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UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

EXCLUSIVE: After nearly three months, the Writers Guild of Canada has returned to the negotiating table with Canadian producers this week — this time with an unprecedented bit of power in their hands. Last week, Canadian scribes approved the first strike-authorization vote in the union’s history…

The Directors Guild of America said Thursday that it will hold its 77th annual DGA Awards on February 8, 2025 at the Beverly Hilton. The awards’ timeline, which includes voting schedules, key deadlines and a nominations date, are still in the works. Related…

IATSE is in the home stretch of its local-specific negotiations with the studios. As of Friday, Local 728 — which represents studio electrical lighting technicians — has reached a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on craft-specific proposals…

The Writers Guild of America West will present Designing Women and Evening Shade creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason with its highest honor — the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. The award is presented to a Guild member who has "advanced the literature of television and made…

Contentious contract negotiations between publishing giant Condé Nast and the union representing staffers at many of its magazines spilled over Wednesday when staffers marched to the New York City offices of the company’s CEO. The action by members of Condé Union comes after it criticized Tuesday’s…

From one “hot labor summer” to the next: Below-the-line workers will sit down with the Hollywood studios Monday to begin talks for new film and TV contracts. All eyes, metaphorically speaking, are on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ Sherman Oaks offices, as IATSE and the…

The Writers Guild of America East has tapped Sam Wheeler as executive director. Beginning in his new position on April 1, Wheeler joins the WGAE from his previous position as the national executive director of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). “I am honored to join the WGAE as…

SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers won’t be going to the animated mattresses. The union and the studios have a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract extension covering toon features. The deal basically extends their contract reached in…

IATSE is forming a subcommittee with the low budget film producers to address sexual harassment on film and TV sets. The primary mission of the subcommittee is to implement the Hollywood Commission’s Respect on Set program, which provides services to all signatories of IATSE’s Low Budget Agreement…

No one has said the word "strike" yet, but some of Hollywood's strongest unions just flexed some serious muscle with the studios. With their current contracts set to end on July 21, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Teamsters Local 399 will stand in together in solidarity…

While Season 48 was cut short by the writers strike in May, Saturday Night Live is off and running on a full Season 49 this winter. The show, which traditionally restarts at the very end of September or the beginning of October, returned on October 14. RELATED: Who Is New 'SNL' Castmember Chloe Troast…