WGA Strike
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Hollywood, Are You Team Human or Team AI? It’s Time to Choose | PRO Insight
Studios and writers: Decide now, before a chatbot generates the answer for you
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Tom Hanks Rallies Support for Hollywood Writers Strike: ‘Financial Motor Has to Be Completely Redefined’ (Video)
“The entire industry is at a crossroads and everybody knows it,” the actor said
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Fox Is ‘Well-Positioned’ to Deal With Hollywood Writers’ Strike as CEO Touts Strength in News, Sports
“There will be some scheduling changes with some of the scripted content but it’s not something that will have a significant financial impact on us,” Lachlan Murdoch told investors and analysts Tuesday
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Disney’s Streaming Profitability Is Wall Street’s Top Concern – Not the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
Analysts will likely ask Bob Iger about the WGA on Wednesday’s earnings call, but cost-cutting matters more to investors in the short term
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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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‘Accused’ Showrunner Howard Gordon Warns Writers Are ‘Not Learning the Whole Craft’ Due to Mini-Rooms
The former executive producer of “24” also predicted that the WGA strike will get “ugly” and there will be “a lot of collateral damage”
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‘Game of Thrones’ Spin-Off Writers Room Shuts Down for Strike, George R.R. Martin Explains Why ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Is Unaffected
The author offered his “full and complete and unequivocal support” for the WGA
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How – and When – a Long Hollywood Strike Could Hurt the Movie Industry
Some films suffered artistically and commercially from the 2007-2008 labor action, but the effects weren’t seen at the box office for years
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Drew Barrymore Still Appears at MTV Movie and TV Awards in Hilarious Skits (Video)
The star dropped out of hosting the awards show this past Thursday to stand in solidarity with the WGA strike
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MTV Movie & TV Awards Pivots to Clips in a Preview of Future Awards Shows if WGA Strike Goes Long
The red carpet was scuttled and winners appeared in pre-recorded Zoom speeches during Sunday’s low-key show
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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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Michael J. Fox Documentary Los Angeles Premiere Postponed Amid WGA Strike
Actress Justine Bateman said her “Family Ties” co-star refused to cross WGA picket lines at Universal Studios
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How to Watch the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards: Are They Streaming?
The WGA strike has forced this year’s ceremony to change formats
