Actors, writers shut down Hollywood
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The 160,000 Actors on Strike
Around 160,000 actors have gone on strike after failing to reach a deal with an alliance of Hollywood's biggest producers. The union is fighting for better pay and better residuals as the rise of streaming services has met actors now make way less money when their movies and shows are watched on repeat. They also want guarantees against artificial intelligence being used to reproduce their voices and bodies. This is all happening as 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America are also on strike. Shutting down production of most American films and TV shows raises a giant question mark around the future of the industry.
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