After a brutal year that saw its annual January tour cancelled because of the Writers Guild of America strike and its membership battered by newsroom ...
Bill Barol | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media
While Jeff Zucker's commerical that's supposed to precede next week's return of My Name Is Earl is funny, is it helpful in forging a post-strike climate of mutual respect? Not a bit.
Variety | JOSEF ADALIAN | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business
The wave of euphoria that swept over Hollywood following the end of the WGA strike has been replaced by a whole new set of emotions: anxiety, depressi...
Michael Russnow | Posted 03.23.2008 | Entertainment
A better case could not be made for what's at stake for all of us who work in the American entertainment industry than a video produced by German actor Andreas Stenschke.
Bill Barol | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media
The New York Times discovers, in today's Business section, that the kids are now watching TV shows on their computers. (Whoa! It's like I'm talkin' sp...
Taii K. Austin | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment
Hollywood's a messed up place in many ways, but one thing I really dig about it is its crackhead-esque dependence on the collaboration of different kinds of folks.
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment
Throughout the strike, there regularly were news stories about dissension in the Writers Guild. Writers dissent for breakfast. Finding dissent in the WGA is like finding sand at the beach.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment
Want to know the gory details of the tentative writers deal now being voted on by the Writers Guild members?
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.19.2008 | Entertainment
Admiration and thanks are plentiful. But I still reserve my awe for the strike captains.
Nicholas Weinstock | Posted 02.15.2008 | Entertainment
It's not surprising -- as has become clear in the oceanic email volume of these post-strike days -- that many writers turn out to have written scripts on spec over the past few months.
Los Angeles Times | Maria Elena Fernandez, Matea Gold | Posted 02.15.2008 | Business
With the strike over, the salvage operation begins. Hollywood lurched back into gear this week, reviving projects sidelined by the three-month labor ...
Lloyd Garver | Posted 02.14.2008 | Entertainment
After working steadily as a TV writer for many years, I made a big mistake: I allowed some of my hair to turn gray. In the eyes of those at the studios, I was suddenly too old to be funny.
Adam Baer | Posted 02.13.2008 | Entertainment
Most Los Angeles writers who haven't yet joined the WGA and continue to peck away at careers in writing for publication had their moment in the sun during the Writer's strike.
Roger Wolfson | Posted 02.12.2008 | Entertainment
The groundwork for the writers' strike started with something the town rarely notices: a routine, biannual WGA election.
Ken Levine | Posted 02.11.2008 | Entertainment
The incessant honking. It was like driving in Mexico City... Hanging out on the picket line with my good buddy Elvis Costello. It was one of the greatest minutes of my life.
Variety | CYNTHIA LITTLETON, DAVE MCNARY | Posted 02.11.2008 | Business
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...
Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.11.2008 | Entertainment
In a wonderful article, Variety summarizes the last few month of negotiation, and notes that "movement in the WGA talks began when Disney CEO Robert I...
Ken Levine | Posted 02.10.2008 | Entertainment
About an hour in, Patric Verrone was handed a note and announced that someone was live blogging and would they please stop it. I was worried that everyone would look to me, and I would have to say, "Hey, guys. I don't even know how to text message."
Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.10.2008 | Entertainment
The writers faced down eight large media companies and conglomerates, and won what appears to be a decent beachhead on the Internet.
Michael Russnow | Posted 02.10.2008 | Entertainment
The writers' work stoppage has been our shot across the bow. And it was magnificently played. There's no doubt our producing partners know we mean business and now take us seriously.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.09.2008 | Entertainment
The Writers Guild held a closed-door meeting Friday with strike captains to brief them on the tentative deal. Here's what a source inside the room told me.
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.08.2008 | Entertainment
You've probably heard that the strike is over. It isn't. No, really, it isn't. The truth is, no one speaking publicly knows what the deal actually is.
Forbes | Dorothy Pomerantz | Posted 02.06.2008 | Business
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, ...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.05.2008 | Entertainment
Carson Daly's name still can bring a twitch to many a Writers Guild member. But he had the bad fortune to be first.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.04.2008 | Entertainment
With a writers deal apparently in the offing, now's a time to pause and ask about favored nations.
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Ed Martin | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home