The production companies and executive producers behind Z Nation have been placed on the WGA’s Strike/Unfair List for allegedly failing to pay more than $5.1 million in residuals, pension and health contributions, and …
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Gardner: Will the WGA’s New-Media Success Help Other Unions in Next Contract Cycle?
“In the US about 12 percent of workers are unionized, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,” writes Eriq Gardner in The Hollywood Reporter. “In Hollywood, it’s nearly everyone, even …
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The HFPA was represented on a Zoom call by Shaun Harper, a diversity strategist, and attorneys from Ropes & Gray, an outside law firm. The conversation was intended as a …
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“Mank’s early Hollywood is strictly an old boys club,” writes Hilary Hallet in The Los Angeles Times. “Here men with outsized talent, ambition and ego battle over the industry’s political …
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Native American-themed films and TV shows have been on the rise recently – Ava DuVernay and Bird Runningwater are developing a dramatic series for NBC about the struggles and triumphs …
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Writers for the ABC game show The Chase have ended their strike after the show’s producer ITV America has settled the dispute with the Writers Guild. Scribes on the quiz show, which features …
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This week, the Native American Media Alliance and its partners announced selected fellows for the 6th annual Native American TV Writers Lab. Founded in 2016, the Native American TV Writers Lab is an …
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Writers for the ABC game show The Chase are going on strike. The strike was initiated at 9 a.m. ET Wednesday “after the companies refused to agree to cover writers’ work under …
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In one of the shortest WGA Award ceremonies in recent memory at 90 minutes, there were a few standout comedic moments, one being when Borat Subsequent Moviefilm actor/producer/co-scribe and Adapted Screenplay
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The WGA has won its historic campaign to reshape the talent agency business, signing WME – the last agency holdout – to its franchise agreement Friday. All the major agencies now …