Strike
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Business
Streep and Clooney Lead Donation Campaign for Striking Actors
The stars, joined by celebrities like Matt Damon and Oprah Winfrey, helped raise more than $15 million over the past three weeks.
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Arts
Emmy Awards Will Be Postponed Because of Actors’ and Writers’ Strikes
The ceremony, originally planned for Sept. 18, may be pushed into January in hopes that the labor disputes will be settled.
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Business
Hollywood Strikes Mean Steady Diet of Reruns, Game Shows and Reality TV
TV viewers across the U.S. will see fewer new scripted shows, a trend that could continue well into next year if the walkouts continue.
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Arts
‘Barbenheimer’ Is a Huge Hollywood Moment and Maybe the Last for a While
The big launch of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” should have been a celebratory moment, but an industry on pause has darkened the mood.
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Business
Actors’ Strike Won’t Halt 39 Independent Projects, Union Says
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.
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Business
Once ‘The Nanny,’ Now Center Stage as the Actors’ Union Leader
Fran Drescher, who became a household name for her role on a 1990s sitcom, is now president of the union going on strike.
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World
A Hollywood Diner Becomes a Writers’ Room of a Different Sort
In their third month on the picket lines, Los Angeles screenwriters are drawing inspiration — and sustenance — from a local restaurant as their industry faces pressures from changing viewer habits.
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World
Los Angeles Hotel Employees Return to Work but Warn of Additional Strikes
The News Thousands of housekeepers, front desk clerks, cooks and other hospitality staff returned to work on Wednesday at hotels in the Los Angeles area after three days of picketing, but union leaders said that more walkouts are likely in the ...
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Business
UPS Workers Authorize Teamsters Union to Call Strike
A walkout is possible after the contract for more than 325,000 workers expires this summer. Negotiations began in April but have yet to resolve pay.
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World
Can the Writers’ Strike Fix Hollywood?
Here’s my attempt to summarize the context of the Hollywood writers’ strike in three sentences. First, the entertainment business, floated on easy money and encouraged by the unusual conditions of the Covid era, committed itself to an unsustainable ...