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Director Steven Spielberg skipped press tours for his new film, “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” so that he could finish his current project, “Minority Report,” before a possible walkout. The contract deadline for Hollywood actors is Sunday at 12:01 am, and if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers fail to reach an agreement with the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, a strike may result. The actor unions’ main concerns include “increasing residual payments for shows rebroadcast on cable and in foreign markets, higher initial pay for screen work and assurances that studios will limit the number of productions filmed outside the United States.”