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How many ways can you say “Today I walked in a circle for three and a half hours”?

It's still in the outline phase, but a new contract has been drawn for striking writers, and may meet with approval as early as Friday.

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a writer's perspective As the strike heads into week three, writers are excited about Friday's late announcement that negotiations are going to resume on November 26. (Thank you Variety for the completely unslanted breaking news headline "Writers Agree To Talk".) Yesterday, LAist covered John Edwards appearance at a writers rally on Friday. The post spoke about all of the photos turning up on the web. I thought I would close the lid on Week...

The Writers Guild of America announced last night that its members voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike authorization. According to the WGA, 90.3% of votes registered supported a strike. The vote also attracted the WGA’s highest turnout ever. The 5,507 votes eclipsed the previous record of 4,128 ballots cast during the 2001 contract negations. The strong show of solidarity should empower the WGA in their ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP. The Guild’s main concerns...

North County just can't catch a break lately: another fatal freeway pileup near Antelope Valley today, this one involving eight vehicles and at least one fatality. The freeway has been closed in both directions. Things Not Worth Beating Someone With a Hammer For: six dollars? A group of males accosted and hammered a man in Canoga Park last night; then they blew the cash on penny candy and stamps. Not really, but six bucks??...

Halloween could bring a mixed bag of tricks and treats. The Writers Guild appears to be getting ready to go on strike at the end of the month which means that many shows might be affected in serious ways, while some might not even see the light of day.

By Nov. 1, nets will have enough episodes of current shows in the can to get them through mid-January. But the February sweeps would be decimated [by a strike], and new shows would halt production well before they'd filled their initial 13 episode orders.

Continue reading "Writers Strike Could Kill The Bionic Woman"

"Chinatown" screenwriter Robert Towne shares stories about screenwriting at the Writers Guild Foundation Spring Storytellers Series tonight at 7:30 PM. The Writers Guild Theater is located at 135 S. Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills. For reservations, call (323) 782-4692. Tickets are $25 for WGA members and academic faculty. Students get in for $15 with ID.