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2 unusual facts about WGA


Charles Edward Pogue

From 1997-2001, Pogue served on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, west.

Fans4Writers

Fans4Writers is a movement of fans who supported the striking writers of the WGA during the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike.


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2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

Taking part in the 2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix program was the first round of the 2012 Porsche Supercup season (2 races); the second round of the 2012 GP2 Series (1 feature race, 1 sprint race); and the WGA Supercars ME Championship (two 7 lap races).

A New Leaf

WGA Award (Screen) for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium (Elaine May) - lost to John Paxton for Kotch (1971)

Alexa Junge

Junge went on to write for Once and Again, Sex and the City, West Wing (where she was nominated for two Emmys and two WGA Awards) as well as

Colin Jost

He won the Peabody Award in 2009 and three Writers Guild (WGA) awards (2007, 2009, 2010) for his work on Saturday Night Live.

Josh Griffith

During the strike, he took over as head writer and to do this, he accepted Financial core status with the WGA.

Ruth Livier

Ms. Livier was featured on the cover of the WGA's Written By magazine for being the first person to become a member of the Writers Guild of America through her work in New Media.

Todd Holland

Holland worked as an executive producer for Malcolm in the Middle, and co-created Wonderfalls with Bryan Fuller - for which they received a WGA nomination (the only cancelled series to be so honored that year).

Tony Grisoni

Gilliam and Grisoni went to WGA arbitration to get credit for Fear and Loathing; initially only Tod Davies and Alex Cox (who had written a previous version of the screenplay) were credited, despite Gilliam and Grisoni rewriting the entire film from scratch.

Western Gulf Advisory

WGA was initially touted as a suitor for the New Zealand-based Wellington Phoenix football club after its owner Terry Serepisos encountered financial trouble, but negotiations did not proceed after WGA's assets were frozen by a court order.

Windows Genuine Advantage

The WGA program can produce false positives (incorrectly identifying a genuine copy of Windows as "not genuine").


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