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(Newser) - The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union says it is grieving a member who was "killed in a tragic incident on a production filming in Louisiana" on Monday. Authorities say James "Trapper" McEvoy, 64, was on a boom truck when he was electrocuted by coming into contact...

(Newser) - An 11th-hour deal was reached Saturday, averting a strike of film and television crews that would have seen some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers walk off their jobs and would have frozen productions in Hollywood and across the U.S. After days of marathon negotiations, representatives from the International Alliance of...

(Newser) - Film and TV production in Hollywood and beyond could soon be grinding to an indefinite halt. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike action Monday, Deadline reports. The union says the strike, the first in its 128-year history, was approved by a near unanimous...