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Potential strike worries actors: ‘We’re terrified’

George Clooney will cope. Brad and Angelina can live off . Reese Witherspoon won’t have to model at trade shows.

Hollywood producers want industry to keep working

Hollywood producers sent the clearest sign yet on Monday that they won't lock out actors if negotiators don't settle on a labor contract before the current pact expires early Tuesday.

Hollywood Writers Strike Hits 5th Week

A few days ago, hopes were high that a deal to end a costly five-week strike by thousands of Hollywood writers was imminent. But optimism that writers and producers would soon sign a new pact all but crumbled Friday, as talks broke down and the sides blamed each other for the stalled negotiations that have sidelined many prime-time and late-night TV shows.

Hollywood Studios Send Writers New Offer

Film and TV writers who've been on strike for nearly a month are mulling a new contract offer from Hollywood studios. Producers said the offer they presented Thursday, dubbed the "New Economic Partnership," would pay writers millions of dollars extra for work shown on the Internet, a central issue in negotiations.

Film, TV Writers Set Negotiations Date

Hollywood film and TV writers who've been on a nearly two-week strike against studios will return to contract negotiations on Nov. 26, their union and producers said Friday.

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Hollywood Writers Go On Strike
Source: CNN

The talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers were called by a federal mediator. The producers said a deal couldn't be reached.

Teamsters support WGA picket lines: Strike could begin as early as Thursday
Source: Variety.com

The Teamsters union -- representing more than 4,000 Hollywood drivers, location managers and scouts, casting directors and animal wranglers -- is giving the WGA's strike plans a major boost with a show of solidarity that could seriously disrupt local production. The leader of Te …

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