Writers Guild at Impasse With WME, CAA Over Deal

Amid a standoff with two major talent agencies, the Writers Guild of America West unveiled the results of its annual election for its leadership on Monday. Candidates that have been elected to two-year terms to the guild's board of directors include Betsy Thomas, Deric A.

RuPaul made Emmy herstory during Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmys — with a fifth consecutive win for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program — and dedicated the award to the late “RuPaul’s Drag Race” queen, Chi Chi DeVayne.

RuPaul made Emmy herstory during Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys — with a fifth consecutive win for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program — and dedicated the award to the late queen, Chi Chi Devayne.«I'd like to dedicate this Emmy to one of girls, Chi Chi Devayne,» RuPaul said during his virtual acceptance speech. «May you rest in power and perfection.»Chi Chi — the stage name of Zavion Davenport — originally appeared on season 8 of season 8, before returning to compete on .

Amid a busy year for newsroom unionization, the Writers Guild of America East unveiled its new council leadership. The union revealed the results of its election on Thursday, which determined seven freelance seats and three staff seats on the 19-person council.

Major talent agency CAA and the Writers Guild of America sent out dueling updates on the status of their talks on Monday, with the union saying the major agency has yet to agree to a deal. "CAA has proposed changes to the agreement that the WGA has not – and cannot – agree to.

Also Read: Writers Guild Says It Has Hit Limit in Franchise Agreement Talks With CAA, WMECAA became the third major Hollywood agency to agree to a new deal, following behind ICM and UTA. WME, at this point, remains the only hold out among the major agencies.UTA, ICM, CAA and WME account for more than 90% of the packaging fee deals — those in which agencies bundle writers, talent and creators for a project and sell to a studio — in Hollywood.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCAA has signed a franchise agreement with the Writers Guild of America, Variety has learned.Per a statement sent out by the agency, CAA has agreed to the same terms that ICM agreed to when it signed a deal with the WGA in August.“We delivered the signed agreement to the WGA, and we assume that it will be circulated to the appropriate members of the negotiating committee, as well as the membership, shortly,” the statement reads.”  “There is one change we have provided

Mike Fleming Jr, Nellie Andreeva Deadline is hearing that CAA has reached agreement with the WGA that will end its stalemate and allow writers to return to the fold.

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Also Read: CAA Co-Chair Bryan Lourd on Writers Guild Conflict: 'I Hate How This Has Gone'But while those two agencies were able to negotiate better terms for themselves, the WGA says that it is drawing a hard line against raising affiliate studio ownership any further.“To be blunt, we’re not going to give them a different and better deal because they waited,” the memo says. “We’re not going to keep pushing back the sunset period on packaging.

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Chi Chi DeVayne has died aged 34.

< 1 min read Chi Chi DeVayne, the stage name of Zavion Davenport, who competed on two different seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race has died at age 34. News of the drag queen’s passing came Thursday, less than a week after DeVayne informed her Instagram followers that she was back in the hospital.

RuPaul is speaking out.