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Richard Price, the acclaimed screenwriter of The Color of Money and co-creator of HBO's limited series The Night Of, will be the recipient of the WGA East's Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement. The award will be presented February 1 at the 72nd annual Writers Guild Awards at New York's Edison…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill championed by the WGA East and the DGA that will support a study into the lack of opportunities for female and minority TV writers and directors in the state — after which $5 million from the Empire State Film Production Tax Credit can be allocated to incentivize the hiring…

The Producers Guild of America has produced its sports, children’s and shortform TV nominations for the 31st annual Producers Guild Awards. The group also unveiled the nominees for its first Innovation Award, which honors an outstanding entertainment endeavor across the emerging mediums of VR, AR, experiential and…

The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839, has new leadership, including 10 new members of its executive board. Steve Kaplan, running unopposed, recently was elected business rep, and Jeanette Moreno King, the local's former veep, was elected president. Jason MacLeod, the local's former business rep, did not seek…

Nancy Meyers, the highest-grossing female writer-director-producer in Hollywood’s box office history, will be the recipient of the WGA West's 2020 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. Diane Keaton, who starred in Meyers' 2003 film Something's Gotta Give, will present the award at the 72nd annual Writers Guild…

The opposition party at SAG-AFTRA's local in New Orleans has won a resounding victory in a re-run of the August election that was mandated by the local's election committee. Olga Wilhelmine, who won the original contest for a seat on the national board, won again in the re-run, as did all of her running mates on the…

The editorial staff of NBC News Digital has voted 90-40 to join the NewsGuild of New York. The new bargaining unit includes reporters, video journalists, editors, social media strategists, designers and editorial staff from nbcnews.com, today.com, StayTuned, msnbc.com, and NBC News Now. "We are proud to officially…

The WGA has filed its opposition to the Big Three talent agencies' motion to dismiss the guild's antitrust and price-fixing claims in their ongoing legal battle. The WGA's opposition, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, argues that the motion to dismiss – filed by WME, CAA and UTA – "largely ignores the detailed…

Merrill Markoe, the multple-Emmy-winning former head writer of Late Night with David Letterman, will receive the WGA West's 2020 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. Named after one of television's the most influential writers, the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award is the guild's highest honor…

The Producers Guild said Thursday that Plan B principals Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner will receive the 2020 David O. Selznick Achievement Award, the PGA’s honor for producers’ outstanding body of work in motion pictures. The award will be presented January 18 at the 31st annual PGA Awards at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Heavyweight Oscar contenders Quentin Tarantino and Pedro Almodóvar are among those who will not be going to the WGA Awards this year. And get your knives out, FilmTwitter, because one of the high-profile female directors ignored by the Golden Globes’ directing category, Lulu Wang for The Farewell, won’t…

Paula Pell will receive the WGA East's Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence at the 72nd annual WGA Awards, which will be held February 1. The award will be presented by her longtime friend and former SNL colleague Amy Poehler. The honor will be bestowed in New York at the Edison Ballroom; the WGA Awards ceremonies…