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News Articles: Hollywood strike

Outside Fox studios in Los Angeles, production assistant Allie Palm and SAG-AFTRA actress Desiree Woolfolk say they can't wait to get back to work.

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  • Arts & Life

Actors and studios make a deal to end Hollywood strikes

SAG-AFTRA workers have been on strike since July, when they joined screenwriters on their strike. Now, if the performers approve their new deal, Hollywood may soon come to life again.

November 09, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Actor Jason George is on the negotiating team with SAG-AFTRA: "It's a heist movie" he says.

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  • Arts & Life

We asked Hollywood actors and writers to imagine the strikes on screen

Some striking writers and actors told us it would be a rom-com. Others suggested a mystery, an alien abduction movie, or even a heist flick!

November 04, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Writers, directors and other Hollywood union members are demanding the studios and streamers come back to the bargaining table with performers.

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  • Arts & Life

In solidarity with actors, other Hollywood unions demand studios resume negotiations

Writers, directors and other Hollywood union members demand the studios and streamers come back to the bargaining table with performers.

October 14, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Actress Gabrielle Maiden and fellow SAG-AFTRA members picket outside Universal Studios.

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  • Arts & Life

Contract talks between Hollywood studios and actors break down again

The AMPTP has suspended contract negotiations; SAG-AFTRA accuses the alliance of "bully tactics."

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Brian Nelson has been a WGA member for 30 years. On the picket line outside CBS Radford Studios on Friday, The screenwriter said "whatever deal we make may be the template for other deals going forward."

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  • Arts & Life

Three things to know about the Hollywood Writers' tentative agreement

Writers are set to vote to ratify a new contract before they can end their nearly five month strike against the studios.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco and
  • Eric Deggans
Screenwriters on strike protest in front of Paramount Studios on May 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

Hollywood writers reach a tentative deal with studios after nearly five month strike

Hollywood production has been halted for months as actors and writers have been on strike. Now, the writers are headed back to work. Actors represented by SAG-AFTRA remain on strike.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Journalist Michael Schulman says <em></em>Drew Barrymore's great aunt, Ethel Barrymore, also undermined union efforts in 1929.

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  • Movies

Drew Barrymore's Hollywood labor scuffle isn't the first for her family

The talk show host reversed course after intense backlash over the announced return of her show. Barrymore's great aunt, actor Ethel Barrymore, also undermined union efforts in the 1920s.

September 19, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Actor Michelle Allaire owns the S&W Country Diner in Culver City.

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  • Movies

From snow globes to tutoring, strikes kick Hollywood side hustles into high gear

One comedy writer opened a snow globe business on Etsy. A showrunner's assistant is offering bar and bat mitzvah tutoring. As the strikes wear on, here's how Hollywood workers are getting by.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
SAG-AFTRA leader Fran Drescher has some choice words for Hollywood studio heads.

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  • Business

'You could be the hero': Fran Drescher tells NPR how the Hollywood strikes can end

Fran Drescher, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, says the Hollywood strikes are at an inflection point.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
The late night heavyweights are putting their power into a new podcast, sharing this image on the Instagram page for the show.

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  • Television

Late night TV hosts team up for a new podcast amid the writers' strike

The biggest names in late night have turned their private group chat into a Spotify podcast. All the proceeds will go to support their staff during the writers' strike.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
A picket line outside of FOX Studios in Los Angeles. Hollywood actors have been on strike since mid-July; writers have been on strike since May.

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  • Health

Hollywood union health insurance is particularly good. And it's jeopardized by strike

Hollywood actors and writers who qualify for their union health plans get a very good deal compared to other Americans. But not working during the strike threatens their eligibility in the system.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Jackie Fortier
Oscar-winning actor Troy Kotsur is working on a production in Canada that has an interim agreement from the actor's union.

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  • Arts & Life

Despite the Hollywood strike, some movies are still in production. Here's why

Hollywood actors are on strike, but the union is allowing some productions to continue. That's created some disagreement in the rank and file.

August 15, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Sam Reich in the poster for <em>Game Changer, </em>a game show he hosts on the streaming platform Dropout.

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  • Arts & Life

Amid streaming chaos, Dropout carves out its own niche

As big media companies struggle to become profitable, smaller companies like Dropout think they can make it work by offering niche content instead of going after a mass audience.

August 12, 2023
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By:
  • Tilda Wilson
<em>Yellowstone</em>'s later seasons were filmed in Montana.

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  • National

Hollywood strikes' economic impacts are hitting far beyond LA

The writers and actors strikes in Hollywood are affecting jobs across the U.S. The Motion Picture Association says film and TV productions employ more than 1.7 million people outside California.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Tilda Wilson
Filmgoers watch a screening of Marvel Studios' <em>Avengers: Endgame</em> at a cinema in Caracas in April 2019. More than 50 workers at Marvel Studios in LA, New York and Atlanta have signed authorization cards to be represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE.

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  • Arts & Life

The Visual Effects workers behind Marvel's movie magic vote to unionize

More than 50 workers at Marvel Studios in LA, New York and Atlanta have signed authorization cards to be represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE.

August 09, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
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