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EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA and the studios don’t have a deal, but they are planning on talking more. Any agreement between SAG-AFTRA and the studios to end the 106-day strike by the 160,000-strong guild looks almost certain to not be coming tonight, though the two sides are still in deliberations right…

UPDATED with latest additions: SAG-AFTRA, which launched a strike against Hollywood studios on July 14, launched its interim agreements program that allows independent productions with no direct ties to members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to continue filming. The guild…

In the 26th episode of Deadline Strike Talk — which for below the liners signifies half a year without a paycheck that hasn’t come from Uber fares or waiting tables — host Billy Ray hits on a zeitgeist theme that gets voiced a lot by people who just feel that the business isn’t as remotely as exciting or…

A group of high-profile actors have signed a public letter declaring that they would rather stay on strike than accept a bad deal. Thousands of stars including Sarah Paulson, Chelsea Handler, Christian Slater, Sandra Oh, Daveed Diggs, Pedro Pascal and Kal Penn have signed the letter, which is…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said it on the picket lines earlier Thursday, and now it seems that "cautious optimism," as an insider also characterized it today, has become the takeaway term for the state of talks between the actors guild and the studios. In that…

The actors were joined by some hip-hop legends on the picket lines this morning. Kurtis Blow, co-founder of the Hip Hop Alliance, joined SAG-AFTRA outside Paramount to call an end to the strike that has lasted for over 100 days. He also highlighted how his membership of the guild was…

SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP are back at the table today for more talks to resolve the actors strike that has been going on for over 100 days. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator at the union, told Deadline that he was "cautiously optimistic" about talks with the studios. Crabtree-Ireland made…

Negotiations scheduled Wednesday between SAG-AFTRA and the studios didn't happen after all — and everyone's good with that. "It's a step in the right direction and the negotiating committee is taking the time to do a deep review," a guild source tight to the talks told Deadline this evening, noting…

UPDATE, 7:44 PM: Talks between the studios and SAG-AFTRA didn’t go so well today, but the Guild has now confirmed the two sides will be back at it tomorrow for another attempt to end the 100-plus day strike. “Today, the CEOs came back to the table,” SAG-AFTRA told members in an email after…

This is day 103 of SAG-AFTRA strike. The actors were back out on the picket line in full force Tuesday — the same day their union was set to resume negotiations with the AMPTP. Thesps walked the line on both coasts, with actors like Sarah Paulson, Zachary Quinto, Betty Gilpin, J. Smith-Cameron…

After weeks of outrage from members about its silence over the terror attack against Israel, the Writers Guild is finally speaking out. "All of us in Guild leadership are horrified by the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th,” said WGA West boss Meredith Stiehm, VP Michele Mulroney and…

Longtime Writers Guild member Dan Gordon is resigning over the union’s lack of public support for Israel. "I am resigning my membership in the WGA West and electing financial core status because I no longer wish to be a fellow traveler with those who hide behind the fetid veil of a morally bankrupt…