HWD Daily – The Strike Zone
The Strike Zone
One strike in Hollywood is rare enough—but now the town is bracing for two. As writers enter their 10th week on picket lines, actors are still struggling to negotiate a new contract with Hollywood studios, Natalie Jarvey writes. With their July 12 deadline inching ever closer—yes, that would be tomorrow—it’s looking increasingly possible that the Screen Actors Guild will also initiate a formal work stoppage, bringing the entire industry to a standstill. “It feels like actors are already raring to go,” one successful television actor tells Jarvey—in part because many of them have gotten a taste for the strike life while out marching with writers on their picket lines.
Elsewhere in HWD, VF’s critics name the best TV shows of 2023 so far; Hadley Hall Meares dives into Ali MacGraw’s juicy 1991 memoir; Anthony Breznican catches up with a post–Star Wars John Boyega; and screenwriter John Lopez shares his perspective on the stakes facing his union in the age of encroaching AI.
Double Trouble
With a SAG strike seeming increasingly likely, 2023 may turn out to be the summer of Hollywood’s discontent.
Early Birds
Vanity Fair’s critics name the best TV shows of the year to date, from The Bear to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Golden Girl
From the outside, Ali MacGraw seemed to float into superstardom—but as she writes in her memoir, that apparently effortless celebrity came at a cost.
“You End Up Having to Fight”
With multiple roles in They Cloned Tyrone, John Boyega aims to prove he’s more than Finn from Star Wars. “The franchise thing is a gift, but [some] people don’t see you as anything different.”
The Write Stuff
In the age of artificial reproduction, what role does art play?
