Writers Guild of America Strike

Interview: Director Simon Curtis discusses My Week with Marilyn

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.21.2012

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Marshall Fine

Simon Curtis bristles a little when asked why, having directed so extensively in television and produced numerous films, it took him so long to direct...

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'The Onion' Writers May Strike Monday

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 09.28.2011

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UPDATE: The WGA announced on Aug. 2 that the "ONN" writers have joined their union. Read more here. The writers behind the "Onion News Network" sho...

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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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Why I Joined Actors Federal Credit Union

Amy Sohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy Sohn

This year I became furious about how big banks have abandoned their consumers' trust, taken bailout money, and acted only with regard for their own bottom line. So I pulled my money out and moved it all to my credit union.

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State of the Union

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Dean Bottrell

If the new SAG leadership doesn't rapidly start taking all the painful, but necessary steps to merge with AFTRA, we are fucked.

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Jay Leno On Trial Over Strike Monologues

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold and Richard Verrier | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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John McCain: No Friend of the American Worker

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

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James P. Hoffa

This is the same John McCain who's been kicking the crap out of American workers for the last 26 years. He voted to cut overtime. He voted against extending unemployment benefits.

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

Reny Monk | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Roger Wolfson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roger Wolfson

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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Jonathan Handel

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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Striking Writers May Head Back To Work This Week

ABC News | BRIAN ROONEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Striking writers on both the East and West coasts appear to be giving two thumbs up to a deal that would end the three-month long strike by the Writer...

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Hollywood Writers Consider Studio Offer

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-cripple...

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Writers' Union Declares "Huge Victory" With New Contract, Strike Coming To An End

LA Weekly | Nikki Finke | Posted 05.25.2011

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SUNDAY 12:30 PM: At the WGA's news conference today, union leaders declared the new contract is "a huge victory for us". Trumpeted WGAW President Patr...

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Writers Vote to End 3-Month Strike

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A devastating, three-month walkout that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill ended Tuesday when Hollywood writers vo...

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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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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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Labor Talks Underway Between Directors And Studios

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The union representing Hollywood directors began contract talks Saturday, with striking TV and film writers calculating how a deal might affect them. ...

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

Reason | David Weigel | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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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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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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Letterman To Meet With Writers Today

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Strike Takes On Populist Tones As Writers Push For Social Change

Los Angeles Times | Jay A. Fernandez | Posted 05.25.2011

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The personal is political, as they say, and at times of labor unrest, the professional becomes even more so. In this roiling tempest of competing inte...

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