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Hollywood’s Picket Line Confronts Its Color Line

People of color hired in the streaming-era diversity push say they now bear the brunt of inequities.

Capital & Main

12 biggest Hot Labor Summer strikes

From Hollywood and Starbucks to nurses and bus drivers, workers nationwide continue to seek better contracts

Salon

Video game strike in the making as actors’ union slams industry’s ‘greed’

Actors’ dispute with video game companies echoes demands from film studios, including calls for fairer pay and regulated use of AI

Evening Standard

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Up First briefing: A Labor Day look at union fights, wins and close calls

It's Labor Day in the U.S. Striking writers and actors have brought Hollywood to a standstill. There's widespread support for unions, especially among Gen Z, yet membership is at an all-time low.

WEKU

It’ll always be wrong to yell ‘fire’ in a crowded theater

Columnist Jacob Sullum apparently has trouble internalizing that every freedom has a limit when it constrains the freedom of others, a reader writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Walking Dead' spinoffs, 'Interview With the Vampire' can resume with actors' union approval

Two spinoffs of “The Walking Dead” and the next season of “Interview With the Vampire” will be resuming production despite the Hollywood strikes after reaching a deal with the actors' union

The Independent UK

Late night TV hosts team up for a new podcast amid the writers' strike

The biggest names in late night have turned their private group chat into a Spotify podcast. All the proceeds will go to support their staff during the writers' strike.

WEKU

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Jimmy Kimmel says Ben Affleck and Matt Damon offered to pay his staff amid writers’ strike

Late-night host’s talk show has been temporarily suspended since the Writers Guild of America went on strike in May

The Independent UK

‘Effective tactic:’ Adam Driver explains Venice Film Festival presence amid ongoing actors’ strike

Actor called out Netflix and Amazon while promoting new film ‘Ferrari’

The Independent 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

Selena Gomez Shared A Seemingly Harmless IG Vid But Quickly Deleted It After Copping Backlash

The "disrespectful" video was up for 15 hours and scored over 1 million likes before being scrubbed from Insta.

Pedestrian.tv

Hollywood union health insurance is particularly good. And it's jeopardized by strike

Hollywood actors and writers who qualify for their union health plans get a very good deal compared to other Americans. But not working during the strike threatens their eligibility in the system.

WEKU

‘It’s insane to me that I don’t get a piece from Netflix’: Breaking Bad stars reunite on actors’ strike picket line

The cast got together to call upon Hollywood studios to resume negotiations with striking screen actors

The Independent UK

'Breaking Bad' stars reunite on picket line to call for studios to resume negotiations with actors

The cast of “Breaking Bad” has reunited to call upon Hollywood studios to resume negotiations with striking screen actors

The Independent UK

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Cinemablend

Chicago P.D.'s Marina Squerciati Posed With Chicago Med Alums To Support The Strike, But The Kittens May Be The Real Stars

Some One Chicago stars reunited to support the SAG-AFTRA strikes, with some adorable kittens joining the cause.

Cinemablend

Newest Casting For Noah Hawley's Alien TV Series Was Revealed, And I Am 100% Into These Goofy Ass Character Names

Noah Hawley's Alien TV series has stalled filming, but the latest casting news was revealed, adding another splendidly goofy ass character name.

Evening Standard

Venice Film Festival 2023: forget the strikes, this festival thrives on the frisson of controversy

As the festival turns 80, it may be short on American A-listers, but there’s still a buzz

Cinemablend

Watch Tom Holland Learn How To Spin A Basketball While Doing Community Service With Zendaya

Tom Holland and Zendaya went to an Oakland middle school this week to bring attention to two charities.

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Salon

The cost of our new reality TV heyday

This summer of a famous "Vanderpump Rules" cheating scandal coincides with another Bravo star calling to unionize

Total Film

Dune 2 isn't the only film to be delayed – a new Lord of the Rings movie has also moved

The release calendar has been shuffled

Cinemablend

Bless Jamie Foxx Because He Is Playing God In First Movie Deal Announced Since Recovering From Health Incident

Jamie Foxx will play the God to Mickey Rourke's Devil in an upcoming comedy.

Capital & Main

It Takes More Than One Superhero

Despite the success of Blue Beetle, Latinos remain the most underrepresented group in films.

Cinemablend

After Nancy Drew's Series Finale, Is Kennedy McMann Already Returning To TV With Her Next Lead Role?

The answer to what Kennedy McMann's future holds on TV is a little complicated.

Evening Standard

Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla receives SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement so stars can appear at Venice

Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi will star in the Lost in Translation director’s latest film

Cinemablend

How Chicago P.D.'s Cast And EPs Are Helping Members Of The Crew As The Strikes Continue

Chicago P.D. can't start Season 11 due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, but cast members and executive producers are helping members of the strike.

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