Hollywood Celebrates as Actors End Strike

Los Angeles, United States - Hollywood celebrated Thursday after actors ended a crippling months-long strike, kicking off a race to get the cameras rolling and salvage next year's movies and television shows.

"Effective immediately, all SAG-AFTRA members should fulfil their contractual obligations and return to work," the union said in a message to members Thursday. Filming on Ryan Reynolds' and Hugh Jackman's eagerly awaited superhero sequel Deadpool 3, which was forced to pause for four months, will resume before Thanksgiving , Variety reported.

Already by Thursday morning, invitations to star-studded Los Angeles premieres were being dispatched to awards group voters, including a gala featuring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore for Netflix movie May December at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. In addition to pay rises, and bonuses for starring in hit shows, the contract ensures for the first time that studios need to "ask for permission for everything" when using artificial intelligence to digitally insert famous actors into movies, said Drescher.The deal was hailed by politicians including US President Joe Biden, who said in a statement: "Collective bargaining works.

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