Directors Guild, studios reach contract deal
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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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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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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. "Two words describe this agreement Â groundbreaking and substantial," said Gil Cates, chairman of the Directors Guild of America's negotiations committee. "There are no rollbacks of any kind."
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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.
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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 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.
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Film and television studio Lionsgate said on Thursday it reached an interim agreement enabling striking Hollywood writers to work on its projects.
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In a surprise development, Hollywood's directors said Monday they will begin negotiations for a new contract, 10 months before the current one expires and with a host of critical issues on the line.
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Hollywoodâs movie and TV directors have agreed to a new contract with production companies in a settlement that also sends a message to striking screenwriters.
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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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Writers Guild of America  members overwhelmingly have approved the guild&#39;s formal list of  demands circulated recently as a prelude to the launch of  negotiations for a new film and TV contract.
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The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and television studios on Thursday -- a move likely to turn up pressure to settle a 10-week-old strike by screenwriters.
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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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A deal that would name the veteran talent manager Brad Grey to head Paramount Pictures, a studio that has suffered a string of box office flops in recent years, is almost finished.
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BREAKING NEWS | Leaders ask guild members to ratify tentative contract deal with studios and bring end to months-old labor clash.
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Negotiators for Hollywood studios  and striking writers have agreed to terms of a new contract  that could be presented to union leaders in days and, if  approved, end their three-month-old labor clash later this  week, two sources told Reuters on Monday.
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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.  A summary of the proposed deal was posted on the Writers Guild of America's Web ...