Kristen Wiig to Honor Judd Apatow at Writers Guild Awards

February 1, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 week ago

Apatow will receive comedy writing award; Claire Labine will be honored for body of work, Patric M. Verrone for service to guild

  

Zooey Deschanel, Joel McHale and Rachel Dratch to Host WGA's Awards Shows

January 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 2 weeks ago

Deschanel and McHale will host WGA Awards in Los Angeles, Dratch in New York

  

'Mortal Kombat' Scores in Writers Guild's New Media and Videogame Nominations

January 11, 2012 By Steve Pond 4 weeks ago

Videogame nominated in two categories; "30 Rock," "Sons of Anarchy" and "The Walking Dead" saluted for new media spinoffs

  

'Descendants,' 'Hugo,' 'Midnight in Paris' Nominated by Writers Guild

January 5, 2012 By Steve Pond 5 weeks ago

"Bridesmaids" continues its remarkable run of guild nominations, while "War Horse" and "Extremely Loud" are left out; "The Artist" isn't eligible

  

Marshall Herskovitz, Ed Zwick Win WGA's Top TV Honor; BAFTA to Honor Scorsese

January 4, 2012 By Steve Pond 5 weeks ago

Writer-director-producer team will receive Paddy Chayevsky Award; BAFTA votes Martin Scorsese its Academy Fellowship

  

WGA Raps OWS, NYPD Over 'L&O: SVU' Set (OMG)

December 15, 2011 By Tim Molloy 8 weeks ago

Guild says it has supported Occupy movement -- so WTF?

  

Spike Jones Jr. Is Back to Produce Writers Guild Awards

December 14, 2011 By Steve Pond 8 weeks ago

Producer has worked on four previous awards shows for WGA West, including the last two

  

'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Breaking Bad,' 'Modern Family' Lead WGA's TV Nominees

December 7, 2011 By Steve Pond 9 weeks ago

"Homeland," "30 Rock" and "The Office" also receive multiple nominations from Writers Guild

  

'The Artist,' 'Shame' Among Films Not Eligible for Writers Guild Awards

December 5, 2011 By Steve Pond 9 weeks ago

As usual, tighter guild restrictions knock a number of Oscar contenders out of the running for WGA honors

  

Entertainment Groups Unite in Opposition to Iranian Treatment of Filmmakers

October 19, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 16 weeks ago

Nine organizations speak up against imprisonment of actress Marzieh Vafamehr and director Jafar Panahi

  

Writers Guild East Elects Jeremy Pikser VP; Re-Elects Michael Winship President

September 16, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 20 weeks ago

Pikser ran against Matt Nelko; candidates for president and secretary-treasurer ran unopposed

  

Onion News Network Writers Join WGA East Fold

August 2, 2011 By Brent Lang 27 weeks ago

Agreement will increase weekly minimum compensation and provide pension and health contributions

  

Writers Guild Sets Deadlines, Plans Feb. 19 Awards

July 20, 2011 By Steve Pond 29 weeks ago

WGA will be the last guild to present awards, one week before the Oscars

  

WGA Elections: It's Verrone vs. Keyser

June 21, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 33 weeks ago

Yep, the man who led the guild into the 2007 writers strike is seeking another term as president, as the WGA announces candidates for officer and board-of-directors elections

  

WGA Boards Approve Contract With AMPTP

March 25, 2011 By Brent Lang & Daniel Frankel 45 weeks ago

Agreement now goes to membership for vote

  

Comcast Seeking to 'Destroy' Writers Guild, Members Say

February 20, 2011 By Dominic Patten 50 weeks ago

Chip Johannessen and Patric M. Verrone say that media giant is attempting to stop its writers from joining WGA because it is "not interested in maintaining Hollywood’s union environment."

  

Full List of WGA Winners

February 5, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Complete list of Writers Guild of America winners

  

Aaron Sorkin, Christopher Nolan Win WGA Awards

February 5, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"Inside Job" wins for documentary at Writers Guild Awards; "Mad Men," "Modern Family," "Boardwalk Empire" win TV awards

  

What If They Gave An Awards Show and It Had No Oscar Influence?

February 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The fact is this weekend's Writers Guild of America Awards and Annie Awards are very very limited in their predictive ability for the Academy Awards

  

Julia Roberts, Kathryn Bigelow Join Awards Picture

February 1, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Roundup: Roberts gets ASC honor, Bigelow joins WGA presenters, and the Academy debuts interactive red carpet

  

U.K.-Based Non-Fiction House Lion TV Joins the WGA

January 26, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Writers behind Discovery's "Cash Cab," MTV's "Megadrive and other cable reality shows vote to join the Writers Guild of America East

  

Steven Zaillian to Receive WGA Laurel Award

January 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

WGA West names "Schindler's List" and "American Gangster" writer recipient of 2011 Golden Laurel Award

  

Good Morning Oscar, January 13: Lend Him Your Ears

January 13, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Awards shows keep adding awards (including a new one for Quentin Tarantino), and Rotten Tomatoes officially crowns its own top dogs

  

WGA Names Nominees for First New-Media Writing Awards

January 11, 2011 By Wrap Staff 1 year ago

"30 Rock" and "The Office" spinoffs among nominees as guild honors writers for all new-media platforms

  

Producers Guild & Writers Guild Nominees - 'King's Speech,' 'Social Network,' 'Fighter'

January 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Prelude to Oscar? PGA's 10 nominations and WGA's nods could point the way. Click here for full list of nominees

  

Oscar Screenplay Lists: Everything in its Place

December 29, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Academy's reminder lists contain 241 films, including all the celebrated scripts ineligible for WGA Awards

  

'Winter's Bone,' 'King's Speech' Ineligible for WGA Awards

December 28, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Acclaimed scripts for "Toy Story 3," "Another Year" and "Blue Valentine" also ruled ineligible by Writers Guild

  

Barbara Boxer Supports Comcast Writers in Quest for WGA Contract

November 23, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

With over 80 percent of the cable conglomerate's writers favoring a guild representation, California Senator writes directly to Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts

  

WGA, Common Cause: Comcast Sticking Its Nose in NBCU's Business Too Soon

October 4, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 1 year ago

Coalition for Competition in Media in a letter on Monday urge regulators and President Obama to aggressively react

  

Hollywood Unites to Beat Down Anti-Videogame Law

September 17, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 1 year ago

WGA, DGA, SAG, AFTRA, NATO, others, make plea to Supreme Court, fearing it could eventually extend to movies

  

WGAE, FCC Chief Warn About Google-Verizon Deal

August 5, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 1 year ago

"Any deal that doesn’t preserve the freedom and openness of the internet for consumers and entrepreneurs will be unacceptable"

  

WGAW, Consumer Groups Warn of Comcast-NBCU 'Behemoth'

June 21, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 1 year ago

But on the last day for initial comments, Directors Guild touts the merger for creating jobs