCREWED UP FINACES FOR HIS FAMILY.
From TMZ

DJ AM allegedly left behind more than just millions of admirers --
according to the State of California, dude also left behind $88,000 in
unpaid taxes ... and now they're tightening the screws on his estate.


According to a creditor's claim filed Tuesday in L.A. County Superior
Court -- DJ AM owes $88,850.60 in back taxes
from 2006 and 2007 ... years before the famous disc jockey passed
away.


The State of California Franchise Tax Board wants AM's estate to ante
up the balance ... stat. Calls to the estate weren't immediately
returned.

J. LO MAYBE ON IDOL AFTERALL.

HAWAII 5-0:CSI ERA DEBUTANT BALL BEGINS.

THE FEDS ARE AFTER OPRAH AGAIN, MEGA TRIP DOWN UNDER FOR ALL.

WINNIE COOPER GIVES BIRTH.

MEGAN FOX SHARES HER ONLY REAL TALENTS- IN BIKINI UNDERWEAR.

CAN THE WOMAN WHO KICKED JOHN MCCLAIN'S ASS IN DIE HARD 4.0, BE THE NEXT SYDNEY BRISTO?

JINX STIRS DARK TIDE WITH PRETTY BOY CO-STAR.

TV FUN HOUSE CREATOR DIES BECAUSE OF HIS DAUGHTER

THE PEOPLE'S REVIEW OF MACHETE.

JUST WHEN PARIS LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS ALMOST CLEANED UP...

COULD THE BOONDOCKS BE HEADING TO THE BIG SCREEN?

Independent sources at Sony are saying the Adult Show hit, could go through another two year hiatus, because creator Arron McGruder is penning the script.

The film could star Jaden Smith as both Huey and Riley Freeman. Smith had been doing interview with Huey haircut and his Karate Kid persona uses the Riley Look.John Whither would be Grand Pa (as he does on the show) and Will Smith (Jaden's Dad) would be Obama-like dad Tom. Smith would also sever as the one of the producers. Cedric the Entertainer is an apparent shoo-in for Uncle Ruckus, the Republican reverse racist on the show.

Emily Deschanel or Renee O' Zellweger are being considered for Tom's wife Sara. Mcgrudder is hoping one of the Hughes or Hudlin brothers, direct his opus.

DANCING WITH THE STAR CHAMPION COULD EARN $345,000 "AND THAT TACKY TROPHY!"
From Gawker:

It's all based on a sliding scale depending on how well the contestants do.
Everyone gets $125,000 for signing up and being on the first two episodes (even
the person who gets eliminated first gets that amount as a bit of a consolation
prize). Then it's $10,000 each for the next two episodes, $20,000 for each of
the two episodes after that, $30,000 each for the two subsequent episodes, and
$50,000 for appearing in the final two episodes of the season. That totals
$345,000 for those who make it to the very end. Based on this reality TV pyramid
scheme, the winner gets nothing more than the other finalists—besides that tacky
trophy, of course.


Sure most people at home would gladly take even the $125,000 signing bonus (and
it's probably the biggest windfall Jennifer Grey has seen in her adult life) but
in reality TV terms it's not that much. The Situation makes $60,000 an episode
for Jersey Shore. The $345,000 to get to the end (which is 20 episodes over 10
weeks) wouldn't even cover his salary for six episodes of Jersey Shore. TV's
Hills alum Audrina Patridge ( a complete no talent Megan Fox [excuse the redundacny] knock-off) was making $100,000 an episode for her work on the
canceled MTV gem, so this is a big step down for her.


And it doesn't sound like there are many other perks either—other than getting
in better shape thanks to the show's eight-hours-a-day rehearsal requirement.
The production staff is helpful with transportation and posh accommodations, but
no one gets their own hair and makeup team or gets to select their dancing
partner. It really is a rough life for these guys, isn't it?

Still, The show could up the ante by providing a $250,000 grand prize for the winner's charity. Plus, a flat $10,000 a succeeding week fee for the all the other celeb dancer's favorite charities.

ANGIE JOLIE: CRUSADER

THE AMERICAN'S GREAT SEX SCENES.

GOSSIP GIRL CATFIGHT.

