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Movie and TV stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood

By ANDREW DALTON
AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis, Rosario Dawson and other top movie and TV actors have joined picket lines alongside screenwriters. It happened Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades. A day after the dispute brought production to a standstill across the entertainment industry, Sudeikis was among the picketers outside NBC in New York pressing for progress following the breakdown of contract talks with studios and streaming services. Dawson is star of the film “Rent” and the “Star Wars” TV series “Ahsoka” She joined picketers outside Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California.

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