will begin picketing alongside writers in New York and Los Angeles on Friday in what has become the biggest Hollywood labor fight in decades.

The double-barreled strike will shut down the small number of that continued shooting in the two months since screenwriters stopped working.

Many actors made a show of solidarity on the , including Fran Drescher, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists president and former star of B次元官网网址淭he Nanny.B次元官网网址� The unionB次元官网网址檚 65,000-member actorsB次元官网网址� branch will now formally join them as fellow strikers.

The two guilds have similar issues with studios and streaming services. They are concerned about contracts keeping up with inflation, residual payments in the streaming era and putting up guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence mimicking their work on film and television shows.

The famous faces of and winners will likely be seen with some regularity on picket lines, adding star power to the writersB次元官网网址� demonstrations outside studios and corporate offices.

No talks are planned, and no end is in sight for the work stoppage, the first time both guilds have walked off sets since 1960. During that strike, then-actor Ronald Reagan was SAGB次元官网网址檚 leader.

Drescher delivered a fiery rebuke of studios and streaming services when announcing union leadersB次元官网网址� unanimous vote to strike Thursday.

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The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents employers including Disney, Netflix, Amazon and others, has lamented the walkout, saying it will hurt thousands of workers in industries that support film and television production.

The actorsB次元官网网址� strike will impact more than filming. Stars no longer will be allowed to promote their work through red carpet premieres and personal appearances, campaign for Emmy Awards or take part in auditions or rehearsals.

While international shoots technically can continue, the stoppage among U.S.-based writers and performers is likely to have a drag on those, too.

The writersB次元官网网址� strike brought the immediate shutdown of late-night talk shows and B次元官网网址淪aturday Night Live,B次元官网网址� as well as several scripted shows that have either had their writersB次元官网网址� rooms , including B次元官网网址淪tranger ThingsB次元官网网址� on Netflix,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淗acksB次元官网网址� on Max, and B次元官网网址淔amily GuyB次元官网网址� on Fox. Many more are sure to follow them now that performers also have been pulled.

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