Deadline passes for Hollywood to avoid actors' strike

The deadline for Hollywood actors to reach a deal with major film and television studios passed on Thursday, increasing the likelihood that members of a key actors’ union would go on strike.

On Wednesday, talks took place with mediators in a last-ditch effort to avoid a second industry strike.

Hollywood’s largest union, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), had already said it would strike if negotiations did not result in a deal by…