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As we learn in 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap, money talks, bullshit walks, and Fran Drescher will always dominate any scene in which she finds herself. Nine years before her ascension to TV superstardom with The Nanny, a 26-year-old Drescher was unforgettable as Polymer Records label publicist Bobbi Flekman, a …

In recent weeks, several Hollywood studios and entertainment companies pulled back their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives following pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration. Despite this, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artistsreaffirmed its support for diversity reform. In a resolution passed by the SAG-AFTRA National …

SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator and executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland called for a strike against video game companies on Thursday after more than a year and a half of bargaining for a new contract for video game performers. The strike, tied to the Interactive Media Agreement, goes into effect Friday at 12:01 …

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and Megan Fox were the big “winners” at the 2024 Golden Raspberries (or Razzie) Awards, the annual pre-Oscars celebration “dishonoring” the worst of Hollywood each year. A torture-porn slasher film created solely to capitalize on its characters falling into the public domain, Winnie the …

After four long months marching on Hollywood picket lines, bargaining inside hostile negotiating rooms, and giving Buddhist sermons, Fran Drescher can finally exhale. Through the 118-day actors’ strike, The Nanny star turned SAG-AFTRA national president, joined by SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, has served as the face of the 160,000-strong …

A s an alternate member of the Screen Actors Guild negotiating committee, Shaan Sharma spent most of this last year strategizing with other committee members and going back and forth with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over deal points that are important to actors and their futures …

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and other higher-ups at the union defended the union’s new contract with the studios, especially after some members criticized provisions dealing with the use of artificial intelligence. As Variety reports, Drescher called out the “naysayers” during a Zoom meeting with members on Monday, Nov. 13, saying …

The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), a 160,000-strong union representing actors, approved a tentative deal with the Hollywood studios, SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher announced at a press conference Friday afternoon in Los Angeles. Now, the …

A large group of SAG-AFTRA members have signed an open letter saying they “would rather go on strike than take a bad deal.” The letter was released by “Members in Solidarity,” a collection of more than 3,600 performers including notable names like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Hamm, Mark Ruffalo,and Bryan Cranston. …

When David Allen Singletary isn’t at a casting call or on set for a TV series, he’s pushing a cart of snacks down the aisle of a Southwest Airlines plane, asking passengers for their trash and identifying the emergency exits. He became a flight attendant on Valentine’s Day last year …