The combined is entering its second week with no sign that a swift ending will be achieved.

For a week, actors including household names like Tina Fey, Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick, Rosario Dawson, David Duchovny and other stars have joined working class performers and writers on picket lines outside studios and corporate offices of streaming giants Amazon, MAX and Netflix.

The actors害羞草研究所� regular appearance on picket lines has provided additional starpower and voices on issues that are key to both groups 害羞草研究所� better pay and preserving established practices like , as well as protection from the use of . Roughly 65,000 actors 害羞草研究所� the vast majority of whom don害羞草研究所檛 make enough from acting to qualify for health benefits through their guild 害羞草研究所� along with 11,500 screenwriters, are on strike.

While many of the picket lines are in Los Angeles and New York, film and television production happens throughout the country. Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago were among the the Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, actors in London held an event in solidarity with their Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists brethren.

Stars including Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg and Imelda Staunton gathered with other performers and production crew in London害羞草研究所檚 Leicester Square for the demonstration organized by British actors害羞草研究所� union Equity.

They chanted 害羞草研究所淥ne struggle, one fight, we support SAG-AFTRA fight害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所淭he luvvies, united, will never be defeated,害羞草研究所� using a British slang term for actors.

Cox, who played media mogul Logan Roy in 害羞草研究所淪uccession,害羞草研究所� said 害羞草研究所淚 think we are at the thin end of a horrible wedge,害羞草研究所� with artificial intelligence shaking the foundations of actors害羞草研究所� work.

害羞草研究所淭he wages are one thing, but the worst aspect is the whole idea of AI and what AI can do to us,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淎I is the really, really serious thing. And it害羞草研究所檚 the thing where we害羞草研究所檙e most vulnerable.害羞草研究所�

Cox said it was important actors showed solidarity with striking screenwriters in the Writers Guild of America.

害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檙e just like pieces of furniture without writers,害羞草研究所� he said. Cox said he was 害羞草研究所渆xtremely annoyed with the (directors害羞草研究所� union) DGA for not coming out in support害羞草研究所� of colleagues in the industry.

Serkis, who has become a specialist in playing digitally created characters since he first played Gollum in 害羞草研究所淭he Lord of the Rings害羞草研究所� saga two decades ago, said 害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 probably one of the most scanned actors on the planet.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淚 know that my image can be used, or my library of movements, can be used or my voice,害羞草研究所� he said, adding that it 害羞草研究所渋s wrong that that is easily accessed and used without remunerating the artist.害羞草研究所�

There害羞草研究所檚 no indication when negotiations with studios and streaming companies, which are represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, will resume. The group has said they害羞草研究所檝e offered both writers and actors substantial pay increases and have tried to meet other demands.

害羞草研究所淧lease come back to the table, please be realistic, please have a little bit more socialism in your heart and think of the people who make the money for you,害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所淢ission Impossible害羞草研究所� star Pegg urged studios and streaming services.

Many on the picket lines in the U.S. have seized upon comments by their corporate bosses like Disney CEO Bob Iger, who last week called the unions害羞草研究所� demands 害羞草研究所渘ot realistic.害羞草研究所�

During an Wednesday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said grew up in a union household and knew the strike was painful on workers and their families.

害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檙e super committed to getting to an agreement as soon as possible. One that害羞草研究所檚 equitable and one that enables the unions, the industry and everybody in it to move forward into the future,害羞草研究所� he said.

Actor-writer Seth Green said streaming, which became a dominant entertainment outlet during the pandemic, has upended the livelihoods of those striking.

害羞草研究所淚t all got broken. I mean, it sounds silly to say, but it害羞草研究所檚 really as simple as that,害羞草研究所� Green said speaking outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood on Thursday. Traditional entertainment contracts used to compensate actors and writers throughout the long lifespan of successful shows and movies. But no longer, he said.

害羞草研究所淚f the company that owned the thing made a billion dollars, you害羞草研究所檇 get like a little bit of money from that. All of that is gone,害羞草研究所� Green said.

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