Whammies Unaffected by WGA Strike

Rice Rocket dominates the Texas flat-track Roller Derby awards.

Jan. 21, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Rally 'Round the Writers

Local WGA members take part in Day of Action

"...Austin last week, he wanted to show his solidarity. WGA members – television and film writers – have been..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

NBC late-night hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien will return to the air in early 2008; also, 'TV Eye' eyes the Golden Globe noms

"...to cover their staff's salaries, once negotiations between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

It's ba-ack: The season debut of The Wire marks the return of appointment television

"...and Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 8pm on CBS. The WGA Strike..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The first casualties of the writers' strike.

"...blog (www.unitedhollywood.com). Once there, you can click to another WGA featurette, titled "Why We Fight," at YouTube. This three-minute..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

What to do when the writers' strike shuts down your favorite shows

"...on Monday, after months of failed negotiations between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers...."

Nov. 9, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...Ruffin: Samantha Bee (host and executive producer of the WGA nominated, Emmy Award-winning show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee)..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

'Tis the season for TV marathons, plus, mark your calendar for the last season of The Wire, and no news is bad news on the strike front

"...social realities depicted over the course of the series." WGA Strike Update..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Wrestling With Angels is an intimate, surprisingly extensive profile of one of this nation's greatest contemporary playwrights

"...a "roll-back." The AMPTP responded by saying that the WGA doesn't know how to negotiate and that perhaps their..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Letterman's writers find a new home on the Internet, plus gifts to give yourself and others

"...Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the WGA have decided to resume negotiations on Nov. 26, which..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Good Neighbors

Fred Rogers had a lot to teach us about being a good neighbor.

"...the same at the 25th Annual Writers Guild Awards (WGA) ceremony this Saturday. The WGAs recognize outstanding scripts written..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Austin Film News: From A(nimation) to Z(ombies)

Production updates from around town and just beyond city limits

"...Wittliff was probably best known for his Emmy-nominated and WGA Award-winning script for 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove, but his..."

June 21, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Meet The Unicorn Boyz

The writers of the SXSW sex comedy The Unicorn

"...will be removed, and Nick will have pulled some WGA shit on us."..."

March 10, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

'Casablanca' closes out Paramount Summer Film Classic series

"...their film Only the Young; Keith Patterson won the WGA Documentary Screenplay Award for his script about Austin icon..."

June 26, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Rube Goldberg Spins in Grave, Invents Coolest Coffin Ever

Notes on Rube Goldberg and "The Collector"

"...as easily have been attributed to "Rude Goreberg," but WGA rules are byzantine when it comes to crediting deceased..."

July 23, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

McCanlies, Austin Benefit From Writers' Strike

Secondhand Lions director to shoot new film The Two Bobs in Austin

"...Variety editor) Mike Jones joined Kay Schaber-Wolf of the WGA in explaining the angst and rewards of the recent..."

March 8, 2008 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

Golden Globes were a big bust, but the new Terminator series opens an impressive can of whup-ass

"...TV series, with stills of the winners. Yet, the WGA vowed to picket even the press conference unless NBC..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A New Revolution?

Ding dong: The Golden Globes are (more or less) dead.

"...tune in to the Independent Spirit Awards, the only WGA-approved show out there. Imagine: a world where the watercooler..."

Jan. 8, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

It Is What It Is

The year in books

"...the printed word is roundly dismissed; just ask the WGA), but we're pleased to announce that we've since come..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Film News

The Top 10 things that had people talking in Austin film and TV this year

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Big Squeeze

The writers' strike hits close to home

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

Aaron Sorkin, Mad as Hell

"...to invoke Paddy Chayefsky's name or cares about the WGA awards, Studio 60 is a TV connoisseur's dream. With..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Navigating the 'multicultural mess' of the holidays on the tube takes a sense of humor and taking ourselves less seriously; plus Paul Stekler gets a big nod from the Writers Guild of America

"...on the PBS series POV earlier this year. The WGA Awards ceremony is Feb. 19, 2005...."

Dec. 24, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

It ain't reality TV, but it may be closer to approaching real life: Nia Vardalos' My Big Fat Greek Life.

"...of the ad is, "Someone wrote that." It's the WGA's way of reminding readers of the value of good..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Cuts

To auteur or not to auteur, a fabulous gay movie awards ceremony, kraut-rock!, and now boarding for Lonesome Dove.

"...the most part -- the recent near-strike by the WGA took aim at the popular "A Film By… "..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

The SXSW Film Festival begins, Scott Dinger is honored, and other noteworthy items of local film news.

March 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov