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1. Directors Guild of America Shifts Film Nominations to Jan. 8

   6:23 pm 9/18/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   The guild will announce its film noms two days earlier than originally planned to move off the date that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences moved on to earlier today.Read more

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   Judge Rules DGA Foreign Levies Reports Acceptable But Lawyer Claims They Don't 'Make Sense'

   7:25 pm 8/23/2012

   • by Jonathan Handel

   The court finds that the guild is complying with a settlement agreement, dismissing plaintiff counsel’s argument that more information should be required. Read more

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   California Senate Passes Bill to Extend $100 Million in Tax Credits

   1:38 pm 8/21/2012

   • by Erik Pedersen

   A 32-3 vote gets the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program one step closer to a two-year extension through 2017.Read more

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   California Assembly Passes Bill to Extend $100 Million in Tax Credits

   11:24 am 8/16/2012

   • by Alex Ben Block

   Focus shifts to Senate where similar bill, stuck in committee, is expected to be heard next week.Read more

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   DGA Hires Lawyer Danny Bush as Assistant Executive Director

   11:59 am 8/8/2012

   • by Jonathan Handel

   The Yale Law School grad has a background as a labor lawyer and union organizer.Read more

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   Reversing Course, the DGA to Allow Awards Season Screeners

   11:01 am 5/7/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   The directors adopt a new policy that will allow distributors to send DVDs to the guild's 14,500 members beginning this awards season.Read more

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   'Men in Black' Director Barry Sonnenfeld Loses $325,000 Arbitration to UTA (Exclusive)

   12:17 am 4/25/2012

   • by Matthew Belloni

   UPDATED: The arbitration ruling was confirmed in a court filing Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Sonnenfeld has appealed with a petition to vacate the award. Read more

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   Will the DGA's New Awards Date Alter 2013 Oscar Race?

   3:20 pm 3/19/2012

   • by Tim Appelo

   The Directors Guild of America moved the date of its annual awards to Feb. 2, 2013, a move that could change the dynamics of the Oscar race.Read more

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