Writers Guild of America Schedules Awards Show for March 21

Hope for a late summer breakthrough on a deal between the Writers Guild of America and two major Hollywood agencies has turned into a fall waiting game. The negotiating committee for the union says it has presented WME and CAA with a proposal on Friday on terms for a new agreement for theholdout talent firms to represent any of its estimated 16,000 members for the first time since April 2019.

Dave McNary Film ReporterWriters Guild of America leaders have told their 15,000 members that powerhouse agencies CAA and WME still cannot represent them again after an 18-month standoff.The WGA, in an email sent Friday afternoon, said that the holdout agencies have not supplied enough details as to how they will comply with the guild’s demand that they limit their investment in their respective production affiliates to 20%.

Chris Willman Music WriterNot every pandemic-era awards show can reinvent the wheel, or try to, just for the sake of quarantine creativity points. And so “The Billboard Music Awards” occupied a unique space in the recent history of prime-time awards shows, by proceeding almost exactly as it probably would’ve if there had been a live audience in the Dolby Theatre.

John Legend dedicated an emotional awards show performance to his wife Chrissy Teigen after the couple lost their baby.

The Podcast Academy is moving forward with plans to host its first-ever awards show this spring. The non-profit group has set a March 28 date for the first annual Awards for Excellence in Audio, nicknamed the Ambies.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorMeow!Kesha is the latest celebrity to sign on to appear at the upcoming virtual cat convention CatCon From Your Couch. The singer will present during the CatCon Awards on Oct.

Dino-Ray Ramos editorThe Black List is partnering with the Writers Guild Initiative (WGI) and the King Family Foundation for the annual Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting. This marks the 13th year for the fellowship and the fifth year being hosted on blcklst.com.

In an effort to break a standoff with WME and CAA, the Writers Guild of America is asking the major agencies to disclose their ownership structures as part of talks aimed at allowing the firms to represent scribes for the first time since April 2019. The talent firms have been at odds with the Writers Guild over its call for the agencies to own no more than a 20 percent stake in their affiliate production companies.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLeaders of the Writers Guild of America have told their 15,000 members that powerhouse agencies CAA and WME still cannot represent them again after an 18-month standoff.The WGA, in an email sent Wednesday afternoon, said that the holdout agencies have not agreed to the guild’s demand that they limit their investment in their respective production affiliates to 20%.CAA had announced on Sept.

A few weeks after the Academy unveiled its new inclusion requirements for the Oscars, the Writers Guild of America West is criticizing the "blatant omission" of standards for hiring older creatives in the rules.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAs expected, the Producers Guild of America is following the lead of the Oscars and other awards shows and moving its 32nd annual awards show into the spring of 2021. The American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards also announced Wednesday a later date for their awards, which will now be held on April 18, 2021, while adding an Animated Series category to the mix.The PGA Awards will now be held Wednesday, March 24, and it will be virtual.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe WGA has penciled in the dates for its 2021 Writers Guild Awards and set the timeline for TV and film nominations, submission deadlines, voting and nominee panels.The 73rd annual dual-coast Writers Guild Awards will be held Sunday, March 21, in separate ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. The scribes’ TV nominees — along with those for New Media, News, Radio/Audio and Promotional Writing — are set to be revealed Wednesday, February 3.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold won a leading three awards at the 2020 Imagen Awards, designed to recognize Latino talent. The TV series Little America and Law & Order: SVU earned two awards each at the virtual event, hosted by comedian Aida Rodriguez and live-streamed in partnership with The Young Turks.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have shared footage of their first ever show, to mark 20 years since the fateful performance took place.The New York band, comprised of Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase, performed on a stacked bill at New York’s Mercury Lounge on September 25, 2000.In the new footage, the band are seen performing ‘Our Time’ – which went on to become the final track on their debut 2001 EP.“Special thanks to Dave Burton for getting us our first NY gig! Jack Martin for being our guest

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.

A post shared by Paul Mescal (@paul.mescal) on Sep 20, 2020 at 4:57pm PDTHowever, he was up against some big names in the Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie including veteran actors like Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Jackman.So while he didn’t walk away a winner, it was certainly an honour to be up against these big names!Paul was up against Jeremy Irons for his role in Watchmen, Hugh Jackman for Bad Education, Jeremy Pope for his turn in Netflix’s Hollywood and Mark Ruffalo where he played twins

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticSome things never change.  Here we are at the end of the 72nd Emmy Awards and once again the story in terms of major wins is HBO proving they could lose Emmy juggernauts like Game Of Thrones and Veep, and then one year later come back just as strong with wins for Best Drama Series for Succession, and Limited Series for Watchmen , plus on top of that pulling off an upset win making Zendaya the youngest winner ever in Lead Actress in a Drama Series