And the two scenes were very different.
Some invitees gave protesters a wide berth by walking in the street.
by the shows excitable first host, Regis Philbin.
Spend those ad dollars wisely.
… You look fantastic!
This is your Met Gala.
Outside the Disney upfront with picketers held back below the LED screen in the distance. (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
Teachers love great writers, Weingarten began.
Teachers nurture great writers.
Teachers live for great writers.
It really saved people, she said.
Streaming and the new technology creates more broad-based access.
That should mean higher wages for writers, not lower wages, she said, drawing whoops and applause.
Bergman went on to write several more comedic films includingThe In-Laws(1979) andFletch(1985).
He wrote and directedHoneymoon in Vegas(1992) andStriptease(1996).
And at the end of the yearhe gave himself a $60 million raise, Bergman said.
Bergman said writers breaking into film and television today have it harder than he did.
The business I got into doesnt exist anymore, he said.
But even by that standard, its bad.
He said hell be on that picket line, too, if Im still walking the earth.
In L.A., meanwhile, the turnout was big and boisterous outside the gate of the fabled Burbank studio.
Today was the most packed it been at Disney.
Its the pages that I get to bring to life.
This is about the future for younger writers.
They opportunities they have, to have a career that will support their families, he told Deadline.
We are fighting for the existence of the writing career as a profession, she said.
