Unions on strike at the same time. this is some of the world s biggest tv and movie set productions heading for the picket lines. this will comprise of 600,000 actors going to strike after their talks with the management and the streaming services failed. they will now join the writers union that has been striking since may. tv premiers and other movies will not be coming out, and movie and hollywood actors will not be doing any more promotional work. and the show oppenheimer that is to premier july 21st, it was premiered last night, and the actors walked out on the premier. chloe, these are well known actors and what are you hearing? well, first of all, matt
Stars on strike, and hollywood at a standstill, and 160,000 stars are joining the writers to picket and something that we have not seen since 1960. and the effects will ripple into your home. and now, capitol hill, the voting is under way. the fight over the money and the military is now reaching a fever pitch. we have the very latest developments on the stall of what has been the stalled defense bill in the house of representatives. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner, and this is cnn news central. all right. the breaking news, the house has just voted and the final passage of the big defense policy bill, and the bill has passed with the changes and the controversial changes of hard right and far right republican members of the
Transparency coming to the streaming, and artificl intelligence address. th is what the studios have to say. they say that the amtp offered a historic pay and groundbreaking deal with digital likeness. at the union has chose anne path to lead to financial hardship for countless thousands of people across the industry. we have to point out, sara, it is not just writers and actors, but it is the craft services, the security, and the light production crews, and so many people that are at a loss. thank you, chloe milos. kate? and now, september usually brings a brand-new season of so many shows, but now you can t count on it with this strike,
Streaming business where there is no precedent, it is protections from the technology, and so it is not just getting a fair share of the streaming success, but it is about protecting your likeness which is a big point of contention that they could not come to an agreement in that negotiating room. can you dig down a little bit on the a.i. issue, because it is not unusual when these strikes happen that the money, the pay is always on the table. but a.i. is a whole different level of thing, and can you give us the example of what they are talking about, the actors, when it comes to why a.i. is going to be such a problem for them, and take money away from them. absolutely. so we have heard a lot of the big actors talking about the strike and supporting their union. this strike isn t really for the big actors. we know they are wealthy and they get big paychecks, and they don t have to work again. this is the strike for the working actor, the extras and
Late-night shows, saturday night live, et cetera, et cetera, those have pretty much closed up shop because of the writer s strike. but what you will see is more of an evermphasis that there will be many new shows coming in the fall, and you ll see many more international shows showing up on streamers and netflix who have been bulking up for this. more importantly for the studios, some of whom have been bragging about, this writer s strike isn t going to bother us, we re great, you re not so great if you re things like hbo and house of the dragon, the game of thrones prequel gets shut down. while they had all of their scripts, they didn t have all of their filming done. so suddenly you re looking at big, big logjams going into next year and new programming, and that s where things might get quite serious. on another note, you pointed out, july 12th is where they ve extended the contract negotiations to. which, oh, my god, just happens to be the day that the emmy nominations are co