Snoop Dogg has cancelled his upcoming Hollywood Bowl shows in Los Angeles due to the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes.The two shows planned at the prestigious amphitheatre were to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Long Beach rapper’s debut 1993 album ‘Doggystyle’. The pioneering record was his first Number One album and the fastest-selling hip-hop album ever at the time.Now, Snoop Dogg – real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr – has posted a statement on Instagram telling fans: “We regret to inform you that due to the ongoing strike and the uncertainty of when this will be over, we need to cancel the Hollywood Bowl show.A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg)“We continue to stand in solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters in the WGA and SAG/AFTRA during this difficult time and remain hopeful that the AMPTP will come back to the negotiating table with a REAL proposal and we can all get back to work.”As confirmed on the Hollywood Bowl website, customers who purchased tickets will automatically receive refunds credited to their original payment method.The concerts, produced by Dr Dre, were supposed to happen in late June but were postponed to late October to “stand in solidarity with the writers”.A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg)The WGA and SAG/AFTRA unions are fighting for better wages, increased streaming residuals and safeguards against the use of AI technology in the streaming era.
Hollywood Post Producer Compares Possible Actors Strike To Pandemic: “What We Went Through Will Be Nothing Compared To Hardship We Will Experience”
07.07.2023 - 23:19 / deadline.com
Editor’s note: As part of Deadline’s ongoing coverage of the WGA strike, we want to give voice to other Hollywood workers who are also impacted by the work stoppage. This column was written by a Los Angeles-based post producer.
I reached out to Deadline to ask them why they haven’t been posting more stories from those of us non-writers affected by the WGA strike. Surprisingly they responded and asked me to let them know how this strike has affected me and my family. I am not affiliated with the AMPTP but have been a post producer in the entertainment industry for 25 years. I am currently working on a show and was supposed to return to work in a few weeks, but sadly, my start date has been delayed indefinitely.
When I emerged from the Covid pandemic, I was broke (like many), in massive credit card debt (like most), and my credit rating had taken a big hit. I emerged from the shutdown (thankfully healthy), having lost 17 months of employment, but never imagined I would be reliving this same experience again, yet here we are, except this shutdown isn’t due to a rare global virus. For myself and my family, the hardships, like many right now, are financial, but unlike the first pandemic, the mental health effects of this have been much worst. I’m not sleeping; I don’t eat right, and every day is a struggle to try and keep busy and keep my mind off of what bill I can’t pay or how we will make our next mortgage payment. Every morning my spouse wakes at 4:45 am to go to work. The guilt and anxiety are unmeasurable. As I am our family’s primary money earner, the strain this has put on my spouse sickens me.
I know many are going through the same anxiety as I am, so maybe reading this will let them know that, once again, we are
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Sparks Concert Review: Mael Brothers Make It to Hollywood Bowl After 50 Years, Find the Town is Finally Big Enough
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Landing a first headlining slot at the Hollywood Bowl is a cherished milestone for any major musical acts who claim Los Angeles as their home base. It can even mean a little more, probably, when it’s a sibling jubilee. Last summer, it was a homecoming-queens coronation for the Haim sisters, who got the honor a mere nine years into their professional career. This year, the Bowl debut honor for cherished locals goes to the Mael brothers, who only had to wait 52 years for their own crowning gig. What’s five decades among friends and family … everybody loves a slow build, right? The brothers would never be mistaken for rank sentimentalists, but Sunday night’s Sparks show might have brought a hint of a tear to a waggish eye, knowing it was a boyhood dream. Or at least when Ron and Russell Mael’s mom brought them to see the Beatles at the venue in 1965, it was “probably some good education,” as Russell allowed near the beginning of the show. At the Bowl Sunday, Mom was likely not around, but they did have the closest thing they’ve probably had lately to a surrogate parent, director Edgar Wright, whose consciousness-raising documentary “The Sparks Brothers” can be loosely said to have kind of nurtured them across a sort of finish line. (The show-closing photo seen above, plus some video snippets below, are courtesy of Wright’s backstage camera.)
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