Directors Guild, studios reach contract deal
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The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios on Thursday in a move likely to renew momentum for settling a 10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry and clouded the year-end Oscar season.
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Hollywood's striking writers and major studios have reached the outlines of a new employment contract, resolving key sticking points over how much writers should be paid for work that is distributed over the Internet, people familiar with the negotiati...
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The power to put the entertainment industry back to work was in the hands of writers Tuesday as guild members voted on whether to end their 3-month strike by accepting the terms of a tentative contract.
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One of Hollywoodâs biggest independent film companies is expected to announce an agreement with striking writers.
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The DGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers tentatively agreed to a new three-year contract Thursday that brought significant gains in health care but abandoned the fight for DVD residuals.
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Tom Cruise's film company is close to an agreement with the striking Writers Guild of America, reports say.
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Hollywood directors reached a tentative contract deal Thursday with studios, a development that could turn up the pressure on striking writers to settle their 2-month-old walkout that has idled production on dozens of TV shows. "Two words describe this agreement Â groundbreaking and substantial," said Gil Cates, chairman of the Directors Guild of America's negotiations committee. "There are no rollbacks of any kind."
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The Weinstein Co., the film and TV company run by media moguls Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein, has reached an agreement that would allow striking Hollywood writers to return to work for the company, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
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Hollywood studios and striking writers reach a breakthrough in contract talks, which could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week.
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Hollywoodâs movie and TV directors have agreed to a new contract with production companies in a settlement that also sends a message to striking screenwriters.
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Movie and TV directors tentatively agreed to a new contract with production companies, sending a message to striking screenwriters.
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United Artists, the film studio  backed by actor Tom Cruise, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, said  on Monday it had reached a deal enabling striking Hollywood  screenwriters to work on the company's films.
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United Artists, the film company  backed by actor Tom Cruise and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, said on  Monday it has reached a deal enabling striking Hollywood  screenwriters to work on the company's films.
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RKO Pictures has signed an interim deal with the striking Writers Guild of America.
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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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Film and television studio Lionsgateon Thursday said it reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) enabling striking Hollywood writers to work on its projects.
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The Directors Guild of America board  recommends its members approve a new contract deal.