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Nov 2, 2007 2:38 AM CDT

Hollywood Writers Call Strike

'Feels like Armegeddon,' says one industry insider

(Newser) - Setting the stage for the first walkout in nearly 20 years, Hollywood writers voted yesterday to go on strike, reports Associated Press. The union's president announced the decision in a closed-door meeting yesterday, drawing raucous cheers from the assembly. "There was a unified feeling. I don't think anyone wants...

Hollywood Writers in Cliffhanger

Nov 1, 2007 7:35 AM CDT

Hollywood Writers in Cliffhanger

Talks break off as contract expires; strike would affect late-night talk shows first

(Newser) - Fans of soaps and late-night talk shows, get ready for reruns; a strike looms as soon as tomorrow after Hollywood’s writers and producers failed to reach agreement on a new deal last night. Stalled talks were called off before the writers' contract expired at midnight, and the sides are...

History of Loathing Fuels Labor Unrest

Oct 30, 2007 7:12 PM CDT

History of Loathing Fuels Labor Unrest

In Hollywood, art vs. business has long divided writers, studios

(Newser) - The current Hollywood labor difficulties are the culmination of generations of animosity, dating to the earliest days of talking pictures and studios' resentment of the sophisticated New Yorkers they employed. With the Writers Guild of America set to strike at midnight tomorrow, the LA Times takes a look at a...

Hey Brother, Can You Spare
a Screenplay?

Oct 24, 2007 1:06 PM CDT

Hey Brother, Can You Spare a Screenplay?

Hollywood desperate to finish scripts before Halloween writer strike

(Newser) - Last week, Paramount issued an urgent call for someone, anyone, to doctor its Wolverine script—fast. Across Hollywood, studios and writers alike are desperately rushing to finish scripts before the Writers' Guild’s Halloween strike deadline, the LA Times reports. “Everybody is living in the impending doom,” said...

Hollywood Writers Vote to Strike

Oct 20, 2007 6:20 AM CDT

Hollywood Writers Vote to Strike

Studios stockpiling content in preparation for possible walkout

(Newser) - Hollywood writers are headed for the picket line if they don't reach a deal with the studios by Oct. 31. Members of the film and TV writers' union voted by a 90% margin to authorize a strike if the standoff isn't resolved, the first such strike vote since 1988, the...

Writers' Strike Might Keep
You out of
'The Office'

Oct 16, 2007 5:01 AM CDT

Writers' Strike Might Keep You out of 'The Office'

Prime-time could get real if negotiations fail

(Newser) - Get ready for what might be a big dose of reality. Contract negotiations between Hollywood and writers aren't going well, and a strike could mean prime-time schedules would soon be dominated by such unscripted series as "American Idol." The sides remain divided on issues like splitting revenue from...