Writers Guild of America

Women front 'Nashville' band

2013-05-11 07:00:00

Callie Khouri's office is laden with secrets. An emerald-green silk chaise, a Craftsman-style lamp and scattered family heirlooms lend Southern-belle intrigue to the "Nashville" creator's Santa Monica work space. On a shelf rests a silver urn with the...

'Fashion Police' writers go on strike

2013-04-17 08:06:00

Writers for "Fashion Police" have walked off the job. Writers on the E! Network cable show hosted by comedian Joan Rivers have gone on strike following a dispute over back wages. The Writers Guild of America, West did not immediately announce the...

Don Payne dies at 48; 'Simpsons' writer and producer

2013-03-27 17:33:00

Don Payne, an award-winning writer and producer of "The Simpsons" and screenwriter of the 2011 blockbuster "Thor" as well as "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" and "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, said his friend...

Writers Guild Awards date announced: Feb. 1, 2014

2013-03-28 11:10:00

The 2014 Writers Guild Awards will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, at ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles, the Writers Guild of America, West and Writers Guild of America, East announced Wednesday. PHOTOS: Hollywood Backlot moments The date is another...

TV writing dominated by white males, but minorities, women gain

2013-03-26 12:32:00

Minority and women writers have made modest job gains in the television industry but have a long way to go before the playing field is level. So concludes the latest analysis from the Writers Guild of America, West, which reviewed employment patterns...

Oscars 2014: Show moves to March, setting up an awards season lull

2013-03-25 12:15:00

The Oscars are going to be a little later next year. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday the dates for the next two years' ceremonies — March 2, 2014, and Feb. 22, 2015. With the shift, the 2014 awards season...

Oscars 2013 preview: MacFarlane, 'Argo' hope to steal the show

2013-02-24 13:30:00

"Argo" heads into Sunday's Oscars with the wind at its back, but Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has the most nominations of any film -- a dozen. Will Ben Affleck's 1970s Iran drama make it a sweep, or are there some surprises in order? The suspense isn'...

Oscars 2013: 'Argo' generates most heat, but can 'Lincoln' catch it?

2013-02-20 07:00:00

With the Oscars finally upon us Sunday, it's do-or-die for the movies ranked in the L.A. Times Data Desk's HeatMeter, which tallies points at events throughout the season to gauge the overall traction of people and films. With Ben Affleck's "Argo"...

Now for real insight into Oscars -- by the guilds

2013-01-26 07:00:00

The academy liked "Argo," but not its director, Ben Affleck. The Directors Guild of America nominated Affleck, but couldn't find room for "Silver Linings Playbook" auteur David O. Russell, who, naturally, received an Oscar nomination for direction....

PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer

2013-01-15 00:00:00

Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...

'Argo' wins USC Libraries Scripter Award for writing

2013-02-09 22:00:00

"Argo" continues to rack up prizes: On Saturday evening, Ben Affleck's drama set during the Iranian hostage crisis picked up the 25th annual Scripter Award, which honors the best adapted screenplay, as well as the author of the material on which it was...

'Argo,' 'Beasts,' 'Lincoln' among Scripter Award nominees

2013-01-15 05:00:00

The authors and screenwriters of "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," �"Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Silver Linings Playbook" have been nominated for the 25th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award.� Usually only five...

Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola were nominated for a WGA award for their screenplay for "Moonrise Kingdom."

2013-01-04 10:24:29

Lena Dunham is creator and star of HBO's "Girls." The cable series nabbed two WGA nominations.

2012-12-06 11:06:10

Television writer and producer Chris Keyser is president of the Writers Guild of America.

2012-07-03 08:41:00