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As Spike Lee took the stage to accept the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement at the WGA Awards in New York, his beloved Knicks had just gone into overtime against their hated rival, the Boston Celtics. Lee offered a number of heartfelt comments about the craft of writing, paying tribute…

The upcoming contract talks between the WGA and the AMPTP were evidently in the ether during the WGA Awards on Sunday. That's no surprise given the two events – in L.A. and New York – brought hundreds of writers together, two weeks before negotiations kick off. Related Story WGA Awar…

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s original screenplay for award-season juggernaut Everything Everywhere All at Once and Sarah Polley’s adapted screenplay for Women Talking scored the marquee awards Sunday at the WGA Awards. The WGA, which handed out its trophies for the year’s best writing in dual…

Meredith Stiehm, president of the WGA West, talked tough about the guild's upcoming negotiations with the AMPTP in her speech Sunday at the WGA Awards. She opened her remarks by referencing Robert Altman, who she said was called a "good sheriff in a bad town." Related Story 'Abbott E…

Charlie Kaufman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, delivered a spot-on acceptance speech for his Laurel Award honor Sunday at the WGA Awards, one ripe for the times as the guild prepares to square off with the AMPTP in another round of contract talks…

Writers are preparing to celebrate or commiserate at the WGA Awards and there's plenty of talk of the looming negotiations with the AMPTP. Patric Verrone, who was president of the WGA West between 2005-2009, knows a thing or two about how these negotiations go, given that he was in charge during the…

Rebecca Lenkiewicz will be this year's recipient of the WGA West's Paul Selvin Award in recognition of her adapted screenplay for She Said, the Universal film about the New York Times reporters who broke the story that exposed disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. The guild said Thursday that she will be…

Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman will be this year's recipient of the WGA West's Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. The lifetime achievement award, which goes to members who have "advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the…

Penelope Koechl will be this year's recipient of the WGA East's Richard B. Jablow Award for Devoted Service to the Guild. The honorary award will be presented at the 75th annual Writers Guild Awards ceremony at New York's Edison Ballroom on March 5.  Related Story WGA Awards TV Nomination…

The Writers Guild of America West has penciled in Living Single creator-showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser for its 2023 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. She will receive the career honor, which is presented to a WGA member who has "advanced the literature of television and made…

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…

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…