logo
episode-header-image
Jul 2023
28m 20s

Why Hollywood shut down

THE TIMES
About this episode

Last week, Hollywood’s actors joined its writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years. The West Wing’s Richard Schiff tells us his fears for new actors and how it feels to know that AI could “clone” him for future projects.

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. 

Guests:

  • Richard Schiff, actor and director, and
  • Constance Kampfner, News Reporter, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Clips: Universal Studios, Guardian News, Sky News, Associated Press, NBC, Theme Park Times, WGA West.

This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Today
Pete Hegseth: the former TV host selling Trump’s war
Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of war, was one of the most controversial picks in Trump’s cabinet. But as Trump’s foreign adventures have come to define his second term, Hegseth is not just more visible, he’s become the Iran war’s main cheerleader. So who is he?This podcast was b ... Show More
27m 26s
Yesterday
The Epstein Files, AI journalism and the future of truth - The Sunday Story
As AI seeps into every corner of art, film and social media, up next, it's podcasts. An AI-generated show called The Epstein Flies topped the Apple series charts last week, bringing you the very latest on the colossal 3.5 million documents, in a time frame that most journalists c ... Show More
35m 15s
Mar 28
I met Huw Edwards: what the drama gets right (and wrong) - The Saturday Story
This week, Channel 5 broadcast a dramatisation of the downfall of former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, with Martin Clunes in the lead role. The programme traces the events that led to his sudden and very public fall from grace. Andrew Billen, veteran journalist who specialises in ... Show More
14m 47s
Recommended Episodes
Jul 2023
Hollywood Strikes Back
Culture editor Katie Razzall joins Adam to explain why, for the first time since the 1960s, both the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America are on strike. They also speak to the actor Brian Cox.There’s more movie news as ‘Barbenheimer’ fever takes over the red carpet. B ... Show More
33m 59s
Sep 2023
Did Hollywood Writers Get Their Happy Ending?
<p>After 148 days on strike, writers of movies and television are returning to work on Wednesday</p><p> with an agreement in hand that amounts to a major win for organized labor in Hollywood.</p><p>John Koblin, a media reporter for The Times, explains why the studios acquiesced t ... Show More
25m 50s
May 2023
How Streaming Hurt Hollywood Writers
<p>This week, thousands of writers went on strike against Hollywood studios over what they say is an existential threat to their livelihoods.</p><p>John Koblin, a media reporter for The New York Times, explains how streaming turned the most prolific era in American entertainment ... Show More
27m 51s
Aug 2023
In Hollywood, Fears of AI Scripts Performed By AI Actors
Three months into the writers’ and actors’ strike, the role of artificial intelligence in Hollywood has emerged as a central issue in the dispute between studios and creatives. Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw joins this episode to discuss how studios are already using AI—and why writers a ... Show More
27m 29s
Aug 2023
Hollywood’s Hot Strike Summer
For Labor Day — the unofficial end of summer and the official holiday celebrating the American worker — we are checking in on the state of the striking actors and writers demanding more from the studios they work for. When the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Gui ... Show More
25m 15s
Mar 2024
Hollywood’s still not back
Covid and last year’s strikes delivered a one-two punch that the entertainment industry still hasn’t recovered from. Entertainment journalists Mark Harris and Diane Haithman explain why this is bad news for the people who make movies and the people who watch them. This episode wa ... Show More
26m 19s
Mar 2024
'Oscar Wars' book looks behind the scenes at the award show
The City reporter Gwynne Hogan talks about how New York officials are handling a housing crisis as migrants arrive in the city. And, NPR's Jackie Northam breaks down the Houthi missile attack that killed three people on Wednesday. Then, New Yorker writer Michael Schulman talks ab ... Show More
24m 20s