DAILY NEWS: Strike Talks Resume Today; SF Film Fest Winners; Hart Sharp and FilmFour Sign Pact; Carlis Lands at BNNby Eugene Hernandez, Anthony Kaufman and Brian Brooks/indieWIRE>> WGA/AMPTP UPDATE: Talks to Continue Today(indieWIRE/05.04.01) -- Negotiations between the Writers Guild of America(WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) concluded for another day, without a deal.The Writers Guild of America said yesterday that talks will resume today(Friday) at 10 a.m. at its headquarters in Los Angeles. Special committeeswere expected to continue talking last night after the negotiatingcommittees recessed, accor...
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