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Byline: Kelly Burke David Lowery's indie film Mother Mary and the television biopic The Chosen are among the 39 productions that have so far received the US actors' union's blessing [...]

As the (https://www.thedailybeast.com/sag-aftra-confirms-strike-as-actors-join-writers-on-the-picket-line) Hollywood actors strike enters its second week, (https://www.thedailybeast.com/sag-aftra-confirms-strike-as-actors-join-writers-on-the-picket-line) SAG-AFTRA is turning up the heat on the major studios. On Monday evening, the actors union (https://www.sagaftra.org/files/sa_documents/SAG-AFTRA_Negotiations_Status_7_13_23.pdf) shared a [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Guardian film In the first week of the Screen Actors Guild strike that's disrupting the film and television industries, Hollywood actors have been speaking on and off the picket [...]

Byline: By, Caroline Gaspich Footloose star Kevin Bacon joins more than 160,000 people calling for change at the SAG-AFTRA strike as thousands hit the picket lines for the first industry-wide [...]

Byline: Tamia Fowlkes CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly identified the Entertainment Community Fund as a part of SAG-AFTRA. SAG-AFTRA has an emergency assistance fund to support members; [...]

Byline: Tamia Fowlkes While actors and writers across the country are striking, audiences are wondering how their entertainment consumption affects the strike. Amid prominent movie debuts, such as the highly [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Avi Selk A historic double strike that has paralyzed Hollywood is rounding out its first full week, and someone has defoliated the Universal Studios trees. Almost every performer and [...]

Byline: Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent There will be no fresh helpings of The White Lotus, The Last of Us or even Emily in Paris beaming into front rooms [...]

Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions in more than six decades, with huge consequences for the film and television industry. Heres a [...]

Byline: Adrian Horton The first full day of a strike by Sag-Aftra had an immediate effect on Hollywood, as the industry ground to a halt over a contract with producers [...]

On Friday morning, hours into the (https://www.thedailybeast.com/sag-aftra-confirms-strike-as-actors-join-writers-on-the-picket-line) first commercial actors strike in 23 years, (https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-clooney-on-the-murder-of-george-floyd-americas-greatest-pandemic-is-anti-black-racism) George Clooney has become the latest A-lister to voice his support for the walkout. In [...]

Byline: By, Caroline Gaspich We're The Millers star Jason Sudeikis proudly hit the picket line in New York City in front of NBC Rockefeller Center on July 14 with members [...]

Byline: By, Jamie Greer A wave of strike action by Hollywood stars and writers has seen the production of many TV shows and movies grind to a halt. Members of [...]

Byline: Janay Kingsberry; Ashley Fetters Maloy; Rachel Tashjian A historic Hollywood shutdown arrived Friday with fiery chants, sweltering weather and an underwhelming show of A-list stars as TV and film [...]

Byline: Justine McDaniel Striking Hollywood actors joined entertainment writers on the picket line Friday, as their work stoppage set off what may be the broadest industry shutdown since 1960. The [...]

Byline: Bryan Pietsch NEW YORK -- Actors unions around the world have expressed solidarity with their U.S. counterparts as television and film actors in the United States go on strike, [...]

Byline: Shera Avi-Yonah; Andrea Salcedo The year was 1959, and talks between the Screen Actors Guild and movie studios had stalled. The actors sought residual payments from TV channels that [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Rob Owen Jul. 14Actors' union SAG-AFTRA is now on strike, joining members of the Writers Guild of America picketing against the AMPTP, which represents Hollywood's major studios. It's the [...]

Byline: Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard Who is on strike? The strike was called on Thursday morning by US actors' union Sag-Aftra (which was formed in 2012 after a merger [...]

Byline: Lois Beckett in Los Angeles It's been a hot, frustrating summer on the picket lines in Los Angeles, where film and TV writers have been striking for more than [...]

Byline: Guardian community team The union representing Hollywood actors announced a strike on Thursday, joining writers who began taking industrial action in May. The strike by the Screen Actors Guild-American [...]

Byline: Kelly Burke Hundreds of Australian workers are likely to be stood down from film productions as as result of the strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters. Screen Producers Australia [...]

Byline: Sian Cain Fran Drescher has blasted Hollywood studios in a fiery speech after talks between the actors' union and studios failed to avert a strike, calling them 'disgusting' for [...]

Hollywood actors were due to go on strike at midnight local time today [GMT 0700] after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on [...]

After hours of anticipation (and a 12-day extension from its original negotiating deadline with Hollywood's studios), the actors union SAG-AFTRA will now officially go on strike at midnight. The union [...]

Byline: By, Daniel Bird The cast of Oppenheimer has walked out of the UK premiere to show support of the ongoing actors' strikes. Cillian Murphy was joined by Emily Blunt, [...]

Byline: Michael Cavna On Thursday, as the national board of SAG-AFTRA voted unanimously to strike against studios and streamers, effective midnight tonight, the board issued a strike notice and order [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Emily Bloch Jul. 13We may be seeing less Quinta Brunson on our TVs and more of her on the picket lines soon. The union representing her and thousands of [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Andrew Pulver After negotiations between studio representatives Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the US actors' union Sag-Aftra (Screen Actors Guild--American Federation of Television and Radio [...]

Byline: Adrian Horton As a strike by Sag-Aftra appears imminent without a contract, the Disney chief executive, Bob Iger, has said writers and actors preparing to picket are not being [...]

Byline: Nicola Slawson Good morning. Due to an error, Tuesday's First Thing wasn't sent out. We apologize for the inconvenience. The union representing Hollywood actors has recommended strike action after [...]

Byline: Nicole Sperling 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 [...]

Byline: Avi Selk; Samantha Chery; Niha Masih A historic double strike has effectively shut down the U.S. television and film industries, after leaders of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television [...]

Byline: Lois Beckett As Hollywood was bracing for the possibility of the first simultaneous strike by Hollywood writers and actors in more than sixty years, the Screen Actors Guild said [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Erica Werner; Lauren Kaori Gurley LOS ANGELES -- First it was nurses. Then graduate students. Then elementary school workers. Now it's hotel employees, and TV and movie writers and [...]

Byline: Lois Beckett in Los Angeles As the US actors' union nears its deadline to negotiate a new contract with Hollywood studios, A-list actors have made clear that they are [...]