Via xitter (X is pronounced "sh")
"The @DrewBarrymoreTV Show is a #WGA covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers. The Guild has, and will continue to, picket struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing on “The #DrewBarrymore Show” is in violation of #WGAstrike rules."

https://x.com/WGAEast/status/1701005239338549686?t=q5QkYAujGwkbQALLxww1jw&s=09

@romancelandia #IndieAuthors

Drew Barrymore is not only scabbing with her show, she's hosting the National Book Awards, with Oprah Winfrey as the Special Guest.

Please show solidarity with union workers at large and let the National Book Foundation that you are not okay with a scab hosting these awards; scabbing hurts *everyone*; screenwriters are writers too.

#SupportUnions #SupportWorkers #SAGAFTRAStrike #WGAStrike

https://www.nationalbook.org/drew-barrymore-to-host-74th-national-book-awards-benefit-dinner-featuring-special-guest-oprah-winfrey/

Boo, Drew! Boo! #wgastrong #wgastrike #scab

https://www.vulture.com/2023/09/drew-barrymore-show-wga-strike-picketing.html

(Art)ificial Intelligence in Creative Mediums - Where we started, where we are, and what will the future hold?

#WGAStrike #SAGAFTRA #Strike #AI

https://journeysloane.com/2023/09/11/artificial-intelligence-in-creative-mediums/

« Même dans ce temple du capitalisme du divertissement, avant-garde du soft power du pays le plus débilement amoureux de ce modèle économique, c'est pas peu dire que le #syndicalisme à une histoire vivace [..] le côté hyper rentable et ultra-commercial de ces productions masque complètement la réalité de leurs conditions de production »

Que cache la #grève à #Hollywood ?

https://youtu.be/1bppWMNlyd4

#WGA #SAGAFTRA #WGAStrike #WGAStrong #SAGAFTRAStrike #SAGAFTRAStrong #GrèveHollywood

« C'est un combat dantesque [..] des milliers de David contre qqs Goliath qui ont pour nom Netflix, Amazon, Disney, ou encore Universal .. »

« Une grève dont le nerf est le partage des revenus liés au #streaming et les risques que l’#IntelligenceArtificielle fait courir à la profession »

#Hollywood à l’arrêt: les raisons de la #grève

https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/tous-les-cin%C3%A9mas-du-monde/20230909-hollywood-%C3%A0-l-arr%C3%AAt-les-raisons-de-la-gr%C3%A8ve

#WGA #SAGAFTRA #WGAStrike #WGAStrong #SAGAFTRAStrike #SAGAFTRAStrong #cinéma #IA #syndicalisme #LuttesSyndicales #GrèveHollywood

I'm seeing authors using gen-AI to create book covers with faces that are recognizably stolen from actors.

HOW DARE YOU. Forget the fact that you should be sued for that... HOW DARE YOU steal an actor's likeness while they're on strike because the studio execs won't pay them and want to do THE SAME THING (steal their likeness with AI). You're not just violating ethics — you're a second-rate villain at that point.

#solidarity #WGAstrike #SAGAFTRAstrike

Fully recommend this brilliant episode of Women at Warp 🖖 It's passionate, insightful, delves into the meaning of creativity and the existential threat to art that we're living through AND includes a bunch of ways to support the strike ✊

https://www.womenatwarp.com/episode-222-strike/

Interviews with Robert Duncan McNeill and Anthony Rapp @albinokid

#StarTrek #StarTrekDay #WGA #SAGAFTRA #SAGAFTRAstrike #WritersStrike #WGAStrike

"It's about greed, you know, this insatiable appetite for money, they're still not seeing that the culture needs to change, that they need to change. This conversation is bigger than our contract. It's about caring. It's about being empathic. It's about making money, but not at the expense. Don't step on me, climb on my shoulders, beat me down just so that you can make an extra shekel. Sorry, but that is no longer acceptable."

