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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Thousands of members of the Writers Guild of America and their supporters march in Los Angeles last month More than ten thousand film and television writers in the United States have been on strike since N

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NPR 2009-06-11

A suspected white supremacist who opened fire inside Washington DC's Holocaust Museum, killing a guard before being wounded by other guards, is in critical condition today. Authorities say the alleged gunman tentatively identified as 88-year-old Jam

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There is some drama here in Hollywood with a possible writers' strike. The Writers Guild of America is negotiating a new contract with studios and networks. The current contract expires May 1, and if the two sides do not come to

CNN 2008-02-04

Hello everyone, I'm Asieh Namdar at the cnn.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The French military has evacuated some 400 more foreign nationals from Chad and expects to get another 400 out today. They are b

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The nominations are in from the Directors Guild of America, an honor that also often foreshadows Oscar success. On Tuesday, Martin Scorsese, Steve McQueen, David O. Russell, Alfonso Cuaron and Paul Greengrass all got the nod. It's the first Directors

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LOS ANGELES, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Senior U.S. performers in Los Angeles and elsewhere are generally happy with their lives as artists, although they still face age discrimination, a study published Thursday showed. Focusing on actors, dancers, choreogr

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The producers of the award season's frontrunners including Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty and Les Miserables have been chosen as possible contenders for the top honor bestowed by the Producers Guild of America (PGA), the gr

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Directors Guild of America (DG) on Tuesday handed out nominations to elite directors including Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee who are viewed as front- running contenders for best helmer of 2012. Ben Affleck earned a

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CNN 2008-07-12

Hello, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Friday. Winds are calming down and helping crews to get some control on the wildfires in eastern Washington State. More th

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Hollywood is gearing up for the 84th annual Academy Awards Sunday. The prestigious film honors, also known as the Oscars, acknowledge the best in movie making, and golden statuettes will go to actors and actresses and others behind the camera. The to

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