Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

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Hollywood actors join screenwriters in industry-stopping strike

LOS ANGELES — , shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with the studios and streaming services broke down.

The looming strike also cast a shadow over the upcoming 75th Emmy Awards, whose nominations were announced a day earlier. An extension of the contract, and negotiations, for nearly two weeks only heightened the hostility between the two groups. The stakes in the negotiations included both base and residual pay, which actors say has been undercut by inflation and the streaming ecosystem, benefits, and the threat of unregulated use of artificial intelligence.“This is the Union’s choice, not ours.

 

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