Directors and Producers to Start Negotiations
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The announcement promises to be a significant break in the entertainment industryâs troubled labor situations.
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As screenwriters near the start of pivotal labor talks with film studios and TV networks next week, concerns about a possible strike are running high in Hollywood.
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In a surprise development, Hollywood's directors said Monday they will begin negotiations for a new contract, 10 months before the current one expires and with a host of critical issues on the line.
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An agreement to end the three-month-old Hollywood writers strike could be ready in time to avoid disrupting the Oscars but studios and the union are still haggling over the precise language, two people familiar with the talks said.
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Negotiators for Hollywood's actors and the industry plan to resume contract talks Wednesday, and sources are confident that a deal can be reached fairly quickly, perhaps within days.
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Hollywood directors said on Thursday they would delay opening contract talks with major film studios until at least January to give striking screenwriters time to restart their own stalled negotiations.
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Hollywood directors reach a contract deal with film and TV studios after five days of talks, their union says.
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breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week.
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Union leaders for Hollywood  screenwriters have reached a tentative deal on a new three-year  contract with film studios and TV networks, the two sides said  on Wednesday.
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With less than a week to go before a presumed strike deadline, Hollywood studio executives sought to break a deadlock in contract talks with screenwriters by offering a newly condensed package of proposals.
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Hollywood directors reached a tentative contract deal Thursday with studios, a development that could turn up the pressure on striking writers to settle their 2-month-old walkout that has crippled the entertainment industry.
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What happens when a talented director and actor come together?
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Hollywood directors said on Thursday they would hold off on starting contract talks with major film and TV studios until at least January to give striking screenwriters time to resume their own stalled negotiations.
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An interim production deal between  striking Hollywood writers and the Lionsgate film and  television studio is imminent, said to source close to the  talks on Thursday.
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The union for striking Hollywood writers said Wednesday it is pursuing agreements with several small independent producers that would allow at least some of its members to begin returning to work.
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Hollywood screenwriters and studio executives ended a second day of contract talks on Wednesday with the two sides far apart on major issues but planning to resume negotiations next week.
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As Hollywood's labor dispute continues and rancor between the two sides grows,  some are looking to the directors to shout, "Action"