Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Teamsters union reached a tentative deal Friday with the major studios on behalf of casting directors, who were seeking increased wages. The contract covers about 700 members. The union went into the talks with the goal of establishing weekly minimum wage rates for the first time.
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California, notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people associated with it.
Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910 and soon thereafter, a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable in the world.
