Movie and TV Stars Join Picket Lines in Fight Over the Future of Hollywood

Movie and TV Stars Join Picket Lines in Fight Over the Future of Hollywood
(Left-right) Actress Joely Fisher, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, and SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland take part in a rally by striking writers and actors outside Netflix studio in Los Angeles on July 14, 2023. Chris Pizzello/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES—“Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudekis, Rosario Dawson, and other top movie and TV actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades.

A day after the dispute brought production to a standstill across the entertainment industry, Sudeikis was among the picketers outside NBC in New York pressing for progress following the breakdown of contract talks with studios and streaming services. Ms. Dawson, star of the film “Rent” and the “Star Wars” TV series “Ahsoka,” joined picketers outside Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California.