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A dozen of Hollywood's highest-earning stars, from George Clooney to Meryl Streep, have each donated $1 million or more to support out-of-work actors as their strike enters its fourth week, their union's charitable foundation said on Aug. 2.

This year's Emmy Awards will be postponed due to the ongoing Hollywood strikes, U.S. media reported on July 27.

Television's equivalent of the Oscars was scheduled to take place in September, but could be pushed as far back as January, the Los Angeles Times reported.

A row of tightly trimmed ficus trees along a stretch of sidewalk outside Universal Studios has become a hot spot in the face-off between Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters and actors.

Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a halt. This time, though, the industry is engaged in a bitter battle over how streaming - after advancing rapidly during the pandemic - has upended the economics of entertainment.

The first major world premiere since Hollywood actors went on strike featured no stars and a mournful director who said he backed the walkout but missed his cast "terribly."

Leaders of Hollywood's actors' union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with studios and streaming services broke down.

The union representing 160,000 actors and performers have agreed to extend contract negotiations with Hollywood studios, staving off a potentially crippling strike until at least July 12.

The Screen Actors Guild has announced nominations to its 29th annual awards, heaping nominations on "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and "The Banshees of Inisherin," while throwing some curve balls into the Oscar race.

Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin on June 18, a union said, joining a growing push across U.S. retail, service and tech industries to organize for greater workplace protections.

While the unionization rate remains very low in Turkey, awareness of labor rights has increased over the past 15 years, according to Professor Cem Kılıç, an expert in industrial relations.