WGA & AMPTP Meet Again Following Latest Studio CEO Huddle

EXCLUSIVE: Amid growing speculation of internal divisions within the C-suites and a lack of any apparent path forward to end the writers and actors strikes, the chiefs of Hollywood’s biggest studios are set to gather today.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the major studios remained in limbo on Monday, after a week of public sparring failed to result in forward movement. The sides have not formally met since Aug. 18, when the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers rejected the WGA’s Aug.

Kim Kardashian and her mom Kris Jenner mingled with lots of special guests at This Is About Humanity’s 5th Anniversary Soiree held at a private residence on Saturday (August 26) in Los Angeles.

Olivia Wilde is getting in a quick workout.

As Hollywood waits for the WGA’s official response to the AMPTP’s latest contract offer, a ray of sunlight emerged for comedy/variety writers in the latest back-and-forth.

WGA leaders met face-to-face with key CEOs on Tuesday evening as executives sought to pitch the guild on their most recent contract offer in the hopes of ending the nearly four-month-old strike. Late Tuesday, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers released details of the contract offer presented to the WGA on Aug. 11.

The Writers Guild and the AMPTP didn’t come back to the bargaining table Monday. The two sides last met on Friday, after which the guild told its members that talks would resume sometime this week. The strike is now in its 112th day.

Fred Again.. has previewed a new song featuring Selena Gomez.During a recent live set over the weekend, the DJ and producer played an unreleased track featuring Gomez’s vocals and what appears to be a sample of Laura Rivers’ 1967 song ‘That’s All Right’.

After four straight days of bargaining, the Writers Guild said tonight that it will meet again next week with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer UPDATED: The Writers Guild of America met again with negotiators from the major studios on Friday afternoon, but the sides appeared to make little progress toward ending the 109-day strike. The guild issued a message to members Friday evening confirming that the sides plan to gather again next week. The guild has held talks each of the last four days with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, but the two sides remain far apart on the major issues, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

The Writers Guild and the AMPTP met Thursday for a third time this week in an attempt to hammer out a deal to end the ongoing writers’ strike. It remains uncertain whether they’ll meet again Friday, but Deadline has confirmed that the studios’ CEOs are planning to meet Friday to discuss where things now stand.

writers strike. The CEOs of the major studios — including Ted Sarandos of Netflix and David Zaslav of Warner Bros. Discovery — are also expected to hold a joint call on Friday to discuss the next move in the talks.

EXCLUSIVE: Sources are telling Deadline that the Writers Guild and AMPTP are resuming talks this afternoon. We’re told it’s not in person, rather a zoom. We understand that the WGA will be delivering their counter to AMPTP’s counterproposal from Friday.

Labor Day traditionally signals the end of summer and puts the TV industry into fall mode, focusing on the launch of the new broadcast season. While broadcast is no longer the only — or even the main — game in town, Labor Day has remained that threshold after summer vacations when the TV business kicks into high gear.

Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) finds himself back in the arms of his wife, Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins), despite making a go of things with the mother of his child, Chloe Harris (Jessie Elland), in Emmerdale spoilers. Moira Barton (Natalie Robb) is emotional when Mackenzie asks her to be Reuben’s godmother, whilst Chloe is thrilled when Amy Wyatt (Natalie Ann Jamieson) and Matty Barton (Ash Palmisciano) agree to be godparents too. When the venue for Rueben’s christening party later falls through, Charity offers to hold it in The Woolpack.

Fred Again.. has teamed up with Obongjayar on new single ‘adore u’ – listen to it below.The track’s official release was first teased last week after DJ and producer Fred Again.. shared a video to Instagram of him playing keyboard on the track, while Nigerian-born, London-based Obongjayar sang vocals.“Finally got to sit in the room and hear this beautiful man sing these words right there.

In the 15th installment of Deadline’s Strike Talk, the boys have put the band back together. Todd Garner, who launched the podcast with Billy Ray and then had to bow out to produce a film in Australia, returns after the SAG-AFTRA strike shut down production on his film.

Four Tet – has reflected on his recent success with Fred Again.. and Skrillex, and revealed that he doesn’t agree with the idea that he is “finally getting the success he deserves”.The English electronic artist made the comments in a rare interview earlier this week, in which he reflected on his early days in the industry and the mammoth concerts he has played as part of his latest collaboration.This comes in light of the musician becoming part of the most famous dance trio in the world right now – joining forces with hit producer Fred Again..

Fred Again.. has shared a new song titled "adore u." The song samples Obongjayar's "I Wish It Was Me," a song taken from the Nigerian artist's 2022 album Some Nights I Dream Of Doors .

The WGA and the AMPTP have agreed to resume bargaining for a deal that could end the guild’s ongoing strike.