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Resolution Within Reach or Pipe Dream? WGA Meets with Producers For Final Meeting

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The WGA strike could end on Thursday, September 21, after a long 100 days, provided the writers and producers come to an agreement. The Writers Guild of America has been on strike for over a hundred days over the lack of protections afforded to writers from Hollywood studios with the advent of Artificial Intelligence and the threats that it poses ...

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After Iger’s Comments, Is Writer’s Strike About to End?

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For more than 100 days, Hollywood’s writers have been on strike. The strike began when the Writers Guild of America and studios could not come to an agreement on certain terms. Mainly, the writers wanted protection from artificial intelligence taking their jobs. They also wanted better residuals from streaming services and to change the way studios use “mini writers’ rooms” ...

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Writers Threaten Disney With More ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Episodes

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In a satirical article on The Babylon Bee entitled “Disney Writers Threaten If Their Demands Are Not Met They Will Write Another Obi-Wan Series,” the website pokes fun at both the writers’ strike and the failure that was the recent Disney+ show Obi-Wan Kenobi. “Don’t Test Us, Bob!” In the article, Babylon Bee claims that writers are yelling the following at Walt Disney Company ...

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Auli’i Cravalho Responds to “Woke Disney” and the Ongoing Strikes

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These days, Disney fans seem to be divided between complaining and cheering when it comes to Disney’s efforts to be more inclusive in its most recent films. Some critics have even begun calling the Walt Disney Company “woke Disney.” However, Moana actress Auli’i Cravalho recently revealed in an interview with Yahoo Entertainment that Disney is definitely not perfect when it ...

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“Entitled” Disney Princess Demands Pay for Every Hour of ‘Snow White’ Streaming

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As the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes rage on in Hollywood, more and more Disney or Marvel stars are speaking out in support of the strikes and speaking out against Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger after hearing his very-poorly-received response to actors’ and writers’ demands. Now, Disney’s newest rising star has joined the fray and shaken things up even more! Snow ...

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Another Disney Star Attacks Bob Iger for Being “Completely Out of Touch”

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To Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger, the disruptive ongoing WGA strike is apparently “unrealistic” — but if the Disney CEO was hoping that his remark would go unnoticed or fade from headlines quickly, then such hopes also seem to be unrealistic! According to the Hollywood Reporter, She-Hulk actress and Broadway star Tatiana Maslany said (while picketing in support of ...

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“It’s a Company Built Around a Talking Mouse”: Director Mocks Iger’s Anti-Strike Comments

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We have already heard impassioned statements from many actors regarding Disney CEO Bob Iger’s remarks about the writers’ strike — and now an influential Disney director has joined in, just days after his Disney movie’s premiere! Dear White People…and Bob Iger When the Hollywood Reporter asked Justin Simien about Disney CEO Bob Iger and his now-infamous remarks about the ongoing WGA ...

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“Am I Too Black? Am I Too Queer?” ‘Haunted Mansion’ Director Questions Disney’s Reasons For His Replacement

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Disney’s new Haunted Mansion movie might be meant to stand on its own two feet, away from the iconic Eddie Murphy film that was first based on the Disney World and Disneyland rides — but the new Haunted Mansion has already faltered due to the ongoing WGA writers’ strike and the film stars’ absence from the movie premiere. The director ...

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Disney/ABC Hiring “Scab” Writers For Long-Running Television Show

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On May 2, more than 10,000 Hollywood writers, encompassing hundreds of movies and television shows, went on strike. The Writers Guild of America — which represents the writers — had been unable to come to a contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The strike is the first major one in Hollywood since the last ...

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“See You On the Picket Lines”: Canceled Disney Show Star Joins Writers’ Strike

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National Treasure: Edge of History is a Disney+ show that recently premiered on the streaming platform amidst a great deal of fanfare from enthusiasts who grew up on the original National Treasure and National Treasure: Book of Secrets adventure films about the treasure hunter Benjamin Gates. The series was canceled after just one season, much to said fans’ chagrin, but apparently one actress from the ...

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