Writers Guild leaders urge end to Hollywood strike
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Union leaders for striking  Hollywood writers said they have reached a tentative contract  deal with studios and urged members on Saturday to support it,  calling for an end to a three-month walkout that has crippled  TV production and overshadowed Oscar season.
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Hollywood writers and the studios they work for are trying again to make a deal that will end the nearly three-month strike crippling the entertainment industry.
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The US writers' strike could soon end with union leaders ready to put a deal to members, reports say.
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From the picket lines to ballrooms filled with stars, Hollywood on Monday hoped for a deal to end a 3-month-old clash between striking writers and studios amid reports they could reach an agreement this week.
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LOS ANGELES  - Contract negotiations between Hollywood's directors and studios represent the industry's best shot at getting back to business as usual, even as the writers strike enters its 11th week Monday.
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Arts & entertainment: Screenwriters' strike ends after union members vote to call off their industrial action
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LOS ANGELES  - With a new labor contract for the Directors Guild of America expected to be announced imminently, Hollywood's top screenwriters could turn up the heat on their union to end its 11-week-old strike.
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Negotiators for Hollywood studios  and striking writers have agreed to terms of a new contract  that could be presented to union leaders in days and, if  approved, end their three-month-old labor clash later this  week, two sources told Reuters on Monday.
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Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday. The agreement puts pressure on striking writers to end their walkout that has lasted more than two months and idled work on dozens of TV shows.
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Â· Actors honour writers picket line in studio strikeÂ· Press conference replaces awards ceremony on TV
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TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike
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Arts & entertainment: Strike which has paralysed the entertainment industry could end as early as the weekend
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Hollywood directors reached a new three-year pay deal with the main producer's organisation, upping pressure on the striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) to end its 11-week strike
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The president of the writers guild and his lieutenant are deliberating a question that may bode ill for both: Is their rebellion over?
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"Our hope is that all of the players involved will lock themselves in a room and not come out until they finish. We want this to be done." Â George Clooney, on the Hollywood writers strike.
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Striking Hollywood writers will  meet face to face with studio executives this week for the  first time since their contract talks collapsed on December 7,  people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Negotiators for Hollywood studios and striking writers have agreed to terms of a new contract that could be presented to union leaders in days and, if approved, end their three-month-old labor clash later this week, two sources told Reuters on Monday.