Hollywood stars seek early start to labor talks
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Hollywood stars George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are urging the Screen Actors Guild to start talks for a new labor contract as soon as possible in order to avert a strike.
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The union representing Hollywood  directors has agreed to open formal contract talks with major  film and television studios on Saturday in a move seen as a  potential blow to striking screenwriters.
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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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Movie and television directors said that they were set to begin contract negotiations, jolting the striking writers.
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Labor issues are at the fore in Los Angeles because the master contract between film and television producers and two powerful writers unions is scheduled to expire in two months.
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Talk show host David Letterman has  been pursuing a deal with Hollywood's striking writers that  would allow his late-night television show to restart  production, his company said on Saturday.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Directors Guild of America has begun casual contract talks with the studios, and an announcement of formal negotiations appears likely within the coming week, a step that ensures the writers strike will persist for some time.
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The now 3-month-old Hollywood writers strike could enter its final chapter Saturday when guild members gather in Los Angeles and New York to consider a proposed contract
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With Hollywood bracing for a season of possible labor strife, screenwriters and studio executives on Monday opened contract talks expected to hinge in part on how the Internet has altered show business.
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LOS ANGELES  Â A 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, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday.
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With a new labor  contract for the Directors Guild of America expected to be  announced imminently, Hollywood's top screenwriters could turn  up the heat on their union to end its 11-week-old strike.
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Hollywood edged closer to possible labor unrest on Friday after film and TV writers overwhelmingly authorized their union to call a strike if no contract deal is reached with the studios by month's end.
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A 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, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday.
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The union representing U.S. screenwriters called for a strike against film and TV studios starting on Monday in a move giving negotiators one last weekend to reach a contract deal or shatter 20 years of Hollywood labor peace.
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Striking Hollywood writers could be  back at work as early as Monday for the first time in three  months if they embrace terms of a tentative contract deal that  union leaders are expected to present them this weekend.
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Officials with the striking writers guild held informal talks Tuesday with Hollywood studios that could lead to the resumption of negotiations, a person familiar with the bargaining strategy said.
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Labor issues are at the fore in Los Angeles because the master contract between film and television producers and two powerful writers unions is scheduled to expire in just two months.