Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024

The Writers Guild of America unveiled this year’s award nominations spanning screenwriting, TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing.

In the running for Best Original Screenplay are Air, Barbie, The Holdovers, May December and Past Lives.

Nominated...

Monday, Apr. 17, 2023

Unionized film and television writers have voted overwhelmingly to give their leaders the authority to call a strike if they're unable to reach an agreement on a new contract.

In an email to members Monday, the negotiating committee of the Writers Guild of America said nearly 98% of the 9...

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022

Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have unveiled the nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2021. Winners will be honored at a joint 2022 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony on Sunday, March 20, 2022.

In the running...

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021

Better Call Saul and The Simpsons each landed four nominations for Writers Guild Awards across the TV competition while new shows like Ted Lasso and The Great both earned nods in the Best Comedy, New Series and Episodic Comedy categories.

Writers Guild...

Monday, Aug. 19, 2019

The Writers Guild of America filed claims Monday in federal court alleging the entertainment industry's biggest talent agencies are violating antitrust and anti-racketeering laws, the latest move in a long and heated battle between those who write scripts and the agents who represent them....

Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2019

The Writers Guild of America sued the entertainment industry's four biggest talent agencies Wednesday in the latest and boldest move in an increasingly bitter and protracted fight between the two sides over the way Hollywood does business.

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior...

Monday, Jan. 7, 2019

The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in feature screenwriting and videogame writing during 2018. Winners will be honored at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17, at concurrent...

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018

HBO’s darkly tinged, tongue-in-cheek comedy Barry topped the Writers Guild of America Awards’ TV competition with three nominations, followed by two apiece for The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) and Succession (HBO).

The nods for Barry came in the Comedy Series...

Monday, May. 1, 2017

The contract for television and film writers is nearing expiration and a costly strike looms that could send some popular televisions shows into reruns.

The writers contract expires at 12:01 a.m. PDT Tuesday and picketing could begin that morning. Representatives for the writers and...

Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2017

Hollywood is facing a cliffhanger after members of the Writers Guild of America voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike that could begin as soon as next week.

Negotiations resumed Tuesday (4/25) as the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers grapple over...

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