A couple of recent wake-up calls.

1) STOP THE PRESSES
Apparently Universal has announced they are suspending all feature film development until 2010. Even though film box office is doing great. High-end shenanigans from corporate parents or just part of the general climate of fear?

2) BLAME THE WRITERS
I don't know if this is true for stars and on-camera talent, but at the Emmys last week, a major TV network instituted a new policy about limos. The network still hired cars to take nominees to the awards ceremony, but when one writer/producer who won one of the top awards wanted to take their Emmy out on the town, they were told the network was only paying for the car to go to the awards ceremony and then drop them home. If they wanted to go to any other parties they had to pay for the car themself!