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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With a federal mediator  joining the Writers Guild of America's film and TV contract  negotiations for the first time in 19 years Tuesday, Hollywood  is holding its collective breath that the move will actually  prove meaningful.
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The Directors Guild of America and Hollywoodâs production companies said that they plan to start formal contract negotiations on Saturday.
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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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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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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 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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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 tentative deal between screenwriters and studios comes in time to save some shows. Others will not survive.
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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 ...
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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 crippled the entertainment industry.
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Hollywood directors reach a contract deal with film and TV studios after five days of talks, their union says.
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At the Sundance Film Festival, news of the Directors Guild agreement prompts cautious optimism that it could speed a settlement of the strike that has shut down Hollywood
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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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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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Movie and TV directors tentatively agreed to a new contract with production companies, sending a message to striking screenwriters.
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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.