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   From: fn62@dial.pipex.com   
      
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   news:1160057065.416853.194040@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...   
   > Podkayne Fries wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 23:32:13 +0100, "Alison Hopkins"   
   >> > Let's not forget that jms still got paid his full whack.   
   >> >jms and John had no real interest in looking after the actors' fees,   
   >> >they   
   >> >believed that they had them over a barrel.   
   >>   
   >> Are you saying that the actors took a pay cut when B5 moved to TNT,   
   >> but JMS did not?   
   > .   
   >   
   > Nobody took a paycut.  They all got the same amount of money from WB   
   > for season 5, as they received for seasons 1-4.  They were all working   
   > under the exact-same contract as before.  It had been designed for a 5   
   > year span, and was still in effect for the TNT episodes.   
   >   
      
   Wrong. They got less. They were told to accept less, and had no choice.   
      
   Ali   
      
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