Writers Reach Tentative Deal
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Three-month-old strike that shut down production of many scripted shows and films may end soon.
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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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As the deadline for a new contract nears, writers and producers are negotiating, but some are braced for the worst.
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As the ink dried on a tentative  deal between directors and studios, the big question swirling  around Hollywood on Thursday was whether it would bring  striking writers back to the negotiating table.
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After weeks of stalled talks, negotiators in the entertainment writers' strike have suddenly made "substantial progress" in their discussions, people with knowledge of the talks said yesterday, raising hopes in Hollywood that a settlement could come as early as this week.
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Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-crippled entertainment industry back to work, an offer the union's East Coast president said he was endorsing.
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Late-night TV host David Letterman reached a deal on Friday with the union for striking screenwriters that will let his show return to the air next week while bringing his writing staff back with him.
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The union representing Canadian actors  said on Wednesday it has reached a tentative contract agreement  with movie and television producers, ending a six-week strike.
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Startup studio Overture  Films has signed an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of  America to allow striking writers to work for the company.
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The major roadblocks to a new contract between writers and production companies have been eliminated, people briefed on the situation said.
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The Weinstein Co., the film and TV company run by media moguls Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein, has reached an agreement that would allow striking Hollywood writers to return to work for the company, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
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The union representing Hollywood's striking writers said it reached a "tentative deal" with studios and will meet members later on Saturday to discuss ending a three-month walkout that has crippled television production and overshadowed the awards season.
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Tom Cruise's film company is close to an agreement with the striking Writers Guild of America, reports say.
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The agreement will allow the late-night star to resume his show on CBS starting Wednesday with his team of writers on board, even as the writersâ strike continues.
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The deal will let striking writers work on projects for  Media Rights Capital, a production company that helped finance the film âBabel.â
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Hollywood writers and the studios they work for are trying again to make a deal that will end the nearly three-month strike crippling the entertainment industry.
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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.