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UPDATED with Warner Bros Discovery statement: As it prepares for negotiations for a new film and TV contract – and a possible writers strike in May – the WGA West is once again blasting Warner Bros Discovery for going back on its promise that the merger that created the giant media conglomerate last year…

WGA East members employed as writers and editors at the HuffPost news site are threatening to go on strike if a fair contract can't be reached by Tuesday night at midnight ET. With only two days left of bargaining, their strike pledge comes after months of negotiations for a new contract. According…

A strong majority of SAG-AFTRA members responding to a guild survey say they approve of Hollywood’s Covid vaccination mandate. Over two-thirds (67.1%) of members surveyed said that they “approve of employers requiring Covid vaccination as a condition of access to the set,” with 26.1% saying they…

The WGA's Health Fund has expanded its abortion services for the dependent children of eligible participants, effective January 1. The Fund previously had covered abortion and related services for dependent children only when there were pregnancy-related complications. But starting this year, it will…

Hollywood’s unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have agreed to extend their Covid protocols through April 1, with only minor changes, including the elimination of pre-employment and weekly Covid testing for some crew members. The protocols will keep in place a…

As Angela Bassett enjoys a serious awards-season run for her supporting role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, she’s about to dress up her trophy case even more. The current Oscar nominee and recent Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award winner will receive the Spotlight Award at the Costume Designers Guil…

The WGA has written out the film nominations for its 2023 Writers Guild Awards, spanning original, adapted and documentary screenplays. See the full list below. Up for Original Screenplay are the scripts for Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, The Menu, Nope and Tár. Vying for Adapted…

Editors of Saturday Night Live's pre-filmed segments are threatening to go on strike unless NBCUniversal bargains a fair contract for them with the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700. NBCUniversal, however, reached out to the guild tonight to offer new dates for talks that could avert a…

Comedian Michelle Buteau will host the 75th annual Writers Guild Awards at New York's Edison Ballroom on March 5. Buteau, the creator, writer and star of the upcoming Netflix series Survival of the Thickest, is also the host of The Circle, a Netflix reality competition show. Her one-hour comedy…

The on-air talent at Telemundo's Spanish-language TV station KVEA 52 in Los Angeles have voted overwhelmingly to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, which called the vote “another major organizing victory in Spanish-language media.” In a vote overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, the station's anchors…

Donn Cambern, the Oscar-nominated Romancing the Stone film editor whose credits also include Easy Rider, The Last Picture Show and Ghostbusters II and was a longtime president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, died Wednesday, his family told the guild. He was 93. Born on October 9, 1929, in Los…

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and his longtime producing partner and collaborator, Oscar-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin, will be this year's recipients of the Art Directors Guild's Cinematic Imagery Award. Their 30-year collaboration includes work on such films as The Gre…