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1197987624/sag-aftra-leader-fran-drescher-has-some-choice-words-for-hollywood-studio-heads

#Strike WGA #SAGAFTRA #WGAStrike #SupportWorkers #SupportUnions #Union #Unions

In case you have forgotten: the WGA and the SAGAFTRA are still on strike; if you have a few bucks to spare, please support them. (link below)

Also, for context, Fran Drescher:
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1197987624/sag-aftra-leader-fran-drescher-has-some-choice-words-for-hollywood-studio-heads

#WGAStrike #WGAStrong #SAGAFTRAStrike #SAGAFTRAStrong

#SupportWorkers #SupportUnions

https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

Warner Brothers Inc continues to lose money.

Good.

Pay Your creators a fair wage!

"In an 8-K filing with the SEC, Warner Bros. Discovery says it’s lowering its earnings expectations by about $300 to $500 million amidst the writers and actors strike. The company now anticipates earning anywhere from $10.5 to $11 billion for 2023:" - TheVerge

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/5/23859747/warner-bros-discovery-expects-the-hollywood-strikes-to-take-a-big-chunk-out-of-its-earnings#comments

#WGAStrike
#SAGAFRTAStrike
#WarnerBros

The Hollywood strikes are beginning to hit studios where it hurts. Warner Bros. Discovery says its 2023 earnings will be negatively impacted by $300M to $500M as a result of the stoppages. Variety has more details.

https://flip.it/RXROy6

#HollywoodStrikes #WGAStrike #SAGAFTRA #Entertainment

So delicious. Happy Labor Day.
#WGAstrike #SAGAFTRAstrike #solidarity

Happy #LaborDay! Did you know you can personally donate to the striking actors and writers? Support Labor! JOIN A #UNION
#WGAStrong #WGAStrike

https://secure2.convio.net/afa/site/Donation2?df_id=8117&8117.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T

Entertainment Community Fund Has Distributed More Than $5.4 Million In Financial Aid To Industry Workers Since Start Of WGA Strike
https://deadline.com/2023/08/hollywood-strikes-relief-funds-1235524100/

#Dimension20's #BrennanLeeMulligan led an adventuring party in a final battle as part of the strike at #UniversalStudios. #WGASTRIKE #DnD

Fighting the Forces of Evil at the Dungeons & Dragons-Themed Picket Line in #Hollywood
https://gizmodo.com/dnd-themed-picket-wga-sag-amptp-brennan-lee-mulligan-1850798483

Remember that the holiday this weekend is in remembrance of battles won, not buy soldiers, but the working class. #Unions won you the weekend, holidays, overtime pay, workplace safety and more
#UnionStrong
#SagAftraStrike
#WGAStrike
#LABORday
#LaborDayWeekend

"The Writers Guild of America has been on strike since May 2, and the actors' union, SAG-AFTRA, since mid-July. Together they represent over 170,000 workers, who refuse to perform any part of their job after talks with studios and streamers stalled. Writers and actors could lose their eligibility for insurance simply because they aren't working while striking."

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/30/1196652142/hollywood-union-health-insurance-sag-aftra-wga

#sagaftra #wgastrike #labor #insurance

Braved the heat to do a special picket at Warners for the series, #Supernatural! Met with several members in my #AAPI writers group (aka A-Game)! So… much… fun!! 😃#wgastrike #sagaftrastrike #writing #film #tv #fairpay

THIS is how you do a press conference at the Venice Film Festival when you have an interim agreement to be there during a SAG-AFTRA/WGA strike. A niche behavior to model so well, but if ever there was a time for it…

This is the way. #SAGAFTRAstrike #SAGAFTRA #wgastrike #wgastrong

[Sooooooo over having crushes on actors who 9/10Xs end up being pieces of shit, but Adam Driver is my mini crush for the day.]

Adam Driver Drags Netflix and Amazon Over Hollywood Strikes
https://www.thedailybeast.com/adam-driver-drags-netflix-and-amazon-over-hollywood-strikes?via=ios

Tried my best to capture what it’s like in Los Angeles right now. #wgastrike #sagstrike #WGA #incomeinequality #HotLaborSummer

https://mindystern.medium.com/strikepocalypse-the-hot-labor-summer-in-los-angeles-98a9b287bbcf