Hollywood writers press talks with small producers
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Striking Hollywood writers have opened preliminary contract talks with small, independent producers willing to break from major studios with whom the writers are deadlocked, their union leaders said on Wednesday.
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After months of informal talks, Hollywoodâs movie and television directors agreed Thursday afternoon to a new contract with production companies. The accord would appear to send a none-too-subtle message to striking screenwriters: This is not the time ...
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Gloomy weather and an increasingly  dreary economic climate did not dampen the resolve of picketing  screenwriters, encouraged by the renewal of talks between their  union and studio executives on Wednesday.
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Striking Hollywood writers will  meet face to face with studio executives this week for the  first time since their contract talks collapsed on December 7,  the two sides said on Tuesday.
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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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As the deadline for a new contract nears, writers and producers are negotiating, but some are braced for the worst.
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Striking Hollywood writers will  meet face to face with studio executives this week for the  first time since their contract talks collapsed on December 7,  people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES  - A struggling screenwriter who was on the verge of quitting the business a few years ago is now juggling three high-profile Hollywood projects and working alongside noted directors such as Rob Reiner and Jon Turteltaub.
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With strike jitters running high in  Hollywood, screenwriters and studio executives resumed contract  talks on Wednesday, nine weeks after the two sides exchanged  proposals and retreated to neutral corners.
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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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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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From the picket lines to ballrooms filled with stars, Hollywood on Monday hoped for a deal to end a 3-month-old clash between striking writers and studios amid reports they could reach an agreement this week.
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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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Negotiators for Hollywood's actors and the industry plan to resume contract talks Wednesday, and sources are confident that a deal can be reached fairly quickly, perhaps within days.
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As Hollywood's screenwriters  gathered on Saturday to hear details of a contract to end their  three-month-old strike, they also gave their top film writing  awards to comedy "Juno" and drama "No Country for Old Men."
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LOS ANGELES  - Hollywood's striking writers and the major studios enter this week sharing a single resolve: once more, with feeling.
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Hollywood's striking writers have made a key breakthrough in contract talks with film and television studios, leading to what could be a deal between the two parties by the end of next week, The New York Times reported on Saturday.