Supporters of the Writer's Guild of America strike, including one with a residual-themed sign, picket outside Radford Studios Center in Studio City in May. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) It’s ...

Once upon a time, actors aimed to get in on network TV residuals as a way to make passive income whenever work dried up. (Just look at the cast of “Friends,” who still make around $20 million a year ...

It’s not often that people get fired up over nitty-gritty financial mechanisms — but for the last 4½ months on the streets of Hollywood, that’s exactly what’s been happening. As members of the Writers ...