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Leaders of a Hollywood’s actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with the studios and streaming services broke down. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, executive director of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and

Spoilers below. This week’s time travel episode is brought to you by the haunted look in Brandon’s eyes as the designers pound the lockers of MoMA PS1 high school in Queens. “That entrance brought me back to a place that I’m not sure I was ready to go,” he proclaims—not exactly the cheeriest foreshadowing for

Canada’s film and television community is bracing for more job uncertainty amid a Hollywood actors’ strike that observers say has the potential to throw more people out of work, upend TV schedules and dim the wattage of celeb-studded events like the Toronto International Film Festival. The decision by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television

On July 13, SAG-AFTRA officially declared their intention to strike, following the AMPTP’s failure to negotiate fair terms per their contract renewal. This decision was unanimous and confirmed during a press conference, as announced by chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and president Fran Drescher. Indeed, Drescher’s statement was full of passion and ire against the executives

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s a wrap on Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise Canada and we have not one, but two happy couples leaving the lake and looking forward to a future together. Alberta’s own Joey Kirchner met the love of his life, Tessa Tookes, and the two mutually proposed

Back in 2016, Prince William told the BBC that he planned to someday tell his son Prince George, then three years old, about what it really means to be the heir to the throne, but he was focused on loving his children the same way any father would. Now, before George’s 10th birthday on July

A guide to all the restaurant specific industry terms and ideas this great show employs to present the most unfiltered experience of what the industry is really like. By Abe Beame July 12, 2023 Photograph: Hulu; Collage: Gabe Conte The Bear is the rare piece of art that, at long last, accurately represents the unfiltered

The union representing film and television actors says no deal has been reached with studios and streaming services and its leadership will vote on whether to strike later Thursday. The Screen Actors Guild -American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said early Thursday that its decision on whether to join already striking screenwriters will be

Kourtney Kardashian put her pregnant figure on full display in paradise. The reality star, who is expecting her fourth child and first with husband Travis Barker, posted selfies of herself in a cut-out pink Jacquemus dress from her Hawaii trip. “Aloha 🌺,” Kardashian captioned her latest Instagram post, with 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay geo-tagged. On

Yusef Salaam is greeted within seconds of stepping onto the sidewalk. “Congratulations, I wish you luck,” an elderly man says, before the door of the Frederick E. Samuel Community Democratic Club in Harlem has time to close. Less than a week prior, Salaam officially won in the competitive June 27 Democratic primary for the Harlem

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Negotiators for the SAG-AFTRA actors union agreed late Tuesday to call in a federal mediator to try to forge a last-minute agreement with Hollywood studios and avoid a second simultaneous strike in the entertainment business. The 160,000 members of SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s largest union, have authorized a strike if a new labor deal cannot be reached before midnight on Wednesday.

Hollywood studio executives have revealed their endgame in the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, and it is quite evil. The 2023 WGA strike has been underway since May 2 and marks the first time the union has initiated a strike since 2007. Unfortunately, the strike was necessary after months of negotiations for a

It’s been a great year for television, and the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards are celebrating a number of fan favourites, including HBO’s Succession and The Last of Us. Actor Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy chairman Frank Scherma announced the Emmy nominations on Wednesday, though the mood was more sombre than usual amid the ongoing

Madelaine Petsch is best known for playing Cheryl Blossom on CW’s Archie Comics reboot series Riverdale. On the air since 2017, the show is careening, with its typical shambolism, toward its seventh and final season this summer, and Petsch is looking forward to the role’s end. “I think it was definitely time. I think playing

Take a look at the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel. By Grant Rindner July 11, 2023 Timothée Chalamet plays a young Willy Wonka in Wonka.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures It’s been nearly 20 years since we saw Roald Dahl’s most iconic character, the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, on the big screen. First in

Ozzy Osbourne will not be well enough to perform at the Power Trip music festival in California this October. The Prince of Darkness announced in a statement Monday that he is pulling out of the festival because of his ongoing health issues. The show was set to be Osbourne’s first performance in nearly five years.

As Zayn Malik teases his musical comeback, Call Her Daddy‘s Alex Cooper snagged the first sit-down interview with the singer in years. In a teaser for tomorrow’s episode, Malik spoke candidly about why his two-year-old daughter with ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid led him to speak publicly again. “Since I’ve had my daughter, the main thing in

An escalating legal battle between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over Château Miraval, a French winery they used to own together, has resulted in a new court filing that accuses Pitt of acting like a “petulant child” after Jolie sold her share of the venture. Jolie’s former investment company, Nouvel — through which she previously

Star Wars just dropped a new trailer for the Ahsoka series, which will be releasing its first two episodes on August 23, 2023. Needless to say, we’re very excited for this spin-off from The Mandalorian, which will essentially be season 5 of Star War Rebels. [embedded content] However, that has fans wondering: how many episodes

Opposite of what you’re best known for? With The Woman King, with Breaking, with They Cloned Tyrone, I wanted projects where, if I put the characters beside each other, you could blatantly tell the difference. They had different personality traits, they had different accents, they had different ways they walked. I wanted to exercise those

These are the streamers giving you the most bang for your buck right now. By Grant Rindner July 10, 2023 Ayo Edebiri, Abby Elliot and Jeremy Allen White in The Bear, streaming on Hulu.Courtesy of Chuck Hodes for FX. In the time it takes you to read this sentence, five new streaming services will have

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Jamie Foxx appears to be on the up and up. In a video shared by TMZ Monday, the actor smiled and waved to onlookers from a boat — the first public sighting of the star since he suffered what his family described as a “medical complication” several

The summer is usually the slowest season for the royals, but this year Prince William and Princess Kate have been packing their schedules to the brim. Between family events like Trooping the Colour and last week’s Scottish service to honor the coronation, William’s whistle-stop tour promoting his initiative to address homelessness, and Kate’s engagements for

Last week, the Daily Mail claimed Selena Gomez was rumored to be dating The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White after unverified celebrity gossip Instagram DeuxMoi posted an anonymous tip on June 28 that seemed to fit Gomez and White. Fans noted that both White and Gomez participated in Vanity Fair‘s Hollywood issue earlier this year and

Madonna will reschedule the North American leg of her upcoming world tour as a result of her recent hospitalization. The superstar wrote in a social media post Monday that she is “on the road to recovery” but must focus on her health in order to heal. In June, Madonna, 64, was hospitalized with a serious

It’s been a long time coming, but Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is finally here! The third of her re-recorded albums (following the runaway success of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now (TV) sees Swift revisit her third album, which yielded hits like “Enchanted,” “Dear John,” “Back To December,” and “Mine.” Though the

After more than 50 years as a successful touring artist, the Rocket Man is finally going home. During the last concert of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour on Saturday, Elton John called performing for his dedicated fans his “lifeblood,” and thanked them for supporting his lengthy career. The iconic 76-year-old musician previously announced the

First things first: Molly Gordon and I went to the same theater camp. Excuse me—the same performing arts training center. We were even in a musical together. Over coffee at the Crosby Street Hotel, Gordon—who’s since starred in Booksmart, Shiva Baby, and, most recently, season two of The Bear—and I reminisce about our summers spent

Almost ten years ago, Amy Schumer was attached to star in a Barbie movie with a script from the Oscar-winning writer…but they couldn’t quite crack it. By Adam Nayman July 6, 2023 Photograph: Warner Brothers; Collage: Gabe Conte Last December, the teaser trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie riffed slyly on the style and vibes of