Execs make hundreds of millions of dollars, yet 87% of Sag actors don’t make the $26,470 a year to qualify for health insurance
On Friday, negotiators for the Hollywood studios finally sat down with the Writers Guild of America after a three-month standoff. But don’t hold your breath. The Screen Actors Guild is still on strike, studio tycoons sound like Logan Roy and the two-union shutdown could drag on for months.
Writers and actors want raises, residuals from streaming platforms and some regulation of AI.
Kathleen Sharp is the author of Mr & Mrs Hollywood (Blackstone) and co-producer of The Last Mogul (ThinkFilm)
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