Hard work on "Damages"!

Playing an office drone requires just as much effort as actually being one.

Pretty good day rate!

And I thought this was about non-union background actors who finally got tired of making 80 bucks a day.... corrected (and consequently much more boring) story below.



NBC contractors 'steal' show

By JAMIE SCHRAM

Last Updated: 4:00 PM, December 17, 2009

Posted: 3:16 AM, December 17, 2009

Contractors working for NBC Universal got their 15 minutes of fame -- or infamy -- after they were busted for stealing nearly $140,000 in electronic equipment from the company's 30 Rock headquarters, authorities said yesterday.

Jermaine Francis, 31, and Michael Freres, 39, allegedly ripped off 13 electronic data boards from NBC studios in Rockefeller Plaza between Nov. 3 and Dec. 9.

Surveillance cameras caught the duo red-handed.

On Dec. 3, Freres was allegedly seen opening a closet and leaving with a box that he brought to the mailroom.

Francis allegedly transferred items to a different box, which he packaged and sealed.

A law enforcement source said the thieves sold at least one of the pricey pieces of equipment.

The suspects were arrested Monday on charges of grand larceny and burglary. They were being held on $7,500 bail. Their next court date is tomorrow.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/nbc_actors_steal_show_FLOOxI2xVnxl0Z2WNwGwyL#ixzz0a01aMlyh

Boulevard of broken dreams -- Stanton & Eldridge

Nothing makes me sadder than seeing used copies of actors' handbooks on how to break into the industry. Who used to own this book? Did he/she actually make it, and decided to clean out his/her bookshelf? Or did (s)he just give up, and got rid of the book to make a couple of bucks for a sandwich or two? The latter alternative seems more likely.

The essentials

On set of Michael & Michael Have Issues - as a rule, desktops in here are set up with the two single folders that are absolutely necessary for bored AFTRA background actors to pass the time in-between takes.