Hanks urges end to writers' strike
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Actor Tom Hanks is keen to see the Oscar  ceremony held as usual, and urged studios to return to the  negotiating table to end a writers' strike that threatens to  disrupt the climax of Hollywood's awards season.
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Production on all but two of the last few scripted prime-time television shows shooting in Los Angeles ground to a halt on Friday as a crippling strike by Hollywood writers neared the end of its sixth week, an industry group said.
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Actor Tom Hanks and two show business friends turned a rain delay into an event Wednesday.
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Union leaders for striking  Hollywood writers said they have reached a tentative contract  deal with studios and urged members on Saturday to support it,  calling for an end to a three-month walkout that has crippled  TV production and overshadowed Oscar season.
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The president of the Association of Flight Attendants on Tuesday urged union leaders to authorize a nationwide strike and railed against US airlines for slashing flight attendants&#39; pay and benefits.
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LOS ANGELES  - As the writers strike entered its third day Wednesday with no end in sight, Fox said it would not air "24" this season.
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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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While negotiators edge toward agreement on the thorniest issues in the 3-month-old writers strike, many in Hollywood are nurturing new hope that an end is near for the walkout that has brought their industry to a standstill.
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Director Ron Howard wants Tom Hanks to take the lead role in the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code
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Oscar award winner Tom Hanks is close to signing on to star in the film adaptation of Dan Brown&#39;s best selling book &#39;The Da Vinci Code&#39; according to &#39;The Hollywood Reporter.
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Production on all but two of the  last few scripted prime-time television shows shooting in Los  Angeles ground to a halt on Friday as a crippling strike by  Hollywood writers neared the end of its sixth week, an industry  group said.
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Oscars bosses say they are "running out of time" in the race to stop the event being hit by the writers' strike.
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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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Hollywood writers got details today of a tentative agreement that their negotiators had brokered with the major studios. In presenting the three-year deal, the West and East coast guild presidents added a message that said it was time to end the strike.
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The president of the Association of  Flight Attendants on Tuesday urged union leaders to authorize a  nationwide strike and railed against U.S. airlines for slashing  flight attendants' pay and benefits.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Hollywood writers were optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment industry after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
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The Flyers star told Fox Sports&#39; Best Damn Sports Show Period last night that there&#39;s not going to be a season and demanded union head Bob Goodenow and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to negotiate.