Strike
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Seth MacFarlane Donates $5 Million to Entertainment Community Fund, Kick-Starting $10 Million Strike Initiative
The Fund is currently distributing $400,000-$500,000 weekly in emergency financial assistance for out-of-work industry laborers
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Writers Have ‘Tempered’ Hopes With Studios Back at the Bargaining Table: ‘We’re Not Going to Take a Bad Deal’ (Video)
“There’s one group that can end this, it’s the AMPTP,” writer Alfredo Septien (“Stargirl”) tells TheWrap
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Disney’s Bob Iger, NBCU’s Donna Langley and Other Studio CEOs Return to WGA Strike Negotiation Talks
Thursday marks the second day in a row executives have unexpectedly been present at the table with guild leadership
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WGA Talks With Studios to Continue Thursday After ‘Good Signs’ in Meeting With CEOs
“I think there’s even more urgency by the two sides to get a deal done than there was in August,” one insider tells TheWrap
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SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Says Video Game Talks Are Over ‘the Same Fight’ as Studio Strike
“It’s all about treating workers who bring their creativity and make these companies’ success possible with some basic respect,” the chief negotiator says
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Late-Night Hosts Cancel Live ‘Strike Force Five’ Vegas Show After Jimmy Kimmel’s COVID Diagnosis
“I could never live with myself if I got my hometown friends sick,” Kimmel writes
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SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Says WGA Strike Resolution Would Give Actors a ‘Reason for Optimism’
“It would certainly be a good sign if the WGA and the studios and streamers are able to reach a deal,” the union’s chief negotiator says
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WGA Members ‘Guardedly Optimistic’ as CEOs Show Up for Strike Negotiations With Guild
Striking writers on expressed cautious optimism while Bob Iger and other execs appeared at the restart of negotiations
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Jaime Camil Says Rolling Out ‘Lotería Loca’ During Strikes Is ‘Super Awkward’
Despite the “difficult” timing, the CBS game show host tells TheWrap that “Latin American people will feel very proud to see this show on mainstream television”
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WGA Pickets ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Rehearsal Studio
Dozens of guild members protest as ABC pushes forward with reality show’s 32nd season
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WGA and AMPTP Resume Talks: Here’s What’s Left to Resolve
Studios and writers try again to reach a deal on mandatory staffing, viewership data and other key issues
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Nickelodeon Animation Editors Ratify New Contract That Hikes Pay, Benefits
Seventy post-production workers will receive wage increases of as much as 70%
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WGA Leaders Meet Showrunners Ahead of Renewed Strike Talks With Studios | Exclusive
“People are living out of their cars,” a distraught showrunner told WGA leadership at a meeting
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Stephen Fry ‘Shocked’ After Discovering AI Ripped Off His Voice From ‘Harry Potter’ Audiobooks
“It won’t be long until full deepfake videos are just as convincing,” the actor and comedian says
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Meredith Stiehm Easily Reelected as WGA West President
The “Cold Case” creator is elected to another two-year term as the writers’ strike nears 150 days
