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Drescher: Hollywood CEOs are "maniacal"

The star of "The Nanny" says executives are living in a "dystopia" as productions grind to a halt and actors strike

Salon

Fran Drescher says SAG was ‘manipulated’ before strike: ‘Studios just wanted more time to promote summer movies’

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher claimed studio execs unfairly “manipulated” SAG actors during their negotiations, in a recent interview that came just days after the actress went viral for her impassioned announcement of their strike.

Tribune News Service

America Is barreling toward a summer of strikes

More than 650,000 American workers are threatening to go on strike this summer — or have already done so — in an avalanche of union activity not seen in the U.S. in decades.

Tribune News Service

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How to support the actors’ and writers’ strike

With thousands out of work, here are ways you can support Hollywood’s most financially vulnerable

The Independent UK

Hollywood actors know strength comes from unity. Australian workers, can I get an ‘amen’?

Shrink union membership and reduce the ability to strike and you provide a double whammy to hopes for better wages

The Guardian - AU

These movie and TV stars are sharing ‘appalling’ pay stories to explain the historic Hollywood strike

As actors and screenwriters join in the fight for fair wages and higher streaming residuals, Inga Parkel reports on the stars sharing stories that speak to the importance of the strike

The Independent UK

Universal Studios gets heat for allegedly trimming trees that gave SAG strikers shade in 90-degree weather

Los Angeles picketers are scattered between several studio lots

The Independent UK

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When will the actors’ strike end?

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said actors’ union is ‘looking for the long haul’

The Independent UK

Striking Hollywood stars meet with union to discuss actors’ walkout

Meeting comes after strike announced on 13 July by actors’ union, joining writers to negotiate for new contracts with producers

The Guardian - US

Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike

For the first time since 1960, actors and screenwriters are on strike at the same time.

The Conversation

Hollywood plunges into all-out war on the heels of pandemic and a streaming revolution

Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a halt

The Independent UK

As Hollywood actors strike, here’s why A-listers are next in the firing line

Impoverished Sag-Aftra members are currently targeting overpaid studio bosses. It can’t be long until their ire is directed closer to home

The Guardian - UK

What the actors’ strike means for Broadway shows

Screen Actors Guild announced industrial action to coincide with writers’ strike

The Independent UK

Why Hollywood writers and actors are going on strike

SAG-AFTRA announcement means both actors and screenwriters are on strike simultaneously for the first time since 1960

The Independent UK

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Los Angeles Times

'A lot of blood in the water.' Why actors and writers' strikes are a big blow to Hollywood studios

Hollywood top executives figured they could ride out a skirmish with screenwriters reeling from technology's changes to the industry.

Woman & Home

Nicole Kidman’s premiere cancelled, why it won’t be the only one and why we won’t be getting any red carpet looks for a while

Nicole Kidman’s new show premiere was one of the first cancellations of the Hollywood strike

The Independent UK

Why Hollywood writers and actors are going on strike

SAG-AFTRA announcement means both actors and screenwriters are on strike simultaneously for the first time since 1960

Bangkok Post

Stars go out in Hollywood as strike expands

LOS ANGELES: Honking horns, simmering heat, a smattering of stars and a lot of anger at Disney boss Bob Iger.

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The Independent UK

Hollywood actors and writers strike after ‘disgusting’ studios turn down deal. Here’s what it means for you OLD

SAG-AFTRA announcement means both actors and screenwriters are on strike simultaneously for the first time since 1960

Los Angeles Times

Hollywood actors hit picket lines as SAG-AFTRA joins WGA in historic double strike

Dramatically escalating a bitter labor battle that has already brought Hollywood to a virtual standstill, thousands of striking film and television actors took to the streets on Friday to fight for better pay and job protections in an industry that has been upended by the rise of streaming.

The Independent UK

Matilda child star and John Cusack share horror stories on Hollywood studio greed in support of SAG strike

Actors’ union and screenwriters’ union have banded together in the fight for fair wages and higher streaming residuals

Salon

It's the Logan Roys vs. Hollywood labor

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher has emerged as the strike's early hero. Now it needs a recognizable heel

France 24

Hollywood actors join screenwriters for first day of historic strike

“Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudekis and other top movie and TV actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades.

Al Jazeera

SAG-AFTRA head Fran Drescher: What she said about actors strike

Drescher says move is about all labour, not just entertainment industry as 160,000 actors join writers on strike.

The Guardian - UK

The Hollywood actors’ strike: everything you need to know

Exactly why are they striking, who are the big names aboard, is it all streaming and AI’s fault and when will we see actors on screen again?

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