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Hollywood’s Guilds And Academies Urging Members to Take Anita Hill-Led Commission’s Survey
Hollywood's guilds and the film and TV academies are asking members to take part a survey of gender and racial bias being conducted for the Anita Hill-led Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace.
As first reported in Deadline, the survey is seeking to gauge the extent of…
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By David Robb
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WGA Poised To Lose Antitrust Dismissal Move Against CAA, WME & UTA; Case On Track For Trial
UPDATED with quotes from attorneys, WGA reaction and more detail: A federal judge on Friday indicated he’ll refuse to throw out the federal antitrust lawsuits filed by Hollywood heavyweight agencies CAA, WME and UTA against the Writers Guild of America.
In a crucial hearing for the high-profile guild-vs.-agencies…
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By David Robb
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Leonardo DiCaprio To Present Robert De Niro With SAG Life Achievement Award – Update
UPDATED, 9:09 AM: The SAG Awards producers said today that Leonardo DiCaprio will present the SAG Life Achievement Award to Robert De Niro at the 26th annual ceremony next month. The actors first starred together in 1993’s This Boy’s Life, when DiCaprio was a teenager, and later both appeared in films including Marvin…
DGA Awards: Duncan Henderson & Arthur Lewis Set For Career Honors
Duncan Henderson will receive the DGA's 2020 Frank Capra Achievement Award, and Arthur Lewis is set for the guild's 2020 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award.
The Capra Award honors assistant directors or unit production managers for career achievement and service to the guild, and the Schaffner Award honors…
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By David Robb
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WGA TV Nominations: ‘The Crown’, ‘Mindhunter’, ‘Watchmen’ Among Contenders – Complete List
Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, with Netflix’s The Crown, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Netflix’s Mindhunter and HBO’s Succession and Watchmen competing for the top drama trophy.
The outstanding comedy nominees are HBO…
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By Greg Evans
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AFI Tops DGA’s 25th Annual Student Film Awards
AFI student filmmakers led the way with four wins at the DGA's 25th annual Student Film Awards honoring African-American, Latino, Asian-American and female directors. USC students, who took home the most honors over the last two years, received three awards this year – tied with students from New York University…
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By David Robb
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Judge: Justice Department Not Welcome At Hearing On WGA’s Motion To Dismiss Agencies’ Antitrust Suit
A federal judge has denied the Justice Department's request to participate in Friday's hearing on the WGA's motion to dismiss the Big Three talent agencies' antitrust lawsuits against the guild. It's a major procedural victory for the guild, which said last week that it saw no reason for the DOJ to take part in the…
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By David Robb
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Gabrielle Union’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ Firing Sparks SAG-AFTRA Probe Over What Went Down At NBC
Stumbling from bad to worse, NBC now has a potential labor landmine under its feet with Gabrielle Union's forced-march exit from America's Got Talent.
Just hours after the Comcast-owned network finally put out a statement that seemed to recognize the gravity of the situation and the allegations of racial and other disc…
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WGA Rejects DOJ Request To Appear At Big 3 Agencies’ Antitrust Hearing Next Week – Update
2nd UPDATE, 3:48 PM: In a move reminiscent of its recent Supreme Court co-headlining appearance with Comcast, the Department of Justice today is seeking to speak at a pivotal upcoming hearing in the Writer Guild of America’s antitrust dust-up with WME, CAA and UTA.
The Makan Delrahim-led antitrust unit of Donald Trump…
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Department Of Labor Sets Date To Decide On SAG-AFTRA Election Challenges
The U.S. Department of Labor says it will decide by January 10 whether to file suit against SAG-AFTRA for alleged labor law violations in connection with the union's recent elections.
The DOL has received eight such complaints – many of which were brought by supporters of losing presidential candidate Matthew Modine…
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By David Robb
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Fear Of A WGA Strike Are Overblown, Say John August & Craig Mazin, But Warn Studios Not To Offer Guild “A Bucket Of Crap”
As the WGA prepares for its upcoming negotiations for a new film and TV contract, a possible writers' strike is on a lot of people's minds. Given the guild's ongoing dispute with Hollywood's talent agencies, which is now in its eighth month, many industry observers feel that a strike is all but certain. On their latest…
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By David Robb
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‘Bombshell’ Nabs PGA’s Stanley Kramer Award; Film Chronicles Downfall Of Roger Ailes
Jay Roach’s Bombshell will receive the 2020 Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America, PGA announced today.
The award will be handed out at the 31st annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The Kramer award honors a “production, producer or…
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By Greg Evans
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