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Writers Guild of America

Type: Organization

Name: Writers Guild of America

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

USC School of Cinematic Arts

Write the TV drama series

Pamela Douglas will present a three-day syllabus that relies on screening clips and full episodes of shows to demonstrate screenwriting techniques on 16, 17 and 18 August 2013 in Johannesburg. The writer will discuss why American television is so successful ... [Published Screen Africa - May 15 2013]

Entities: Pamela Douglas, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Writers Guild of America

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Does everybody really love Raymond?

Lee Mack and Catherine Tate are making a British version of Everybody Loves Raymond. The original show won 13 Emmys and made Ray Romano the highest-ever paid TV actor – what can UK viewers expect? Although its final episode aired eight years ago, Everybody ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 09 2013]

Entities: Lee Mack, Catherine Tate, Ray Romano

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Hollywood Stars Attend World Premiere of Make A Film Foundation's ‘The Magic Bracelet’ in Beverly Hills

Academy Award-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld and Bailee Madison star in ‘The Magic Bracelet’ directed by Jon Poll to help fulfill last wish of young girl. Hollywood stars and celebrity guests are set to attend the red carpet world premiere of ‘The ... [Published PRWeb - May 09 2013]

Entities: Beverly Hills (California, United States), Bailee Madison, Hollywood, Peter Samuelson

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

White collar workers are exploited too

This article originally appeared on Jacobin. Nothing scrambles the conventional wisdom on contemporary class politics in the US like a white-collar strike. In our neoliberal era, we’re told that unions might have once been appropriate for the soot-faced ... [Published Salon - May 04 2013]

Entities: Workers, Fashion, Writers Guild of America, David Montgomery, Joan Rivers

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

'China Syndrome' writer Mike Gray dies at 77

Mike Gray, who co-wrote the "The China Syndrome," about a nuclear power plant disaster cover-up, has died at his Los Angeles home, his family said. He was 77. He had congestive heart failure and died Tuesday, the family said.Gray developed the 1979 "Syndrome" ... [Published Individual.com - May 03 2013]

Entities: Mike Gray, Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, China

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Hold fast to American principles

_ Today, unfortunately, the words Islam and terrorism seem synonymous. This, however, cannot be the case because the Holy Quran clearly states, "Whosoever kills a person, it is as if he has killed all of mankind" (5:32). Terrorism has no religion, race ... [Published Chicago Tribune - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Writers Guild of America, Terrorism, Anti-American, treacherous

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

WGA crashes Matrix Awards to pass out flyers aimed at Joan Rivers and fashion police

Joan Rivers’ hosting gig at the Matrix Awards was crashed by angry Writers Guild of America members yesterday, but she got the last laughs. Irate... ... [Published New York Post - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Writers Guild of America, Joan Rivers, Police

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

‘Fashion Police’ Accused of Wage Theft

Joan Rivers spent years as a television writer, including a stint on The Tonight Show. But this week, the popular comedian is one of the targets of a strike by TV writers on the show Fashion Police , which Rivers co-hosts with Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana ... [Published Working In These Times - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Fashion, Theft, Joan Rivers

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Is it all bad? Reality television that inspires, uplifts its viewers

While most reality television shows obscure America's view of what is real and what is not, other programs are inspiring and uplifting for entire families to watch together.It started in 1948 with Alan Funt's "Candid Camera."That's when reality television ... [Published Deseret Morning News - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Writers Guild of America, Amish, Audition

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

E! 'Fashion Police' writers go on strike over alleged back wages (video)

Andrew H. Walker/ for Mercedes-Benz Fashion WeekDesigner Kimora Lee Simmons, host Kelly Osbourne, designer Jenny Packham, hosts Joan Rivers and George Kotsiopoulos and producer Melissa Rivers are seen on the set of Fashion Police at Spring 2013 Mercedes-Benz ... [Published SCPR - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Writers Guild of America, Jackie Beat, Joan Rivers, Fashion

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 3 reports

'Please don't be a Muslim': CA...

Libyan Twitter user Hend Amry appears to have been the one to start the thread with her tweet: Please dont be a Muslim. (Tiffany Gabbay) -- After two explosions claimed multiple lives and injured more than 100 people at the Boston Marathon Monday, Muslims ... [Published 96.1 KISS FM - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Twitter, Iyad El-Baghdadi, Boston Marathon, Writers Guild of America, Detonation

First reported Mar 01 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 1 reports

Intermission

The bridge is yours. - Only six of the Writers’ Guild of America 101 greatest screenplays are by women. -Quvenzhané Wallis is not the only person people seem to think it’s okay to nickname rather than learning to pronounce their names. -I ... [Published Think Progress - Mar 01 2013]

Entities: Writers Guild of America, Louis CK, Quvenzhané Wallis, Pornography

Quotes

Gray's books include "The Warning," about the Three Mile Island accident, and "Drug Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and HowHow We Can Get Out" an indictment of the U S war on drugs

'China Syndrome' writer Mike Gray dies at 77 [Published Individual.com - May 03 2013]

"The use of the identical theme, central character and title in a competing film by industry giants such as Warner and Langley will have a devastating effect on Mr. O'Dea's reputation as well as the distribution and franchise potential of his film, related products and copyrights" he claims

Indy Man Sues Warner Bros. Over 'Ghostman' [Published Courthouse News Service - May 02 2013]

_ Today, unfortunately, the words Islam and terrorism seem synonymous. This, however, cannot be the case because the Holy Quran clearly states, "Whosoever kills a person, it is as if he has killed all of mankind" (5:32). Terrorism has no religion, race or color. It is simply a treacherous evil

Hold fast to American principles [Published Chicago Tribune - Apr 30 2013]

"We all know there's little reality in reality TV," writes James Poniewozik, contributor to Time Magazine. "No reality TV show can match the intelligence and layers of well-constructed fiction."

Is it all bad? Reality television that inspires, uplifts its viewers [Published Deseret Morning News - Apr 19 2013]

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Intermission [Published Think Progress - Mar 01 2013]

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‘Fashion Police’ Accused of Wage Theft [Published Working In These Times - Apr 19 2013] Joan Rivers spent years as a television writer, including a stint on The Tonight Show. But this week, the popular comedian is one of the targets of a strike by TV writers on the show Fashion Police , which Rivers co-hosts with Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana ...
No surprise: TV news coverage omits union stori... [Published Daily Kos - Apr 03 2013] Not a voice you're likely to hear on the national television news.If you think you don't see much coverage of unions on national television news, you're not wrong. A new study finds that, over a three-year period, ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN aired just 141 ...
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U.S. Muslim calls for restrictions on free spee... [Published Jihad Watch - Mar 26 2013] Qasim Rashid, an extraordinarily arrogant man who is deeply contemptuous of any opponent of the Islamic supremacist agenda, joins his fellow Ahmadi Harris Zafar in calling for restrictions on the freedom of speech. That is a recipe for tyranny, and ...
Intermission [Published Think Progress - Mar 01 2013] The bridge is yours. - Only six of the Writers’ Guild of America 101 greatest screenplays are by women. -Quvenzhané Wallis is not the only person people seem to think it’s okay to nickname rather than learning to pronounce their names. -I ...

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