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[ad_1] With contract deadline looming, Hollywood actors could strike if no deal reached - CBS News Watch CBS News With their current contract set to expire, thousands of SAG-AFTRA members could soon go on strike, leading to a potential Hollywood production shutdown. If it were to happen, it would also mark the first time since 1960 that both the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild have been on strike simultaneously. Jonathan Vigliotti has details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/entertainment/with-contract-deadline-looming-hollywood-actors-could-strike-if-no-deal-reached/?feed_id=28...

[ad_1] The Los Angeles City Controller's office is investigating after several trees near Universal Studios property were trimmed — trees that were providing shade and relief from the blistering heat for striking members of the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA . The city controller, Kenneth Mejia, announced the office's investigation  Tuesday on Twitter, sharing before and after photos of the trees — the before showing fuller trees with leaves and the after showing the trees' barren limbs. "Our Office is investigating the tree trimming that occurred outside Universal Studios where workers, writers, and actors are exercising their right to picket," Mejia wrote. "The trimmed trees are LA City managed street trees." Members of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents thousands of Hollywood actors, are on strike after the unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which rep...

[ad_1] The star-studded cast of "Oppenheimer" left the film's London premiere early as the Hollywood actors' union on Thursday called its first major strike in more than 40 years. Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh walked the red carpet outside the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square cinema Thursday, but then exited before the movie's showing, director Christopher Nolan told the audience inside the theater. "We have to acknowledge, you've seen them earlier on the red carpet," Nolan said of the actors. "Unfortunately, they're off to write their picket signs for what we believe to be an imminent strike by SAG (Screen Actors Guild), joining one of my guilds, the Writers Guild, in the struggle for fair wages for working members of their union." Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh attend the London premiere of "Oppenheimer" at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July...

[ad_1] With contract deadline looming, Hollywood actors could strike if no deal reached - CBS News Watch CBS News With their current contract set to expire, thousands of SAG-AFTRA members could soon go on strike, leading to a potential Hollywood production shutdown. If it were to happen, it would also mark the first time since 1960 that both the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild have been on strike simultaneously. Jonathan Vigliotti has details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/entertainment/with-contract-deadline-looming-hollywood-actors-could-strike-if-no-deal-reached/?feed_id=10...