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About 10 months after its last strike ended, there was a very familiar scene outside Warner Bros. today as SAG-AFTRA kicked off picketing against the major video game companies — in this case, WB Games Inc. And there were some familiar faces in attendance. SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland t…

About 500 people walked the picket line on Thursday at Warner Bros. studio lot in Los Angeles in support of SAG-AFTRA’s strike against the major video game companies. While primarily actors walked back and forth across Gate 5 — the closest to WB Games Inc., the subsection of the company that is being…

As SAG-AFTRA been pushing for protections against AI, the studios have been reluctant to support any legislation that might crack down on its uses too broadly. But now, it appears that the parties are on the same page as they’ve both thrown their support behind a newly introduced bipartisan Senate…

Voice actors will be hitting the picket lines Thursday, as SAG-AFTRA announced the first in-person action against one of 10 major video game companies impacted by the Interactive Media Agreement strike. The picket will take place at WB Games Inc. in Los Angeles from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT, with members…

For the second consecutive summer, SAG-AFTRA is on strike — and artificial intelligence provisions are putting a wedge between the union and a new deal. This time, the union called a work stoppage Thursday after more than 18 months of negotiations on a new Interactive Media Agreement, which covers…

Just a few hours into their strike against the major video game companies, SAG-AFTRA made some noise at San Diego Comic-Con by speaking about the “existential threat” of artificial intelligence, which they say has been holding up a new deal for nearly two years. At a convention panel Friday morning…

SAG-AFTRA is going on strike again. This time, the union is calling a work stoppage against the major video game companies after nearly two years of trying to renegotiate its Interactive Media Agreement. The decision to hit the picket lines comes 10 months after the union's initial strike authorizatio…

EXCLUSIVE: Justine Bateman has been warning about the corrosive realities of generative AI for the creative community long before most people started paying any attention to the rise of the machines. Now the Violet director is putting her SOS on the big screen with a no AI-allowed film festival. Set…

Voice actors may be one step closer to hitting the picket lines after the SAG-AFTRA National Board put the power to call a strike in the hands of National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland. On Saturday, the board voted unanimously to allow Crabtree-Ireland to call the…

Nearly three years after the customized Colt .45 in Alec Baldwin's hand fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the indie Western Rust, the actor's involuntary manslaughter trial has begun. With a jury seated July 9 in Santa Fe, Baldwin's trial follows the successful p…

Following 118 days on strike, SAG-AFTRA secured a deal with the studios that was worth over $1B that it said had ""unprecedented provisions". But the guild isn't resting on its laurels, it's already looking ahead to its next contract with the AMPTP in 2026. Over the weekend, SAG-AFTRA's EVP…

After scoring a streaming residual bonus with the studios following last year’s strike, SAG-AFTRA has partnered with ratings firm Nielsen to give it more access to data. The actors guild has partnered with Nielsen to act as its third-party provider of streaming content measurement. The move will…