Word: ers
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...comedy can't do without words. Network execs have been ordering extra episodes of shows like "Law & Order," to be aired next fall in the event of a strike. Before its contract expires on May 1, the Writers Guild of America West, led by writer-producer John Wells ("ER," "The West Wing"), is likely to demand pricier formulas for residuals from U.S. TV shows sold in foreign markets and syndicated on cable, as well as an end to the "possessory" credits routinely given to movie directors and producers ("A Martin Scorsese Picture," "A Jerry Bruckheimer Production") but rarely to writers...
...empowered too. Jonathan Treisman, the executive producer who optioned Hyde's unpublished manuscript, says he was so moved by it ("I cried") that he rammed it through the clogged Hollywood pipeline in a relatively swift 14 months. Mimi Leder (director of Deep Impact as well as many episodes of ER) signed on after her daughter Hannah, 13, read the manuscript and begged her to do it. "It's our youth who will change the world--always has been," says Leder. "It was important to us that this movie be PG-13 so families could...
...fast that the viewers ride the crest of an adrenaline high from the first strains of the opening music to when the credits roll. The lines are delivered by a superb ensemble cast, who interact with each other so flawlessly that one is reminded of the glory years of "ER." No detail is left unpolished; the sets are incredibly accurate, the guest stars are well-chosen and the Secret Service barks convincingly...
...Er, not really...
...Strategic Petroleum Reserve was created in the wake of the Arab oil embargo of the '70s, meant to keep the oil-dependent U.S. from being held hostage by Middle East ne'er-do-wells. It's been tapped only once for pricing reasons - at the start of the Gulf War in 1991 (itself largely a price-control maneuver) and then only, in the end, for 17 million barrels. Now the use of the SPR has officially been expanded - in the cause of keeping Northeasterners' homes heated at affordable prices in an election year...