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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

UPDATED with comment from union president: The American Federation of Musicians has reached a tentative deal for a new film and TV contract with management's AMPTP. The new two-year deal still must be ratified by the union's members. "The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the American Federation…