Current:Home > StocksHollywood celebrates end of actors' strike on red carpets and social media: 'Let's go!' -AssetTrainer
Hollywood celebrates end of actors' strike on red carpets and social media: 'Let's go!'
Indexbit View
Date:2025-04-09 22:51:30
Hollywood stars reacted with joy and relief over Wednesday's news that the historic actors' strike has finally ended.
The actors' union's negotiating team announced on Wednesday that the 160,000-member union had reached a tentative agreement with the group representing studios and streamers, ending the 118-day strike that began July 14.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced the strike would end at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. The SAG-AFTRA negotiating team agreed to a new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) representing eight major studios and streamers.
"We did it!!!!" SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and former "The Nanny" star wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. "The Billion+ $ Deal! 3X the last contract! New ground was broke everywhere!."
Drescher thanked union members "for hanging in and holding out for this historic deal!"
"Abbott Elementary" creator and star Quinta Brunson posted on Instagram Stories: "Oh, We're very back."
Actors Harris Dickinson and Zac Efron found out about the news that Hollywood is back in business while on the premiere red carpet for their movie, "The Iron Claw."
"You're joking, don't tell me that now," the visibly shocked Dickinson told Deadline from the red carpet after gathering basic details from the reporter. Dickinson acted as if he was leading fellow actors off the red carpet, saying, "Let's get out of here and get back to work."
"Let's go!" Efron added emphatically.
On another corner of the premiere red carpet, "Iron Claw" star Jeremy Allen White learned about the historic settlement from Entertainment Tonight on camera.
"That's amazing," White said. "It makes me feel incredible. I don't know the details of the deal but I'm sure that SAG got what we wanted, what they wanted."
"I'm just so glad that the industry can start up again, it's exciting for sure," White added.
Octavia Spencer sent congratulations over an Instragram post.
"Ready to work now that the strike is over! Congratulations and thank you to our @sagaftra negotiating committee!" Spencer wrote. "Proud to stand in solidarity with all SAG members over the last 118 days."
"Defending Your Life" star Albert Brooks managed to celebrate while promoting his upcoming documentary, a movie publicity action not allowed during the strike.
"The SAG strike is over!! I can finally say it: watch my documentary Saturday night at 8 on HBO/MAX!" Brooks wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Couldn't say a word until now!!"
“Eternals” actor Kumail Nanjiani promised to promote his upcoming movie after the strike officially ended.
"YES!!! Hallelujah. I can tweet a certain trailer that I am VERY EXCITED ABOUT at midnight," Nanjiani wrote on his X account.
"Hawaii Five-0" star Daniel Dae Kim exalted on X, writing, “Woo hooo!!!! Let’s hope the deal is fair and we can get back to work!”
veryGood! (2)
Related
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Amazon launches drone delivery program for prescription medications
- Italian Premier Meloni announces separation from partner, father of daughter
- Teen Mom's Kailyn Lowry Ate Her Placenta—But Here's Why It's Not Always a Good Idea
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- Baltimore to pay $48 million to 3 men wrongly imprisoned for decades in ‘Georgetown jacket’ killing
- He was rejected by 14 colleges. Then Google hired him.
- Why Joran van der Sloot Won't Be Charged for Murdering Natalee Holloway
- North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
- Blac Chyna Shares Heartwarming Photo of Kids King Cairo and Dream Dancing
Ranking
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- Jim Harbaugh popped again for alleged cheating. It's time to drop the self-righteous act.
- 150 dolphins die in Amazon lake within a week as water temps surpass 100 degrees amid extreme drought
- Horoscopes Today, October 19, 2023
- Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
- 'My body is changed forever.' Black women lead way for FDA chemical hair straightener ban
- 60,000 gun safes recalled after shooting death
- Lawmakers Want Answers on Damage and Costs Linked to Idled ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines
Recommendation
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
US commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets with EU leaders amid congressional chaos
Rattlesnake bites worker at Cincinnati Zoo; woman hospitalized
Former Stanford goalie Katie Meyer may have left clues to final hours on laptop
Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie return for an 'Encore,' reminisce about 'The Simple Life'
Youth football team suspended after parent allegedly shoots coach in front of kids
Amazon launches drone delivery program for prescription medications
The leaders of Ukraine and Russia assess their resources as their war heads into winter