LOS ANGELES - Striking Hollywood writers won two battles on Monday by making a deal to work for Tom Cruise's film company and wreaking havoc on the Golden Globe Awards, but their labor war against film and TV studios is far from over.
Some experts believe the writers' strategy of making deals with independent producers like Cruise's United Artists will not only fail to divide and conquer Hollywood's big media companies, but serve to strengthen the industry's resolve.
Indeed, immediately after United Artists -- run by Cruise and Chief Executive Paula Wagner -- announced their deal to let striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members work on films during the strike, UA's parent, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., issued a statement saying it disagreed with UA's decision.
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Well, this is good news, atleast in my opinion. Slowly but surely the strike is making inroads into the studios. It will all but help get things back on track. All my favorite shows have stopped airing because they have run out of shows "in the can".
I am totally behind the WGA btw and hope they score a victory in this battle with the production houses. They deserve the credit for all the shows and movies. As is seen now, everything except the reality shows have come to a standstill.
Best of Luck to the WGA!!!!!
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