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The Latest Breaking News on SAG-AFTRA National Board Approves Tentative Agreement

Celebs on the picket line: Famous faces at SAG-AFTRA strikes, from Margot Robbie to Penn Badgley

Many celebrities have taken to the picket line in support of the SAG-AFTRA strikes

Evening Standard

What are strike funds? A labor-management relations expert explains

When people go on strike, their employers don’t pay them. That makes it hard for workers who have walked off the job to keep paying their bills. Union members have an advantage during strikes because they can get help with housing, food and other essential expenses through payments from strike…

The Conversation

Bill Maher slams screenwriters’ ‘kooky’ strike demands: ‘This is show business’

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike since early May

The Independent UK

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Hollywood’s Picket Line Confronts Its Color Line

People of color hired in the streaming-era diversity push say they now bear the brunt of inequities.

Capital & Main

AMC Entertainment (AMC) and Warner Music Group (WMG): Are These Entertainment Stocks Worth Buying?

The ongoing writers’ strike has plagued the entertainment industry. Moreover, changing consumer spending habits in the face of inflation and rising interest rates adds complexity to the industry. Hence, will buying AMC Entertainment (AMC) and Warner Music Group (WMG) be worth it? Keep reading.

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Video game strike in the making as actors’ union slams industry’s ‘greed’

Actors’ dispute with video game companies echoes demands from film studios, including calls for fairer pay and regulated use of AI

Evening Standard

WGA Enters Month 4 on the Picket Lines: 'There Is Physical Fatigue,' One Writer Says, 'But Everybody Is Still Very Mad'

We've driven by them on Melrose every day since early May, as they hold their funny signs in the 90-degree afternoon heat in front of the Paramount lot. 'It's a Marathon -- we knew what we were getting into,' a scribe told Next TV Tuesday

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Hollywood studios tout proposed 5% pay bump for writers as the biggest in 35 years, the day after UPS Teamsters ratified a 35% raise and pilots got 21%

The latest counteroffer from Hollywood studios features pay raises that pale in comparison to those secured by other unions just this week.

Fortune

Writers Guild Says Meeting With Studio Execs Turned Into a ‘Lecture’

AMPTP releases most recent contract proposal

Broadcasting & Cable

‘Hot labor summer’: Actors, union leaders rally in downtown Chicago as SAG-AFTRA strike continues

SAG-AFTRA has been on strike since July 13, when leaders voted to join screenwriters in the Writers Guild of America in the first joint strike in over six decades.

Chicago Sun-Times

Florence Pugh rocks a spiked platinum buzz cut as she joins SAG strike protests

The Don’t Worry Darling star supported her fellow actors on the picket line

Evening Standard

Every film and TV series that’s allowed to continue production during SAG-AFTRA strikes

Anne Hathaway, Dakota Fanning, Jason Bateman and Matthew McConaughey are among the actors allowed to continue working

The Independent UK

How much do actors and writers make?

Median hourly wages for actors fell by 56% over the last decade.

USAFacts

US actors union strike reaches one-month mark

The strike by both Hollywood actors and writers has paralysed the industry

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘Already vulnerable’: UK film and TV workers feel the pinch from US strike

Hollywood action has broad support in UK but is hitting livelihoods decimated by pandemic and arts cuts

Total Film

Writers' strike at 100 days: why we're no closer to the end - and a look at what comes next

The fight marches on

Fortune

Hollywood studios reportedly want strikes to last until picketers lose their homes. Now, ‘Cinderella’ star Billy Porter has been forced to put his up for sale

The Emmy-winning actor said he’s still living “check to check.”

Marie Claire

What are the Hollywood strikes, and which A-listers are at the forefront?

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The Independent UK

Billy Porter reveals he has to sell his house due to Hollywood strikes: ‘You’ve already starved me out’

‘Pose’ star is selling his home to deal with the financial impact of Hollywood’s shutdown

Multichannel News

Writers and Actors Protest in Times Square

The Naked Cowboy lends his voice to the cause as they picket for better pay

The Independent UK

Why are actors making movies during the strike? What to know about SAG-AFTRA interim agreements

The actors and writers strike have resulted in most Hollywood film and television productions being shut down, from the “Gladiator” sequel to the live action “Lilo & Stitch."

Broadcasting & Cable

Viewers Support Hollywood Strikers and Are Making Fall Viewing Plans

Horizon Media survey finds public very aware and invested in dispute between writers, actors and the studios

Multichannel News

Producers and Writers Are Finally Sitting Down To Talk

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have asked for a meeting with the Writers Guild of America on Friday to discuss contract negotiations, but don’t get your hopes up. This is just a first step

The Week

Hollywood on hold: actors join writers on the picket line

Hollywood studios thought they could “ride out” the screenwriters’ strike, which began in May, and keep the dream factory open, said Meg James in the Los Angeles Times. But now that Hollywood’s actors have joined writers for the biggest Tinseltown shutdown since 1960, things aren’t turning out that way.

Fortune

Bob Iger has become enemy No. 1 as other media bosses dodge Hollywood’s wrath. PR experts say it’s a cautionary tale in CEO communication

Iger likely deviated from his media training and came across as someone lacking empathy, PR experts say.

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