Trade Round-Up: Fox Hooks Up With Tara Reid
· Fun fact from Writers & Artists sale: Paradigm head Sam Gores is the failure of his family. His brothers are billionaires, he is a mere millionaire—and an agent. His family probably can't even look him in the eye. [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· The WB's Jeff Foxworthy-led sketch comedy show Blue Collar TV gives the network a ratings boost. Is it really worth the few extra households in the key demograhic to allow Foxworthy to milk that "redneck" schtick for a minute longer? [THR]
· Tara Reid gets overall deal with Fox Broadcasting, proving that a new set of tits and spending some time getting spotted falling over drunk are both good career investments. [THR]
· Erika Christensen joins Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard in Flight Plan, a "Hitchcockian" thriller for Touchstone Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Why not just pony up the extra hundred bucks for Julia Stiles? [THR]