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Byline: ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer

14 Dec

Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me — with some caveats

published on December 14, 2023 - 1:57 PM

M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form

19 Oct

Hollywood’s actors strike is nearing its 100th day. Why hasn’t a deal been reached and what’s next?

published on October 19, 2023 - 2:44 PM

While screenwriters are busy back at work, film and TV actors remain on picket lines, with the longest strike in their

12 Oct

Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam ‘bullying tactics’

published on October 12, 2023 - 2:57 PM

Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come

26 Sep

Striking Hollywood actors vote to authorize new walkout against video game makers

published on September 26, 2023 - 2:16 PM

(AP) — Striking actors have voted to expand their walkout to include the lucrative video game market, a step that

25 Sep

Here’s when your favorite show may return as writers strike is on the verge of ending

published on September 25, 2023 - 1:03 PM

(AP) — A tentative agreement between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios offers some hope that the industry’s dual walkouts may

31 Jul

Pee-wee Herman actor and creator Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70

published on July 31, 2023 - 2:02 PM

Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character — an overgrown child with a tight gray suit and

21 Jul

AI is the wild card in Hollywood’s strikes. Here’s an explanation of its unsettling role

published on July 21, 2023 - 2:19 PM

Artificial intelligence has surged to the forefront of Hollywood’s labor fights. Standing alongside more traditional disputes over pay models, benefits and job protections, AI

14 Jul

Movie stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood

published on July 14, 2023 - 11:34 AM

“Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudekis and other top movie and TV actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters Friday on the

30 Jun

Hollywood’s actors may join its writers on strike. Here’s why

published on June 30, 2023 - 2:08 PM

Hollywood actors may be on the verge of joining screenwriters in what would be the first two-union strike in the industry in

01 May

Explainer: What’s behind looming Hollywood writers’ strike?

published on May 1, 2023 - 1:54 PM

The union representing 11,500 writers of film, television and other entertainment forms could go on strike as soon as Tuesday.