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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Small Screen

Hollywood Writers: Yep, We’re Still Mostly White Guys

8:28AM Richard Rushfield | Across the spectrum of diversity standards, Hollywood’s bar hasn’t been raised since Robert E. Lee sat on his plantation porch swing. A new report put out by the Writers Guild of America/West details its complete lack of progress on all fronts. More »
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

‘House Bunny’ Writers Recall Weinstein Fart Directives and Other Hollywood Dues-Paying

8:30AM STV | We hope you got a kick out of Sunday’s profile of Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, the screenwriters behind last weekend’s highest-grossing new release The House Bunny, as well as previous hits 10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde and She’s the Man. Now the two are moving into producing, adaptations and will soon have an ABC series loosely based on their lives — another long stride in their champagne-soaked march toward world conquest. But what more should viewers at home expect from the personal stories of perhaps the most successful writing duo on Earth without a Y-chromosome between them? After the jump, The NY Times tips off a few more key secrets of Being Lutz and Smith: More »
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