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Hollywood writers' strike stories: 96 news summaries

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NBC Scraps Globes Gala Over Picketers

Star parties scuttled, show reduced to
press conference

Jan 7, 08 9:08 PM CST
(Newser) - NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association scuttled the Golden Globes today for a decidedly drab press conference, the Hollywood Reporter says. HFPA pressed NBC to let the gala run untelevised, to dissuade picketers and welcome stars, but NBC refused. "We are all very disappointed," the HFPA president... More »

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NBC • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Golden Globes • Hollywood Foreign Press Association • Screen Actors Guild

Scribes Cut Deal With Tom Cruise's UA

First major studio
pact likely matches Letterman deal

Jan 7, 08 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Striking scribes cut a deal with Tom Cruise's United Artists today, their first with a major studio since walking out in November, Variety reports. Terms were kept secret, but analysts say they likely match a deal struck with David Letterman's WorldWide Pants last week, including new media residuals. “United... More »

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Hollywood • film • Tom Cruise • Valkyrie • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • United Artists • Patrick Verrone • movies

Writers, Studios Agree Only That Stakes Are High

'We have to get this one right,' striker says of long-term implications

Jan 7, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The $150 million or so the Writers Guild's demands would cost over the next 3 years is chump change by studio standards, but the long-term stakes in the deadlocked 2-month-old strike are high, reports the Washington Post. It's now or never for the writers to seal their piece of the... More »

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Hollywood • digital rights • film studio • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • residuals • entertainment industry

Tom Cruise's
United Artists Cutting Deal With Writers

Movie studio first
to break ranks

Jan 6, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - United Artists, the independent production unit of MGM controlled by actor Tom Cruise, is expected to soon finalize a deal with striking Hollywood writers modeled on the one made by producers for talk-show host David Letterman, the Los Angeles Times reports. United Artists will likely grant some key demands of... More »

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Tom Cruise • film studio • Paula Wagner • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • United Artists • MGM • movies

Actors Won't Show for
Golden Globes

Stars' union says
none of 70 nominees will cross picket line

Jan 5, 08 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - None of the 70 actors nominated for a Golden Globe this year will cross a picket line to pick up their award, Variety reports. Striking writers have refused to grant a waiver to the Globes producers and will be picketing the Jan. 13 awards show instead; Screen Actors Guild president... More »

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Hollywood • awards • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Golden Globes • Screen Actors Guild

Writers Want Leno to Can
the Jokes

Writing his own monologues violates strike rules, they say

Jan 4, 08 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Jay Leno is back on the air telling jokes, but striking writers want him to knock it off. Leno returned to TV—and the top of the ratings—Wednesday and yesterday with monologues he wrote. Writers say that violates strike rules and are trying to pressure him and NBC to... More »

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Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Jon Stewart • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Hollywood writers' strike

Writers' Union Nixes Waiver for Golden Globes

Guild vows to picket awards ceremony

Jan 3, 08 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The Writers Guild of America vowed it will picket the upcoming Golden Globes award ceremony, contradicting a producers' statement that an agreement was being worked out. Union officials said the guild will protest anything created by Dick Clark Productions, a struck company, although it has granted waivers allowing writers to... More »

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Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • Golden Globes • Hollywood Foreign Press Association • Screen Actors Guild • Dick Clark Productions • Independent Spirit Awards

Late-Night Hosts Return With Laughs, Politics

Huckabee and Clinton appear in returning talk shows

Jan 2, 08 11:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Late-night talk shows returned to the air tonight for the first time in two months with a dose of politics mixed among the laughs, the AP reports. Mike Huckabee appeared on Leno, apparently a bit confused by the status of the writers' strike, while Letterman got a taped intro from... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Mike Huckabee • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Hollywood writers' strike

Dave, Jay, Conan Back Tonight

Leno will be hindered by picket lines and restrictions on scripted materials

Jan 2, 08 5:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The nation's late-night hosts return tonight after a two-month hiatus because of the writers' strike, with a decided advantage going to David Letterman, reports Reuters. He will return with his writers and top 10 lists intact after negotiating his own deal. Not so for Jay and Conan, who also may... More »

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Jay Leno • late night talk show • David Letterman • contract negotiations • Hollywood writers' strike

Where Are the A-Listers in Writers Strike?

