Labor
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Joins WGA Picket Line, Calls for ‘Imaginative Change’ in Hollywood (Video)
“We can’t keep building on a contract that was developed in the 1980s,” Drescher says ahead of actors’ union talks with studios next month
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Joe Biden Stands With WGA, Says Writers Should Get the ‘Fair Deal They Deserve’ (Video)
POTUS stresses “importance of treating storytellers with the dignity, respect and the value they deserve” at White House screening of “American Born Chinese”
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Snoop Dogg Backs Striking Writers, Blasts Studio Accounting: ‘That S—t Don’t Add Up’ (Video)
The rapper called on streamerson to help “track this money down”
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‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Hits the Picket Line After HBO Deal Suspended: ‘Doing the Write Thing’ (Video)
“On the day that HBO called to suspend my deal after 25 years of writing television for them,” says the Emmy-winning producer
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WGA to Studios: ‘All FYC Production Is Suspended’ Due to Strike
Guild is offering refunds or future credit to studios for Emmy consideration ads on its site and on emails to members
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‘Stranger Things’ Final Season Halted Due to WGA Strike
“We hope a fair deal is reached soon so we can all get back to work,” showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer tweeted Saturday
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WGA to Protest MTV Movie and TV Awards This Weekend, Will More Stars Boycott?
Drew Barrymore already dropped out as host of this Sunday’s show in solidarity with striking writers
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David Zaslav Says Studios Don’t See Writers’ Strike as Cost-Saving Opportunity: ‘We Are Not Glad’ (Video)
“We need great writers, and we need the whole industry to work together and everybody deserves to be paid fairly,” the WBD CEO said
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Striking WGA Writers Say They Were Intentionally Hit by a Car While Picketing
Guild members Shawn DePasquale and Nick Parker detailed the story on Twitter Thursday night
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PBS Kids Head Sara DeWitt Says ‘Creativity Is Most Exciting’ Outside of Traditional Media
Office With a View: The executive sees gaming’s narrative storytelling as a growing area of potential in children’s education
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‘The Writers’ Room Is Under Attack’: Inside the Impasse That Led to Hollywood’s Latest Strike
The WGA’s proposals aim to codify decades-old structures of employment into their contract, but studios see it as too inflexible for the streaming era
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Paramount CEO Bob Bakish Expects ‘Some Disruption’ From Hollywood Writers’ Strike
The media chief told analysts and investors the company has “many levers” to pull and is “confident in our ability to manage through it”
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Hollywood Unions Join WGA at Huge Solidarity Rally on Strike’s Second Day
Participants included SAG, DGA, IATSE, the Teamsters and more
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What Past Hollywood Writers’ Strikes Tell Us About the Future of Movies
New technology has often driven strife between studios and creatives
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Writers’ Strike Will Not Disrupt AMC Series Programming, Including ‘Walking Dead’ Spin-Offs, ‘Interview With the Vampire’
“Fear the Walking Dead” launches its eighth and final season May 14
