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…
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Books
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…
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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…
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Books
‘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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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News
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…