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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Hollywood shuts down as actors join writers' strike
Caption: Hollywood Shuts Down As Actors Join Writers' Strike. CNBC reports that Hollywood actors have officially gone on strike. After failing to reach a new contract deal with producers, members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) will join the ongoing writers' strike. The decision essentially shuts down Hollywood, bringing all film and television productions featuring actors to a screeching halt. CNBC reports that this marks the first tandem strike to take place in Hollywood since 1960. The strike includes barring actors from promoting any past projects at conventions, interviews or in panels. SAG was looking to secure improved compensation, working conditions and benefits in addition to safety measures revolving around the use of artificial intelligence. Since May, the Writers Guild of America has been on strike for a similar list of reasons, including the use of artificial intelligence and how it impacts Hollywood. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major studios like Disney and Netflix, argued that actors are dismissing a "groundbreaking AI proposal". Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, slammed the proposed AI deal. "They proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get paid for one day's pay, and their company should own that scan, their image, their likeness, and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity in any project they want with no consent and no compensation.", and chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, via CNBC. "So if you think that's a ground breaking proposal I suggest you think again.", Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, via CNBC. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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