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Oscars 2025 winners list — the night's biggest upsets and surprises

Follow along live as the 2025 edition of the Oscars produces new winners and more in Hollywood's biggest show case

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Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning co-writer, dies aged 85

Screenwriter co-wrote Annie Hall and Manhattan, penned the Jersey Boys musical, and wrote for Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show and The Muppet Show

The Guardian - AU

Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote 'Annie Hall' with Woody Allen, dies at 85

The Oscar-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman, whose wide-ranging career spanned some of Woody Allen’s best films, the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” and a number of Johnny Carson’s most beloved sketches, has died

The Independent UK

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‘Constantly monitored’: the pushback against AI surveillance at work

Academics decry algorithmic monitoring of workers and call for stronger standards – but US unions have been slow to act

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on the writers’ strike: ‘Furious that it took the studios 148 days to achieve a deal’

The Last Week Tonight host blasted studios for dragging out the writers’ strike and dove into the issue of grossly inadequate healthcare for US prisoners

The Guardian - US

As writers and studios resume negotiations, here are the key players in the Hollywood strikes

Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios resume Wednesday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt

The Independent UK

Gustavo Arellano: On the picket line, a telling alliance between hotel workers and screenwriters

Oh, it was noisy Thursday afternoon outside the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, California, as more than 200 protesters marched near the entrance.

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Inside the actors’ strike threatening to bring Hollywood to a standstill

Hollywood actors and writers have both gone on strike for the first time in 63 years, threatening to shut down the entire industry. Emma Loffhagen looks at the reasons behind the walkouts, their possible impact and all the A-listers who’ve shown their support

Evening Standard

This historic writers’ strike matters for everyone – not just Hollywood

The contract that the writers are striking for could set a powerful precedent that AI must work for people, rather than being used to marginalize people to juice profits

The Guardian - US

‘Pens down!’: Hollywood writers strike as late-night comedy shows go dark

Members of the Writers Guild of America picket major studios as they demand higher pay and rules for AI

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