Labor
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New Contracts for Writers, Actors and Directors Could Cost Studios an Additional $600 Million Annually
The estimate comes via Moody’s Investor Service, whose analyst Neil Begley says that “some of this increased cost… is likely to be passed on to buyers”
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New York SAG-AFTRA President Says AMPTP Underestimated Union’s Resolve, Unity During Negotiations (Video)
“Once we got across the table from them and saw what they were sending back to us, we collectively agreed that it was not acceptable,” Ezra Knight tells TheWrap
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Netflix Faces a Tough Balance as It Kicks Off Hollywood Earnings Amid a Double Strike | Charts
If the streaming giant boasts of Wall Street-pleasing profits, will that fuel the unions’ cause?
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SAG-AFTRA Says Studios Didn’t ‘Meaningfully Engage’ on ‘Critical Issues,’ Studios Call Guild ‘Disingenuous’
AMPTP reiterates previous statements after actors guild details where it says negotiations broke down in memo to members
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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Actress Michelle Hurd Says SAG-AFTRA Isn’t Calling for a Boycott of Streamers – Yet (Video)
“If there’s a time where we feel that it’s time for us all to take a step back and stop watching, we will let them know,” the union’s VP of Los Angeles says
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Leslie Jones Says Strike Critics Should Be Picketing Too: ‘They F—ing All of Us’ (Video)
“Don’t be mad at us because we decided to f—ing fight back. How about you get some fight in you instead,” Jones says
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Sean Gunn Takes to Twitter to Clarify Deleted THR Interview on ‘Gilmore Girls,’ Netflix Residuals: ‘This Is About Fairness’ (Video)
The “Guardians of the Galaxy” star says the deletion of the interview in the first place was “absolutely absurd”
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Jim Florentine Jokes That He’s Scabbing the SAG-AFTRA Strike While Guesting on ‘Gutfeld!’ (Video)
The “Crank Yankers” comedian appeared on Friday night’s episode of the Fox News late night show
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Adam Conover Slams Studios’ Cold Strike Endgame: ‘They’re Not Starving Us Out, We’re Starving Them Out’ (Video)
The comedian, writer and actor says if they don’t win this fight, “we will not have careers to go back to in five years”
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‘Jig Is Up!’: Inside the Blistering Hot First Day of Hollywood’s Double Strike | Video
Actors and writers tell TheWrap their stories of hope, stress and rage towards the studios and Disney CEO Bob Iger
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SAG-AFTRA Strike: Famous Faces and Head-Turning Signs at the Picket Lines
Actors Josh Gad, Clark Gregg and more joined the labor action
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‘A Once-in-a-Generation Reckoning’: How the Actors’ Strike Changes the Game
The arrival of SAG-AFTRA alongside the WGA on picket lines Friday means greater numbers, more public recognition and some risks
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Producers Guild Comes Out in Support of SAG-AFTRA Joining WGA in Strike: ‘We Stand in Solidarity’
The PGA says in a new statement that writers and actors are making “a monumental sacrifice” for “meaningful change”
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SAG-AFTRA Sets Picket Schedules in Los Angeles and New York for First Day of Strike
Warner Bros. and Disney are just two of the targets for the first round of demonstrations
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SAG-AFTRA Issues Formal Strike Guidelines: No On-Camera Singing, Dancing or Stunts
Any events promoting past, present or future work done under guild contracts are also considered struck work