MACHETE HAS A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR BIGOTS OF AZ.

DESPERATE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, JEN ANISTON WILL GO NAKED AND HAVE THREESOMES, IN NEXT FILM WITH PAUL RUDD.

CHRIS BROWN TRIES TO MOVE ON IN TAKERS.

JESSI ALBI WALKS RED CARPET.

LILO FREE TO DO COKE AGAIN,AFTER 37 DAYS OF JAIL AND REHAB.

JUSTIN LONG IS CHECKING IN.

INDY WANTS TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE CRYSTAL SKULL WITH ONE LAST FILM

Extreme senior actor Harrison Ford- is planning to play Indiana Jones in films "one last time – at the age of 70."


Producers are planning for Ford's ("who recently married long-term girlfriend Calista Flockhart") supposedly "final outing" as Jones. This fifth chapter of the story will hit theatres in 2012 – on Ford's 70th year of life.


Shia LaBeouf, who co-stared with him, will return as Indy's son Mutt (who was knocked out twice by women) for 2008's Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull . He said he's being prepped for this flick and maybe to take over the franchise, after this one.“They’re scriptwriting now!,” exclaimed LaBeouf. “It sounds crazy."

Despite his age, "a still trim Ford" did most "of the hazardous
stunts on the last film."Ford declared himself as “fit or possibly fitter than I was...20 years ago.”

Still, the film's series iconic producers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are still pissed- Sir Sean Connery didn't make a cameo in the Skull. They made clear Connery's Jones Sr. was dead to them, by hearing Sir Sean's statement, he "was enjoying retirement too much to return."

The landmark's film series "much-anticipated comeback" went on to earn very "mixed reviews," that have been hilariously satirized on recent South Park episodes. LaBeouf intends to get Indy right this time, because “I feel like I dropped the ball on the legacy that people loved and cherished.”

JENNIFER ANISTON SWITCHS BACK TO TV FOR COUGAR TOWN-
-From EW
Former Scrubs leader and Cougar Town Exec. producer Bill Lawrence spills his guts:


“She’s going to play Courteney’s shrink named Bonnie. Kind of a get-
too-involved-in-her-life-type of therapist. Those guys are so close in
real-life they kind of do that for each other anyway. Bonnie has the
life Jules’ wishes she has.


It took us a while to find the show. And once we did and once it was
clicking, I think that not only did Courteney feel comfortable talking
to Jen about doing it, but comfortable in how funny she thinks the
show is and that Jen would like it and fit into this world really
well.


It starts and ends with Courteney and Jennifer being really great
friends and excited to work together again —especially doing comedy
together. Every day that those two talk they have more ideas about
[the role]. It’s definitely something they’re both involved in
creatively.


We’re very intentionally implying that it’s a therapist Courteney has
been using for a while, and we’re certainly not going to make it like
they’ll never see each other again. So I’m crossing my fingers that if
she has a good time it’ll happen again.”

LA CRITIC ON THE SWITCH

SHELDON'S EMMY NOMINATION GOES TO HIS HEAD.

JENNIFER ANISTON OUTRAGES MENTALLY CHALLENGED ON REGIS.

JENNIFER ANISTON'S SLIGHT, REVERSE SEXISM- IS FUNNY IN SPITE OF THE SWITCH.

MELISSA JOAN HART AND JOEY LAWERENCE RIP-OFF WHO'S THE BOSS FOR ABC FAMILY.

JUSTIN BIEBER GETS VENGEANCE ON SCUMBAG HACKER.

MAJOR INJURES ON THE EXPENDABLES.

MIKE CERA DISCUSS FIGHT SCENES DIRECTLY WITH KELLI ZINK.

J-LO HAS BEEN BANISHED FROM IDOL.
-LENGTHY DEMANDS KILL THE DEAL

NEW YORK -- Jennifer Lopez, gaol of becoming a judge , has died on the bargaining table.

An Idol source told People magazine that Lopez's demands "got out of hand," and
"Fox had just had enough."

She WAS among the top choice to replace famed judges Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler is negotiating to be a judge, in the Cowell vein. Tyler himself
proclaimed working on Idol is "a work in progress."

TRUE BLOOD AT COMIC CON.