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Finally: WGA strike officially over

By mikeo75 198 days ago from http://www.popcritics.com

It's hard to believe that it's here, because of how long it lasted, but the Writer's Guild of America strike is now offically over.The Guild members voted 92.5% in favor of the new deal with the AMTPT, while a few die-hards stuck it out and wanted to keep the strike going.Writers are back to work on Wednesday and some were b

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More TV Shows Shutting Down Due To Strike

By jclark88 296 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

Hot on the heels of yesterday's news that six sitcoms would be shutting down production comes news that several more popular shows are following today. And fans aren't going to be happy about what's happening with "Heroes."

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One Man’s Opinion Of The Writer’s Strike

By jclark88 295 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

Hollywood said they were ready for the strike. They were not. How did Hollywood allow everything to fall apart only 4 days into the WGA writer's strike?

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Writer’s Strike Already Causes Production To Stop On 6 Sitcoms

By jclark88 296 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

The WGA writer’s strike is less than two days old yet it is already grinding production to a standstill on six popular sitcoms and may stop production on even more in the days ahead.

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Fox Announces Revised Lineup for 2007-08 Season

By jclark88 295 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

All of the networks are scrambling to figure out what they’ll be doing with their schedules now that the WGA writer’s strike is a reality. With most of the written shows shutting down or going on hiatus the networks will be trying to figure out what

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Writer’s Strike Cuts Deep - “24″ Season Postponed Indefinitely

By jclark88 295 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

None of the strike news we've heard so far has hurt as much as the news we've heard from Fox last night.

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Is the WGA strike almost over?

By mikeo75 276 days ago from http://www.amikelife.com

Huge news coming from Deadline Hollywood, which has some pretty reliable sources from what I’ve read on there lately. Nikki Finki posted last week that the WGA and AMTPT were sitting down to talk after Thanksgiving, and that happened.

Now she reports, almost against her better judgment and in fear of getting hopes up, that her source is te

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What If They Threw A Golden Globes Award Show And Nobody Came Or Watched Or Cared?

By jclark88 234 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

So this is what the Golden Globe Awards has come down to in the year of the Writer's Strike by the WGA. The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn (HFPA) and NBC and the actor's guild and the WGA are all arguing over whether or not the show is going to go on, whether or not writer's will write, actor's will move their mouths and show up to accept

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WGA West Cancels Awards Show

By jclark88 230 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

It looks like the Writers Guild of America will be suffering along with the Golden Globes. Just yesterday the Writers Guild (WGA) announced their nominations for Outstanding Achievement In Writing For The Screen for 2008 but then turned around and announced that they would be canceling the awards show.

That is, the Writers Guild of Americ

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WGA: Take these pretty beads

By coyotesqrl 198 days ago from http://coyotesqrl.blogspot.com

The WGA membership voted last night to suspend the work stoppage, and writers are back to work today. The deal with the AMPTP hasn't been ratified yet, but with 92% voting to return to work, it is a foregone conclusion that membership will overwhelmingly approve the deal by the February 25 deadline. And that is quite a shame.

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WGA Writer’s Strike Officially Over

By jclark88 198 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

The WGA Writers Guild Of America is finally and officially OVER after a vote last night on both coasts by the WGA West and the WGA East.  The members of the WGA voted overwhelmingly to accept the terms offered and to end the strike.  The WGA strike lasted exactly 100 days.

The e

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Sunday Bites for December 16th

By mikeo75 257 days ago from http://www.amikelife.com

A new feature at A Mike Life will give you all something to read while you sip your coffee on Sunday mornings, or get bored watching your favorite NFL team get eliminated from playoff contention (much like my Arizona Cardinals more than likely).

Enjoy some news on David Letterman, Alfred Hitchcock, Star Wars contests, Flash Games and a new

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Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominations For 2008 Announced

By jclark88 231 days ago from http://jasonaclark.com

The Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominations for 2008 have been announced by the Writers Guild of America. The Writers Guild (WGA) nominates five films in three categories (Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, and Documentary Screenplay) for Outstanding Achievement In Writing For The Screen.

The WGA Outstanding Achievement In Writing F

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WGA members to vote on Tuesday; Back to work Wednesday?

By mikeo75 200 days ago from http://www.popcritics.com

The Writer's Guild of America's leaders voted this past weekend unanimously to accept the proposed deal between them and the AMTPT. According to Nikkie Finke from Deadline Hollywood, the WGA leaders are calling the deal a "huge success" which is spectacular news.The WGA's members were presented the deal over the weekend an

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