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Writers' strike hits Hollywood as members of the Writers Guild protest

The impact of the Hollywood writers strike was felt as major television networks began their annual week of sales presentations to advertisers on Monday, with news personalities like Willie Geist and Stephanie Ruhle left to hawk comedies and dramas for NBC Universal. Fox declined to announce a fall television schedule on Monday, citing uncertainties created by the strike. Some 11,500 members of the Writers Guild for America, saying the rise of streaming has hurt their earning power, walked off the job two weeks after talks on a new contract broke down, and haven't returned to the negotiating table since. Network late-night shows immediately shut down. Picketing writers targeting some of the few shows shooting episodes forced the shutdown, at least temporarily, of programs including Showtime's Billions, Severance on Apple TV+ and the new Marvel show, Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+. The network sales presentations, known as upfronts because TV executives use them to convince ...

US Prez Biden calls for 'fair deal' for striking Hollywood writers

President Joe Biden called for a "fair deal" for Hollywood's striking writers on Monday as he hosted a White House screening of the the upcoming streaming series "American Born Chinese" to mark Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Biden made his first public comments on the strike, which hits the one-week mark Tuesday, in remarks ahead of the pilot's screening. He was joined by an overflow crowd of hundreds of community leaders, elected officials and cast members and producers from the show in the East Room and the State Dining Room. "Nights like these are a reminder of stories and the importance of treating storytellers with the dignity, respect and the value they deserve," Biden said. "I sincerely hope the writers strike in Hollywood gets resolved and the writers are given a fair deal they deserve as soon as possible." He added: "This is an iconic, meaningful American industry. And we need the writers and all the workers and everyone involved to te

Explained: Why are Hollywood writers on strike?

Why are writers of popular Hollywood films and shows picketing outside major studios? What does this protest mean for viewers and the economy? Watch the video to find out

Hollywood writers go on strike for better pay amid Guild, studios deadlock

The Writers Guild of America, which represents more than 11,500 Hollywood scribes, said its strike is effective Tuesday morning Los Angeles time

Legendary TV host Jerry Springer dies aged 79 in Chicago yesterday

Jerry Springer died at the age of 79 on Thursday in his home in Chicago. He was popularly known for his TV show "The Jerry Springer Show," which lasted for almost three decades

Harry Belafonte: The folk hero, who channeled his stardom into activism

Cool and charismatic, Belafonte channeled his stardom into activism. He was a true people person, who knew how to reach, teach and challenge us

Singer, actor, activist Harry Belafonte dies at age 96 in New York

Harry Belafonte died on Tuesday at his Manhattan house due to congestive heart failure at the age of 96

Warner Brothers closing in on deal for Harry Potter online TV series

Each season of the series will be based on one of JK Rowling's seven books

Netflix restructures film group as it scales back movie output: Report

As part of the restructuring, Netflix will combine its small and mid-sized picture productions units, cut a few jobs, scale back its output to ensure high quality titles and centralise decision-making

Apple TV's flagship Ted Lasso makes a comeback with season 3, woo fans

Ted Lasso is developed by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly

Oscars 2023 full winner list: Naatu Naatu bags Best Original song award

Multiverse dramedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once" emerged as the big winner at the 95th Academy Awards, taking home the coveted best picture trophy along with awards for its star cast --Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the best actress trophy, while Brendan Fraser returned to centre stage with his best actor award for his role as an overweight reclusive professor in "The Whale". Filmmaking duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known as the Daniels, won for both directing and original screenplay for "Everything Everywhere All at Once". "Naatu Naatu", the peppy, foot-tapping chartbuster from SS Rajamouli's Telugu blockbuster "RRR", created history by becoming the first Indian track to win the Academy Award in the best original song category.

Offbeat multiverse movie 'Everything Everywhere' dominates the Oscars

The movie claimed seven awards overall, including three of the four acting Oscars for stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis

Oscars 2023: Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser win Best Actress, Best Actor

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" came in the Oscar favourite, and it's winning like one, too. Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis all won acting honours while the filmmaking duo known as the Daniels, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won for both directing and original screenplay. Yeoh became the first Asian woman to best actress, taking the award for her lauded performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once". The 60-year-old Malaysian-born Yeoh won her first Oscar for a performance that relied as much on her comic and dramatic chops as it did her kung fu skills. She's the first best actress win for a non-white actress in 20 years. "Ladies, don't let anyone ever tell you you're past your prime,: said Yeoh, who received a raucous standing ovation. In winning best director, the Daniels both 35 years old won for just their second and decidedly un-Oscar bait feature. They're just the third directing pair to win the award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ("W

Oscars 2023: Vietnam-born Ke Huy Quan wins Best Supporting Actor award

The actor bagged the honour for his comeback role in the film 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'. The actor made history as the first Vietnam-born actor to win an Oscar

Oscars 2023: Jamie Lee Curtis wins Best Supporting Actress award

In the film, Curtis portrays tax inspector Deirdre Beaubeirdre as well as the character's alternate-universe counterparts

Oscars 2023: Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes' loses out to 'Navalny'

Indian climate change documentary "All That Breathes" could not register a win at the 95th edition of the Academy Awards, losing out to Daniel Roher's "Navalny". The Shaunak Sen-directorial was nominated in the segment alongside All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Fire of Love, and A House Made of Splinters. "Navalny" is a documentary film that revolves around Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and events related to his poisoning. The award was presented to the team of the American production by actor Riz Ahmed and musician Questlove. "All That Breathes" is a Delhi-set documentary which follows two siblings, Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who have devoted their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially black kites. The critically-acclaimed film previously won the 'World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary' at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and the Golden Eye award for the best documentary at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. This is the second upset for India

Topol, star of 'Fiddler on the Roof' onscreen and onstage, dies at 87

Wide acclaim for his portrayal of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, Israel's most famous export since the Jaffa orange

Ex-Academy prez Walter Mirisch passes away at 101 due to natural causes

Mirisch served four terms as president of the Academy, from 1973 to 1977, as well as 15 years as an Academy governor

Singer-songwriter and CSNY co-founder David Crosby dies at age of 81

David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar has died at 81

Gina Lollobrigida, film beauty who charmed Hollywood, passes away at 95

Gina Lollobrigida frequently described as one of the world's most beautiful women