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Summer 2011: A Perfect Storm for Hollywood’s Labor Unions
Four major contracts all expire in May and June next year: SAG, AFTRA, WGA and DGA
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Cameron, Bigelow Face Off at DGA
The former spouses, with two dramatically different films, are frontrunners for the top Directors Guild award
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DGA Doc Nominations: ‘Anvil,’ ‘Cove,’ ‘Food Inc.’
Michael Moore left off list that also includes “Garbage Dreams,” “The English Surgeon” and “The Beaches of Agnes”
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Oscars: 10 Lessons Learned from the Guilds’ Noms
They have delivered a message with their nominations: James Cameron will like it, but Clint Eastwood won’t
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Jewison to Receive DGA’s Top Honor
Lifetime Achievement Award is voted on by guild’s current, past presidents.
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DGA Reaches Deal With Indie Ad Producers Group
Tentative two-year contract calls for wage increases, protects creative rights.
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WGA Settles, Eric Hughes Will Challenge (updated)
A week after WaxWord publishes whistleblower testimony, the guild agrees to pay out $30 mill in residuals and foreign levies
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DGA to TV Academy: Cut!
Another day, another Hollywood guild complaining about the TV Academy’s planned Emmy changes. Today’s outburst comes from the Directors Guild of America. My story on the complaint, first reported by J. Hibberd’s The Live Feed, is here. The slow drip-drip-drip of outrage only underscores the need for everyone involved to stop with the…
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DGA Joins WGA in Emmys Protest
“Unless the Academy reconsiders the change, the Guild … is not bound by its commitments to the Academy.”
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It’s Time for a Vote, but Many SAG Members Feel Betrayed
Like a small Balkan republic wrestling with political infighting, SAG members continue to be locked in combat with one another over the studio contract proposal. Although SAG’s national board narrowly approved the deal in April, now it comes down for the members to vote. And a lot of them are not happy. You think…
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Danny Boyle takes DGA Award
At the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night, “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle took top prize