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Writers Guild Strike

Leno's All Charged Up

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment

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Leno's case is a political hot potato, because it pits the power of a Hollywood guild against the even greater power of one of its prominent members.

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Deborah Kerr Rhymes With Star, and What a Star She Was: She Deserves to Be Remembered, Too

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment

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Though Kerr was 86 and had been out of the public eye for a number of years, her film and stage career, spanning four and a half decades, had secured her legendary status in motion picture history.

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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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WGA Strikers To Lose Health Benefits

Variety | Dave McNary | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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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 Losses Top $1.5 Billion

MSNBC | Michael Ventre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Now that the Directors Guild of America has reached an accord with Hollywood studios, the striking writers have returned to the bargaining table in th...

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Sources: Writers And Studios To Resume Negotiations

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier and Claudia Eller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Spurred by the day-old employment contract negotiated by the Directors Guild, Hollywood's writers and the major studios agreed Friday to resume their ...

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Your TiVo Is Finally Going Back To Work

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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After two months of a late night blackout due to the Writers Guild strike, several hosts are going back on the air. Finally, you can resume your night...

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Strike Takes On Populist Tones As Writers Push For Social Change

Los Angeles Times | Jay A. Fernandez | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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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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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

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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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NBC Expected To Announce Late Night's January Return

Wall Street Journal | Rebecca Dana and Sam Schechner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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In moves that are likely to complicate the writers' strike as it enters its seventh week, most late-night shows are plotting to return to the airwaves...

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Hollywood Growing Worried That Strike Will Cancel Awards Season

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Golden Globe nominations were announced on Thursday, glimmering tributes to the likes of Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Cate Blanchett. But on t...

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Striking Writers Team Up With Venture Capitalists For Web Video Startups

Los Angeles Times | Joseph Menn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Dozens of striking film and TV writers are negotiating with venture capitalists to set up companies that would bypass the Hollywood studio system and ...

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Report: Late Nighters Eye January Comeback

Variety | Josef Adalian | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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With latenight ratings continuing to plunge, the betting in network circles is that several hosts will be back on the air by Jan. 7, if not sooner. N...

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Directors Guild Offers Talks, Complicating Writers' Strike

New York Times | MICHAEL CIEPLY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Movie and television directors said Thursday that they were prepared to begin bargaining toward a new contract with production companies after the New...

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Strike May Permanently Kill Elaborate May Upfronts

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Unless something happens quickly to restart stalled talks between entertainment producers and the Writers Guild of America, one of the oldest rituals ...

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Hollywood Workers Urge Talks As Writers, Producers Walk Away From The Table

New York Times | Michael R. Blood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Hollywood strike is rewriting the holidays for idled workers. With her income pinched, script supervisor Petra Jorgensen canceled an annual trip ...

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Report: Producers Close To Walking Out Of Strike Talks

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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I wish I had better news about the AMPTP-WGA contract negotiations, but I don't. To sum up, they suck. I took extra time reporting tonight, and some v...

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Producer: Talks "Going Backwards"

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The largest part of today's negotiations were taken over by the WGA's small group discussion of jurisdiction for Reality TV and made-for-Web content a...

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Writers Optimistic After "Substantive" Talks

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Both sides in the Hollywood writers strike expressed optimism that progress was being made in contract negotiations aimed at ending a five-week walkou...

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WGA Lead Neogotiator May Be Out Of His League

Wall Street Journal | PETER SANDERS, SAM SCHECHNER and MERISSA MARR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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For the past month, striking screenwriters have placed their faith in veteran union organizer David Young, who cut his teeth rallying garment workers,...

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Strike Talks Proving Unproductive

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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In statements circulated by producers and striking writers, a relatively scant $20 million appears to separate their contract proposals. But the diff...

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Strike Giving Way To New Crop Of Reality Shows

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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As original episodes of scripted comedies and dramas dry up because of the Writers Guild of America strike, reality competitions and game shows are li...

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Tonight Show Staffers Laid Off, But Leno Will Cover Their Salaries

The Hollywood Reporter | Paul Bond | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Jay Leno will pay out of his pocket the salaries of some 80 staffers of "The Tonight Show" who were laid off on Friday for at least the next week, a s...

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