The highest-paid actors of 2025
Adam Sandler continues to laugh all the way to bankability as Hollywood’s top earner. And the youngest-ever newcomer joins the salary A-List this year along with an actress who came out of retirement.
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Some actors will let AI replicate their voices for advertisements under new union agreement
The use of a performer’s likeness by artificial intelligence was a major sticking point in actors and writers strikes that stretched on for months last year.
Ava DuVernay remakes Hollywood’s money model
The first Black woman to direct a $100 million-grossing film is shunning the Hollywood studios and their rules – and turning to philanthropists like Melinda French Gates.
Actors’ strike continues: Here’s what’s holding up negotiations, including artificial intelligence
The union rejected an offer that would permit film studios to use AI scans of deceased performers without consent.
TV shutdowns expected as Hollywood writers strike for first time in 15 years
The Writers Guild of America has asked its 11,500 members to halt all script writing and begin picketing on Tuesday.