Grammys Get Interim Deal With Writers
LOS ANGELES — Life just got a lot easier for the head of the Recording Academy. Last month, Neil Portnow vowed to stage a full-scale Grammy Awa...
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A Conversation with John Sayles on Labor and the Writers' Strike
Robert Eisele | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment
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"The movie industry is one of the most unionized industries left. I feel a lot of what this strike is about is corporations looking at their entertainment division and saying, 'Can't we turn this into Wal-Mart?'"
Marcia Cross Lobbies Congress Over Mastectomies
AP | Posted 01.24.2008 | Entertainment
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WASHINGTON — The Hollywood writers strike shuttered production on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," but Marcia Cross hasn't been spending her downti...
Guild, Studios Agree to Informal Talks
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 01.23.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — With idled entertainment industry workers and Oscar-nominated actors among the interested observers, striking writers and studios ...
Sources: Writers And Studios To Resume Negotiations
Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier and Claudia Eller | Posted 01.18.2008 | 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 ...
My Ellen Visit, Deferred
Margaret Cho | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment
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When Ellen asked me to do her show I was absolutely thrilled. I love her show! But with the writers on strike, I am unable to do it. This was a very difficult decision to make.
Filmmakers Look to Sundance Buying Spree
AP | RYAN PEARSON | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment
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PARK CITY, Utah — The same writers strike that transformed the Golden Globes into a news conference might bring smiles to the faces of agents an...
Real Thyme*: Maher Knows How to Cook Up a Spicy Press Conference
Steve Young | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment
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Last week Maher became the last of the late-nighters to cross the line, and immediately, the line he crossed became murkier than what we faced with the other shows.
Directors, Hollywood Studios Reach Deal
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 01.18.2008 | Media
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood directors reached a tentative contract deal Thursday with studios, a development that could turn up the pressure on stri...
WGA Strike Primer: The DGA Settlement Begins...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 01.17.2008 | Entertainment
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The AMPTP would never have offered what they did to the Directors Guild without all the unrelenting attention the WGA put on the union-breaking importance of New Media.
A Modest Suggestion on How to End the WGA Strike: Agree That Internet Residuals in the New Contract are Not Precedential
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.17.2008 | Entertainment
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If either the guilds or the studios make a mistake in estimating the future value of the internet market, they are terrified they could have to live with that mistake for many years to come.
Reality Shows Breakout Hits For Networks During Strike Crunch
New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 01.14.2008 | Media
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The striking members of the Writers Guild of America may have hoped that television viewers, upset that their favorite dramas and comedies had gone da...
Labor Talks Underway Between Directors And Studios
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 01.12.2008 | Media
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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. ...
George Clooney Offers To Set Up "Mediation Panel" For Strike
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 01.11.2008 | Entertainment
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Hollywood's Triple-A list actors have started becoming integrally involved in trying to solve the Writers Guild strike against the Hollywood CEOs. I'v...
Weinstein Strikes Deal With Guild Writers
New York Times | MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES | Posted 01.11.2008 | 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...
Tom Hanks Urges For End To Strike, "Honest Bargaining"
Reuters | Michael Davidson | Posted 01.10.2008 | Entertainment
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Hanks said corporate bosses should remember that many people, from carpenters to caterers, were suffering as a result of the strike by about 10,500 Wr...
Weinsten Expected To Make Deal With WGA
AP | Posted 01.10.2008 | Entertainment
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The Weinstein Co., one of Hollywood's largest independent film producers, says it expects to reach a deal with striking Hollywood writers that will al...
Which Network Is In The Best Shape To Weather The Strike Storm?
Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 01.09.2008 | Media
For those not intrigued by David Letterman's strike beard or Jay Leno's attempt to write his own monologue, the Hollywood writers strike has been a no...
Fashion Designers Also Suffering As WGA Strike Continues
Wall Street Journal | Katherine Rosman | Posted 01.09.2008 | Business
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Elie Saab, a design house known for couture gowns that sell at $20,000 and up, has built its brand by loaning dresses to celebrities in hopes they wil...
Hollywood Assesses Fallout From Derailed Golden Globes
Reuters | Jill Serjeant | Posted 01.09.2008 | Business
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Hollywood scrambled on Tuesday to assess the fallout from the decision to scrap the glittering Golden Globe movie and TV awards ceremony and hold only...
Marketers Worried About Lack Of Red Carpets
New York Times | Holly M. Sanders | Posted 01.08.2008 | Business
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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...
Golden Globes Canceled
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 01.07.2008 | Entertainment
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The Golden Globes and NBC agreed Monday to scrap the show's traditional format, which faced picketing by striking writers, in favor of a news conferen...
Reason: Paul Doesn't Care About 'Unions Or The Pickets'
Reason | David Weigel | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
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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...
Dear Jon and Stephen: We Wait With Unscabbing Breath -UPDATE:RON PAUL TO CROSS PICKET LINE AND APPEAR ON LENO TONIGHT!
Steve Young | Posted 01.07.2008 | Entertainment
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While there are others who are not writers or striking who lose during the strike, that is what a strike is about: revealing the effect - the entire effect of not having the writer on board.
George Clooney's Boycott Threat To Oscars
The Times | John Harlow | Posted 01.06.2008 | Entertainment
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The Hollywood star George Clooney is being credited with inspiring an actors' boycott against film award ceremonies that threatens to reduce next week...
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AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 01.29.2008 | Entertainment