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Brad Everett Young death: Grey’s Anatomy actor and celebrity photographer dies in car crash aged 46

Young has several small credits in shows like Boy Meets World, Charmed, and Grey’s Anatomy

The Independent UK

The Goonies star in the running to replace Fran Drescher in prominent Hollywood role

Drescher has announced she will not seek re-election as president of SAG-AFTRA

The Independent UK

AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined

Every time I read about another advance in AI technology, I feel like another figment of science fiction moves closer to reality.

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Friends Guest Star Recalls Racist Incident With Crew Member On Set: ‘Toxic Environment’

“If this was an isolated incident, I would not have felt compelled to write this mission statement. Unfortunately, I find this attitude and behaviour commonplace in Hollywood,” Stephen Park wrote at the time.

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Wicked leads nominees for 2025 SAG Awards

'Wicked' has earned five nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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8 Oscar nominations takeaways: Why Oppenheimer is the movie to beat in 2024

Here are our takeaways from Tuesday's announcement of the 96th Oscar nominations.

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Boxing clever: Zac Garred is taking the story of Les Darcy to Hollywood

'I love telling stories, I love narrative.'

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The Strikes Are Majorly Messing With The Movies Release Schedule Coming Up, And It’s A Gigantic Bummer

The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes significantly impact upcoming movie releases like Deadpool 3 and Dune 2.

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What are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business

The bitter conflict between actors, writers and other creative professionals and the major movie and TV studios represents a flashpoint in the radical transformation roiling the entertainment industry. The ongoing strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild were sparked in part by artificial intelligence and…

The Conversation

Dwayne Johnson donates ‘historic’ seven-figure sum to Sag-Aftra as Hollywood strike continues

The largest single sum ever received by the union will help thousands of screen actors amid a strike over AI use and pay

Evening Standard

Hollywood Unions Strike Against Studios And Streamers Over Labor Contract

Hollywood writers and actors strike for fair labor contract amid demands for higher pay and protection against AI technology.

Zenger

F1 movie filming continues despite Hollywood actors’ strike

A strike led by the Screen Actors Guild over pay and residuals has disrupted work on a number of movies involving some of the industry’s biggest stars.

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Wrong names, cancelled Games, and Taylor Swift’s mispressed album – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

SAG strikers lament lack of A-listers on picket line: ‘Where the f— is Ben Affleck?’

LOS ANGELES — By 9 a.m. Tuesday, hundreds of SAG-AFTRA and WGA members and supporters had gathered outside the Netflix studios on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood. Armed with signs, water and sunscreen, the picketers represent the 160,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild who went on strike…

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Editorial: Strike two: SAG and WGA strike over the use of technology in their work, an issue much bigger than entertainment

With the Screen Actors Guild having now joined the Writers Guild of America in a walkout, the actors and writers of most of the nation’s film and television projects are striking together for the first time since 1960 (when SAG was helmed by a charismatic actor named Ronald Reagan).

The Conversation

Here's how the Hollywood actors’ strike will impact the Canadian film industry

Hollywood actors went on strike on July 14, joining film and television writers who have been on the picket lines since May. It’s the first time actors and writers have picketed together since 1960, when Ronald Reagan was the president of the Screen Actors Guild.

The Conversation

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 Guardian - 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

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Hollywood actors extend contract talks

LOS ANGELES: The union representing 160,000 actors and performers on Friday agreed to extend contract negotiations with Hollywood studios, staving off a potentially crippling strike until at least July 12.

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