Writers Guild West Criticizes "Blatant Omission" of Older People in Academy Diversity Rules

Kanye West has accused Saturday Night Live of “us[ing] Black people to hold other Black people back” after he was mentioned in a sketch by Issa Rae.The Insecure creator and star was the guest host of last night’s (October 17) episode of SNL, appearing alongside musical guest Justin Bieber.During a sketch called Your Voice Chicago, Rae played a lawyer representing the NAACP on a morning talk show.

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.

A Kansas man has been arrested in connection with threatening to kidnap and kill a mayor over a mandatory mask ordinance, which he called a form of tyranny, the mayor said Friday.  Meredith Dowty, 59, was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail, according to records, though he has not been charged.  Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple said another city official read him the text messages Dowty is accused of writing.They asked about his address and threatened his life, the Kansas City Star reported.

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%.

Covid-19 being admitted into intensive care is rising.

Facebook post. “Is this what the new leadership at NBC thinks is the right thing to do? To be complicit in Trump’s tantrum? A shameless grab for ratings! I wouldn’t be shocked if this were Fox News.

Laurence Gallot and Antoine Banet-Rivet, two of France’s most senior and connected communications honchos, have joined forces to launch Monday Conseil, a PR agency.Paris-based, Monday Conseil will specialize in providing PR services and consultancy to French and international players involved in France’s media and entertainment industry, including tech and digital companies with content production and distribution interests, the partners said in a written statement on Monday.More specifically,

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Brandy Gold has been promoted to partner at the agency.

Dominic West is getting some heat after he said on Friday that he was pleased Donald Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19. The Wire star made the comments while being interview on Good Morning Britain.

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.

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.

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.

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.