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It is the first time that the two unions have been on strike simultaneously since 1960, when actor (and future US president) Ronald Reagan led the protests

The first double strike in more than 60 years hasn’t hindered entertainment and media execs from enjoying the offerings of "billionaire summer camp"

The SAG-AFTRA union is expected to opt for strike action on Thursday, after studio talks broke down.

Of the sag—aftra union are meeting inside the building behind me, and it's a bit of a formality, but they will take one final vote on strike action and then we're expecting a news conference. but it does seem at this stage after talks collapsed last night, the deadline was at midnight pacific time last night. talks collapsed despite the involvement of a federal mediator. so it does now seem almost certain that sag—aftra members, which include 160,000 film and television actors, almost every actor across the country will nowjoin the writers, the 11,000 members of the wga who've been strikin...

Hollywood actors on Wednesday anxiously awaited their union's decision on whether to strike, right at the peak of the film industry's key summer blockbuster season.And, if strikes continue, future blockbuster films would be postponed too.