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· Lachlan Murdoch resigns from daddy Rupert's News Corp., where he was expected to one day assume his father's multimedia conglomerate throne. Will Viacom's Sumner Redstone sense an opening an offer to adopt young Lachlan to secure a male heir? Eh, probably not, but how awesome would that be? [Variety]
· Bored with directing talented actors on to Oscar-winning performances, Clint Eastwood adds Paul "Hey, why would I WANT to act my way out of wet paper bag, smart guy?" Walker to his World War II epic Flags of our Fathers. [THR]
· Variety looks at the fading of the DreamWorks "dream," now that they might shift from being the "new," independent kind of studio to the "old" kind that's bought up by a company with a lot more money, like NBC Universal. [Variety]
· The WGA launches a Showrunner Trainer Program to help TV writers acquire the skills to run a successful TV show. By the third day of training, inexperienced writers will be able to smile sincerely through network notes like, "We love the Chinese grandfather character, love him, but couldn't he be a twentysomething ad executive living in a Tribeca loft?" [THR]
· The threat of Desperate Housewives has NBC and the Foreign Press Association scattering like roaches under a spotlight, as they mull moving the Golden Globes from Sunday to Monday night. [Variety]