The Strikes Are Over, But Hollywood Isn’t Back to Normal
Everyone was supposed to get back to work once two strikes concluded last year, but the hangover has been longer than anyone anticipated.
Actor Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA, left, and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator of SAG-AFTRA, center, during a news conference in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.
Photographer: Jill Connelly/BloombergHappy start of the NBA Playoffs to all of you who observe. May our families understand two-plus months of nightly basketball.
Screentime the conference returns in October. Last year, we hosted more than 1,000 people in Hollywood for two days; I interviewed the CEOs of Netflix and YouTube, the heads of the two biggest talent agencies in the world and a whole lot more. As much as I loved interviewing all of those folks, my personal highlight was the food. (Thank you, Quarter Sheets.)