Staying out of it—despite SAG's solidarity message

Jan 2, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Although the writers strike has drawn many B-list and small-screen actors to the picket lines, A-listers have nearly all avoided publicly taking sides, notes the Los Angeles Times. The big stars may be in the awkward position of working on movies, despite their union's pledge of solidarity with the Writers... More »

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California • Los Angeles Times • David Letterman • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Screen Actors Guild • Craig Ferguson • movies

UPDATED

A-Listers
Don't Want
to Be Like Mike

Leno books Huckabee as strike keeps big stars off the couch

Dec 31, 07 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee will be Jay Leno’s first guest when the “Tonight Show" resumes for the first time since the writers strike began last month, the Hollywood Reporter says. The Republican presidential candidate will enjoy the spotlight on Wednesday, the eve of the Iowa caucuses. The late-night talkers... More »

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Donald Trump • Mike Huckabee • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

Studios Say
Writers Out $151M So Far

Losses are greater
than potential contract value, they assert

Dec 29, 07 6:02 PM CST
(Newser) - As of Friday, Hollywood writers have lost more than they stand to gain—$151 million—in their eight-week strike for a new three-year deal, the studios allege in a video on their strike blog, the Hollywood Reporter reports. But the writers say the studios' current offer "would cause writers... More »

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Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers

Things That Won't Shake
The Media World in 2008

BusinessWeek columnist takes a stab at '08 predictions

Dec 28, 07 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Overloaded with prediction lists, Business Week polishes the crystal ball and looks ahead to see what won't happen in the media world  in 2008.
  1. The writers won't win the current strike
  2. DreamWorks isn't going to leave Paramount after all
  3. Apple won't reinvent TV viewing
  4. "Juno" won't win
... More »

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media • Google • Indiana Jones • Katie Couric • Apple • list • Pixar • Disney • Fox Business Network • DreamWorks • Paramount • predictions • Hollywood writers' strike • Juno • MGM

UPDATED

Strike Threatens
Golden Globes Broadcast

Writers determined to keep stars away

Dec 28, 07 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A showdown of Hollywood-epic proportions is shaping up for the Golden Globes, the New York Times reports. Striking writers are vowing to deploy 3,000 pickets to keep celebs away and perhaps even jeopardize broadcast of the Jan. 13 awards ceremony.  People close to the Globes say a webcast—... More »

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NBC • Academy Awards • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Golden Globes • Hollywood Foreign Press Association • Dick Clark Productions • Oscars

Late-Night Hosts at a Loss for Words

Guild rules prevent headliners from writing monologues, sketches

Dec 28, 07 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The late-night talk shows will be back next week, but they’ll be virtually unrecognizable, the Wall Street Journal reports. Broad, vague Writers Guild rules prohibit the hosts, many of whom belong to the striking union, from providing their shows with “writing services.” That means no scripted... More »

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Jimmy Kimmel • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • David Letterman • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Worldwide Pants • Screen Actors Guild

Stewart's Daily Show to Return

He and Stephen Colbert will be back on the air Jan. 7

Dec 20, 07 6:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Jon Stewart fans can rejoice. His Daily Show will return to the air Jan. 7, along with the Colbert Report, says the Hollywood Reporter. The two Comedy Central shows will return five days after Leno, Conan, and Jimmy Kimmel do the same, despite the writers' strike. Stewart and Colbert may... More »

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Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Stephen Colbert • Hollywood writers' strike

60% of Viewers Favor Writers Over Studios

Strike prompts switch to reality shows—and reading, sleeping

Dec 19, 07 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - The sympathies of viewers affected by the Hollywood writers' strike lie squarely with the writers, not the studios, a new poll shows. USA Today reports that 60% of Americans side with the scribes, and only 14% with their erstwhile employers. Reactions to the strike are varied: Many viewers watch more... More »

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Hollywood • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Hollywood writers' strike • television watching

Kimmel Will Return to Air Next Month

Late-night host joins Leno, O'Brien despite writers' strike

Dec 18, 07 9:08 PM CST
(Newser) - ABC's Jimmy Kimmel will join his talk-show pals Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien in returning to the air Jan. 2, despite the ongoing writers' strike, the AP reports. “Though it makes me sick to do so without my writers, there are more than a hundred people whose financial well-being... More »

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Jimmy Kimmel • Jay Leno • David Letterman • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Carson Daly

Jackson to Helm Hobbit

His Rings lawsuit resolved, Jackson embarks on prequel

Dec 18, 07 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Peter Jackson has resolved his lawsuit with New Line and plans to helm two much-hyped Hobbit films, the first due out in 2010, according to an Entertainment Weekly interview with MGM chief Harry Sloan. Jackson will co-write and may direct one or both films—unless he and New Line's Bob... More »

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Peter Jackson • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • hobbits • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Screen Actors Guild • J.R.R. Tolkein • Metro Goldwyn Mayer • MGM • actor

Writers' Strike Hits Oscars, Golden Globes

WGA refuses to issue waivers for script-heavy awards shows

Dec 18, 07 8:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Two of Hollywood's glitziest shows will have to go on without striking writers, reports the AP, as the WGA yesterday denied waivers to the producers of the Golden Globes and the Oscars. The move means the shows will be scriptless, must pay residuals to screen old movie or TV clips,... More »

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Academy Awards • Jon Stewart • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Golden Globes • Dick Clark Productions • Oscars

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