Temperatures Flare as Hollywood Actors, Writers Strike Heats Up

Hollywood actors join the industry’s writers on the picket line after their union, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), authorized a strike against major studios, outside of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., on July 14, 2023. Jill McLaughlin/The Epoch Times

BURBANK, Calif.—Despite temperatures reaching the mid-90s on July 18, thousands of Hollywood actors and writers continued to picket outside major studios, striking together for the first time in more than 60 years.

Tempers also flared this week as the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) criticized the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents over 350 television and film production companies in the United States.