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Show I Life Writers Strike! The College Times MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007 Negative effects only take hours Luke Hickman Life editor the effects were already drastically time. noticeable. Creator and executive producer The WGA has been passive of Lost, Carlton Cuse, told Enterin its attempts to reach an agree- tainment Weekly that fans might ment with the Alliance of Motion only get eight of the planned 16 epPicture and Television Produc- isodes of their fourth season early ers (AMPTP), but they just won't next year. "It will feel like buying a budge. The WGA is asking the Harry Potter book, reading half of their contracts be renegotiated as it, and then having to put it down new technologies up the profit for many months. There is a cliffof their creative works. hanger at the end of the eighth epi"Although the industry's sode. It will only be frustrating [for pie is continually grow- viewers] to have to step away from ing, our share continues the show and not see the second to shrink," said Patric half of the season." Most series are continuing to Verrone, president of the WGA, in run their current episodes in hopes a press confer- that the strike will be over before ence on Nov. 4. they run through their reserve. "Our position Scrubs, now in its seventh and is simple and final season, is only two-thirds fair: when a completed. If the strike sadly lasts writer's work longer than they have episodes to generates rev- run, then the fate of Scrubs might enues for the never be told. companies, The first noticeable effects of the that writer strike are on television, but it's only deserves to time before we notice the drastic be paid." change in theaters too. For those The last who don't like independent films, strike of the you're going to have to learn to WGA lasted like them or drop movie going as 22 weeks in a hobby. And when that happens, 1988, and cost say goodbye to theater chains and the industry an movie related paraphernalia-toys, estimated 500 entertainment magazines and Web pages, movie posters, etc. Rental million dollars. The first no- chains will have to downsize. Redticeable effect hap- box will go under. With the curpened with the late rent demand for quick and easy night and daily pro- entertainment and with pop/celebgrams-Leno, Letterman, rity culture at an all-time high, this The Colbert Report, The strike will make the estimated $500 Daily Show with Jon Stew- million lost from the strike of '88 art. The strike hasn't only af- look like nothing. fected the profit of the networks "The studios made it clear that that air these programs, but the they would rather shut down this studios that send out actors pro- town than reach a fair and reasonmoting their upcoming films. able deal," claimed Verrone. "For Some sitcoms have had to stop all viewers who have come to apseveral months. Last production on their currently run- preciate our work product, we are week it became of- ning seasons, like Back To You and sorry that the studios have put us ficial, with pickets and pro- Two And A Half Men. The fate of where we are. We are willing to see tests, and only hours after it began, other shows will only show with this through." A dreaded strike of the Writer's Guild of America (WGA) over digital media profits and DVD sales has been a whispered rumor for STATE OF CHAOS DRIVERS LICENSE Microsoft Zy Licans* No. 011011001 Expires! 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He claimed online communities, received that, according to what he his third Zune-themed tattoo, found, the change could be the question that begged an- made as long as the person swering was, "What's next?" changing their name is not The answer came when benefiting from the change or Smith posted in the zunescene. doing it to harm the company mobi forums that he is now in or product in any way. the process of changing his Naturally, once major name to "Microsoft Zune." technology blog sites caught Within the post, Smith wind of this news, the "Zune made it clear that he wanted tattoo guy" was quickly a topic to make the change all-inclu- of much discussion, drawing sive. "Also, if I get what I want both encouraging and negaand this goes through, I will tive feedback from various be changing all my important placea on the Web. documents over to my 'new Steven Smith's dream of name.1 So look back sometime becoming Microsoft Zune for a Iowa driver's license with Assistant Life editor See ZUNE • 810 StuntmanBenjaminPatient, a 26-year-old UVSC freshman, almost had his dream come to an end last December when he was in a collision with an SUV on his motorcycle. Doctors told him he was lucky to be alive; and after nine months of medication and rehabilitation, he's finally back to his old self. Patient began to feed his need for thrills early in his childhood, starting with martial arts and even competing at the young age of five. He progressed rapidly and eventually earned an invitation to the World Championships in Las Vegas. He competed well enough to be invited back the next year, where he finished in the top five in his division. Shortly thereafter, he went to a different league that took him to nationals, where he finished second in his division. The opportunities continued when he heard about an audition for Universal Studios. "Around the same time, I was still perfecting and fine-tuning a martial arts routine that I created. It was really intense. It was then I thought, 'Here is the chance for me to do this and just get out there and perform," Patient said. "I wasn't even going to the audition to get the job. I was going out there to perform, and I thought that would be it." After the audition, Universal invited him back to do his routine the next day. Two months later, they called and asked if he wanted to go to Japan to work in the Universal Studios Terminator 2 3-D show. "I was there for a year and seven months, doing an average of seven- to 10- shows a day,fivedays a week," Patient said. After his work in Japan, Patient journeyed to Australia to work in an upper-scale training facility. For five months, he trained for eight- to 10- Photo credit: Den Patient Patient, burning and all ready for a hard day's work. SeeSTUNTMAN • BIO KtJi |