[ad_1] Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) East. | Photo Credit: Reuters The shoot of the final season of Netflix’s original Stranger Things has halted due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. The series co-creators and co-showrunners Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, known as the Duffer brothers, shared a statement to […]
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[ad_1] Drew Barrymore | Photo Credit: AP/PTI Actor-producer Drew Barrymore dropped out of hosting MTV Movie & TV Awards in sympathy with the striking members of Writers Guild of America (WGA). The strike has shut down production of late-night talk shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live and could disrupt the fall TV season. “I have […]
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[ad_1] Members of the Writers Guild of America union picket outside Netflix headquarters near Union Square, on May 3, 2023, in New York. | Photo Credit: AP The group representing Hollywood studios fired back on May 4 at claims from striking film and television workers that they have been forced into the “gig economy” because […]
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[ad_1] File photo of a Writers Guild of America strike sign | Photo Credit: AP Hollywood writers have for decades penned sci-fi scripts featuring machines taking over the world. Now, they are fighting to make sure robots do not take their jobs. The Writers Guild of America is seeking to restrict the use of artificial […]
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[ad_1] Late-night TV shows including “The Tonight Show” and “The Daily Show” will begin airing reruns on May 2 as unionized screenwriters soured by diminished pay in the streaming era went on strike for the first time in 15 years. Some 11,500 film and television writers represented by the Writers Guild of America put down […]
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