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The actors are still on strike and it’s still costing Paramount Global.

It is D-day in efforts to avoid strike action in Stirling’s schools as a union dispute threatens to close the doors next week.

For the first time in the history of the NHS, hospital doctors of every grade are going on strike at the same time. With only Christmas Day-levels of staff, only the most urgent and emergency cases will be prioritised.

As the ongoing WGA strike hits 100 days, the entirety of Hollywood wonders how long both that and the SAG-AFTRA strike will last. In the case of WGA, this strike is no officially longer than the 2007-2008 strike, but has a ways to go before it hits the 1988 writers’ strike 153 days, the longest in the union’s history.  Disney CEO Bob Iger hopes neither strike lasts that long, though.

on the Today Show Tuesday. “We were all there.

Christopher Nolan is opening up about the moment that the cast had to walk out of the London premiere of Oppenheimer last week.

While the 70-day-old WGA strike has been an “annoyance” for entertainment companies, in the view of one Wall Street analyst, the SAG-AFTRA walkout will be “much more disruptive.”

Oliver Stone said Friday he was shocked to hear that the stars of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer had walked out of its London premiere the day before as SAG-AFTRA officially declared strike action.

has delivered a plethora of candy-colored ensembles, the press tour for Christopher Nolan’s *Oppenheimer—*featuring Emily Blunt and —has also made its mark with its red carpet fashion moments. From Cillian Murphy’s sheer Saint Laurent shirt to Pugh’s burnt orange Valentino haute couture gown and matching orange buzz cut, the looks have felt theatrical and err on the dark side. At the London premiere of Oppenheimer, wore an Alexander McQueen ’40s sequin ensemble, before leaving with the rest of the cast in a mass walkout in solidarity with the actor’s strike in America.Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh on the red carpet.The outfit—look 51 from the brand’s autumn/winter 2023 collection, to be precise—comprised a black and silver cut-out dress adorned with bugle beads, as well as pronounced capped sleeves and a sweeping fringed skirt.

As SAG-AFTRA prepares to hit the picket lines Friday, other unions, guilds and groups are weighing in with messages of solidarity with the actors in their looming battle with the studios. Read some snippets here, and see their full statements below.

As SAG-AFTRA prepares to go on strike tonight at midnight and to begin picketing outside studio gates Friday morning, the guild has sent members its strike rules, which order them to “cease rendering all services and performing all work” covered by the TV/Theatrical Contracts.

Lawmakers are weighing in on the strike called by SAG-AFTRA, scheduled to start on Friday just after midnight.

SAG-AFTRA’s national board voted unanimously this morning to launch the guild’s first strike against the film and television industry since 1980. The strike is set to begin tonight one minute past midnight, with picketing at all the major studios.

Garth Brooks is a beloved country icon and performer with dozens of hits and millions of albums sold. But he's had his share of controversy throughout his multi-decade career. Most recently, Brooks drew backlash after he entered the fray about Bud Light and its partnership with transgender activist and TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.

As the Writers Guild strike stretches into its fourth week, Michael Schur is feeling resolute.

Disabled writers face an even more challenging time amid the WGA writers strike, with a potential loss of more than $2 million in earnings, but still support the work stoppage, according to the Inevitable Foundation’s Disabled Writers Strike Impact survey.

The days are wearing on in an increasingly bitter battle between doctors and the government - as thousands of medics continue to stage walkouts at hospitals across the country.

Hundreds of WGA East members employed at Hearst Magazines Media staged a half-day walkout and rally today to demand a fair contract. The walkout at four of the company’s offices – in New York City, Easton, PA, Ann Arbor, MI, and Birmingham, AL – comes after more than two years of negotiations for a first-time contract. The last scheduled day of negotiations is March 28.

Hundreds of WGA East members who work for Hearst Magazines Media are planning to stage a walkout Thursday to demand a fair contract. The half-day action is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET and will last the remainder of the day.

UPDATE: BBC employees will stage their biggest strike in 13 years on Wednesday after eleventh-hour talks with management failed. The walkout will force coverage of the UK government’s Budget off air and heap more embarrassment on Director-General Tim Davie, who has apologized for scheduling chaos over the Gary Lineker saga.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has scrambled to avoid further disruption to its schedules after a walkout over Gary Lineker’s suspension canceled Premier League output.

The BBC’s Premier League output is in freefall as mutinous presenters and pundits stage a protest over the suspension of Gary Lineker.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Ruben Östlund has no trouble being “harsh” to his audience. The Swedish filmmaker behind wonderfully discomforting movies like “Force Majuere” and “The Square” is also making crowds squirm with his latest film, “Triangle of Sadness.” Set on a luxury yacht where the 1% enjoy their privilege — until a shipwreck finds the rich relying on a toilet maid named Abigail (played by BAFTA nominee Dolly de Leon), —“Triangle of Sadness” won the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, repeating the honor Östlund received for “The Square” in 2017. And now the film is nominated for three Academy Awards, including picture, director and original screenplay.

Teacher strikes are set to continue in Scotland with 16 days of walkouts planned across the country.

Parents are being urged to brace for school closures as teachers are to strike across the country on the second and third day of the new term.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! fans fear a mass exit could be on the cards as the celebrities are left divided over Matt Hancock's arrival.

Brits could be facing a 'beer drought' as temperatures soar across the UK this weekend. Budweiser workers at a Lancashire factory plan to stage a walk-out from today in a dispute over pay.

UK passengers could face further travel disruption as EasyJet cabin crew based in Spain are planning to strike for nine days in July. They will stage three separate walkouts over the month, between July 1-3, July 15-17 and July 29-31 - in the row over pay.

Brits could be hit by more travel disruption as Ryanair cabin crew plan walkouts in Europe. Strikes are set to take place in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium which could impact services on UK routes.

Laura Dern has added her voice to those demanding changes in US gun laws following the Uvalde School shooting. 

sickened by horrific scenes in “Crimes of the Future” reportedly walked out of the premiere at Cannes Film Festival on Monday.The film — starring Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux and Viggo Mortensen — is filled with scenes of child autopsies, bloody intestines, body mutations and people orgasming while licking open wounds.  The majority of the exits reportedly occurred within the first five minutes of the film but a specifically grotesque scene of Seydoux licking an open wound sent others out the door further along in the film. Both Variety and the Daily Mail reported walkouts, but Entertainment Weekly claimed there were none.New York Times journalist Kyle Buchanan tweeted from the theatre that he counted 15 people who walked out of the cinema during the screening due to “notably gross plot developments.” Despite being too much for some, the movie directed by David Cronenberg received a seven-minute standing ovation from the remaining audience members at the end.

The WWE has “suspended indefinitely” and stripped Sasha Banks and Naomi of their titles after the tag team’s balk at participating in a match earlier this week at Monday Night Raw.

Sasha Banks and Naomi were not happy with the direction of “Monday Night Raw”.

Bin strikes are set to start in Manchester on May 3, unions have announced today.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek is facing a crisis of confidence in his leader­ship that is fueling an atypical level of turmoil at the top of the world’s largest entertainment company.Though Chapek’s current em­ployment contract, expiring next February, is expected to be renewed soon, according to sources, his tenure as CEO has been marked by upheaval since he was named to the job in February 2020. Some of the disruption has been far out of his control, such as a global pandemic.

Raven-Symoné is standing up for what’s right! The Raven’s Home star and her fellow castmates and executive producers staged a walkout on Tuesday March 22 to protest Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill which prohibits the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in primary school classrooms.