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Actors Go on Strike in New Blow to Struggling Hollywood Studios
- Actors walkout will halt projects that skirted writers strike
- Industry shutdown marks end of decade-long surge in production
For the first time in six decades, Hollywood writers and actors are on strike at the same time — a cataclysm for hundreds of thousands of film and TV workers already idled by the entertainment industry’s growing labor strife.
The Screen Actors Guild, which represents some 160,000 performers, announced a walkout Thursday after failing to reach a new labor agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, which represents studios including Walt Disney Co. and Netflix Inc. The strike begins at midnight.