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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The 2023 writers strike has focused attention on recent developments like artificial intelligence and the transition to streaming. But for film writers, the key issue in the strike has been a constant battle for more than a generation: How do you get paid for a script once it’s finished? Screenwriters have long been asked to do free revisions before turning in a “first draft” to the studio, which triggers payment. Typically they agree, even though the Writers Guild of America contract sets out minimum rates for revisions and polishes.

Love Island favourite Millie Court has been praised for the ultimate 'power move' after transforming her entire look with a stunning new hairstyle. The Love Island champion who won the show in 2021 with beau Liam Reardon was known for her blonde hair, but she recently changed up her looks by becoming a brunette bombshell.

EXCLUSIVE: Madeline Zima (Californication) and Leonardo Nam (Westworld) are currently in production in Canada on Love Is the Monster, a new thriller they’re leading for filmmaker Alex Noyer (Sound of Violence) that has landed a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement. Others set to star include Moe Jeudy-Lamour (Ted Lasso), Kimberly-Sue Murray (Trader), Kristina Tonteri-Young (Warrior Nun), Milla Puolakanaho (Omerta), Tatu Sinisalo (Sisu) and Sheila Mccarthy (Women Talking).

Blonde has had its moment in the spotlight for months now thanks to the Barbie movie, but as we approach autumn we're seeing celebrities move away from light hair colours and towards moodier, darker tones to suit the new season. Kicking off the trend is Millie Court, who just headed to Hadley Yates salon for a rather big transformation.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello played a surprise set on the picket line in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood yesterday (August 14).SAG-AFTRA – Hollywood’s largest union, which represents 160,000 actors and performers – and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are both currently on strike as they seek an increase in base pay and residuals in the age of streaming. They are also hoping to negotiate safeguards against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence in the film industry.Speaking before the performance, Morello told NME he wanted to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with striking actors and writers: “They’re making history here on the sidewalk in front of Paramount Studios and I’m here to support them and express my solidarity.”The guitarist, who described himself as a “proud union man”, applauded the actors and writers for “flexing their power and showing what solidarity means.”Tom Morello singing the final verse of union bop This Land is Your Land to an energized WGA/ SAG AFTRA picket line pic.twitter.com/WO9o8HUiMd— Clara (@thatclarafied) August 14, 2023He added that the ongoing strikes in the entertainment industry are part of a wider movement of organised worker power across the country that some have dubbed ‘Hot Labor Summer’.

The Jonas Brothers took a trip down memory lane during opening night of their new show The Tour, and they performed an unbelievable amount of hits in the process.

Endeavor Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel pledged loyalty to company clients involved in Hollywood’s dual strikes and the company said it expects a $25 million monthly hit to revenue from the labor impasse.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Billy Porter revealed in a recent interview with Evening Standard that he has to sell his house amid the ongoing strikes in Hollywood in order to save money. Porter, an Emmy winner for his work on FX’s “Pose,” was speaking to the outlet to promote his music career and stayed clear of discussing any of his film and television work. When the topic of the strikes was brought up, Porter said he’s having to take cost-saving measures in his real life as various projects he was set to work on in September have been tabled.

It couple Brangelina‘s ugly, yearslong divorce battle is far from over — and is on track to be one of the longest in Hollywood history.Brad Pitt, 59, and Angelina Jolie, 48, announced their separation in 2016 after an allegedly violent argument on a plane that left Jolie and at least two of their six kids covered in alcohol. And the “Maleficent” star doesn’t seem to be in a rush to settle, a new report claims.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Leslie David Baker, who starred as Stanley Hudson on all nine seasons of NBC’s popular sitcom “The Office,” announced on social media that he is returning all of the donations fans sent it via Kickstarter for his proposed Stanley spinoff. The exact donation total being returned is $110,629.81, Baker said. Back in 2020, Baker went viral for launching a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to create a spinoff of “The Office” centered around Stanley Hudson.

season 4 contestant Irina Solomonova is taking time to focus on herself. The 26-year-old business owner took to Instagram to share before and after photos of herself from July 2022 and this past July. «It was so hard for me to share them, but also so proud of my body.

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Baskin, executive producer of hit reality series such as Vanderpump Rules and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, is expanding into new genres of television, including true-crime and scripted, after leaving MGM-owned Evolution Media.

like one.On her podcast Baby, This Is Keke Palmer, the admitted that she's working out to get smaller, but that other moms shouldn't feel the need to compare themselves to her.“It’s my job…I don’t want people to think that I’m also setting unrealistic standards—because I can afford a trainer. I can afford meal prep.

Paul Reubens, the "Pee-wee Herman" actor, left a lasting legacy after he lost his battle with cancer Sunday. He was 70. While Reubens was remembered by many in Hollywood, he was paid special tribute by his longtime friend and former roommate, David Hasselhoff.

"American Graffiti" is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Since the release of the film five decades ago, it has gone on to be considered an American cinema classic. While the 1973 movie was made on a budget of less than $1 million, it earned $115 million at the box office worldwide and was nominated for five Academy Awards, including best picture.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Bethenny Frankel has enlisted two of the most high-profile attorneys in Hollywood to help in her self-proclaimed fight to help protect reality stars from what she says is exploitation by networks and studios. Power players Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos are now working alongside Frankel to investigate the treatment of reality stars. Freedman tells me that he has heard from roughly 50 reality show cast members from various docuseries and competition shows who believe that they were “used and unfairly” treated by television networks and streamers.

Deadline Thursday by CESD Talent Agency, which he co-founded in 1963.The singer-turned-businessman died on July 15 at his home in West Hollywood. No other details were provided.The founder was “among the great innovators and gentlemen of the talent representation business,” CESD partners Ken Slevin and Paul Doherty said in a statement.

Even though the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s monster fable “Poor Things” has been confirmed to have its Venice premiere, Searchlight Pictures has postponed the cinema release of the film.

The Goo Goo Dolls are back on the road!

Tommy Dorfman is getting candid about her earnings as a striking member of SAG-AFTRA.On Monday, the actress took to Threads to offer a glimpse at the amount of money she made during the first season of Netflix's. «my earnings for the entire first season of 13 reasons why were $29,953.24 prior to agency and manager fees (20%) and taxes. 8 episodes over six months,» the actress, who starred as Ryan Shaver on the series, wrote.