Paul Tenny

While Leno and company will return to the airwaves sans jokes, David Letterman has struck a deal that will put his writers back to work and guarantee laughs at his own networks expense.

In an issue taking center stage in labor negotiations between Hollywood studios and writers, NBC Universal has lost a complaint against the Writers Guild of America over 'webisodes'.

After attacks by conservative magazine The Weekly Standard over integrity, an investigation by The New Republic has confirmed claims made by a previously anonymous diarist-solider.

Recent developments within the Screen Actors Guild indicate they, like the Writers Guild, may be pushing for a strike.

While the identity of the 'Baghdad Diarist' has been revealed, questions about the truthfulness of his claims still remain, triggering an official investigation.

Accusations from the Weekly Standard that diaries written by an anonymous solider for The New Republic appear weak on their face, when the Standard gives anonymity to its own sources which it holds up...

Retreat from Bush should not be an option. When the veto comes, Democrats should take the gloves off and end this war right now.

Read while I break down all the parts that go into the making of this film, and predict its financial success of failure.

I made it about half way through the Chronicles of Riddick two nights ago before I paused it to check my mail and see if there were any good conversations going on on IRC. I haven't watched the rest s...

Revenue sharing on sites such as Newsvine, Associated Content, and vanity book publishers only serves to marginalize writers, and shouldn't be tolerated any longer.

Accepting cheap payment via revenue sharing undercuts professional writers, but there is a user segment that can benefit quite a bit from it, such as bloggers.

Now that activist Josh Wolf and journalist Judith Miller have given in to federal prosecutors after trying to protect their sources, has anything really changed?

The 2006 elections sent a clear message to Republicans: get on board on getting out of Iraq, or else. Will they listen?

If and when the Writers Guild of America strikes this fall, I intend to cross the line and work for the other side -- and then I'll join the guild I just betrayed.

For all the power Congress has, it is being ignored when the root of their problems in the U.S. Attorney scandal can be solved with a few new well written laws.

The prevailing opinion is that the United States is dominated by people of faith, and that it won't ever change. Evidence suggests that not only is this wrong, but it is in fact changing right now.

White House aids' refusal to testify before Congress presents more than just legal problems, it also sets a bad example on accountability and respect for Congress itself.

What do you do when the senior counselor to the Attorney General refuses to testify before Congress about the firings on the grounds that doing so may implicate her in a crime?

"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" has been pulled from the schedule, but is reportedly still producing new episodes. What is going on with Studio 60?

The Writers Guild of America struck a deal with CBS over increased payments for Webisodes -- web only video content -- but it may be too little too late to avert a repeat of the industries devastating...