The Hollywood writers guild said it would begin informal talks with studios today after agreeing to drop proposals to unionise reality and animation shows that had contributed to a negotiations deadlock.

Striking Hollywood writers could begin informal talks with studio chiefs next week in an effort to end a two-month walkout that has hit the US entertainment industry, according to reports.

Hopes were raised today that the Oscars could still go ahead next month after Hollywood directors reached a tentative contract deal with studios.

Striking Hollywood writers have decided not to picket tomorrow’s Golden Globe Awards after organisers changed it from an exclusive TV broadcast to an event open to all media.

Organisers of the Oscars insisted the show would go on next month despite the Golden Globe ceremony being cancelled due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.

Two of Hollywood’s most glamorous events are now caught up in the entertainment industry’s biggest dispute in two decades.

Unions representing striking Hollywood writers have filed an unfair labour practices complaint, claiming studios broke the law by ending negotiations.

Negotiations between striking Hollywood writers and studios collapsed after a day in which the sides traded accusations.

Striking Hollywood writers have rejected a new contract offer from producers, three weeks into a dispute over royalty payments.

Striking American film and TV writers joined with actors, other union members and even tourists in Los Angeles for a last rally before contract talks resume next week with studios and producers.

THE Hollywood writers strike has forced producers to postpone work on the Tom Hanks movie Angels and Demons, a prequel to the worldwide blockbuster The Da Vinci Code.

Hollywood film and TV writers who have been on strike for nearly two weeks will return to contract talks on November 26, their union and producers said today.

Production of the hit show Desperate Housewives and at least six sitcoms filmed before live audiences will be halted as a result of the US writers' strike.

Picket lines were set up on both US coasts today as the first strike by Hollywood writers in nearly 20 years got under way.

Hollywood writers will go on strike today after last-ditch talks called by a US government mediator failed.

Hollywood television and movie screenwriters are to go on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years in a dispute over royalties.

Hollywood writers and producers ended their contract talks with no new deal, but both sides pledged to continue negotiations this week.

Hollywood’s actors unions, hoping to improve wages for less well-known performers, early today reached a tentative deal to avert a crippling walkout for the TV and film industry.

There are rumours in Hollywood that a possible strike by writers could be averted.

Hollywood writers have resumed negotiations with producers and studio heads, hours after their contract for movie and TV work expired.

Last-minute talks were today under way in a bid to avert an all-out strike by Hollywood scriptwriters.

Hollywood was today bracing itself for an all-out strike by scriptwriters as talks on a pay dispute went down to the wire.

Hollywood is bracing itself for an all-out strike by scriptwriters as talks on a pay dispute go down to the wire.

Hollywood film bosses are to meet writers in a bid to avert a strike that could cripple movie and television production in the US.