

In the chaotic aftermath, Booth jumped off the balcony and onto the stage, injuring his leg but still managing to escape. Lee (commander of the Confederate Army) surrendered to Union forces, John Wilkes Booth (a famous actor and fanatical Confederate supporter) snuck up behind President Lincoln in a theater balcony during a play and shot him in the back of the head. In 1865, the final year of the Civil War, the Confederacy (a group of pro-slavery southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860) was failing in its fight against the Union in support of states’ rights and slavery. The union is asking media companies for, among other items, increased residuals for streaming programs, more transparency about streaming audiences, minimum staffing levels for writers rooms and regulations on the use of artificial intelligence in writing.The play’s two main characters, Lincoln and Booth, are named after prominent historical figures: President Abraham Lincoln and his assassin, the actor John Wilkes Booth. The WGA called the strike Monday night, the day its contract expired, after negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing studios and streamers, failed. The Drew Barrymore Show, distributed by CBS Media Ventures, has wrapped production on its season. NBCUniversal’s The Kelly Clarkson Show also has guild writers - but tapes episodes in advance and thus has a bank of shows on which to draw. The show has a batch of previously taped original episodes that will air this week and part of next week, but it will be in repeats after that. The Talk, which does staff WGA writers, is going dark during the strike. Live With Kelly and Mark is also unaffected by the strike, as is the syndicated Tamron Hall (both The View and Hall’s show are produced by ABC News). Marvel Hits Pause on 'Blade' Due to Writers Strike (Exclusive)
