Halloween hits Hollywood strike as actors boycott Barbie costumes

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 01, 2023 12:58 pm

LOS ANGELES: Generic ghosts and vague vampires haunted the Hollywood picket lines this Halloween, as striking actors tried to scare studio bosses by refusing to dress up as any of their famous characters.

With talks still ongoing between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and the likes of Netflix and Disney, costumes that could be seen to promote lucrative film figures like Barbie — or even Oppenheimer — have been declared off-limits this spooky season.

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