Writersâ Strike Tests the Mettle of 2 Outsiders
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The president of the Writers Guild of America West and his chief lieutenant are deliberating a question that may bode ill for both: Is their rebellion over?
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US writers will meet later this week to decide whether to hold informal talks with studio bosses, reports say.
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The governing boards of the two writersâ guilds are expected to meet as early as Sunday, and the long and bitter strike could be over by Monday morning.
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Even if  Hollywood writers end their three-month-old strike soon, as the  buzz seems to suggest, studios will be reluctant to ramp up  development too aggressively because they must still contend  with a possible walkout by actors in June.
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Television writers wield considerable power over a television show, so much so that it often is not clear where their writing duties end and their producing duties begin.
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The Writers Guild of America says its members will be allowed to work for the Spirit Awards honoring independent film despite uncertainties surrounding other awards shows because of the Hollywood writers strike.
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Hollywood's striking writers and major studios have narrowed their differences after a week of informal talks, raising hopes that a new contract is within reach, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.
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As Hollywood's striking scribes ventured out to their picket lines over the last two months, it's been plain to see Â female writers are outnumbered by their male colleagues.
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Striking Hollywood writers have  opened preliminary contract talks with small, independent  producers willing to break from major studios with whom the  writers are deadlocked, their union leaders said on Wednesday.
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TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike. Membership meetings will be held Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles, said Patric Verrone, president of the guild's West Coast branch.
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The Academy Awards presentation is still two months away but the world's top film awards ceremony found itself embroiled on Tuesday in the worst Hollywood labor clash in two decades. The screenwriters union, on strike since November 5 against major mov...
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Hollywoodâs writers made it official on Tuesday night, voting to end their bitterly fought strike at the 100-day mark by an overwhelming margin. Of 3,775 writers who cast ballots, 92.5 percent voted in favor of ending the strike. Officials of the Write...
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Since the screenwriters are on strike, it's time to write your own happy ending.
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Some bad news for striking Hollywood writers: Election 2008 is a breakaway hit.
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LOS ANGELES  - Striking Hollywood screenwriters must turn in their unfinished projects by Friday so that union officials can ensure they don't secretly work for studios during the walkout, which is expected to be lengthy.
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As television and movie writers entered the third day of their strike against Hollywood producers, the walkout continued to complicate matters for the networks.
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Film and television writers voted on Tuesday whether to immediately end a 14-week strike against major studios pending formal ratification of a contract deal, but there was little doubt the walkout would be lifted.