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Members of the screenwriters union overwhelmingly ratified a four-year agreement with Hollywood studios and streamers on Friday, bringing an end to a surprisingly smooth and quick process that brought a prolonged strike the last time around. Union leaders said 90% voted to approve the deal struck between the Writers Guild of America West, Writers Guild of America East and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Studios will now shift to negotiations with actors and directors. Leaders of the unions emphasized gains in health coverage. “In the face of industry contraction and runaway health care cost inflation, writers were able...

The Writers Guild of America tweeted Monday night that the board of directors "have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01 AM, Tuesday, May 2."...The strike means that production on some of your favorite broadcast shows, streaming series and potentially some films will effectively grind to a halt, upending the industry...Late-night talk shows are expected to go dark this week, for example, and NBC's "Saturday Night Live" could nix this weekend's episode.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been exposed running the most disturbing and elaborate propaganda campaign in living memory. Screen writers, comedians, influencers and church leaders, among others, were recruited and paid to promote Covid-19 vaccines to the masses, while ridiculing and shaming those who refuse the jab. Judicial Watch has nailed it yet again, suing HHS to acquire a treasure trove of documents that reveal the world’s most exhaustive and heavily funded propaganda campaign to try to convince the oblivious masses to be injected with an experimental...

Segregated Screenwriters : Crash is not my L.A. I think Crash, which depicts Los Angeles as a segregated city of angry racists, has a good chance to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday — if the Academy decides the big message they want to send this year is "America Is Racist." On the other hand, "America Is Homophobic" is always a popular Oscars message too (remember Philadelphia?) as well as more buzzworthy right now. So probably the smart money should be on Brokeback Mountain. "America Is McCarthyite/George Clooney Speaks Truth to Power" (Good Night and Good Luck)...

Bryan Coley, Art Within Artistic Director and organizer. (Photo by Christian Post) “Criticize by creating,” is the call that Atlanta-based arts and media group Art Within is issuing to screenwriters across the nation with the launch of a year-long program this fall. Officially beginning on Oct. 12, the ministry’s Art Within Labs fellowship program is “committed to fostering the next generation of screenwriters compelled to explore with excellence the intersection of faith and storytelling.” “There is a tremendous interest in Hollywood for scripts that will actually capture [the Christian] market, and if anyone should be answering this call it should...