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TV and movie writers are striking for the first time in 15 years. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports.

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Writers strike looks to be a long fight, as Hollywood braces
By ANDREW DALTON - AP Entertainment Writer.
Wed,05/03/23-12:24AM , 125 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood writers picketing to preserve pay and job security outside major studios and streamers braced for a long fight at the outset of a strike that immediately forced late-night shows into hiatus, put other productions on pause and had the entire industry slowing its roll.
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TV and film production faces an uncertain future with a Hollywood writers' strike beginning Tuesday with picket lines in New York and Los Angeles. The industry's first work stoppage in 15 years comes after streaming services upended traditional business models. (May 2)

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Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact
By ANDREW DALTON - AP Entertainment Writer
Mon,05/01/23-1:17PM , 108 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The union representing 11,500 writers of film, television and other entertainment forms are now on strike. It's the first writers’ strike — and the first Hollywood strike of any kind — in 15 years.
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Country music legend Willie Nelson finishes his set at the Outlaws & Legends Music Fest in Abilene, Texas, on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Nelson, who will turn 90 this month, was the headlining act for the two-day festival, fulfilling a promise to come after having to forego an appearance at the 2020 festival due to the pandemic. (Ronald W. Erdrich/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)

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Willie Nelson inhales the love at 90th birthday concert
By ANDREW DALTON - AP Entertainment Writer
Sun,04/30/23-6:06AM , 63 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Are there any more real cowboys?” Neil Young sang Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl on a rare evening when he was neither the headliner nor, at age 77, even close to the oldest artist on the bill.
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Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on June 7, 2017. Masterson is going back on trial on three charges of rape. A deadlocked jury led to a mistrial for Masterson in November. Opening statements in his retrial will begin on Monday. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

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Danny Masterson lawyer challenges new details in rape story
By ANDREW DALTON - AP Entertainment Writer
Wed,04/26/23-8:12PM , 136 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for Danny Masterson challenged his former longtime girlfriend during cross-examination Wednesday on why her trial testimony alleging the actor raped her in 2001 included several new details that were missing fr
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