Steve Carrell and Sally Fields walk off shows to support writers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_en_ot/hollywood_labor;_ylt=AmMlHtyfAnamtXd3RKXmj1hxFb8C

LOS ANGELES - Filming has stopped on the popular NBC sitcom "The Office" because star Steve Carell has refused to cross the picket lines of striking writers, a producer said Wednesday.


Greg Daniels, executive producer of the show, says the last new episode of the show will air next week. It is among at least eight prime-time shows to stop shooting as of Wednesday because of the strike.

A publicist for Carell did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press.

Sally Field, who won the best actress Oscar in 1979 for the pro-union film "Norma Rae," left the set of her show, "Brothers & Sisters," to visit strikers and show her support.


Eisner calls strike "stupid" :-)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071107/people_nm/strike_eisner_dc;_ylt=AmrZQD4Ysvx04_TP4njCIrtY24cA