Hooray, showbiz is back! Now what? Wednesday night, SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP, bringing to an end to six months of Hollywood strikes, involving the writers guild and then the actors. The writers have been back at work for a month, and SAG leadership has told its …
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O utside of Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery’s New York headquarters, a crowd of striking actors and supporting union members stretched across the street Thursday. The chant “one day longer, one day stronger,” echoed off the walls of a nearby theater and coffee shops. The night before, actors learned that …
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The Drew Barrymore Show will be returning (again) without its original writers. The show extended an offer to the three co-head writers, Chelsea White, Liz Koe, and Cristina Kinon, but they all declined. In the meantime, the show is interviewing with other writers to fill their spot, and will adhere …
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It’s been nearly five months since Jimmy Kimmel hosted his late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! owing to the writers’ strike. In the meantime, Kimmel co-hosted the all-star podcast Strike Force Five alongside Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers to raise funds for their out-of-work writers, and recently …
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After 148 days, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike will officially end at midnight. Following a tentative agreement after more than five months of bitter negotiations, the board of the WGA West and council of the WGA East voted unanimously on Tuesday to end the strike at 12:01 a.m. …
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After nearly five months of chanting and marching on nationwide picket lines, the Writers Guild of America strike has come to an end, with writers permitted to return to work on Sept. 27. The WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), representing Hollywood studios and streamers, …
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The Strike Force Three live event scheduled for this weekend has been canceled after Jimmy Kimmel tested positive for Covid-19. Kimmel was set to host the event alongside Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert at the Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas on Sept. 23. “Well, Las Vegas, I …
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The actors’ and writers’ strikes have left countless people out of work for months as the two unions, SAG-AFTRA and the WGA, fight with the studios for better working conditions for their members. The strikes have also pushed the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (originally set for Sept. 18) to January, …
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Drew Barrymore announced Sunday that she will “pause” her daytime talk show until the ongoing writing strike is resolved. “I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over,” Barrymore said in a statement posted on Instagram Sunday. “I …
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Thousands of SAG-AFTRA and WGA members lined the sidewalks surrounding the Warner Bros. Discovery office Thursday, raising signs of union solidarity and dancing to tambourines and drum beats as leaders chanted for a just contract. Actors like Oscar Isaac, F. Murray Abraham, and John Leguizamo were joined by union representation …
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