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Trade Roundup: Var’s Lady Lists July 31, 2007

 - Defamer· Var issues its tribute to Hollywood ladypower, the Women”s Impact Report, as well as its Hazardous Impact Report, an inventory of the tabloid-attracting trainwrecks who seek to sabotage the work of the Stacey Sniders, Nancy Tellems, and Laura Ziskins of the world. [Variety, Variety] · Has there ever been a worse time to be a TV viewer? CBS and Fox split the ratings race last night behind a Two and Half Men repeat and a new episode of Hell”s Kitchen. [THR] ·”U[niversal] brass felt Vaughn was money and he didn”t even know it.” [Variety] · Wondering what Blair Underwood”s been up to? Knock yourselves out. [THR] · Hollywood StrikeWatch, Stockpiling Edition: A report from permitting agency Film LA to be released today reveals that local TV and feature production has risen at a rate unseen since the eve of a feared 2001 strike, a figure suggesting that the studios are indeed squirreling away all the product they can in preparation for a possible work stoppage next year. Meanwhile, WGA members are making their own preparations by fighting over pallets of canned corn in the aisles of Costco. [Variety]

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