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The reports that the writers' strike could be nearing its end are good news for TV and movie fans, but they've got to be even better news for folks like Nina Bargiel. As a member of the Writers Guild of America, Bargiel — who wrote 17 episodes of Lizzie McGuire and has worked for several animated shows — has been on the run since the strike began in November, working three part-time jobs, Read more
Several entertainment bloggers have launched an Adopt a Writer site, which will feature interviews with striking writers. Cinematical ponders the possibility of a third Fantastic Four movie. Would this be necessary at all? In honor of the Price is Right getting six primetime episodes, TV Squad has a list of the six worst prizes you can win on the show. Stereogum has posted video of Lisa Loeb Read more
As a New Yorker staff writer, author of nonfiction books on subjects ranging from Rin Tin Tin to orchids, and woman with an all-around awesome job, Susan Orlean spends a lot of time alone writing from home on her latest reporting venture. So when she wanted to find all the camaraderie of an office no matter where her travels took her, guess where she turned for comfort . . . Twitter. In an event Read more
The second episode of Glee's third season has quite a bit more emotional meat than the premiere did, bringing Rachel's birth mother Shelby back to shake up both Rachel and Quinn's worlds. Meanwhile, the glee club begins dance practice and the school's musical starts its auditions, which affect Kurt in a few negative ways. Sue is still trying to destroy the club, a plot line that's not getting Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes . . . a jet-setting lifestyle, a novel and posh townhouse in London. For Sonja Lewis, an expat in her 40s, there was never a carriage, stroller or burp cloth. Or childcare. Or school tuition. Instead, Sonja opted out of the idea that all women need children in order to be Read more
