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The Latest Breaking News from SAGAFTRA

The fight for 2% − how residuals became a sticking point for striking actors

Streaming disrupted the entire entertainment industry, upending the DVD-purchasing, film-renting, moviegoing model of decades past.

The Conversation

Tech crunch: why AI replacing actors isn’t just a dystopian nightmare, it’s a real one

The technology to replace extras is already available, and film stars should start looking over their shoulders too

Evening Standard

Meghan Markle’s former Suits co-star Patrick J Adams deletes throwback photos from Instagram

‘It was an embarrassing oversight,’ actor writes

The Independent UK

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In Hollywood writers' battle against AI, humans win (for now)

After a 148-day strike, Hollywood screenwriters secured significant guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence in one of the first major labor battles over generative AI in the workplace

The Independent UK

WGA And Producers Reach Deal To End 5-Month Strike

Negotiations conclude with three-year contract, production plans underway

Zenger

Hollywood writers end strike after guild approves deal with studios

Leaders of the screenwriters union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing Hollywood at least partly back from a historic halt in production.

France 24

Hollywood writers agree to end five-month strike after new studio deal

Writers Guild of America said its members could return to work while a ratification vote takes place for fresh three-year contract

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Hollywood video game actors vote to strike if talks fail

‘It’s time for the video game companies to stop playing games and get serious’

The Independent UK

‘DWTS’ to premiere as scheduled Tuesday after writers reach a deal

Lineup of competitors will include Matt Walsh, Chicago native who had walked off in support of his union.

Chicago Sun-Times

Is the Hollywood writers’ strike over? The provisional deal explained

A tentative agreement has been announced but what does it mean for the industry and the viewers?

The Guardian - US

Hollywood Won't Bounce Back From Historic Strike As Quickly As You Think

The WGA has reached a deal. Here's what it means for your favorite shows

Inverse

Writers strike end is in sight

The WGA and AMPTP are currently in the process of drafting the final contract language

Salon

‘Exceptional’: Hollywood writers hail tentative deal to end strike

Writers Guild of America says agreement with studios on pay and conditions ‘due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power’

The Guardian - US

Win for Writers Guild, Loss for AI

Plus: IRS insanity, robocop photo ops, and more...

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Al Jazeera

Hollywood writers near end of months-long strike. What happens next?

If writers approve tentative deal, work on some Hollywood shows could resume quickly. Here’s all you need to know.

Investors Business Daily

Writers' Strike Finally Nears Conclusion With New Deal. Streaming, Studio Stocks Slide.

The end of the monthslong writers' strike is close after the WGA reached a deal with studio execs. TV, streaming stocks rose.

Evening Standard

‘We did it’: Hollywood writers react to ‘tentative agreement’ to end strike

The US writers strike began on May 2.

The Guardian - US

Hollywood writers’ strike: WGA reaches ‘tentative’ deal to end 146-day strike

After five days of negotiations with studios and streaming services, union says it has an ‘exceptional’ deal for members to vote on

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Evening Standard

Triple threat METTE: ‘I’m not trying to do everything. I’m just trying to be myself’

As dancer, actress, and now pop star, METTE, releases her debut EP, the triple threat talent discusses moving from backup to centre stage, working with Pharrell and finding inspiration at a Justin Timberlake concert

Inverse

Star Wars Geek Sung Kang Reveals the Thing He Stole From 'Obi-Wan's Set

The 'Shaky Shivers' director (and Fast and Furious star) talks about how acting in 'Obi-Wan' renewed an old passion for Star Wars.

Capital & Main

Unemployment for Hollywood’s Striking Writers and Stars? It’s Newsom’s Move Now.

Governor could leap past politics and sign unemployment bill just to keep striking workers in an uneven game.

Evening Standard

Stephen Fry expresses his anger at his voice being AI cloned for documentary

Stephen Fry’s famous audiobook readings of all seven Harry Potter books have allowed his voice to be cloned by AI

Investors Business Daily

Strike Financials Show UAW Strength Vs. Starbucks, UPS Walkouts

A look at the financial power of Starbucks, UPS and other unions as workers strike against Hollywood, major automakers.

The Independent UK

As writers and studios resume negotiations, here are the key players in the Hollywood strikes

Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios resume Wednesday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt

The Guardian - US

Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen

Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us

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