The Writers Strike: D.C. Tidbits

Perhaps the Biggest News is that strike captains are exchanging emails claiming WGA president Patric Verrone is privately saying “an ex-President” wants to get involved in the negotiations. Don’t jump to any conclusions. Sure, ex-Screen Actors Guild president Ronald Reagan is still dead. But one of #41 George Bush’s best friends is Jerry Weintraub, the Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen producer based at Warner. (Remember, Verrone didn’t specify which side…) Jimmy Carter owes his presidency to the very early political and financial support of the legendary Lew Wasserman at MCA/Universal.