Writers Guild Awards to Celebrate Honorees As New Contract Heralds Industry Changes

For the roughly 12,000 scribes the Writers Guild of America represents, the last year has been an emotional roller coaster: The guild engaged in a labor stoppage for over four and a half months in 2023 that, alongside a partially overlapping SAG-AFTRA strike, ground production to a halt. But with a new contract now in hand, the upcoming Writers Guild Awards afford union members the chance for a collective exhalation. On April 14, Emmy-winning actress and producer Niecy Nash-Betts will host the event in L.A., part of conjoined and concurrent...