Taylor Hackford Elected DGA President; SAG, WGA Slates Set

Ray helmer Taylor Hackford was elected president of the Directors Guild of America over the weekend, replacing Michael Apted and thus setting one-third of the players who will duel with the studios when the next round of union contract negotiations begins in 2011. The Writers Guild and SAG are running a little hotter with their own races, with John Wells battling hardliner Elias Davis on the writers' side and Anne-Marie Johnson taking over Alan Rosenberg's post atop the Membership First slate. Play nice, all! [THR]