The actors’ arrival energized the picket lines outside Netflix, where music blared and the sidewalks were packed with demonstrators.Įlsewhere, “Once Upon a Time” actor Gennifer Goodwin was among the protesters outside Paramount Pictures. Also present at Netflix were “Titanic” and “Unforgiven” actor Frances Fisher and “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher, who is president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. “Lord of the Rings” star Sean Astin joined chanting protesters outside Netflix’s offices in Hollywood. Sudeikis was among the picketers outside NBC in New York.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudekis and other top movie and TV actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades. Movie stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood “We don’t want our military to be a social experiment,” he said. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., that would prevent the Defense Department from requiring participation in race-based training for hiring, promotions or retention.Ĭrane argued that Russia and China do not mandate diversity measures in their military operations and neither should the United States. “You are setting us back,” she said about an amendment from Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, spoke of how difficult it was to look across the aisle as Republicans chip away at gains for women, Black people and others in the military. Turning the must-pass defense bill into a partisan battleground shows how deeply the nation’s military has been unexpectedly swept up in disputes over race, equity and women’s health care that are now driving the Republican Party’s priorities in America’s widening national divide.ĭuring one particularly tense moment in the debate, Democratic Rep. “We are continuing to block the Biden administration’s ‘woke’ agenda,” said Rep.
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