Directors, Hollywood studios reach deal
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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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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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United Artists, the film studio  backed by actor Tom Cruise, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, said  on Monday it had reached a deal enabling striking Hollywood  screenwriters to work on the company's films.
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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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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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LOS ANGELES  Â The union representing Hollywood directors said Friday it will begin contract talks Saturday with studios in a move that could affect the ongoing strike by writers.
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US film and TV writers approve a deal struck by union leaders at the weekend, ending a three-month strike.
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Bob and Harvey Weinstein's studio reaches a deal with striking movie writers to allow it to resume working.
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LOS ANGELES  - Contract negotiations between Hollywood's directors and studios represent the industry's best shot at getting back to business as usual, even as the writers strike enters its 11th week Monday.
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The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and television studios on Thursday, a source familiar with the negotiations said, confirming a report in Daily Variety.
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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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The Lionsgate movie studio is close to an interim production deal with striking Hollywood writers, a source close to the talks said on Thursday.
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Film and television studio Lionsgateon Thursday said it reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) enabling striking Hollywood writers to work on its projects.
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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 directors said on Thursday they will seek to start contract talks with major film studios in January, giving striking screenwriters more time to restart their own stalled negotiations.
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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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Hollywood's striking writers and major studios have moved forward towards an agreement that could end the devastating three-month-old writers' strike, the Los Angeles Times reported.