Letterman To Cut Deal To Bring Writers Back To "Late Show"
UPDATED THROUGHOUT: Sources tell me the Writers Guild Of America is intending to grant David Letterman's independent production company Worldwide Pant...
UPDATED THROUGHOUT: Sources tell me the Writers Guild Of America is intending to grant David Letterman's independent production company Worldwide Pant...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.14.2007 | Entertainment
But as the strike lingers a major sore point for New Orleans is K-ville. Production on the Fox show was shut down shortly after the strike started.
John Ridley | Posted 12.14.2007 | Entertainment
I ran into a director friend of mine before heading to the line and he pretty much confirmed what everybody knows and I've been saying since the writers strike started: the DGA is going to make the deal that ends the strike.
Alec Baldwin | Posted 12.14.2007 | Entertainment
Barring any imminent settlement of the WGA strike, the 2007 Golden Globe Awards will be held at my apartment on the Westside of Manhattan this year. The HFPA makes only one simple request.
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 12.13.2007 | Entertainment
Union officials representing striking Hollywood writers said Thursday they have filed an unfair labor practices complaint claiming studios violated fe...
Trey Ellis | Posted 12.13.2007 | Entertainment
This is what the AMPTP most underestimates about us: despite how some nattering nabobs of negativity might carp, the writers I've talked to are grimly determined to fight this fight.
BusinessWeek | Ron Grover | Posted 12.13.2007 | Business
Hollywood union strikes have never been a dainty affair. On one side, you usually have powerful people with tons of money and even weightier egos. On ...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.13.2007 | Entertainment
Only one thingi s certain: the longer the AMPTP corporations drag their feet, the more accelerated the Writers Guild's efforts to sign up major technology companies to produce TV series and movies for the Internet.
Eric Williams | Posted 12.13.2007 | Entertainment
All the lousy deals the WGA has accepted in the past must not have prepared the producers for the defiance and solidarity they're encountering this time around.
Krisztina Holly | Posted 12.12.2007 | Entertainment
I'm not a screenwriter. Or a studio bigwig. But as an expert in innovation, I can say with authority that Hollywood is desperate for a little innovation.
Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 12.12.2007 | Entertainment
Among the things I've learned from my three-legged dog: When sleeping with a human, sometimes it's fun to lick them in the middle of the night for no reason, or get really, really, really close, especially in winter.
John Ridley | Posted 12.11.2007 | Entertainment
"Collective bargaining" speaks to why this strike and every writers' strike will fail: the guild uses collectivism to seek a bargain. Why should we get a bargain when we can buy the store?
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 12.11.2007 | Entertainment
Throw a dart in this town and you'll hit a male comedy writer. But the issues are the same for all of us.
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 12.11.2007 | Entertainment
This strike sucks for everyone. I think most of the voices out there have been male comedy writers because there are just so MANY of them.
Ron Galloway | Posted 12.11.2007 | Entertainment
At this point the well is so poisoned both sides should probably bring in at least one new face just to get things moving again, as the battle has clearly become personal.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics
SEIU Local 99 in LA yesterday fired former Clinton spokesman Chris Lehane from a consulting contract in support of the WGA . The decision came after Lehane began consulting for the AMPTP.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 12.10.2007 | Entertainment
Negotiations have broken off for the time being at least, but it's still important to understand what's at issue. There are now several recent proposals that have been publicly disclosed, as I had hoped would be the case.
Gary Rosen | Posted 12.09.2007 | Entertainment
When the CEOs of the AMPTP dub their cash and power grab a New Economic Partnership, doesn't it sound like "Operation Enduring Freedom" or the "Clear Skies Initiative"?
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.08.2007 | Entertainment
The AMPTP corporations will now be putting out how wonderful and decent and put-upon they are, and how grubbing the sniveling writers are. And how evil WGA leaders are. Watch.
Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 12.07.2007 | Entertainment
As we go into the second half of December, I remain entirely certain that my Guild will prevail. It will do so through solidarity, through an educated, energized, politicized membership, and through the cool, calm anger of the just.
John Ridley | Posted 12.07.2007 | Entertainment
"Information" -- the dispensation of rumors passed off as news -- has become kinda a cottage industry. Remember that "deal" that was oh so in place last Monday?
Ken Levine | Posted 12.07.2007 | Entertainment
Twas the night before Christmas... Nick Counter settles in a nice night's sleep after six months of telling writers there's no money or future in the internet. Suddenly, he hears a voice.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.07.2007 | Media
If the writers actually agree to some formula that contemplates "per use" of their work, they are going to get screwed. It will make their home video deal look like a trip to Disneyworld.
Ursula Epps and Alba Vasquez | Posted 12.06.2007 | Entertainment
We might not be able to provide as much for our children as those producers and CEOs at the top, but we will do whatever we must to achieve our own American dream.
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.06.2007 | Entertainment
The AMPTP is comprised of competitors. And they are negotiating together against labor?? In heaven's name -- why?
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Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki FInke | Posted 12.15.2007 | Media