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Film News: Berlinger forced to turn over 600 hours to raw footage — The Writers Guild of America East has joined in supporting “Crude: the Real Price of Oil” filmmaker Joe Berlinger.

Film News: Berlinger forced to turn over 600 hours to raw footage — The Writers Guild of America East has joined in supporting “Crude: the Real Price of Oil” filmmaker Joe Berlinger.

Film News: Guilds back push to unionize — Screen Actors Guild has joined the Writers Guild of America in backing the push by composers and lyricists to unionize

Film News: Guild presses White House to take more action — The Writers Guild of America, West, pressed the White House for increased measures to fight online piracy.

Film News: Next hearing date set for April 16 — Following extensive objections by Writers Guild of America members, a state court judge has delayed for at least a month approval of the final settlement in the tangled WGA foreign levies case.

Film News: Award recognizes ‘Jaws’ writer’s service to the guild — The Writers Guild of America West has tapped Carl Gottlieb to receive its Morgan Cox Award, recognizing service to the guild.

Film News: Objections filed in foreign levy suit against guild — Several objections have been filed to the proposed settlement in the tangled foreign levies suit against the Writers Guild of America, a month before the final hearing on possible payment of tens of millions of dollars to writers.

Film News: WGA nominees drawn from smaller field — When the Writers Guild of America reveals its 10 screenplay nominees this morning, it’s going to be from a far smaller field of contenders than in the past.

Film News: Standup comic will emcee gala held Feb. 20 — The Writers Guild of America East has tapped Susie Essman to host its Feb. 20 awards ceremonies at New York City’s Hudson Theater.

Film News: Guild triples digital signatories in 2009 — Touting its focus on organizing new media work, the Writers Guild of America East more than tripled its roster of digital media signatories last year to more than 30 companies.