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Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj and more warn against 'predatory use of AI' in open letter: 'Will devalue the entire music ecosystem'
April 3, 2024 | 9:28am🐲 More than 200 artists, including Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Bon Jovi, Billie Eilish, Kacey ✨Musgraves and the Jonas Brothers, have signed an open letter drawing attention to the danger that...
'Road House' remake hit with lawsuit from original screenwriter over copyright and AI claims
February 28, 2024 | 11:01am💜 Jake Gyllenhaal has officially weighed in on Doug Liman's choice to boycott the SXSW premiere of thei♏r remake of the 1989 action film "Road House."
SAG-AFTRA deal approved by actors officially ending 118-day strike — what's the new contract?
December 6, 2023 | 9:23amHollywood is officially open for business. 💦
Striking ac꧙tors 🌜reach tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to end strike
November 8, 2023 | 8:35pmThe SAG-AFTRA actors' u൩nion reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to resolve the second of 2 strikes rocking the entertainment industry as workers demanded higher pay.
'Jeopardy!' fans in uproar as Mayim Bialik teases return: 'Oh no not her again'
October 26, 2023 | 11:16am"Jeopardy!" fans were in uproar Tuesday after a new promo for the long-running quiz show featured Mayim Bialik. 🍸
UAW strike shows Detroit and the Big 3 automakers don't matter anymore
October 7, 2023 | 8:00amMessage to economic sentimentalist Joe Biden: Detroit and the UAW's business model has no future. 🔯
SAG-AFTRA🔯 returns to bargaining table week after writers end strike
September 27, 2023 | 12:47pmThe historic 2023 wrജiters strike is over -- an🦂d now SAG-AFTRA will resume negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (The AMPTP) for the first time since...
WGA leaders approve contracts to end months-long Hollywood writers' strike
September 26, 2023 | 9:11pmLeaders of the sc🌃reenwriters union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday.
Striking wri🌱ters reach tentative deal with film and TV studios
September 24, 2023 | 11:19pmUnion officials called the new cont♏ract “exceptional” that would have “meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership.”
What writers and🌼 auto workers s꧅trikes say about unions and innovation
September 23, 2023 | 12:00pmA🌌 clash between organized la🌌bor and the rise of new technologies is front and center among a handful of major strikes.
Big Four networks eye early October to e♌nd labor strikes . . . or else
September 22, 2023 | 1:59pm"If the strike isn't resolved by Oct. 1 it becomes challenging to get scripted shows on to the air within the traditional broadcast 📖season." -- Michael Thorn, president of scripted...
SAG-AFTRA supports actors competing on 'Dancing with the Stars' amid Matt Walsh exit
September 21, 2023 | 9:49pmSeason 32 is set to boogie onto TV screens Tuesday𝐆. ꧃
Striking WGA union spen🍃t big on sushi, 5-star hotels and cash for Dems — while begging public to give money for wri🅘ters
September 21, 2023 | 4:23pmThe Writers' Guild of America West spent at high-end restaurants and top🌜 hotels, donated to Democrats and sent executives abroad, then begged the public to support its cause.
'The Talk' follows Drew Barrymore in postponing return as strike continues
September 17, 2023 | 3:06pm"The Talk" is hosted by Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell and Sheryl 🐼Underwood.
Drew Barrymore to 'pause' controversial talk show return until strike is over
September 17, 2023 | 11:29am💖 "I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over," wrote Barrymore, 48, on Instagram.
Drew Barrymore removed as Bꦰook Awards host amid strike 🍸drama
September 13, 2023 | 10:34amDrew Barrymore was officially relieved Tuesday from her hosting duties for the 2023 National Book Awards after revealing that she plannဣed to resume filming her show amiജd the Writer's Guild...
Fans wearing WGA pins claim they were 'verbally assaulted' by 'Drew Barrymore Show' crew, kicked out of taping
September 12, 2023 | 11:09amTwo audience members claimed Monday that they were removed from a taping of Drew Barrymore's morning talk show for sporting Writers Guild of America pins on their💎 clothing.
The ‘Maskaholics’ are back, watch out, ꦑJoe and other commentary 🍷
August 28, 2023 | 6:49pm“Unfazed by data,♔ scientific research, or common sense, the maskaholics are back,” roars Cit🌌y Journal’s John Tierney. “In response to an uptick in Covid cases, they’ve begun reinstating mask mandates.”
Movies a𝔍nd TV shows affected by Hollywood actors and screenwriters’ strikes
August 26, 2023 | 1:01pmHollywood productions and promotional tours aro൩und the world have been put on indefinite hold as actors join writers on the picket lines as they seek new contracts with studios and streaming𝓀 services.
Holl🦋ywood studios offer striking writers new deal with protections against AI: re𒁏port
August 15, 2023 | 12:44pmThe ⛦Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has agreed to ensure that humans rather than AI bots are credited as writers of screenplays, the outlet reported.