Hollywood strikes: Negotiations between the studios and SAG-AFTRA just hit a new snag

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National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and SAG-AFTRA President US actress Fran Drescher join members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild as they walk a picket line outside of Netflix in Los Angeles, California, on July 14, 2023

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Workers' strikes in the US are at their highest point since 2000, with 4.1 million days lost in August to labor activism

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Members of United Auto Workers have been striking since Friday

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Taylor Swift's movie is a go amid the Hollywood actors' strike after she agreed to meet their demands — something major studios still haven't done

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How the Hollywood strikes are affecting social-media influencers, who are turning away brand deals and 5-figure paychecks to follow SAG-AFTRA rules

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Jasmine Paige Moore, a social-media influencer, stands on the picket lines during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Jasmine Paige Moore, a social-media influencer, stands on the picket lines during the SAG-AFTRA strike.

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Why Hollywood actors and writers are still on strike, what SAG-AFTRA and the WGA are fighting for, and how the walkouts are upending entertainment

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Writers on strike march with signs on the picket line on day four of the strike by the Writers Guild of America in front of Netflix in Hollywood, California on May 5, 2023.
Members of two key Hollywood unions — SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America — are both on strike against Hollywood studios, networks, and streamers.

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AI-generated art can't be copyrighted, federal judge rules, with potential consequences for Hollywood studios

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A WGA picket references AI.

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Disney heiress says 'money and power have hijacked' CEO Bob Iger's sensibilities

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Abigail Disney says Disney CEO Bob Iger is "a basically decent person" but "money and power have hijacked his sensibilities."

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An extra in Marvel's 'WandaVision' reportedly said she was herded to a trailer for a body scan and never told how her likeness would be used

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5 actors, including an extra on Marvel's Disney+ show "WandaVision," told NPR that they've felt pushed to undergo body scans by studios.

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NBCUniversal is slapped with a $250 fine for trimming trees along an LA sidewalk that had shaded actors and writers on strike

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A composite image showing, on the left, striking actor Tim Jo holding a sign on a sunny day outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, on July 18, 2023, and right, trimmed ficus trees under bright sunshine outside NBC Universal site in Los Angeles, July 18 2023.
NBCUniversal says it trims the trees in annually and it was "not our intention" to take shade away from WGA and SAG-AFTRA members picketing in Los Angeles.

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Rosie O'Donnell says she was asked about running for SAG-AFTRA president but suggested Fran Drescher instead

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Rosie O'Donnell at the Pasadena Playhouse in February 2023.
Rosie O'Donnell at the Pasadena Playhouse in February.

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