Writers Guild Unveils Updated Jobs Platform as Agency Fight Keeps Up

By Gene Maddaus

It's been a while since we caught up with former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member Taylor Armstrong. In recent years, Taylor has become an iconic a meme and warned us about a celebrity scam. Now, she's opening up about one of the most important people in her life: her daughter, Kennedy Armstrong.

Happy birthday, Adele! The singer turned 32 years old on Tuesday and took to social media to thank her fans for their well-wishes. "Thank you for the birthday love," she wrote via Instagram.

Following a season of Below Deck Sailing Yacht that was as rocky as the waters of the Ionian Sea, Adam Glick confirmed his current relationship status with Jenna MacGillivray during his appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen: @ Home on May 4.

Amy Brothers was out of the office and on assignment when she got the call that she was being laid off from her job as a multimedia producer at The Denver Post. The news hit her hard and came at a time when Brothers was busier than ever, covering stories about the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The day she was let go, she was filming a video about a company that had transitioned from making wrestling singlets to protective masks for health care workers.

A day after a Los Angeles federal judge dismissed most of the Writers Guild of America's claims in its lawsuit against the major agencies, the guild wrote a note to its members on its next steps. "This is not the 'victory' they predicted or that they needed, which was the complete dismissal of the lawsuit," read a letter signed by the WGA's agency negotiating committee, referring to plaintiff agencies CAA, UTA and WME.

Performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and major motion picture and television studios will commence bargaining on Monday ahead of a June 30 contract extension, the union and studio alliance said Friday in unexpected news.

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has agreed to a proposal from the Writers Guild of America that talks between the parties, delayed from March 23 by the pandemic, will start next month, according to a letter obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

The royal family is joining the rest of the world in working from home during the coronavirus pandemic—and they're facing many of the same issues as the rest of us as they adjust to the new normal.

The Writers Guild of America West is putting pressure on CBS to lengthen the number of sick days available to journalists covering the coronavirus outbreak. In a recent petitionpenned in March, the writers' union calls on the network to provide at least 14 days of paid sick leave tonews, web, digital, and promo writers that have been hospitalized with COVID-19, self-isolated due to COVID-19 infection or potential exposure and/or are caregivers for individuals that have contracted COVID-19.

Talks between the Writers Guild of America and major motion picture and television studios, originally scheduled to begin March 23, may start next month: the WGA West proposed in an email disclosed Friday that the parties exchange initial proposals May 1 and begin talks the week of May 11. The email, from WGAW executive director David Young to Carol Lombardini, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, also proposes extending the existing contract to June 30.

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By David Robb

On Wednesday, the Writers Guild of America East filed an unfair labor practice charge withthe National Labor Relations Board that accuses NBCUniversal of union-busting over the January closure of thenonfiction production unit Peacock Productions. The move follows a February request for more information about the nature of the union-shop shuttering.

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By Dave McNary

If you feel like testing your relationship, might we suggest not only working together but also doing so on a yacht? Time and time again on the various Below Deck franchises we've seen just how challenging it can be to live and work with your significant other on the high seas.