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David Robb

Labor Editor

David has been covering the entertainment industry for more than 30 years. He was the chief labor, legal and investigative reporter at Daily Variety for 10 years, and served in that same capacity at The Hollywood Reporter for another 10 years. He has written for numerous newspapers and magazines and is the author of three books: "Operation Hollywood," "The Gumshoe and the Shrink," and "The Stuntwoman." Nominated for three Pulitzer Prizes, he is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award for his coverage of African Americans in the entertainment industry. Among several other awards, he was honored by the WGA for his work that restored the writing credits to blacklisted writers of more than 30 films. He joined Deadline in 2014 and lives in Los Angeles

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William Schmidt, the independent candidate running for president of the WGA West, is firing back at the guild leadership for appointing a committee to investigate members who refused to fire their agents – and not e-notifying the guild that they had done so. And Schmidt, who refused to fire his ICM Partners agent…
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WGA Drops Lawsuit Filed In State Court Against Big 4 Agencies, Consolidates Claims In Federal Court – Update

UPDATED with UTA response:The WGA East and WGA West have dropped their lawsuit against the Big 4 talent agencies, and have answered and filed counter-claims in the federal antitrust case that CAA, WME and UTA brought against the guild. Click the link below to read the counterclaims. The guild filed its original suit…
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Matthew Modine Supporters Decry “Politics Of Personal Destruction” After Objections To His Joke At SAG-AFTRA Meeting

More than 130 actresses and #MeToo activists have signed a statement in support of SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Matthew Modine in the wake of a joke he made at Thursday night's town hall meeting of the union's three leading presidential candidates. "We deplore the politics of personal destruction" that have been…
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WGA’s Phyllis Nagy Predicts Industry-Wide Strike And The End Of Writers’ Primacy In TV If Guild & Agencies Don’t Settle

WGA West presidential candidate Phyllis Nagy says the guild's ongoing standoff with the Association of Talent Agents threatens to "permanently destroy the primacy writers have enjoyed in television" and will lead to a strike. In her latest campaign statement, posted on her slate’s WGA Forward Together site, she also…
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WGA Leaders Say They’re Available To Members “Struggling To Navigate The Current Landscape”

WGA leaders told their members today that they'll be addressing "several important questions and themes" in the coming weeks that emerged from the guild's recent round of membership meetings. "The most important point we'd like to emphasize is that Guild staff and elected leadership are available for members who have…
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Gabrielle Carteris Says SAG-AFTRA Is “Reviewing” Its Relationship With Hollywood’s Talent Agencies

Four months into the WGA's standoff with Hollywood's talent agencies, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris says her union is reviewing its relationship with agents. "I fully support the WGA in doing what it needs to in order to protect its members," she said in a written statement in advance of last night's town hall…
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‘That One Time’, Indie Pilot From DGA Director Development Initiative’s Melanie Wagor, Wraps Production

Production has been completed on That One Time, an independent pilot for Lucky 13 Productions that was directed and created by Melanie Wagor, a 2020 DGA Director Development Initiative protégé. Dermot Mulroney and newcomer Dylan Flashner star in the project, written by Wagor and Cameron Northey. Wagor and Joel…
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Craig Mazin & John August Discuss Differences About WGA’s Agency Campaign; Mazin Gives Details On Quitting VP Race

The WGA remains committed to reaching a deal with the Big 4 talent agencies, separate and apart from the Association of Talent Agents, according to John August, a member of the guild’s negotiating committee and an outgoing member of the WGA West’s board of directors. "Negotiations with the Big 4 agencies remains a…
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WGA West Board Candidate Nick Kazan Urges End To “Vitriol” That Threatens To “Destroy Our Union”

Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan is warning WGA members that internal squabbling "could destroy our union." In a passionate plea for civility during the guild's ongoing election and showdown with Hollywood's talent agents, Kazan — who's running for the WGA West's board as a member of opposition leader Phyllis Nagy's slate…
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