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WGA and Studio CEOs To Meet Friday After Marathon Session – Deadline
The WGA is heading back to the bargaining table with the CEOs of Netflix, Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros Discovery on Friday. “The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining today and will meet again tomorrow,” said the guild in a message to members after a long session Thursday night. Executives Ted Sarandos, Bob Iger, Donna Langley and David Zaslav are…
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WGA and AMPTP to Meet Again Friday as Deal Talks Heat Up
The Writers Guild of America and Hollywood’s major studios will meet for a third day of bargaining Friday as Hollywood wrestles with growing hopes of a deal balanced with concerns that key issues in the nearly five-month strike battle remain in contention. “The WGA and [Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers] met for bargaining today and will meet again…
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WGA East Elects Lisa Takeuchi Cullen President
The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) has elected Lisa Takeuchi Cullen its new president. The unopposed candidate will take over for outgoing president Michael Winship, who announced his decision to not seek reelection of his longtime post over the summer. In addition to electing Takeuchi Cullen president, as part of its 2023 council election, the WGA East has re-elected…
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SAG-AFTRA Backs ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Amid WGA Pressure
As rehearsals for “Dancing With the Stars” are being picketed by the WGA, the other union currently on strike — SAG-AFTRA — is backing the “DWTS” cast members. In a firm statement to Variety, a spokesperson for SAG-AFTRA says that performers on the ABC competition series are not only not violating the strike rules by participating in the show, but…
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CEOs Return to WGA Talks as Some Movement Seen Toward a Deal
Four Hollywood CEOs returned to the bargaining table Thursday for a second day of talks with the Writers Guild of America, as the industry looked for signs of progress toward a deal that would end the 143-day strike. Sources said the studios made moves in multiple areas that they hoped would be enough to break the logjam. But it remained…
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Gavin Newsom Says He Has Talked With WGA & Studios, Will Meet Again This Week – Deadline
Gavin Newsom said in an interview today that he has been “deeply involved with talking” to both sides of the long-running Writers Guild strike and “we’re going to be meeting again later this week.” In an exclusive sit-down with Dana Bash, clips of which aired on CNN, the California governor responded to her question by saying he hasn’t been out…
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WGA Meeting With Concerned Showrunners Has Been Postponed
A meeting that had been scheduled for today between the leaders of the Writers Guild of America and a group of concerned showrunners has been postponed as the guild prepares to resume contract bargaining talks with Hollywood’s major studios next week. The meeting was set to take place on Friday. Kenya Barris, Noah Hawley and Sam Esmail have been among…
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GLAAD Rallies With Queer SAG-AFTRA and WGA Members
Media watchdog GLAAD released its Studio Responsibility Index on Thursday, using its annual ranking of queer representation in mainstream films to stand with striking unions SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America. Convening in-person at the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center’s Ed Gould Plaza in Hollywood, leadership from both show business unions, queer talent and GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis spoke…
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Drew Barrymore’s Decision To Bring Back Her Talk Show Despite The Strikes Is Not Sitting Well With The WGA
Back when the WGA strike became official (in early May), Drew Barrymore dropped out of hosting the MTV Movie and TV awards “in solidarity with the strike.” At the time, she added, “I have listened to the writers, and in order to truly respect them.” Now that the strike is entering its fifth month, however, Barrymore has decided that it’s…
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‘Dumb Money’ Writers Express Solidarity With WGA At TIFF Premiere – Deadline
Sony’s Dumb Money fired off their TIFF world premiere tonight, and while the mega ensemble cast of Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley and more couldn’t be there due to actors strike, the pic’s director Craig Gillespie, producers Teddy Schwartzman and Aaron Ryder and scribes/EPs Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Shuker Blum were. Angelo and Shuker Blum specified that…
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