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Striking Hollywood Actors Resume Contract Talks

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Negotiators for striking Hollywood actors resumed contract talks with representatives of major studios, television networks and streaming services, marking the first time the two sides have returned to the bargaining table since mid-July.

Renewed talks Monday between the SAG-AFTRA actors union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers came eight days after the producers clinched a separate contract deal with Hollywood writers, who launched their own strike on May 2, about 10 weeks before the actors.

No further details were immediately available. Both sides agreed to observe a news "blackout" during their talks. SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood's largest union, representing 160,000 television and film performers, walked off the job on July 14 demanding higher base wages and residual pay from streaming TV as well as restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence in entertainment.In the area of artificial intelligence, actors want to protect their images and work from being replaced by computer-generated "digital replicas.

 

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