Hot Celebrities Support the Film & TV Writers’ Strike and You Should Too!
Why are writers striking? What's the AMPTP and is it as bad as that scary acronym suggests? Will you ever be able to watch your late night shows again?!
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Last night at the Rihanna watch party (aka the Met Gala), there was one question on the minds of many a red carpet reporter: “Do you support the writers’ strike?” Lo and behold, the hottest trend in Hollywood—besides bucket hats and couture tactical wear—is supporting film and television writers striking to earn a living wage.
“Everything changed with streaming, and everybody needs to be compensated for their work. It’s fucking easy,” Amanda Seyfried, her hair blown out to high heaven, told Variety. Other famous comrades like Quinta Brunson, Brian Tyree Henry, James Gunn, and Olivia Wilde made similar statements. Mindy Kaling said she was reading every email from the guild, adding, “I’ll do my part, no matter what.” Even Jimmy Fallon, whom I’ve spent considerable energy ignoring, demanded my respect when he told the Variety reporter, “I wouldn’t have a show if it wasn’t for my writers, I support them all the way.” That’s right, Jimbo.
At the stroke of midnight on Monday night (Tuesday morning?), the Writers Guild of America began to strike, after six weeks of failed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). AMPTP is comprised of all the hotshots on your Roku homepage: Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount and Sony. A priority for WGA is better compensating writers for work they do on streaming shows; though streaming has become the industry standard for premiering and watching scripted television, the previous contract did not account for our binge watching habits.