Writers Guild Says CAA Hasn't Yet Made a Deal

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterBlumhouse Television co-president Marci Wiseman is exiting her post at the company, due to personal reasons, and is handing off the role to her colleague and co-president Jeremy Gold, who will become Blumhouse TV’s sole head.In a letter to her colleagues, Wiseman shared that she has experienced “a series of challenging personal events” over the past year and has decided to take time off.

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.

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.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe 73rd edition of the Writers Guild of America Awards ceremony has been scheduled for March 21, 2021 — five weeks before the Oscars.The WGA made the announcement Monday and said submissions are open for feature screenplays in the original, adapted, and documentary; in television series in drama, comedy, and new; for TV-Radio-New Media scripts; and for the Paul Selvin Award, presented by the WGA West.Nominations will be announced on Feb.

Creeper’s ambitious second record ‘Sex, Death & The Infinite Void’. With his personal life in turmoil and working hard to trade out Creeper’s hardcore edges for something more Brit-pop influenced, he needed a release.

The Gold Coast bar, seen here in an undated photo, is the fourth LGBTQ space to close in West Hollywood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Facebook.

ViacomCBS says CEO Bob Bakish was investigated for an allegation of misconduct but the probe concluded without action being taken. “The board takes any allegation of this type seriously.

Alan Thicke, Kirk Cameron and their Growing Pains costars brought to life a TV family worth loving.Thicke (Dr. Jason Seaver), Cameron (Mike Seaver), Joanna Kerns (Maggie Seaver), Tracey Gold (Carol Seaver), Jeremy Miller (Ben Seaver) and Ashley Johnson (Chrissy Seaver) portrayed the sitcom clan.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix shows “Criminal U.K.” and “Delhi Crime,” UFA’s second season of “Charité,” and the second season of HBO Latin America’s “The Bronze Garden” are the nominees in the best drama category at the International Emmy Awards.Vying for best actress are Glenda Jackson for “Elizabeth is Missing,” for which she has already won a BAFTA, Yeo Yann Yann for “Invisible Stories,” Emma Bading for “Play,” and Andrea Beltrão for “Hebe.”Nominees for best actor are Billy Barratt for

Larian Studios has delayed the early access release of its much-anticipated Baldur’s Gate III.The developer announced that the game, which was set to hit early access on September 30, has been pushed back by a week in order to fine-tune stability issues and localisation problems. The early access of Baldur’s Gate III will now launch on October 6.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorScreen Media said Wednesday that is has acquired U.S. rights to Girl, the thriller written and directed by Chad Foust that stars Bella Thorne and Mickey Rourke.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Tuesday, California Health and Human Services Director Dr.

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.

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.

leaving a car park 'filled with sick people', and that hundreds of people in Bury queued for hours for a test. Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: "Over the weekend in Bolton, where infections are highest in the country, a mobile testing centre failed to turn up.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish Tuesday called Paramount, “one of the most storied brands in Hollywood” and a “natural choice” of name and content machine for its fast-growing OTT service in a rebrand announced this morning.Previous Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman wanted to unload the studio, or a big chunk of it. But Bakish is making it the beating heat of the company.