Stars exit Oppenheimer premiere amidst Hollywood actors' strike
1 year, 5 months ago

Stars exit Oppenheimer premiere amidst Hollywood actors' strike

Hindustan Times  

The Screen Actors Guild based in Los Angeles has officially gone on strike, triggering the largest shutdown the Hollywood industry has witnessed in the past 40 years. Hollywood actors' strike causes stars to exit Oppenheimer premiere. On the previous day, negotiations between the union, known as the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and major studios reached an impasse, leading to the unanimous vote by the union's negotiating committee in favor of strike action. The statement further lamented, “The Union has regrettably chosen path that will lead to financial hardships for countless thousands of people who depend on the industry.” Meanwhile, the Writers Guild of America has been engaged in a separate strike since May 2, demanding better pay and improved working conditions.

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Actors Strike | Hollywood's labor stoppage is over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn't
1 year, 1 month ago

Actors Strike | Hollywood's labor stoppage is over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn't

The Hindu  

Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happy-ever-after. There’s too much content and nobody seems to be able to make any profit from it,” says Jonathan Taplin, director emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and author of “The End of Reality: How Four …

The Hollywood strikes are over. Here’s when you could see your favorite stars and shows return
1 year, 1 month ago

The Hollywood strikes are over. Here’s when you could see your favorite stars and shows return

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Missed your favorite actors? The union says the deal is worth more than $1 billion and they’ve “achieved a deal of extraordinary scope” that includes compensation increases, consent protections for use of artificial intelligence and actors’ likenesses and includes a new “streaming participation bonus.” SAG-AFTRA captain Mary M. Flynn rallies fellow striking actors on a picket line …

Editorial: Finally, Hollywood is back to work. Ending the strikes is good for L.A.
1 year, 1 month ago

Editorial: Finally, Hollywood is back to work. Ending the strikes is good for L.A.

LA Times  

Supporters of SAG-AFTRA picket in front of the Netflix offices along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles on Oct. 18. After a record-breaking 118-day strike, Hollywood film and television actors were allowed to go back to work Thursday after their union reached a tentative deal with the major studios. The writers’ and actors’ strikes were part of a wave of labor …

Movies and TV shows affected by Hollywood actors and screenwriters’ strikes
1 year, 1 month ago

Movies and TV shows affected by Hollywood actors and screenwriters’ strikes

Associated Press  

Hollywood actors and studios are edging closer to a possible end to a strike that has halted much of the industry’s production for more than three months. The two sides on Thursday were meeting to discuss the actors’ latest counter-proposal on language surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in production, a major sticking point in reaching the three-year contract agreement …

ACTORS STRIKE PHOTOS: See images from the 100 days film and TV actors have been picketing
1 year, 2 months ago

ACTORS STRIKE PHOTOS: See images from the 100 days film and TV actors have been picketing

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s TV and film actors have been striking for 100 days now, and there’s no end in sight. SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, center, and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland speak during a press conference announcing a strike July, 13, 2023 While the writers strike — declared more than two months before — had …

Succession star Brian Cox says Hollywood strike could last until end of 2023 and actors may have to 'go to the brink'
1 year, 2 months ago

Succession star Brian Cox says Hollywood strike could last until end of 2023 and actors may have to 'go to the brink'

Sky News  

Succession star Brian Cox has told Sky News the Hollywood actors' strike could get "very unpleasant" and may not be resolved until the end of the year. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:14 Margot Robbie says she would join actors' strike He said the strike was mainly in support of Hollywood writers because without them …

Actors’ Strike | George Clooney, Ben Affleck, other Hollywood actors offer $150 million to help end strike
1 year, 2 months ago

Actors’ Strike | George Clooney, Ben Affleck, other Hollywood actors offer $150 million to help end strike

The Hindu  

Oscar winner George Clooney and other top Hollywood stars have offered $150 million to the SAG-AFTRA actors union as part of a proposal to end the actors' strike as it nears its 100th day. Their offer, confirmed by Clooney's spokesperson on Thursday, would provide the union an extra $150 million over three years and could help fund improved health benefits. …

Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam ‘bullying tactics’
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam ‘bullying tactics’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon. “We made big moves in their direction that have just been ignored and not responded to,” Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the national executive director and chief negotiator for the Screen Actors Guild-American …

Hollywood Strike | Actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers’ strike ends
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollywood Strike | Actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers’ strike ends

The Hindu  

With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at cutting their own deal with studios and streaming services. By mid-morning, the hosts of NBC's “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers”, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS had announced they'd also return, all by …

Who’s on strike in Hollywood? Roll the credits and find out
1 year, 5 months ago

Who’s on strike in Hollywood? Roll the credits and find out

LA Times  

Hollywood has ground to a halt with actors and writers striking simultaneously for the first time in more than 60 years. Tens of thousands of directors, camera operators, lighting designers and others represented by an array of different unions aren’t on strike. They can only watch and wait as SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America members press to improve …

Hollywood Strike: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ New York premiere cancelled
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood Strike: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ New York premiere cancelled

The Hindu  

The New York red carpet premiere of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr, was cancelled amid the ongoing SAG AFTRA strike. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a US-based media outlet, the Special Ops: Lioness premiere, scheduled for July 18 in Los Angeles with stars Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman and Michael Kelly, …

