Some post-writers strike sentiments lingered as Hollywood celebrated the 80th Annual Academy Awards last night. Variety reports that many like NBC prexy Jeff Zucker, acknowledged the celebratory feel caused by the Oscars happening and the strike ending saying “I think everybody was ready for a party, and to enjoy the chance to come and to have a grand time.”

Others still had left-over thoughts from the recent strike events such as best actor nominee George Clooney who repeated his strong wish that the Screen Actors Guild help the rank and file in his union stay employed by starting talks as soon as possible. “There’s no resolution yet,” he said. “We’re talking to all parties. We’re hoping to avoid a strike.”

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The strike is settled and the writers are back at work today! Celebrate their return with these top 10 movies about screenwriting characters, courtesy of EW.com. Visit the Writers Guild website to learn more about the vote to lift their 100-day strike, which began on Novermber 5, 2007.
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1) THE WRITER: Mel Miller
PLAYED BY: Walter Matthau
IN: A Face in the Crowd (1957)

2) THE WRITER: Alfred Miller
PLAYED BY: Michael Murphy
IN: The Front (1976)

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3) THE WRITER: Dixon Steele
PLAYED BY: Humphrey Bogart
IN: In a Lonely Place (1950)

4) THE WRITER: Jerry Stahl
PLAYED BY: Ben Stiller
IN: Permanent Midnight (1980)

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The three-month old Hollywood writers strike could end as soon as next week, just in time to avoid disrupting the Oscars on February 24th. Sources say the WGA bargaining committee and studio executives are still haggling over the precise language in the contract. Neither parties were authorized to comment on the specifics of the negotiations, but the agreement is said to include significant increases in the residuals received for online use of film and television. For more from Breitbart on the contract negotiations, click here.

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The Screen Actors Guild president, Alan Rosenberg, has announced today that as a result of the WGA’s plans to picket the Golden Globe awards, none of the 70 actors nominated for GG awards this year will attend the January 13th event.

“After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives over the past several weeks, there appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross WGA picket lines to appear on the Golden Globe Awards as acceptors or presenters,” he said. “We applaud our members for this remarkable show of solidarity for striking Writers Guild of America writers.”

For further developments on the WGA strike, click here.