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Emmy Award-winning writer William Blinn has been honored with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television, the Writers Guild of America West said. Blinn will receive the lifetime achievement award during the WGA West's annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb.

Tyler Perry Studios and the Writers Guild of America West say they have agreed on a new contract after more than five months of negotiations.

By Michael Cieply Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild publicly declared war on a fellow union at a rally here this week, increasing the likelihood of new labor strife in an entertainment industry still recovering from a writers' strike that ended four months ago.

By JOHN DUNBAR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday that his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent Internet service providers from discriminating against Web surfers and that new legislation is unnecessary.