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Rainn Wilson: Dwight has saved me so many times

As plans for Wilson’s new movie, “The Rocker” were coming together (it had a director, a script, a budget and so on) the process hit a wall when the head of Fox Studios balked at the prospect of green-lighting a feature film starring an actor so closely aligned with his idiosyncratic role in “The Office.”

David Duchovny in rehab for sex addiction

David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction. In a statement released Thursday by his lawyer, Stanton Stein, the actor said he did so voluntarily, adding: “I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.”

German studio offers ‘Valkyrie’ extras settlement

A German film studio has offered to negotiate a settlement with a dozen extras who were injured on the set of the Tom Cruise film “Valkyrie,” despite their demands that the actor and his production company, United Artists, pay them $11 million.

Unions agree to 6 month commercial contract extension

SAG, AFTRA  and the U.S. advertising industry said Monday they agreed to extend a contract covering commercials on TV, radio, the Internet and other new media by six months through March.

The extension gives the Screen Actors Guild extra time to finished stalled talks with Hollywood studios over a contract covering prime-time TV shows and movies that expired in June. Actors continue to work under the terms of the old deal.

August Bookings (Week of 8/25)

Mandy McMillian booked How I met Your Mother	Mary Alyce Kania booked Valentine	Mark Hawkins booked Leverage & General Hospital
Jordan Tartakow booked Dollhouse	Tavis Danz booked Numbers.

Extras seek $11 million from Tom Cruise after accident

Twelve movie extras are seeking $11 million in damages from Tom Cruise and his production company after suffering broken bones, cuts and bruises in the filming of World War Two picture “Valkyrie” in Berlin last year.

Guy Pearce is all about the details

Guy Pearce maintains such a low profile that sometimes even directors who intend to cast him in their upcoming movies don’t recognize him.

When writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff first met the 40-year-old actor to talk to him about the role of FBI agent Roy Clayton in the spy thriller ” Traitor,” which opens in theaters today, he walked right by the star of 1997’s “L.A. Confidential” and 2000’s “Memento” without a second glance.

Fall TV season has question marks

With the networks still reeling from the disruption of last winter’s strike by screenwriters, only 17 new series have been slotted for fall — about half the usual number. And most of them have been unavailable for preview. As the networks continue to play catch-up, few new shows have been put in front of critics, who, in other years, would have been warming up the crowd.

SAG to Agents & Managers: Don’t Screw with our Elections

SAG has released this statement: ”
This statement from the Screen Actors Guild Hollywood and New York Division
Elections Committees is to inform you of various obligations imposed on you by federal
law in connection with the upcoming SAG internal union elections.”

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