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Interview with Alan Dean Foster, Author of Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Novelization

Jenna Busch | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Humanx Commenwealth, Mcg, Terminator: Salvation, Books, Movie Novelization, Transformers, Star Trek, Alan Dean Foster, Star Wars, Hollywood-Screenwriters, Aliens, Screenwriting, Writers Guild of America, Titan, Disclosure, George Lucas, Screenwriters, Writer's Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

You have to have a script to work with in order to do the novelization. An outline would be horribly inadequate. You also hope for supplementary materials.

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Why We Care About Comedy

Lowell Peterson | Posted 06.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Writers Guild of America, News and Comedy, Newseum, WGA East, Wga, The Comedy Behind the News, Comedy News
Lowell Peterson

We thought folks inside the Beltway might benefit from a little writerly enlightenment, so we have organized an event at Newseum including a panel discussion of politics, comedy and the news (and various combinations thereof).

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Jay Leno On Trial Over Strike Monologues

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold and Richard Verrier | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media

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Reporting from Los Angeles and New York -- Comedian Jay Leno was hauled in front of his own union's trial committee Wednesday to address charges that ...

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Writers Guild May Suspend Jay Leno Over Strike Monologues

Variety | Cynthia Littleton | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike, WGA West, Jay Leno Writers' Strike, Jay Leno, Wga, Media News

A year has passed, but the WGA West is still reviewing the possibility of disciplinary action against Jay Leno for "Tonight Show" monologues he delive...

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"Slumdog Millionaire" And "Milk" Win Top WGA Awards

AP | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Wga, Writers Guild of America, Award Season, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Film, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — The Oscar contenders "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire" won top honors Saturday at the Writers Guild of America Awards. Dustin Lanc...

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WGA Awards Fete Slumdog, Milk, Mad Men, 30 Rock

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Breaking Entertainment News, Wga Awards, Hollywood, Award Season, Sarah Silverman, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Writers are a more subdued bunch than actors, but the WGA Awards included a red carpet. Of course, the visiting actors attracted most of the attention.

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Leno Strips Down

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Sag, Television, Strike, Jay Leno, Wga, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Jim Webb, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Broadcast audiences are aging and advertisers are falling away due to the recession and, to some extent, the Internet. Leno's stripping, but the networks themselves may be losing their shirts.

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Tyler Perry's Alleged Role As Union Buster Becoming Big Obama Embarrassment?

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Posted 11.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Perry Obama, Tyler Perry Obama, Writers Guild of America Strike, Barack Obama, Tyler Perry, WAG, Entertainment News

One of Barack Obama's staunchest supporters and prized campaigners and film biographers from the motion picture and television business has just been ...

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TV Shows and Films May or May Not Be in Jeopardy: Nonetheless, Studios Won't Have it So Easy Screwing the Talent

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Detlef Behr, Sag, Dga, Andreas Stenschke, Movies, Dvds, Doug Allen, Writers Guild of America, Aftra, Directors Guild, Residuals, Royalties, Screen Actors Guild, Alan Rosenberg, Wga, Michael Russnow, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Thanks to the WGA strike, management now takes the artistic community seriously, but it couldn't have been accomplished without the support provided by the Screen Actors Guild.

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HuffPoster John Ridley Among Those Called Out By Writer's Guild

Reny Monk | Posted 04.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Ridley, Picket Line, Writers, Writers Strike, Wga, Writers Guild, Scabs, Writers Guild of America, John Ridley Writers' Strike, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike, Writers Strike Scabs, WGA Scabs, Entertainment News
Reny Monk

The WGA has sent out a castigating letter to its members that lists names of writers who crossed the picket lines during the tense hundred-day strike that ended in February.

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Rumor: NBC May Sue Writers Guild Over Canceled Golden Globes

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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I'm told by sources that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC are on the verge of taking legal action against the WGA for actions leading t...

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

Roger Wolfson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers' Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Writers Guild of America, Hollywood Strike, Writers Guild of America Strike, WGA Strike, Hollywood, WGA Agreement, Dga, Iatse, Writers' Strike Settlement, Entertainment News
Roger Wolfson

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

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

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Hollywood Strike, Writers Guild of America Strike, WGA Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Hollywood, Writers Strike, Russnow, Michael Russnow, Writers' Strike, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

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

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Deal To End Hollywood Strike May Come Next Week

New York Times | MIchael Cieply | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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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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Weinstein Strikes Deal With Guild Writers

New York Times | MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Weinstein Company, one of Hollywood's biggest independent film companies, has completed a separate agreement with striking writers, according to H...

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Marketers Worried About Lack Of Red Carpets

New York Times | Holly M. Sanders | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers' Strike, Marketing, WGA Strike, Oscars, Writers' Strike News, Golden Globes, Business News

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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Reason: Paul Doesn't Care About 'Unions Or The Pickets'

Reason | David Weigel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Ron Paul Revolution, Republican Primary, New Hampshire Primary, Jay Leno Strike, Ron Paul Supporters, Jay Leno, Ron Paul, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike, Ron Paul Leno, Writers' Strike News, 2008 Election, Politics News

Well, the choice was sort of made for him, but 24-odd hours after being bounced from the Fox News five-man forum, Ron Paul will be appearing on the To...

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Writers Guild Staffers Threaten To Strike Against WGA

New York Post | Zachery Kouwe | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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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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Huckabee Clueless About Crossing Picket Line To Appear On Leno

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mike Huckabee, 2008 Elections, Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, 2008 Presidential Race, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, 2008 Presidential Campaign, WGA Strike, Hollywood, 2008 Presidential Election, Late Night Shows, Politics News

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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Producers: Striking Writers' Lost Income Exceeds Requested Gains

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers' Strike, WGA Strike, Striking Writers, Writers' Strike News, Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Business News

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

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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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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Letterman To Meet With Writers Today

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Leaders of striking television writers plan to meet Friday with David Letterman's production company in an attempt to reach a separate deal that could...

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Jimmy Kimmel To Return On Jan. 2 With Leno, Conan

AP | David Bauder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Jimmy Kimmel will join NBC's late-night hosts in returning with new shows Jan. 2 in the midst of the Hollywood writers strike, ABC said Tuesday. Kimm...

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WGA: No Waivers For Golden Globes, Oscars

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Two of Hollywood's most glamorous events are now caught up in the entertainment industry's ugliest labor dispute in two decades. The Writers Guild o...

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Leno, Conan To Come Back (Without Writers) Jan. 2

AP | David Bauder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Leno Return, Leno Strike, Writers' Strike, Writers Guild of America Strike, Conan Strike, WGA Strike, Late Night With Conan O'Brien Strike, The Tonight Show Strike, Writers' Strike News, Conan O'Brien Strike, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Writers Guild of America, Late Night Strike, Jay Leno Strike, Writers Guild Strike, Conan Return, Late Night Shows, Media News

Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien's late-night shows will return to the air with fresh episodes on January 2 after two months of repeats due to the writers'...

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