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Writers Guild is close to a deal with UA

United Artists, the independent production unit of MGM controlled by actor Tom Cruise and his producer partner, Paula Wagner, is expected to become the first movie company to reach an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America, enabling the recent start-up to hire union writers despite the continuing strike.

By Claudia Eller and Richard Verrier

January 6, 2008

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