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The first strike by Hollywood writers in nearly 20 years got under way with noisy pickets on both coasts after last-minute negotiations on Sunday failed to produce a deal. The AP's Bonny Ghosh talks to strikers in New York City.
HEADLINE: Tina Fey joins TV writers on the picket line
CAPTION: The first strike by Hollywood writers in nearly 20 years got under way with noisy pickets on both coasts after last-minute negotiations on Sunday failed to produce a deal....
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Protesting writers converged on NBC's studios in suburban Burbank to rally against restarted production of the late-night show "Last Call With Carson Daly." It was the first late-night show to resume production since the strike began Nov. 5
HEADLINE: Striking writers picket Carson Daly show
CAPTION: Protesting writers converged on NBC's studios in suburban Burbank to rally against restarted production of the late-night show "Last Call With Carson Daly." It was the first...
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Writers are cautiously optimistic before voting on a deal
AP Entertainment
Los Angeles, 09 October 2008
1. Wide shot picketing at Paramount lot
2. Medium shot of picketers at Paramount
3. Wide shot tilt down of Shrine Auditorium
4. Medium shot of parking sign for WGA members
5. Wide shot of...
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Republican presidential Mike Huckabee will likely have to cross a picket line to appear on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno
HEADLINE: Huckabee to cross picket line to appear on Leno
CAPTION: Republican presidential Mike Huckabee will likely have to cross a picket line to appear on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. Huckabee thought the writers had an...
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Horror writers take their strike to Warner Brothers studios - where protestors held a producers' exorcism.
HEADLINE: Writers put on horror show by L.A. studio
CAPTION: Horror writers took their strike to Warner Brothers studios in L.A. - where protestors staged a mock producers' 'exorcism' Wednesday. (Nov. 28)
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Hollywood writers to strike for Monday
HEADLINE: Hollywood writers to strike for Monday
CAPTION: A strike by Hollywood writers will begin Monday morning unless a last-minute contact deal is reached with studios over the weekend, union officials said Friday. (Nov. 2) 2007
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The cast of the ABC hit 'Grey's Anatomy' walk the picket line in support of the Writers Guild workers on strike.
HEADLINE: 'Anatomy' of a Strike
CAPTION: Actor Patrick Dempsey and other cast members of 'Grey's Anatomy' express solidarity for the hit show's writers by joining the picket line outside the studio. (Nov. 7)
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Richard Flanagan Thanking People For Their Support
Richard Flanagan Thanking People For Their Support
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The AP's Mark Carlson reports from Iowa as GOP candidates for president stump for votes one day before that's state's caucus.
HEADLINE: Eve of Iowa caucuses: Huckabee on Leno
CAPTION: The return of TV's late-night funnymen after a two-month strike hiatus turned into a bizarre mix of picketing and presidential politics as Republican presidential candidate Mike...
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Senators on Olympics, human rights, writers hand in petition
New York
1. Wide of writer Salman Rushdie during news conference
2. Mid of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Salman Rushdie, writer:
"The greatest victory of censorship, it seems to me, is when it goes on for so long and is so all...
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James McAvoy Michael K. Williams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, others on 24 Hours Plays
'X-MEN''S JAMES McAVOY AMONG STARS OF '24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY'
James McAvoy was among the stars in New York City, Monday (18 November 2013) for the annual fundraising event, "The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway."
Two-dozen actors took time...
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Preparations are underway for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild awards show, but the big question on everyone's mind is, "when will the writers' strike end?" Steve Fluty has the story
HEADLINE: Writers' strike overshadows SAG awards show
CAPTION: Preparations are underway for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild awards show, but the big question on everyone's mind is, "when will the writers' strike end?" Steve Fluty has...
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Horror-film writers perform producers' exorcism in front of movie studio
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Los Angeles, 26 November 2007
1. Wide exterior of Warner Bros. gate in Burbank
2. Wide of picketers chanting, "Out demons out!"
3. Wide of picketers walking on sidewalk
4. Writer on bullhorn
5. Writer performing...
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Czech Rep - Home-Grown Versus Western Culture
Artists in Eastern Europe may have played a key role in the battle
against Communism, but they are finding life under democracy hard.
In the Czech Republic - where writers, painters and actors led the
1989 revolution - artists now have...
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The Compendium of Chronicles by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani
Rashid al-Din Tabib, also Rashid ad-Din Fadhlullah Hamadani (1247 - 1318), was a Persian physician, writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history volume, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language. He was the Grand...
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Melissa Etheridge, Priscilla Renea on how technology has changed the music industry
ETHERIDGE EMBRACES NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIE ALBUM Melissa Etheridge has been playing music since she was 11-years-old and has witnessed first-hand how the industry has changed. The 54-year-old says the biggest shift during her career has...
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Fonda on her love for Cannes, red carpet style and pay equity
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Country singer Luke Bryan advocates for songwriters
COUNTRY SINGER LUKE BRYAN ADVOCATES FOR SONGWRITERSCountry star Luke Bryan is advocating for more revenue for songwriters in Nashville.The reigning CMA entertainer of the year held a press conference on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee,...
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Baldwin: Griffin not as vicious as 'people that want to cut Medicaid'
New York, 25 June 20171. Pan to Apollo Theater marquee2. Julianne Moore posing for photographers3. Tracy Morgan posing for photographers4. Medium shot Alec and Hilaria Baldwin posing for photographers5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alec Baldwin,...
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'Walking Dead': Frank Darabont Defends Shocking Emails, Cites 'Intense and Stressful' Time | THR News
Abusive emails written by Frank Darabont (co-creator and former showrunner of 'The Walking Dead') to AMC executives and crew during the first season of the show have surfaced amid his $280 million lawsuit against the network.
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South Africa Writers Against Apartheid
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SOUTH AFRICA: Cultural workers have formed a new organisation committed to ending apartheid. The Writers' Forum was inaugurated at a conference entitled "South Africa - Beyond the Platitudes", which was addressed by...