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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

Hollywood actors are going on strike. Here’s what that means

Actors are set to join writers on strike after the AMPTP and the actors’ union failed to reach a deal.
Actors are set to join writers on strike after the AMPTP and the actors’ union failed to reach a deal. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

After negotiations between studio representatives the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the US actors’ union Sag-Aftra (Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) failed to make a breakthrough, Hollywood actors are going on strike.

The decision means that actors will be joining writers on the picket lines, marking the first time in over six decades that both unions have taken simultaneous strike action.

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