Tag: WGA
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2024 WGA Awards Delayed Until After Oscars – IndieWire – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] It’s a shocker. In an unexpected move, the Writers Guild of America has pushed back its annual WGA Awards ceremony until April 14, 2024, a month after the Oscars, which will be held on March 10, 2024. The recently resolved WGA strike may have had some impact on this decision, in order to give…
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Dan Gordon on Why He Quit the WGA Over its Silence on Israel – IndieWire – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Pusillanimous. It’s a word with a nice sound to it, screenwriter Dan Gordon (“Wyatt Earp”) says, but it’s got a nasty definition: “Timid, cowardly, lacking in courage.” It’s the word Gordon uses to describe the Writers Guild of America West’s leadership, a guild from which he resigned October 23 after it initially stayed silent…
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Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Richard Trank Slams WGA for Not Condemning Hamas – The Hollywood Reporter- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] “The Board of Directors has worked exhaustively to consider the great diversity of opinions among our members on this issue… the Board’s viewpoints are varied, and we found consensus out of reach. For these reasons, we have decided not to comment publicly.” Richard Trank Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic After more than two weeks of silence, Writers…
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What’s Next for Hollywood and WGA – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Why did it take five months? That’s the vexing question that entertainment industry insiders are wrestling with even as they cheer the end of the Writers Guild of America strike. Union leaders said it again and again all summer — that Hollywood’s system for collective bargaining was “broken.” Turns out they were right. The…
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WGA Members Ratify New Contract with 99 Percent of Writers Voting in Favor – IndieWire – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Writers are overwhelmingly in favor of the new contract its guild has won from the studios. WGA members have voted in favor of ratifying the new minimum basic agreement, with an enormous 99 percent of members who voted approving the contract. The strike is officially over. The guild said of the 8,525 valid votes…
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All 3 One Chicago Shows Re-Open Writers Rooms Following WGA Strike Ending – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Summary The writers’ rooms for the One Chicago shows have re-opened after the end of the Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) strike, bringing them one step closer to returning to the air. While the shows won’t make their usual release dates this year due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, industry insiders predict a possible…
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WGA Vows ‘Solidarity Forever’ with SAG-AFTRA as Talks Begin Again – IndieWire – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] SAG-AFTRA is heading back to the negotiating table with the AMPTP in a hope to end an actors strike that now stands at 81 days, and the writers are throwing their weight behind the actors. The WGA West and East issued a statement October 2 vowing “solidarity forever,” urging studios to give the actors…
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Evolution Season 2 & 22 Other TV Writers Rooms Set Returns After WGA Strike Finally Ends – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Summary Work on Criminal Minds: Evolution season 2 and other shows is set to resume as writers rooms reopen after the WGA strike. Cast members of Criminal Minds: Evolution are fighting for better conditions in the industry, addressing concerns about residual payments and transparency of viewership numbers. While the writers room is getting back…
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Hannah Einbinder on SAG-AFTRA, WGA Strike – IndieWire – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] In “Hacks,” Hannah Einbinder plays a disgruntled Hollywood writer struggling to chart her career path in the soul-crushing studio system. Now, reality is catching up with fiction, and Einbinder is one of many SAG-AFTRA members striking alongside the WGA. “We’re living in a time where the average actor has to make $26,000 to qualify…
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SAG-AFTRA Votes To Strike & Join The WGA On Picket Lines- Armessa Music News
[ad_1] HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty / SAG-AFTRA Hollywood is officially shut down after actors joined the writers on the picket line following SAG-AFTRA unanimously voting to strike against TV and film companies for only the second time in Hollywood history. Spotted on Variety, actors will officially join the picket…
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SAG and WGA Strike Draws Massive Crowds Outside Warner Bros. Studios – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The first official day of the SAG-AFTRA strike has begun and members are immediately targeting one of the most egregious offenders in terms of labor rights in the industry – Warner Bros. Discovery. A video from outside Warner Bros. Studios on Friday showed striking workers from both SAG and the already-on-strike WGA gathered en…