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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Hollywood faces paralysis as SAG-AFTRA to join writers on strike

    “We demand respect”: SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher slams Hollywood studios as actors prepare to join writers on the picket lines this Friday.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 13, 2023 • 8m Listen

    “We demand respect”: SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher slams Hollywood studios as actors prepare to join writers on the picket lines this Friday.

    Many KCRW staff are members of SAG-AFTRA, though we are under a separate contract from the agreement at issue between actors and studios.

    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Weekend film reviews, actor Parisa Fakhri on ‘heartbreaking’ strike
    1. 0:00Hollywood faces paralysis as SAG-AFTRA to join writers on strikeYou’re reading this
    2. 8:45‘Heartbreaking and very scary’: SAG actor on AI and strike
    3. 15:22After Dobbs, contraception access expands thanks to OTC birth control pills
    4. 23:24Weekend film reviews: ‘Dead Reckoning,’ ‘Black Ice,’ ‘Theater Camp’
    5. 40:27Use ‘amazingly weird’ corn for salads, polenta, creme brulée
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Weekend film reviews, actor Parisa Fakhri on ‘heartbreaking’ strike
    1. 0:00Hollywood faces paralysis as SAG-AFTRA to join writers on strikeYou’re reading this
    2. 8:45‘Heartbreaking and very scary’: SAG actor on AI and strike
    3. 15:22After Dobbs, contraception access expands thanks to OTC birth control pills
    4. 23:24Weekend film reviews: ‘Dead Reckoning,’ ‘Black Ice,’ ‘Theater Camp’
    5. 40:27Use ‘amazingly weird’ corn for salads, polenta, creme brulée
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand