SAG, studios may be close to reaching deal, sources say

After weeks of back-channel talks, Hollywood’s biggest actors union and the major studios appear to have broken their logjam and could be close to striking a deal on a contract, according to people close to the situation. The agreement would come as a breakthrough for the Screen Actors Guild, whose members have been working without a contract for nine months as various attempts at negotiations with the studios collapsed. For the full story click here