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- U.S. screenwriters guild to negotiate with individual companies
- The union representing striking Hollywood writers says it will try and negotiate with individual production companies in order to end the impasse since talks broke off Dec. 7 with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
- Trebek out of hospital after heart attack
- Alex Trebek, the Canadian-born host of Jeopardy, is out of the hospital after suffering a minor heart attack on Monday.
- Nude St. John's waterfront TV shoot attracts 50
- About 50 people of all ages and body types showed up in the buff at the St. John's waterfront for a new TV arts show created by actor and director Mary Walsh.
- Canadian actor voices KITT for new Knight Rider
- The studio behind an upcoming TV movie revamp of 1980s cult TV series Knight Rider unveiled some details about the project this week, including a new car and the casting of Canadian comic actor Will Arnett.
- U.S. screenwriters attempt to force studios back to table
- The union representing striking U.S. screenwriters has filed a labour practices complaint with the federal government.
- British romance Atonement leads Golden Globe nominees
- The historical romance Atonement, based on Ian McEwan's bestselling novel, led a vast field of nominees Thursday morning for the Golden Globe Awards, one of Hollywood's highest honours and an important precursor to the Oscars.
- Writers Guild announces annual awards nominations despite strike
- NBC's The Office, Showtime's Dexter and HBO's The Wire are among the contenders for top honors at the 60th Writers Guild Awards.
- TV download battle finally begins in Canada
- The battle for downloadable television is finally coming to Canada, with Apple Inc. launching the sale of TV series episodes for sale on its iTunes store.
- NHL games, Canadian shows to be available on iTunes
- National Hockey League games are among the first programming to be offered through Apple's iTunes video download service to launch Wednesday, Apple Canada has announced.
- Sopranos creator due in court over plot dispute
- Sopranos creator David Chase is headed to federal court in New Jersey to defend his role in creating the hit HBO mob drama.
- Jeopardy's Trebek hospitalized with heart attack
- Canadian-born Jeopardy host Alex Trebek is undergoing tests in a Los Angeles hospital after having a minor heart attack Monday, a spokesman for the game show said Tuesday.
- Screenwriters strike scuttles biannual previews for critics
- The Hollywood screenwriters' strike has claimed another victim: the annual January meeting of the Television Critics Association.
- Copyright reform bill critics eye victory
- A controversial bill that seeks to reform Canadian copyright laws, expected to be introduced early this week, may be quashed after a groundswell of opposition erupted over the past week.
- Idled workers rally as Hollywood strike enters sixth week
- Hundreds of out-of-work film and television employees and their supporters marched down Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles Sunday to call for a resumption of talks to settle the ongoing scriptwriters' strike, which has sidelined many prime-time and late-night TV shows.
- 'Legendary' TV exec Roger King dies at 63
- Roger M. King, the CBS and King World Productions executive who helped bring stars including Oprah Winfrey, Alex Trebek and "Dr. Phil" McGraw to television, died Saturday of a stroke. He was 63.
- Talks break down with striking Hollywood writers
- Negotiations between striking Hollywood writers and studios collapsed Friday, the culmination of a day in which the sides traded barbs and accusations.
- MADD wants Sutherland off Ford ads
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving, a nation-wide advocacy group that works with victims of drunk driving, is unhappy with Keifer Sutherland as the voice of Ford Canada.