Links to breaking news, writers' blogs, YouTube videos, and other coverage of the WGA strike:

Sweet Charity has ended its WGA-support auction with a tentative estimate of $19,024.28 raised for the Writers' Guild Foundation, shattering all previous records.

A Conversation with John Sayles on Labor and the Writers' Strike (article): Robert Eisele of the Huffington Post interviews screenwriter John Sayles, covering topics such as unionism, press coverage of strikes and protests, and what might be the turning point of the WGA strike.

From the Picket Lines: Strike Over By Oscars? (article): Erin Fox discusses the possibility of the strike ending in time for the Academy Awards ceremony and the optimism of some of the writers on the line.

Monday: WGA/SAG Unity Rally (blog post): A reproduction of a letter sent out to WGAW members about a WGA-SAG Unity Day picket being held Monday, Jan 28, at Fox Studios in Century City.