WGA Members Vote Overwhelmingly To Authorize A Strike If No Deal By May 1

EXCLUSIVE: Disney Channel’s longest-running live-action comedy series Bunk’d is the latest casualty of the WGA strike. Production on Season 7 of the hit series has been halted due to the writers strike, Deadline has confirmed.

Stranger Things has been halted due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.Matt and Ross Duffer (aka the Duffer Brothers), who are the brains behind the hit Netflix sci-fi drama, announced on Twitter yesterday (May 6) that it’s “not possible” for the show to go ahead currently. They also threw their weight behind the strike.“Duffers here,” the brothers began. “Writing does not stop when filming begins.

pic.twitter.com/RjO5HgIje8No shows, indeed. Before the writers’ strike officially began Monday night at midnight, Davidson was scheduled to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, but production of the variety show was put on hold due to the strike.

Another TV shoot has been disrupted by striking writers, Michelle and Robert King’s supernatural drama for Paramount+ Evil, which has been filming its fourth season at Brooklyn Stages in Brooklyn.

unofficial holiday for fans of the franchise — May 4.The date, also known as May the Fourth, has been adopted as “Star Wars Day” because the date sounds like the signature quote from the movies: “May the force be with you.” Some devotees decided to make it their wedding day. Six couples tied the knot on Thursday in 15-minute ceremonies at the Highland Universal Gathering Spot in Akron with the original 1978 movie, “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” playing in the background.

Day four of the writers strike and there’s no sign of slowing down for the writers marching in Hollywood.

“You make billions/pay us some!” striking Writers Guild of America members chanted on the street of New York today near where filming was going on for Showtime’s Billions.

The Writers’ Strike has arrived, and Hollywood is breaking out into a flop sweat about what could happen if it’s a prolonged détente. The last work stoppage in 2007-2008 lasted 14 weeks and severely disrupted the filming of countless episodic television series, kiboshed a handful of movies while others were rushed into production with barely coherent scripts (“Quantum of Solace” being the classic example), and saw the Golden Globes canceled (okay, maybe it wasn’t all bad).

William Earl Just hours after the Writers Guild of America called for a strike, members started picketing in New York City. The first picket took place at the Peacock NewFronts on 5th Ave., beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET. Over 100 writers and supports showed up within an hour, with that number swelling to approximately 200 as the day progressed. It was the only scheduled picket in NYC today, and had a lively turnout despite poor weather. Chants included “No contract, no content. The workers united will never be defeated,” “Get up, get down, NY is a union town,” and “No money, no funny!”

reports the Associated Press. According to the brand, the doll is part of its “Inspiring Women” series which features the likes of Amelia Earhart and artist Frida Kahlo and costs $35.49. “As the first Asian American actor to lead a US television show, whose perseverance broke down barriers for her gender and AAPI community in film and TV, Anna May Wong is the perfect fit for our Barbie Inspiring Women Series,” said Lisa McKnight, executive vice president and global head of Barbie & Dolls.Wong’s niece, Anna Wong, also collaborated closely with the brand to help develop the doll’s look.

What was long feared has come to pass, the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers could not reach a new contract agreement. At midnight, May 1, the WGA went on strike with picketing scheduled to begin in front of Hollywood studios and networks beginning Tuesday afternoon.

Vanessa Bryant is paying tribute to her late daughter. On Monday, Kobe Bryant's widow took to Instagram to remember Gianna «Gigi» Bryant on what would've been her 17th birthday. Kobe and Gigi died in a January 2020 helicopter crash, when the NBA legend was 41 and his daughter was 13.In her first post, Vanessa shared a photo of Gigi smiling as she rode a carousel.

It’s been nearly four years since Todd Haynes released a new narrative feature film. Thankfully, that’s changing later this year with the release of his new film, “May December.”  READ MORE: ‘Superstar’: Todd Haynes Says His Banned Carpenters Movie May Finally Get An Official Release And with a Cannes debut on the horizon for Todd Haynes’ “May December,” Variety has just published a first-look photo of the new film which stars Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Variety has a first look at the anticipated Cannes Film Festival competition premiere “May December,” led by Oscar-winning heavyweights Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman and directed by Todd Haynes. The title, which is also for sale out of this year’s Marché du Film, represents a “Far From Heaven” reunion for Moore and Haynes and a significant breakout opportunity for “Riverdale” heartthrob Charles Melton. Moore and Melton star as married couple whose 20-year relationship inspired a national tabloid obsession at its offset. Now preparing to send their grown children off to college – as Melton reconciles with empty nest syndrome in his mid-30s – an actress (Portman) embeds with the family to study them for an upcoming film where she’ll play Moore. The couple buckles under the pressure as Portman probes as deeply as she can for an honest performance.

Writers Guild members “are preparing to picket studio headquarters and production sites in the event the AMPTP refuses to make a deal that fairly addresses the concerns of our members,” the WGA said in a statement to Deadline on Friday.

If the Writers Guild goes on strike next week, it will have plenty of picket signs ready to go, as seen in these photos and a video of picket signs being assembled at the WGA West’s headquarters in Los Angeles (see below). A strike, if it comes to that, could start as early as Monday night at midnight, when the WGA’s current film and scripted TV contract expires.

EXCLUSIVE: Audible has revealed a new slate of UK comedy podcasts, including new series from comedians Daisy May Cooper, Lolly Adefope, Mo Gilligan and Dara Ó Briain.

Stevie May’s acrobatics against 10-man Hibs were not enough to pull St Johnstone further away from relegation playoff worries.

Georgia May Foote has opened up about her skin condition while sharing new pictures with her social media followers. The former Coronation Street star, who joined the show in 2010, played receptionist Katy Armstrong for five years until 2015, when she left the cobbles. It was later revealed that Katy died in a car crash in 2017, leaving her son Joe to live with his father, Sam Aston’s Chesney Brown.

The late Queen Elizabeth is receiving a birthday tribute from her family.