Katie Kilkenny

The performers' union greenlit a contract that merges previously separate pension plans and institutes new safeguards for generative AI.

Writers, actors, crew members and small business owners expressed their opposition to the $111 billion transaction in Beverly Hills on Saturday: “It may be the final domino that knocks everything down.”

Fraudsters are using AI to impersonate top Hollywood casting directors — targeting aspiring actors looking for their big break.

The new company, Pasta & Tacos Productions, worked on ‘Chili Finger' starring Judy Greer and is in postproduction on a horror film starring Lucy Hale.

The former Biden administration staffer will engage with state and federal lawmakers as the company attempts to push through a merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

The union, which represents storyboard artists, said the helmer is “turning his back on the human artists who throughout his career have helped him create his most memorable works.”

The deal will now go to the union's national board for approval. The Directors Guild of America and the bargaining group representing studios and streamers have reached a tentative deal on a new four-year contract.

After history-making strikes in 2023, a quiet negotiation cycle in 2026 yielded four-year labor contracts with all major unions as work becomes more difficult to find for members.

Eighty-four percent of eligible workers supported joining the Writers Guild of America East in a National Labor Relations Board election that took place Wednesday.

The union struck the tentative agreement with studios and streamers on June 9.