Hollywood bullish on directors' contract talks
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LOS ANGELES  - With rumors flying of an imminent deal, it's safe to say that Day 3 of the Directors Guild of America's contract talks with the studios went well enough for another session to be scheduled for Tuesday.
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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 studios and striking writers reach a breakthrough in contract talks, which could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week.
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The Directors Guild of America said Thursday it will hold off on contract negotiations with studios for now but could start talks after New Year's Day.
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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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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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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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Striking Hollywood writers could begin informal talks with studio chiefs as early as next week in an effort to end a two-month walkout that has hobbled the entertainment industry, according to a person familiar with the bargaining strategy of the writers union.
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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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A Writers Guild leader expressed wariness over modeling a deal on a new contract recently reached between production companies and the Directors Guild of America.
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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 idled production on dozens of TV shows.
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Unions representing film and TV  actors will open talks next week with Hollywood producers on a  new three-year contract, starting negotiations six months  before their existing pact expires, the two sides said on  Tuesday.
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The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios on Thursday in a move likely to renew momentum for settling a 10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry and clouded the year-end Oscar season.
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LOS ANGELES  - 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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A Directors' Guild agreement and the approaching Oscars seem to have broken the logjam on Hollywood's labor impasse
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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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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.