Oppenheimer's US premiere red carpet cancelled in support of SAG-AFTRA strike, film will still be screened
1 year, 5 months ago

Oppenheimer's US premiere red carpet cancelled in support of SAG-AFTRA strike, film will still be screened

Hindustan Times  

Amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, Universal Pictures has extended its support and cancelled the upcoming red carpet at the US premiere of Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer's US premiere As per Variety, Universal Pictures in a statement said, “In support of the ongoing SAG strike, the filmmakers of Oppenheimer will not be proceeding with the NY premiere as originally planned, and will instead …

Hollywood’s actors are joining screenwriters on strike. Here’s why and what happens next
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood’s actors are joining screenwriters on strike. Here’s why and what happens next

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions in more than six decades, with huge consequences for the film and television industry. “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher, who heads the union said it made them “feel like we’d been duped, like maybe it was just to let studios promote their summer …

Hollywood Strike: Actors will begin picketing alongside writers in fight over the future of movie industry
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood Strike: Actors will begin picketing alongside writers in fight over the future of movie industry

The Hindu  

Striking screen actors will begin picketing alongside writers in New York and Los Angeles on Friday in what has become the biggest Hollywood labor fight in decades. Many actors made a show of solidarity on the writers' picket lines, including Fran Drescher, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists president and former star of “The Nanny.” The …

'Oppenheimer' cast leaves London premiere midway as Hollywood stars join writer strike
1 year, 5 months ago

'Oppenheimer' cast leaves London premiere midway as Hollywood stars join writer strike

The Hindu  

The A-list cast of filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s new movie Oppenheimer left the film’s London screening midway in solidarity with the strike called by Hollywood’s actors union. The London premiere of Oppenheimer, Nolan's sprawling epic about J Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist remembered as one of the fathers of the atom bomb, saw lead stars Cillian Murphy, Florence Pugh, Matt Damon, …

'We've Got to Get a Fair Deal': Matt Damon, Margot Robbie Support Actors' Strike
1 year, 5 months ago

'We've Got to Get a Fair Deal': Matt Damon, Margot Robbie Support Actors' Strike

The Quint  

After 43 years, Hollywood's actors will officially go on strike for the first time. SAG-AFTRA said on Thursday, 13 July that it will be joining the ongoing writers' strike that has slowed down motion picture and television productions since early May. The SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee unanimously decided to go on a strike after the actors' contract expired on Wednesday. In …

Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

The Hindu  

Leaders of Hollywood's actors' union voted on Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with studios and streaming services broke down. “There’s a level of expectation that they have that is just not realistic.” A nearly two-week extension of the …

What to know about an actors’ strike: Five questions answered
1 year, 5 months ago

What to know about an actors’ strike: Five questions answered

LA Times  

Susan Deming, an 18-year member of the SAG-AFTRA, joined members of the Writers Guild of America, picketing outside the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank. The national board of SAG-AFTRA on Thursday authorized the union’s members to go on strike after efforts to negotiate a new contract with the major studios collapsed. The work stoppage applies to any of SAG-AFTRA’s …

US TV and film production grinds to a halt after actors go on strike
1 year, 5 months ago

US TV and film production grinds to a halt after actors go on strike

The Telegraph  

They will join around 11,500 writers, whose strike action has sent late-night television talk shows into endless reruns, disrupted most production for the autumn TV season and halted work on big-budget movies. They also want strong assurances over the use of artificial intelligence, in particular regarding actors’ digital likenesses, amid fears their images will be used without their permission or …

Hollywood actors go on strike, say it's time for studio execs to 'wake up'
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood actors go on strike, say it's time for studio execs to 'wake up'

NPR  

Hollywood actors go on strike, say it's time for studio execs to 'wake up' toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP SAG-AFTRA, the union representing Hollywood actors and performers, has voted to go on strike against major studios. Sponsor Message Enlarge this image toggle caption Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images "This is the Union's choice, not ours," the …

‘Oppenheimer’ cast exits London premiere after SAG-AFTRA strike is called
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Oppenheimer’ cast exits London premiere after SAG-AFTRA strike is called

LA Times  

The cast of “Oppenheimer” poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film on Thursday in London. The cast of Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated “Oppenheimer” walked out of the premiere Thursday while the event was underway, in solidarity with the just-authorized strike by the Hollywood actors’ union. The cast, which includes Cillian Murphy as the titular mastermind behind …

Hollywood’s actors may join its writers on strike. Here’s why
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood’s actors may join its writers on strike. Here’s why

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood actors may be days from joining screenwriters in what would be the first two-union strike in the industry in more than six decades, with huge consequences for film and television production. More than 1,000 of them, including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Bob Odenkirk, have added their names to a letter to negotiators saying they are …

A ‘hot labor summer.’ Hollywood unrest continues as actors vote to authorize a strike
1 year, 6 months ago

A ‘hot labor summer.’ Hollywood unrest continues as actors vote to authorize a strike

LA Times  

Writers Guild of America members strike at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Tuesday as the strike enters the sixth week. “Our bargaining strategy has never relied upon nor been dependent on the outcome or status of any other union’s negotiations, nor do we subscribe to the philosophy that the terms of deals made with other unions bind us,” Duncan …

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