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Striking Hollywood writers are back on the picket lines Thursday as union leaders and studio heads continue talks that restarted earlier this week.

Hollywood writers and producers could be nearing an agreement to end the strike that has paralyzed the entertainment industry, as talks enter a second day on Thursday with major studio heads now at the table.

Hollywood writers and producers could be nearing an agreement to end the strike that has paralyzed the entertainment industry, as talks enter a second day on Thursday with major studio heads now at the table.

Thats when i told you this and you get like $4 residual checks and they gave it away. were not going to give it away, but the companies are standing strong. i think this is -- according to my agent, its going to last awhile because we cant give in this time. its about middle class workers, neil cavuto, middle class of america and the corporations trying to suffocate us, sir. neil: have they burned bridges like bob iger and the studio heads and theyve burned bridges and have to reconcile. its pre...

That sound bite in your announcement that you guys were going on strike. you talk about what the studio heads are argue, that theyre pleading poverty, that they say the industry is changing and that what the actors and writers are asking for is too much. explain. >> well, i think that, you know, theyre doing a whole sob story about how they cant honor and respectfully cut a deal with us that really works with the massive contribution they make. 99% of the people in the union are working class pe...

Zanucks office to account for herself, and she was put in front of, you know, all of the powerful male studio heads. >> they said, did you pose for a calendar? and i said, yes. anything wrong? >> for 20th century fox, it wasnt about, we really think sin is bad. it was like, wait a minute. sin might be bad for business. >> posing nude was such an explosive thing. >> there was great anxiety. everybody said, say you didnt. i said, but i did. you know, i should say that i did. and they were very unh...

I remember in 1952, i was just out of high school, and marilyn monroe was famous. everybody was like, uh-oh, her careers over. >> reports of marilyns nude photos reach fox studio head darryl zanuck. >> marilyn was hauled into zanucks office to account for herself, and she was put in front of, you know, all of the powerful male studio heads. >> they said, did you pose for a calendar? and i said, yes. anything wrong? >> for 20th century fox, it wasnt about, we really think sin is bad. it was like,...

Four members of the merrimac staff, two others executives and more said we want to take you out for a drink. she was thrilled and what a wonderfuling culture merrimac is. at drinks they said, hillary, you dont want to come to work here. he will rape you, he will assault you. if that many people in the office knew, clearly, many people knew. >> they knew. do you think there are versions of that in hollywood or other industries today? how much has the industry really changed? >> well, i mean, cert...

People compliment these studio heads and these producers, they take a compliment as a come on and they take advantage. what harvey did was different. what he did was criminal. the casting couch, which is his defense, is over the many, many decades of hollywood. people took advantage of ambitious young women who want to be in the movie business but they didnt rape them. harvey was raping these women. more than 100 women came forward after being exposed in "the new york times" and the new yorker, ...