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What are residuals and how do they work? A Hollywood strike battleground, explained
1 year, 3 months ago

What are residuals and how do they work? A Hollywood strike battleground, explained

LA Times  

Supporters of the Writer’s Guild of America strike, including one with a residual-themed sign, picket outside Radford Studios Center in Studio City in May. Some are a percentage of a project’s gross income, while others are a fixed payment — derived from a formula based on the characteristics of a given role and distribution model — which gets applied “every …

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A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know
1 year, 3 months ago

A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — There will be no Emmy Awards tonight and there are thousands of auto workers on picket lines in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio in a seemingly rapid reemergence of organized labor this year. And some of the nation’s largest unions have simultaneously been at the center of heated contract negotiations — with writers and actors hitting Hollywood picket …

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US actors joined the writers' strike two months ago today. Here are the TV shows and films affected because of it
1 year, 3 months ago

US actors joined the writers' strike two months ago today. Here are the TV shows and films affected because of it

ABC  

It's been two months since US actors joined industrial action against Hollywood's biggest production houses. Daytime talk shows cross picket lines Drew Barrymore shocked the Hollywood community this week when she announced that her daytime talk show would continue production despite the strike and without its WGA writers. Film Original release date New release date Challengers September 15, 2023 April …

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Watch: Writers march in Los Angeles as WGA strike hits 100 days
1 year, 4 months ago

Watch: Writers march in Los Angeles as WGA strike hits 100 days

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hollywood screenwriters marched in Los Angeles as the Writers Guild of …

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‘House of the Dragon’ is still shooting amid strikes. Here’s why, according to George R.R. Martin
1 year, 5 months ago

‘House of the Dragon’ is still shooting amid strikes. Here’s why, according to George R.R. Martin

LA Times  

Olivia Cooke, left, and Emma D’Arcy star in HBO’s “The House of the Dragon,” which has continued filming despite the dual Hollywood strikes. Indeed, the network has continued shooting Season 2 of its hit series “The House of the Dragon” amid the labor strikes by two of Hollywood’s unions. Seems to me that Labour Party really needs to do a …

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Food bank offers free groceries to actors and writers on strike
1 year, 5 months ago

Food bank offers free groceries to actors and writers on strike

LA Times  

At an Arlington Heights food bank, striking Hollywood writers and actors can take home hundreds of dollars worth of groceries for free. WGA and SAG-AFTRA members who show their membership card at World Harvest Food Bank get the all-clear to fill a grocery cart with anything on the shelves, said owner Glen Curado, who described the food bank as an …

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Letters to the Editor: It isn’t just actors and writers on strike. Workers are rising up against ‘greed-flation’
1 year, 5 months ago

Letters to the Editor: It isn’t just actors and writers on strike. Workers are rising up against ‘greed-flation’

LA Times  

To the editor: I never discussed with my grandparents why they immigrated to America. The Hollywood studios fighting SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America whine about poverty, while Warner Bros Discovery paid its chief executive a compensation package in excess of $246 million in 2021. Until corporate greed-flation succumbs to a more equitable business ethos — the ones from …

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San Diego Comic-Con to be hit by writers’ strike as major studios drop out
1 year, 6 months ago

San Diego Comic-Con to be hit by writers’ strike as major studios drop out

The Hindu  

The Hollywood writers’ strike is set to have a major impact on the San Diego Comic-Con. The decision means that those who attend the event won’t see anything from the upcoming films such as Haunted Mission from Disney, Captain Marvel sequel The Marvel and Ahsoka, a Lucasfilm project. Meanwhile, in its recent fan-event TUDUM, Netflix discussed the return of Stranger …

Hollywood directors ratify labour pact as writers keep picketing
1 year, 6 months ago

Hollywood directors ratify labour pact as writers keep picketing

The Hindu  

Film and television directors voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year labour contract with major Hollywood studios on Friday, averting a second work stoppage that would have added to upheaval caused by an ongoing writers' strike. The Directors Guild of America said 87% of those voting supported the deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a group …

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The WGA strike has hit some restaurants hard. They’re rallying behind it anyway
1 year, 6 months ago

The WGA strike has hit some restaurants hard. They’re rallying behind it anyway

LA Times  

After cycling across Los Angeles to picket lines, “Bike the Strike” WGA members share a meal at Swingers, where actor Drew Carey is funding free meals for writers. But in the last month and a half, Yeastie Boys has occasionally been hired by celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre and comedian Nick Kroll and the cast of TV …

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Latinx Files: Why this TV writer is striking
1 year, 7 months ago

Latinx Files: Why this TV writer is striking

LA Times  

Hi folks, it’s Fidel. She’s written for “Lopez vs. Lopez” and “Primo.” In December 2007, I went to New York City for the first time, and the only touristy activity I asked to do was the NBC tour. As I hit the picket line alongside my fellow TV and film writers, I keep high in mind what the future could …

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Hollywood writers' strike explained: How streaming wars boosted profits but hit pay
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers' strike explained: How streaming wars boosted profits but hit pay

Daily Mail  

Writers Guild of America East and West coast divisions announced a strike would commence Tuesday after midnight Thousands of Hollywood film and TV writers have hit the picket lines this week after the Writers Guild of America called its first strike in 16 years. Pictured: Members of the WGA joining the picket line outside the offices of Peacock NewFront, which …

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Striking writers celebrate May the 4th: ‘Without writers, “Star Wars” wouldn’t exist’
1 year, 7 months ago

Striking writers celebrate May the 4th: ‘Without writers, “Star Wars” wouldn’t exist’

LA Times  

Joe Henderson, left, and Montserrat Luna-Ballantyne, in a Darth Vader helmet, walk the picket lines with other writers Thursday outside of NBCUniversal in Universal City. Although the “Star Wars” franchise is set “in a galaxy far, far away,” one need travel only to Lankershim Boulevard in Universal City on a rainy Thursday morning to see Darth Vader march the writers’ …

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Hollywood writers to strike as studio talks collapse
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers to strike as studio talks collapse

Deccan Chronicle  

LOS ANGELES: Thousands of Hollywood television and movie writers will go on strike Tuesday, their union said, after talks with studios and streamers over pay and working conditions ended without a deal. The AMPTP said WGA demands that studios hire a set number of writers "for a specified period of time, whether needed or not" were "primary sticking points." With …

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Hollywood writers launch major strike over workers’ rights
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers launch major strike over workers’ rights

Al Jazeera  

US writers’ union members are walking off the job after six weeks of negotiations with studios and streamers failed. The Writers Guild of America union said the strike, which began after the writers’ contract expired at midnight on Tuesday, came after six weeks of failed negotiations with Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Disney, among others. “The WGA Negotiating Committee began this …

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Writers’ strike: Hollywood scribes picket studios for better pay. ‘It’s not sustainable’
1 year, 7 months ago

Writers’ strike: Hollywood scribes picket studios for better pay. ‘It’s not sustainable’

LA Times  

Hollywood writers on Tuesday formed picket lines in L.A. and New York after their union called a strike to demand better pay from streaming, as well as improved working conditions. “No one should struggle to pay rent or their mortgage while they’re writing on a show.” Writers Guild of America members walk the picket line on the first day of …

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