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Summer 2011: A Perfect Storm for Hollywood's Labor Unions

The Wrap | Daniel Frankel | Posted 05.25.2011

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It could be a perfect storm. Less than a year after the Screen Actors Guild finalized its contract with the studios -- ending one of the most tumu...

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The Golden Globes a Disappointment: Gervais was Mixed and Lots of Winners Weren't Prepared

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Golden Globe awards are often the best of the awards shows, because they're more freewheeling and it appears no one really takes them seriously.

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Dec. 31: By Way of Follow-Up

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA, as a municipality, is responsible for operating public access channels, and no cable company has the right to shut them down until the City has the opportunity to replace the channels.

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SAG Stalks Towards Strike

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mediation between the studio alliance (the AMPTP) and the Screen Actors Guild failed late Friday night, and SAG announced plans to seek a strike authorization vote from its members.

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The WGA Strike For Dummies: It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's intriguing how the writers' strike rumor mill builds everybody up and then shoots him or her down.

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Recession Hits Hollywood

Variety | JOSEF ADALIAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The wave of euphoria that swept over Hollywood following the end of the WGA strike has been replaced by a whole new set of emotions: anxiety, depressi...

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How the WGA Won: A Behind the Scenes Look at the WGA Strike

Roger Wolfson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The groundwork for the writers' strike started with something the town rarely notices: a routine, biannual WGA election.

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Exclusive: The AMPTP YouTube Video the Writers Don't Want You to See

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The AMPTP has created no YouTube videos of its own, opting instead for the old-media alternative of occasional paid advertising in the papers and trades.

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Hollywood Begins Salvage Operation

Los Angeles Times | Maria Elena Fernandez, Matea Gold | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the strike over, the salvage operation begins. Hollywood lurched back into gear this week, reviving projects sidelined by the three-month labor ...

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Showrunners Back To Work

Variety | CYNTHIA LITTLETON, DAVE MCNARY | Posted 05.25.2011

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After 14 weeks of warfare, labor peace has come to Hollywood. TV showrunners head back to the office today, and the scribe tribe officially resumes w...

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Deal To End Hollywood Strike May Come Next Week

New York Times | MIchael Cieply | Posted 05.25.2011

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Informal talks between representatives of Hollywood's writers and production companies eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, opening the ...

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Celebrity Real Estate Losers

Forbes | Dorothy Pomerantz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even Hollywood's rich and famous can't avoid the housing downturn that's sweeping the nation. In Los Angeles, only 4,430 homes were sold in December, ...

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WGA Strikers To Lose Health Benefits

Variety | Dave McNary | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before the WGA went on strike, its leaders repeatedly assured members they would retain eligibility within the guild-industry health plan for the dura...

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WGA Strike Update: Nikki Finke, Eat Your Heart Out

236.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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23/6 continues our up-to-the-minute writers' strike coverage, picking up where Deadline Hollywood Daily left off. LATEST: The strike's decomposing pi...

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Fashion Designers Also Suffering As WGA Strike Continues

Wall Street Journal | Katherine Rosman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elie Saab, a design house known for couture gowns that sell at $20,000 and up, has built its brand by loaning dresses to celebrities in hopes they wil...

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Pink Slip Alert: Have You Lost Your Job Today?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Th-th-th-that's All Folks: Warner Bros announced that because of the WGA Strike, up to 1,000 employees would be getting WARN mailings, which are essen...

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Marketers Worried About Lack Of Red Carpets

New York Times | Holly M. Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the Golden Globes curtailed and the Oscars in doubt, movie marketers could lose the coveted Red Carpet to promote their films. As a result of th...

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Huckabee Clueless About Crossing Picket Line To Appear On Leno

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Mike Huckabee, a presidential candidate sounding a populist theme in Iowa, likely will be forced to cross a writers' picket line if he app...

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Mike Huckabee Crosses Picket Lines For Tonight Show Appearance

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Huckabee joined Jay Leno tonight as his first guest back since the WGA went on strike. The two spoke about the Huck's sudden success, his past a...

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Hillary Clinton Welcomes Back Letterman With A Funny

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Dave has been off the air for eight long weeks because of the writers' strike. Tonight he's back. Oh well, all good things come to an end." That's...

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Writers Guild Staffers Threaten To Strike Against WGA

New York Post | Zachery Kouwe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sure to delight movie studio chiefs and producers everywhere, the striking Writers Guild of America is about to be struck by its own downtrodden emplo...

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WGA Tells Its Members: Picket Late Nighters' Return

The Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke and Paul J. Gough | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel plan their return to late-night, their respective networks mostly were keeping mum on plans for the hosts'...

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Producers: Striking Writers' Lost Income Exceeds Requested Gains

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hollywood studios said Friday that striking writers have now lost more in salary and benefits than they had hoped to gain by walking off the job. In ...

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Writers' Strike Claims New Victim: People's Choice Awards

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 05.25.2011

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The People's Choice Awards had the red carpet yanked out from under it Wednesday as fallout from the Hollywood writers strike grew. The ceremony, whic...

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No Dice: Meeting Between Letterman And Writers Ends With No Deal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Letterman doesn't even need writers to have fun with this one. The late-night comic's representatives met with striking writers on Friday in an...

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