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Hollywood Strikes

Picketers take a break outside Netflix studios on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. The actors strike comes more than two months after screenwriters began striking in their bid to get better pay and working conditions.

Chris Pizzello

Hollywood Strikes

Picketers take a break outside Netflix studios on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. The actors strike comes more than two months after screenwriters began striking in their bid to get better pay and working conditions.

Chris Pizzello

Hollywood on strike: How did we get here?

As TV and movie actors and writers continue to strike over pay and treatment, we take a look at some of the root causes.

Picketers take a break outside Netflix studios on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. The actors strike comes more than two months after screenwriters began striking in their bid to get better pay and working conditions.

Chris Pizzello

   

Reset checks in with the author of Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood, about what led to the current double strike in Hollywood and what needs to change to get the industry back on track.

GUEST: Maureen Ryan, contributing editor at Vanity Fair

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