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The agreement all but ends one of the longest labor crises in the history of the entertainment industry. Union members still have to approve the deal. One of the longest [...]

The entertainment companies are growing optimistic that the work stoppage may end soon, though some issues remain unresolved, people briefed on the matter said. Following several productive days at the [...]

The SAG-AFTRA union told its members not to dress as characters from major productions and post pictures, which could be seen as promoting the work of companies they are negotiating [...]

In January, Francesca Xuereb took the leap many actors in Los Angeles dream of: She quit her waitressing job. After booking a recurring role in HBO Max's ''The Sex Lives [...]

The lives of hundreds of thousands of crew members have been upended, and even a deal between the actors and the studios might not help much in the short term. [...]

The sides said they remained far apart on the most significant issues, dealing a blow to hopes that the entertainment industry could soon fully roar back to life. Negotiations between [...]

Film industry charities are fielding hundreds of calls a day from unemployed workers seeking financial assistance — nearly all asking for help with their rent and mortgages. Faye Lauren, a [...]

Walkouts by screenwriters and actors have meant less work in fields that cater to the TV and film industry. One reason the August employment report wasn't stronger: Television and movie [...]

People sympathetic with the strikers may be concerned, but the actors’ and writers’ unions say it’s OK to go to the movies and use streaming services. A clip from the [...]

SAG-AFTRA confirmed the productions had no ties to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents big studios. More exemptions could follow. The Hollywood actors’ union said Tuesday [...]

Los Angeles County has 88 cities. Ten million people. Two hundred-plus languages spoken. And a nine-letter sign that, for much of the world, defines the entire region: HOLLYWOOD. Los Angeles [...]

In Los Angeles and New York, actors and screenwriters braved the heat to admonish the major studios and demand a new deal. It was 10 a.m., adoring union members had [...]

While on strike, actors are barred from publicizing any studio projects they’ve appeared in. Their absence could affect movie theaters and the festival circuit. It has already been a difficult [...]

Here’s why Hollywood is facing its first industrywide shutdown in more than 60 years, and what it could mean for your favorite shows. The union representing more than 150,000 television [...]

After two months without new late-night TV shows, viewers are likely to notice the effects of the dual walkouts more broadly within the next couple of months unless agreements are [...]

The dual walkouts pit more than 170,000 workers against old-line studios like Disney and Sony, as well as tech juggernauts like Netflix and Amazon. The Hollywood actors’ union approved a [...]

The News: Actors could join writers on the picket lines. The actors may soon be joining Hollywood screenwriters on the picket lines if their union, SAG-AFTRA, and the major studios [...]

Good morning. We’re covering the expanded Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strike, and a delinquent sea otter. Actors join writers in Hollywood strike A Hollywood union that represents 160,000 television and [...]

Two days after going on strike to demonstrate their intention to join Actors' Equity Association, 14 adult actors at the American Girl Place theater began going back to work yesterday. […]

Hollywood actors' unions have reached an agreement on a contract with video game publishers, accepting higher pay instead of the profit sharing they had demanded, the unions said Wednesday night. […]

To Howard Fabrick, who is handling stalled talks with the Screen Actors Guild on behalf of video game makers, refusing to share profits is a matter of principle. Video games, […]

The Governing council of Actors' Equity, the union that represents actors and stage managers, voted unanimously yesterday to recommend the approval of a new four-year contract with Broadway producers. The […]

The Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and an advertising trade group reached a tentative new pay agreement yesterday covering TV and radio commercials. The […]

Hoping to avoid a repeat of the bitter, six-month strike three years ago, actors and producers of television and radio commercials are to begin contract negotiations on Sept. 23 in […]

The 10 actors who take turns in 'Embracing Freedom,' the play performed before visitors to Ellis Island, try their hardest to portray the oppression and poverty overseas that drove millions […]

If Mel Brooks were to write a show about a labor dispute, it might resemble the present face-off involving film and television writers. Since the dispute is as much about […]

Many businesses crank back a notch in mid-January, still sluggish from holiday revels and the chill of winter. But this is an especially busy time in Hollywood, what with the […]

Representatives of television and radio commercial actors voted on Saturday night to go back to work, ending a six-month strike against advertisers that was the longest talent walkout in Hollywood […]

The cast of 'Big Brother' continues to drive the show's producers batty. Last week an effort to bribe one of the six remaining contestants to leave the camera-filled house where […]

DRESSED in a pink tutu with double-decker wings, Todd Susman and his grouchy persona are trying to change the image of the tooth fairy forever. For Mr. Susman, a 53-year-old […]

For the first time in 12 years, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called on their combined membership of about 135,000 actors to […]

LEAD: A tentative settlement was reached yesterday in a strike by actors and actresses over pay for commercials that appear on cable television, a union official said. A tentative settlement […]

LEAD: Less than a year after a devastating writers' strike, the movie industry is reluctantly preparing for a potential work stoppage by its 72,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild. […]