Hollywood Actors Guild Vote to Authorize Strike Amid Ongoing Writers Strike
Hollywood's actor's guild, the SAG-AFTRA union, could be heading to the picket lines if a new deal isn't struck with major production studios. In similar fashion to Hollywood writers, nearly 98 percent of the union's 160,000 members voted to strike over better pay and assurances that artificial intelligence wouldn't impact their livelihoods.
Electronic Arts, the video game maker of “Madden NFL,” “The Sims,” and other popular titles, is being acquired and taken private for about $52.5 billion in what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms.
Merriam-Webster has fully revised its popular “Collegiate” dictionary with over 5,000 new words. They include “petrichor,” “dumbphone” and “ghost kitchen.” Also “cold brew,” “rizz,” “dad bod,” “hard pass,” “cancel culture” and more.
YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect.