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The talk show strike mess, explained

The overlapping nature of the dual Hollywood strikes means you can scab even while complying. Salon breaks it down

Salon

Drew Barrymore makes tearful apology for restarting TV show during strike

Actor apologises for controversial decision to resume production of show, saying she didn’t want to ‘upset or hurt anyone’

The Guardian - US

Striking actor Stephen Fry says his voice was stolen from the Harry Potter audiobooks and replicated by AI

The actor told an audience in London that AI was a “burning issue” for actors.

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Want Adam Scott to walk your dog? What about dinner with Bob Odenkirk? Some of Hollywood's most beloved names are auctioning off unique experiences to help support the writers' strike

WEKU

Want to help strike-hit Hollywood while Adam Scott walks your dog? Here’s your chance

John Lithgow will paint a watercolour of your pooch while Lena Dunham daubs a mural in your home, all to raise funds for film crew healthcare – here’s your bidding guide for the loveliest, weirdest celebrity auction in years

The Guardian - UK

Celebs on the picket line: Famous faces at SAG-AFTRA strikes, from Margot Robbie to Penn Badgley

Many celebrities have taken to the picket line in support of the SAG-AFTRA strikes

Evening Standard

Margot Robbie strikes with actors and writers in Hollywood over AI threat

The Barbie star took part in a march from Netflix Studios to Paramount Studios

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Dinner with David Cross or a mural by Lena Dunham: Hollywood stars auction themselves to support striking crew members

Hollywood’s finest have banded together to support affected crew members

The Independent UK

Protestors picket outside CBS Studios over production of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’

The Independent UK

Drew Barrymore faces backlash as she announces talk show return despite writers’ strikes

Barrymore says talk show will begin fourth season in accordance with rules of WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes

The Independent UK

Jessica Chastain ‘nervous’ to attend Venice Film Festival amid Hollywood strikes

She attended the festival to promote Memory after the film was granted an interim agreement by her union.

Evening Standard

‘Nervous’ Jessica Chastain says she was ‘advised against’ attending Venice Film Festival amid actors’ strike

Actor wore ‘SAG-AFTRA on Strike’ t-shirt during press conference for new movie ‘Memory’

The Independent UK

Film festival season carries on in Toronto, despite a star-power outage

When SAG-AFTRA announced a strike this summer, Cameron Bailey, the longtime chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, dusted off his COVID-19 playbook

The Independent UK

'You could be the hero': Fran Drescher tells NPR how the Hollywood strikes can end

Fran Drescher, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, says the Hollywood strikes are at an inflection point.

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The Independent UK

Fans defend Aaron Paul for saying he ‘doesn’t get a piece’ of Breaking Bad residuals from Netflix

Actor recently spoke from the front lines of the actors’ strike, claiming he does not ‘get a piece from Netflix’

The Independent UK

‘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

Capital & Main

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.

Salon

12 biggest Hot Labor Summer strikes

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

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Evening Standard

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

WEKU

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Independent UK

'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

WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

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’

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