How Striking Hollywood Creators and Hotel Housekeepers Face the Same Obstacles With consolidation and industry diversification, corporate studio and hotel owners have more money to wait out strikes. Capital & Main · Jul 20, 2023
Johnny Depp unveils self-portrait which captures his ’emotional exhaustion’ The Hollywood actor and musician is donating 200 dollars from every sale of the picture to Mental Health America. The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023
These projects, including a Mel Gibson movie, can keep filming amid SAG-AFTRA strike LOS ANGELES — Even as actors and writers have brought Hollywood to a standstill with a historic double strike, movies starring some of the industry's biggest names — Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega among them — are allowed to continue filming. Los Angeles Times · Jul 20, 2023
AI generated an entire fake episode of South Park as writers' strike rages on AI tools could change Hollywood forever, for better or worse, especially now they can create entirely artificial TV episodes. Tom’s Guide · Jul 20, 2023
Netflix has an extra $1.5 billion in cash flow thanks to the Hollywood Writers strike The streaming giant said it wanted to come to an agreement wit striking unions as soon as possible. Fortune · Jul 20, 2023
He was making a documentary about police brutality. Then the LAPD tased him in his home LOS ANGELES — Damien Smith was making a documentary about police brutality. But when a burglar broke into his Hollywood apartment, he didn't hesitate to call the cops. Los Angeles Times · Jul 20, 2023
Trimmed trees outside LA studio become flashpoint for striking Hollywood writers and actors A row of tightly trimmed ficus trees along a stretch of sidewalk outside Universal Studios has become a hot spot in the face-off between Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters and actors The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023
How Ronald Reagan led the 1960 actors' strike – and then became an anti-union president Production on US film and television sets has ground to a halt as Hollywood actors have joined writers in walking off sets. At issue are residuals (or royalties), streaming services and the use of artificial intelligence. The Conversation · Jul 20, 2023
What residuals are — and why Hollywood actors and writers are striking over them Residuals are an essential issue in the current strikes of Hollywood's actors and screenwriters The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023
Iger’s Comments On Writers And Actors Strike Spark Controversy Disney CEO Bob Iger faces backlash over criticism of media industry double strike. Zenger · Jul 19, 2023
Without much choice, Comic-Con goes back to its roots It’s hard to imagine now, but the nation’s most popular comic book convention — San Diego Comic-Con International — did not have its first sellout until 2007. Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023
How to support the actors’ and writers’ strike With thousands out of work, here are ways you can support Hollywood’s most financially vulnerable The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023
We talk 'Barbie' BTS, Ryan Gosling and villa rules with Love Island’s Chris Taylor in the run-up to his breakout Hollywood role Love Island’s Chris Taylor tells us all about his role in the 'Barbie' movie and what his villa experience was like... My Imperfect Life · Jul 19, 2023
Oppenheimer Review: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Biopic Is A Cinematic Triumph A studious examination of history, shown via a reverent lens of Hollywood spectacle, Oppenheimer is a chilling biopic that could be Christopher Nolan’s best picture yet. Cinemablend · Jul 19, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Jul 19, 2023 Michael Hiltzik: By the standards of their peers, Hollywood CEOs aren't all that overpaid. That's the problem The writers and actors union currently on strike in Hollywood have made a big issue out of the extravagant pay packages enjoyed by the studio heads they're fighting.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2023 Hollywood actors know strength comes from unity. Australian workers, can I get an ‘amen’? Shrink union membership and reduce the ability to strike and you provide a double whammy to hopes for better wages
Los Angeles Times · Jul 19, 2023 With Hollywood on strike, Comic-Con is ‘back to basics.’ Here’s what to expect LOS ANGELES — David Glanzer has seen his fair share of Comic-Cons, and looking out from the San Diego Convention Center, he still sees evidence of the bustle that swirls around the gathering of comic book, animation and genre fans each summer: Vendors were unloading materials and craftspeople were erecting…
Fortune · Jul 19, 2023 Streaming usage in the U.S. hits a record just as Hollywood shuts down because the business model is broken YouTube and Netflix lead the pack, and the most-watched program is the action-drama S.W.A.T., with nearly 5 billion minutes viewed in June.
The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023 ‘Am I crossing picket lines if I see a movie?’ and other Hollywood strike fan questions answered You watch movies
TechRadar · Jul 19, 2023 Don't worry, House of the Dragon season 2 on Max won't be delayed by the Hollywood strikes Independent productions such as season two of House of the Dragon are OK to film during the Hollywood actors' strike
Woman & Home · Jul 19, 2023 How Princess Margaret offended the Old Hollywood elite - late royal said to have upset Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, and Judy Garland in ONE evening Princess Margaret offended the Old Hollywood elite at an exclusive dinner during her 1965 tour of the US - but it wasn't the only time
The Guardian - US · Jul 19, 2023 The Hollywood strike can and must win – for all of us, not just writers and actors The thousands of strikers are at the frontlines of two key battles: against a future controlled by AI, and against suffocating inequality
Los Angeles Times · Jul 19, 2023 Mary McNamara: The studios thought they could handle a strike. They might end up sparking a revolution LOS ANGELES — If you want to start a revolution, tell your workers you'd rather see them lose their homes than offer them fair wages. Then lecture them about how their "unrealistic" demands are "disruptive" to the industry, not to mention disturbing your revels at Versailles, er, Sun Valley.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023 Showstopper: inside the 21 July Guardian Weekly Hollywood on strike; extreme heat is here. Plus the Women’s World Cup kicks off
The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023 13 awful movies by great filmmakers, from Christopher Nolan to Steven Spielberg Even Hollywood’s finest sometimes make something they regret – Louis Chilton picks out 13 of the biggest duds