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Adam Driver hits out at big film studios over Hollywood strike

Ferrari star tells Venice film festival that leading studios, such as Netflix and Amazon, should support actors and writers

The Guardian - UK

Martin McDonagh shows support for writers at Venice Film Festival opening night as A-listers bow out

The Oscar-winning director posed for press shots in a T-shirt that read ‘Writers Guild On Strike’ and a matching button

Evening Standard

WGA Enters Month 4 on the Picket Lines: 'There Is Physical Fatigue,' One Writer Says, 'But Everybody Is Still Very Mad'

We've driven by them on Melrose every day since early May, as they hold their funny signs in the 90-degree afternoon heat in front of the Paramount lot. 'It's a Marathon -- we knew what we were getting into,' a scribe told Next TV Tuesday

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The Next Text: Why Trump's X 'Views' Don't Really Matter ... But WGA Demands, CNN, Nielsen's Mushy Metrics, Fox GOP Debates and Google's Bundled, Linear TV Biz Still Do

Introducing our new recurring, reactionary, overtly shrill SMS exchange between Next TV writers Daniel Frankel and David Bloom, focused on the past week's TMT headlines

Broadcasting & Cable

Fran Drescher says actors strike she’s leading is an ‘inflection point’ that goes beyond Hollywood

Fran Drescher says the strike she's leading as head of the actors union is a huge moment for both Hollywood and the world of work beyond it

The Independent UK

Fran Drescher says actors strike she's leading is an 'inflection point' that goes beyond Hollywood

Fran Drescher says the strike she's leading as head of the actors union is a huge moment for both Hollywood and the world of work beyond it

The Independent UK

Hollywood studios tout proposed 5% pay bump for writers as the biggest in 35 years, the day after UPS Teamsters ratified a 35% raise and pilots got 21%

The latest counteroffer from Hollywood studios features pay raises that pale in comparison to those secured by other unions just this week.

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Writers Guild Says Meeting With Studio Execs Turned Into a ‘Lecture’

AMPTP releases most recent contract proposal

Broadcasting & Cable

Over 1,000 workers ‘suspended without pay in UK film industry’ amid strikes

Productions that were filming in the UK have been paused amid US-based industrial action

The Independent UK

‘Embrace it or risk obsolescence’: how will AI jobs affect Hollywood?

As dual Hollywood strikes rage on, studios and streamers such as Netflix and Disney are on a hiring spree within the world of artificial intelligence

The Guardian - US

The WGA Strike Thaws? Writers and Studios Set to Meet for a Fourth Consecutive Day

There's no indication that a deal to end the 4 1/2-month work stoppage is imminent ... but at least, you know, they can look at each other

Broadcasting & Cable

Netflix, Disney CEOs find common ground on pressing industry issue

The big guns are rolling in on the Hollywood creator strike.

The Street

Suits has become a huge hit for Netflix – and its success has infuriated its writers

The Megan Markle-starring legal drama is enjoying a huge resurgence on Netflix, but the show's writers are far from impressed.

TechRadar

The Parks and Rec cast's picket line reunion included Li'l Sebastian

Solidarit-neigh forever

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The Guardian - US

Hollywood writers union mulls proposal from studios that would end strike

Negotiating committee of Writers Guild of America says it is evaluating offer in substantial step forward

Cinemablend

Parks And Rec Icon Li’l Sebastian Joins The Comedy’s Cast On The Picket Lines, And Aubrey Plaza Is Totally Channeling April Ludgate

The Parks and Rec cast reunited on the picket lines, and Lil Sebastian made an appearance. Aubrey Plaza of course, was totally in April Ludgate mode.

The Independent UK

Rebel Wilson details on-set ‘stunt accident’ that left her with facial stitches

Actor was rushed to hospital last week after she suffered an injury while filming new movie ‘Bride Hard’

Total Film

Writers' strike at 100 days: why we're no closer to the end - and a look at what comes next

The fight marches on

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Fortune

Hollywood studios reportedly want strikes to last until picketers lose their homes. Now, ‘Cinderella’ star Billy Porter has been forced to put his up for sale

The Emmy-winning actor said he’s still living “check to check.”

The Independent UK

Rebel Wilson rushed to hospital after ‘stunt accident’ on set of new film Bride Hard

Filming was taking place thanks to an agreement with striking actors’ union SAG-AFTRA

The Independent UK

Why are actors making movies during the strike? What to know about SAG-AFTRA interim agreements

The actors and writers strike have resulted in most Hollywood film and television productions being shut down, from the “Gladiator” sequel to the live action “Lilo & Stitch."

Multichannel News

Producers and Writers Are Finally Sitting Down To Talk

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have asked for a meeting with the Writers Guild of America on Friday to discuss contract negotiations, but don’t get your hopes up. This is just a first step

WEKU

Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks, with some in the negative

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers rejected the SAG-AFTRA union's request for a separate type of residual payment that actors would get once their programs hit streaming services.

The Guardian - US

Netflix lists AI job worth $900,000 amid twin Hollywood strikes

Company lists highly paid machine-learning project manager role while actors and executives at odds over future of AI in Hollywood

Total Film

SAG-AFTRA says studios declined to re-start strike negotiations

The strike could be lasting a while longer yet

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