SAG Leadership Compares New Deal to 'Adam Lambert's Second-Place Sh*t Sandwich'
· 600 SAG members attended a "raucous town hall meeting" Thursday at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, where Alan Rosenberg loyalists gave the deposed leader a standing ovation while booing his interim replacement David White. Former SAG president Ed Asner then compared the potential impact of the proposed deal to the Holocaust, earning the star harsh criticism for the comparison -- but not nearly as harsh as the boos that greeted his shameless plug for Up, which he called "the least Auschwitzy time you could possibly have at the movies. Take the kids!" [Variety]
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· Meanwhile SAG and AFTRA have managed to hammer out a commercial deals with the advertising industry: 93.8% of those voting approved the deals, which expire March 31, 2012. [THR]
· ABC has ordered Prep and Landing, an animated holiday special from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Pitched by John Lasseter based on the short conceived by Bolt director Chris Williams, the half-hour CGI toon follows an "elite elves unit" (one-half of which is voiced by Dave Foley). Look for the 40-city Disney's Prep and Landing Segway Tour to buzz silently into your hometown soon. [Variety]
· Overall network ratings have tumbled 16% from last season, with only CBS gaining viewers. Even the Idol finale was down 12%, giving it the lowest ratings in the key demo of any finale, including Season One's. [THR]
· 20th Century Fox TV has closed a development and producing deal with Lie to Me EP and director Dan Sackheim. Luckily, he knew not to clench his lower jaw and dart his eyes back and forth when they asked him if "8 bazillion dollars is roughly what you had in mind?" [Variety]
· The greatest movie ever made in the history of motion pictures, Hut Tub Time Machine, has added yet one more to its cast that already includes John Cusack and Crispin Glover: The Young & the Restless/Big Love star Lyndsy Fonseca. Set the jets to Pulse Massage/Dinosaur Days. [THR]

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Oh, Ed Asner, you SO don't have spunk. And I love spunk.