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Hollywood Strikes Aren’t Putting a Damper on Fall Film Festivals
- Actors are barred from promoting pictures under strike rules
- Toronto premieres include meme-stock film ‘Dumb Money’
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A walkout by superstars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt from the glittering London premiere of Oppenheimer marked the opening shot of Hollywood’s actors strike — crystallizing the image of red carpets drained of glamour.
Yet less than two months after that mid-July show of defiance, and with no resolution to the strike on the horizon, Hollywood luminaries could still light up the premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival next week.