An experienced actor and aerial cinematographer went from being at “the heart of Hollywood’s golden age of streaming” to worrying about affording “a value meal at McDonald’s,” the BBC reported in a piece on how the industry’s writer’s strike impacted everyone else.
Unemployed Hollywood writers are reportedly resorting to gig work as bartenders and Doordash drivers as studios continue to slash spending across the board, resulting in a dramatic reduction in the number of TV pilots and shows receiving the green light.
In a dramatic reversal, Hollywood’s writers union has apologized for refusing to condemn the Hamas terror attacks in Israel.
The Israeli Writers Guild has expressed its outrage that Hollywood’s Writers Guild of America has been silent about the tattack in Israel.
A group of prominent Hollywood writers — including Jerry Seinfeld, Jenji Kohan, Eli Roth, and Sacha Baron Cohen — is blasting their own union for choosing to remain silent on Hamas’ bloody attack on Israel last week, noting that other Hollywood unions have condemned the murderous rampage that has so far claimed the lives of 1,400 Israelis.
NEW YORK (AP) — After a 148-day strike, Hollywood screenwriters secured significant guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence in one of the first major labor battles over generative AI in the workplace.
The dual Hollywood writers and actors strikes have reportedly dealt a blow to Democrat fundraising — including President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) reportedly reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) late Sunday that could potentially end the 146-day, industry-wide strike.
California taxpayers could soon be on the hook for paying unemployment benefits to striking Hollywood actors and writers.
Comedian Bill Maher has caved to striking Hollywood writers by reversing his decision to re-start production on his HBO talk show “Real Time.”
Sept. 18 (UPI) — The daytime chat programs The Talk and The Jennifer Hudson Show will not tape new episodes until after the Writers Guild of America strike ends.
Hollywood star Drew Barrymore has deleted her tearful apology for resuming production on her talk show after striking actors including Alyssa Milano, Debra Messing, and Bradley Whitford shamed her for “undermining union solidarity.”
Striking Hollywood actors and writers escalated their war with the studios this week, participating in a joint march in Los Angeles that clogged the streets of the Hollywood neighborhood as protestors marched Tuesday from Netflix offices to the historic Paramount lot.
Drew Barrymore’s National Book Awards hosting gig was rescinded after the actress resumed her talk show, “The Drew Barrymore Show,” amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in Hollywood.
Any hope that the Hollywood writers strike might resolve itself in the near future appeared to fizzle late Tuesday in a volley of bitter recrimination, with the Writers Guild of America accusing the major studios of an underhanded effort “not to bargain, but to jam us.”
President Joe Biden has so far remained lukewarm toward striking Hollywood actors and writers even though both unions enthusiastically backed his 2020 presidential campaign.
Striking Hollywood workers are set to return to the bargaining table with the major studios and streamers Friday following more than 100 days of picketing that has brought TV and movie production to a standstill around the country.
Who is the biggest loser in the ongoing Hollywood labor strikes? The answer appears to be the people of California, with one estimate putting the local economy’s losses at $3 billion in the past 100 days — a figure that is almost certain to skyrocket as the historic strikes drag on with no end in sight.
The U.S. film and television industries remain paralyzed by dual strikes by its actors and screenwriters. There’s no foreseeable end — a negotiating session last week involving Hollywood studios and streamers and the striking writers ended with little progress.
The Hollywood writers’ strike is entering day 100, and the Washington Post has some tales of woe about people who hate us.
Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman has taken to Instagram to criticize artists who are working under independent film waivers during the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes, which have shut down most U.S. film and TV productions.
White House Press Sec. Karine Jean-Pierre has been announced as the recipient of Outfest’s first Achievement Award For Press And Media.
Former “Real Housewives” star Bethenny Frankel is calling on reality TV stars to demand the same treatment as the actors and writers who are currently on strike in Hollywood, adding, “I have never made a single residual.”
Hollywood writers are outraged over Universal Studios trimming trees that were providing them shade while they are on strike in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket line. Chris Stephens, a comedian and TV writer who has been on strike,
Actor Ron Perlman lost his temper yet again when he issued a menacing threat this week to an unnamed Hollywood executive, saying he knows where the executive lives. “Be careful, motherf**ker,” the actor warned.
Hollywood stars walked off the job en masse late Thursday after the screen actors’ union SAG-AFTRA failed to reach a new contract with studios, effectively bringing scripted TV and movie production around the country to a screeching halt.
The “Yellowstone” co-creator Taylor Sheridan has revealed that he might quit TV if he is forced to employ teams of writers — or so-called “writers rooms” — under possible terms imposed by the Writers Guild of America following the strike.
Left-wing Hollywood writer David Simon, who created the HBO series “The Wire,” said he will refuse to use artificial intelligence technology to write his scripts, though he doesn’t have a problem if other writers want to experiment with it.
Students at Boston University overwhelmingly booed Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav on Sunday during his 2023 graduation commencement speech.
Striking transgender Hollywood writers and their supporters targeted Netflix offices in Los Angeles on Thursday as part of the Writers Guild of America’s ongoing work stoppage against the studios.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is planning to picket Warner Bros. Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav’s commencement speech at Boston University on May 21.
President Joe Biden (D) has officially thrown his support behind Hollywood writers who are currently striking against the studios, saying “storytellers” must be treated with “dignity” and “respect.”
Rapper Snoop Dogg says he is standing behind striking Hollywood writers and their efforts to get a larger share of streaming revenue for their work.
Actress Drew Barrymore has dropped out as the host of the MTV Movie and TV Awards, saying she is doing so in solidarity with Writers Guild of America (WGA) scribes currently on strike. MTV has also canceled its red carpet event.
Breitbart News attended the second day of picketing this week to hear from the writers on exactly what they hoped to achieve.
The Writers Guild of America strike will likely last weeks as the union plans two major rallies in Los Angeles and New York for May 15.
A prominent talent lawyer for A-list Hollywood stars is predicting that the writers strike will accelerate the industry’s adoption of artificial intelligence technology, saying the longer the strike lasts, the more scripts will be written by AI.
Striking Hollywood writers are accusing the major streamers of treating them like disposable gig workers and are encouraging consumers everywhere to “cancel your subscriptions.”
Writer and comedian Adam Conover said Tuesday on CNN’s “News Central” that entertainment companies could afford to meet the demands of striking writers given Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s $250 million salary.
Actress Amanda Seyfried has weighed in on the Hollywood writers strike, bizarrely claiming that solving the standoff between writers and the studios is “f**king easy.”
