LOS ANGELES—Major film and television studios offered Hollywood actors more than $1 billion in higher compensation and enhanced benefits before the SAG-AFTRA union called a strike last week, a group that represents media companies said on Monday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which negotiates on behalf of Netflix Inc., Walt Disney…
Hollywood Studios Say They Offered Actors $1 Billion in Gains Before Strike
Hollywood Actors Strike: ‘It’s Only Going to Get Worse’
Summer blockbusters aren’t going to see any actors on red carpets and promotional events—the “Oppenheimer” cast attending the film premiere in the UK have just walked off to join the actors strike. In a Thursday morning vote, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) unanimously decided to strike. On July 14,…
Charlie Chaplin: His New Job (1915)
Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn’t show, Charlie is given a chance to act, but instead enters a dice game. When he does finally act, he ruins the scene, wrecks the set,…
Two Actors on Netflix Series ‘The Chosen One’ Killed in Road Accident in Mexico: WSJ
Two actors from the Netflix’s original series “The Chosen One” were killed and six people injured in a road accident on Mexico’s Baja California Sur peninsula, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Actors Raymundo Gurdano and Juan Francisco Aguilar died in the accident on Thursday, the report said citing the company. “The Chosen One”…
Dilip Kumar, Bollywood’s Great ‘Tragedy King,’ Dies at 98
NEW DELHI—Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar, hailed as the “Tragedy King” and one of Hindi cinema’s greatest actors, died Wednesday in a Mumbai hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 98. The “Tragedy King” title came from Kumar’s numerous serious roles. In several, his character died as a frustrated lover and a drunkard. He also was…
Hollywood Actors Finalize Takeover of Welsh Soccer Club
WREXHAM, Wales—Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are officially the new owners of Welsh club Wrexham, the third-oldest professional team in soccer. “Can’t get to the Racecourse Ground fast enough. Game on,” Reynolds said on Twitter early Wednesday. The announcement late Tuesday was a formality because the takeover was approved in November. The new…
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