[ad_1] Los Angeles — Late-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors will begin talks that could end their own long work walk-off. CBS’s ” The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” ABC’s ” Jimmy Kimmel Live! ” and NBC’s ” The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy…
[ad_1] Kaiser workers planning to strike in October Kaiser workers planning to strike in October 00:39 More than 75,000 health care workers could go on strike within days if negotiators fail to reach agreement on a contract that expires Saturday at midnight. If it occurs, the strike would impact Kaiser Permanente facilities in five states…
[ad_1] Writers and studios reach tentative agreement – CBS News Watch CBS News The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement with the major Hollywood studios on a new contract. If the contract is ratified, it would end a four-and-a-half month long strike. Elise Preston reports. Be the first to know Get browser…
[ad_1] With a tentative deal between Hollywood writers and the major entertainment studios on a new labor contract, some television shows may return to air in a matter of days. The programs likely to return to production first are daytime and late-night TV talk shows, such as NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and ABC’s…
[ad_1] Drew Barrymore announced on Sunday her decision to halt the upcoming season premiere of her namesake daytime talk series, “The Drew Barrymore Show,” a reversal that answered to mounting backlash over Barrymore’s initial plans to return to the show despite the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. “I have listened to everyone, and I am making the…
[ad_1] Citing the need “to bring people back to work,” comedian Bill Maher announced Wednesday that his HBO political talk show “Real Time” will return to the air, but without writers amid the ongoing strike, now in its fifth month. “The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed…
[ad_1] The striking Writers Guild of America is evaluating a counterproposal from major Hollywood studios that, if agreed upon, would allow union members to resume working after more than 100 days of the walkout. The WGA said it will respond to the offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) this week,…
[ad_1] Actor Billy Porter said he is being forced to put his home on the market due to financial struggles stemming from the Hollywood strikes. “I have to sell my house because we’re on strike,” Porter said in an interview with the Evening Standard published last week. “And I don’t know when we’re gonna go back [to…
[ad_1] Los Angeles — Hollywood scribes met with studio executives Friday for the first time since the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike just over three months ago. The more than 11,000 film and television writers that make up the WGA have been on strike since early May. In mid-July, they were joined on…
[ad_1] London — In the heart of the English countryside, a multimillion-dollar set of the mythical land of Oz — complete with the thatched roof houses of Munchkinland, and a yellow brick road to boot — lies empty. Production on the set of “Wicked” — a film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, and starring…
