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Universal Studios Hollywood Workers Say They Are Still Facing Food and Housing Insecurity
As negotiations with the park ramp up, unionized food-service employees claim they’re skipping meals and getting close to missing rent payments: “I would bet money that I’m one emergency away from just ruin.”
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Skydance Reveals Key TV and Streaming Leadership Roles
As part of the changes in JB Perrette's team, multiple former direct-to-consumer and streaming executives for Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance are departing.
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Union Members at RadicalMedia Ratify First Contract (Exclusive)
Archival producers, field workers and others will receive annual wage increases and access to a flex health plan under the five-year agreement.
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L.A. City Council Passes New Motions Aimed at Film-Friendly Overhaul
As shoot days fall, the city is making civic properties more accessible to crews and offering free microshoot permits.
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IATSE’s First Tech Czar Wants Crew Members Involved in the Creation of AI Tools (Exclusive)
Jillian Arnold, the sprawling crew union’s inaugural labor and technology intelligence officer, says she wants to help reskill workers and involve them in the development of AI use in the business.
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Alexander Brothers Case Is a “Microcosm for a Lot of Questions about Sexual Assault,” Says Doc Director
'The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers’ director Emma Schwartz argues the high-profile case would not have come to light without New York’s Adult Survivors Act.
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Why a Top Hollywood Lawyer for Indie Projects Isn’t Excited About the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
Lisa Callif talked about the implications of the deal in a fireside chat at THR’s annual Power Managers breakfast, which also hosted a conversation with UTA CEO David Kramer and honored financial guru Michael Ullman.
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom Thinks It’s Time Tech Leaders Faced Accountability: “We’ve Let These Guys Go Unregulated for Too Long”
In her latest documentary, ‘Miss Representation: Rise Up,’ the filmmaker and First Partner of California argues that tech platforms and AI tools have been weaponized to silence women’s voices.
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Poison Ivy TV Series In Development at HBO With ‘The Penguin’ Showrunner
Lauren LeFranc is producing the project, which is said to not fall within Matt Reeves' Batman universe.
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Writers Guild East Inks Deal With AI-Shielding Software Company
The union will offer the tool Cloak, which hinders AI models in their attempt to scan documents, to members and script registrants.
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Two-Thirds of Microdramas Released in Latest Quarter Outside China Were AI Generated, Says Report
A recent Owl & Co. report on verticals viewership also found stories with synthetic actors were the highest performers in terms of minutes watched.
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Gender-Balanced Hiring On TV Shows “Backsliding,” New Report Finds (Exclusive)
The latest annual study from ReFrame and WIF found that representation in lead actors and overall staffs dipped in the 2025-2026 season.
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