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Viewers Are Wary of Studios’ Use of AI in Film and TV Scripts, Too, Survey Finds | Exclusive
As writers strike over the technology’s use and other issues, respondents showed limited awareness of some key aspects of the Hollywood dispute
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WGA Lays Out Costs Per Studio of Their $343 Million Increase to Contract
Writers Guild says its proposed contract would cost Disney $75 million per year in additional costs, or less than 0.1% of its annual revenue
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Tony Awards Can Proceed After WGA Wins Changes to Ceremony
“We stand with our fellow workers on Broadway,” guild says in statement
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‘Pay the Writers You AI-Holes!’ How an Instagram Joke Became a Plane Message Over Hollywood’s Studios
Within two days, TV director Jacob Reed got enough money from Hollywood workers to fly a message of support to writers on strike
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Will the Show Go On for the 2023 Tonys? WGA Denies Waiver for Awards Show
Before the strike, Ariana DeBose was set to return June 11 as host
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WGA Strike Roundtable: ‘I Can’t Support My Family for the Rest of the Year’ – Writer Moms Talk Why They Strike | Video
Mothers and WGA members talk about how raising kids makes the drop in writers’ wages even more of a problem
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WGA Pledges to Picket David Zaslav’s Boston University Commencement Speech
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO is slated to address the school’s graduating class on May 21
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J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Adam McKay Lead Donations for $1.7 Million Strike Relief Fund
Greg Berlanti and Ryan Murphy are also among the high-profile writers to provide gifts for industry workers in financial need
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Critics Choice Indefinitely Postpones First Celebration of LGBTQ+ Movies and TV Due to Writers’ Strike
Move comes as the strike significantly disrupts Hollywood business
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‘Andor’ Showrunner Says He’s Ceased All Non-Writing Work on Show, Denies He Violated Writers’ Strike
Tony Gilroy was accused of scabbing after he stopped writing for the “Star Wars” show but continued to work as a producer
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Hollywood, Are You Team Human or Team AI? It’s Time to Choose | PRO Insight
Studios and writers: Decide now, before a chatbot generates the answer for you
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Directors Guild Committee Warns of ‘Conflict’ as Studio Contract Talks Begin: ‘Battle Will Test Us’
For first time since 2008, DGA will negotiate with AMPTP while writers strike
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Joins WGA Picket Line, Calls for ‘Imaginative Change’ in Hollywood (Video)
“We can’t keep building on a contract that was developed in the 1980s,” Drescher says ahead of actors’ union talks with studios next month
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Joe Biden Stands With WGA, Says Writers Should Get the ‘Fair Deal They Deserve’ (Video)
POTUS stresses “importance of treating storytellers with the dignity, respect and the value they deserve” at White House screening of “American Born Chinese”
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Snoop Dogg Backs Striking Writers, Blasts Studio Accounting: ‘That S—t Don’t Add Up’ (Video)
The rapper called on streamerson to help “track this money down”