WGA Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

WGA East org honors Hailey O'Brien
www.variety.com | Feb 8, 2012
The Writers Guild of America East Foundation has tapped Hailey O'Brien to receive its Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship.

WGA Nominees Announced
www.backstage.com | Jan 5, 2012
The Writers Guild of America, West and Writers Guild of America, East have announced their nominees for the best screenplays of 2011, and it's a fantastic group.

Woody Allen snags 20th nom for Writers Guild of America Award - Movies Wires - MiamiHerald.com
www.miamiherald.com | Jan 5, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Woody Allen earned his 20th nomination Thursday morning from the Writers Guild of America for the WGA Award for best original screenplay for "Midnight in Paris."

WGA Overwhelmingly Ratifies New Contract With AMPTP - The Hollywood Reporter
www.hollywoodreporter.com | Apr 27, 2011
The three-year deal was approved by 90.7 percent of the valid votes cast.

'Black Swan,' 'The Fighter,' 'Inception' and 'Social Network' garner WGA noms < PopMatters
www.popmatters.com | Jan 5, 2011
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Please Give, I Love You Phillip Morris Snag Surprise WGA Nominations
www.cinemablend.com | Jan 4, 2011
Please Give, I Love You Phillip Morris Snag Surprise WGA Nominations - Movies News

Is The WGA Forcing Credits on Non-Writers? | The Thinking Writer
thinkingwriter.com | Sep 14, 2010
Amid speculation that Casey Affleck’s new documentary about Joaquin Phoenix is a hoax, Affleck tells USA Today that the WGA insisted on giving him writing credit, intimating that he did not write it. Is the WGA really forcing credits on … <a

WGA Adds First Web-Only Station News Writers
www.broadcastingcable.com | Aug 30, 2010
WGA Adds First Web-Only Station News Writers Four staffers at CBS' WBBM-TV Chicago join union By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/30/2010 2:49:17 PM In a first for the Writers Guild of America East, the union has added Web-only content

WGA Adds First Web-Only Station News Writers
www.multichannel.com | Aug 27, 2010
In a first for the Writers Guild of America East, the union has added web-only content writers/producers to its roster of represented employees.

All these wonderful things: THE COVE Wins WGA Award, Becomes First Doc to Sweep Guild Prizes
edendale.typepad.com | Feb 20, 2010
Louie Psihoyos' THE COVE pulled off a pretty remarkable feat tonight, winning the Writers Guild Award for Documentary Screenplay and thus becoming the first nonfiction feature to sweep all four of the guild prizes awarded for documentaries - the Producers,...