Hi, Im Aaricka! If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love my daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you’ll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. One of the demands that actors and screenwriters are making in trying to renegotiate their contracts with Hollywood studios is greater … Read more
Business From Ariel Zilber July 17, 2023 | 11:07 Disney chief Bob Iger earlier this year joked about the artificial intelligence that replaced him as the CEO comments that in hindsight he may seem deaf as Hollywood grapples with a strike by writers and actors fearful that the rapid advances in technology can make them … Read more
SAG-AFTRA protesters outside the Paramount offices in Times Square, New York, July 14. Caitlin Huston/THR Staff Four simultaneous protests occurred in New York City on Friday, the first day of the SAG-AFTRA strike, with the Writers Guild, IATSE, local members of the Democratic Socialists of America and other members of other unions joining the pickets … Read more
By Shiona McCallum Technology journalist July 14, 2023 Image caption, Salma Hayek discovers she sold the rights to her likeness to the AI in a recent episode of Black Mirror Hollywood actors strike for the first time in 43 years, shutting down the American film and television business, in part over fears over the impact … Read more
LOS ANGELES, July 13 (Reuters) – Hollywood actors went on strike at midnight after talks with movie studios broke down, joining film and TV writers who have been on pickets since May and exacerbating the disruption of dozens of shows and movie. Hollywood studios now face their first double shutdown in 63 years, forcing them … Read more
