Hollywood stars hail actors’ union’s tentative deal with studios to end strike

Actor Jack Black joins Sag-Aftra members as they picket outside Paramount Studios on Wednesday shortly before the announcement of the tentative deal. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

After a work stoppage that effectively ground the Hollywood film and TV industry to a halt for months, the Sag-Aftra union announced on Wednesday that it had reached a tentative agreement to end the strike, sparking jubilation among prominent Hollywood actors including Alec Baldwin and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Roughly a month after writers ended a similar strike, Sag-Aftra and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) – which represents Walt Disney, Netflix and other media companies – reached a tentative agreement on Wednesday. The deal, which ended the longest-ever strike for film and television actors, came after parties had resumed talks last week following stalled negotiations in early October.