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 …
Read More »Timothée Chalamet Celebrates SAG Awards Win: 'Can't Believe It'
Timothée Chalamet became the youngest person to win Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the SAG Awards last night. The actor was celebrated by his peers during the annual awards ceremony for portraying Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. Following the awards show, Chalamet took …
Read More »Jane Fonda Delivers Rousing Speech at SAG Awards: 'Empathy Is Not Weak or Woke'
Jane Fonda was honored with the Life Achievement Award at the annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night. The actress and activist took the opportunity to encourage her fellow actors to “resist” and reminded the audience of the importance of empathy. Looking back on her storied career, Fonda …
Read More »Could Another Strike Hit Hollywood?
Last summer, as unionized writers and actors were on strike for a combined six months against Hollywood studios, crew members marched and chanted by their side. On Sunday, the chants continued, as thousands of crew workers gathered for a Los Angeles rally ahead of Monday’s bargaining talks with Hollywood studios …
Read More »'I Want You to Believe You Will Die': Vincent Gallo Made Auditions Hell, Women Say
W hen Emily* showed up to her callback audition for a new film titled The Policeman starring Vincent Gallo, she knew it would be intense. In The Policeman, Gallo, who has a reputation for acting in controversial and edgy projects, plays serial killer and rapist Joseph James DeAngelo, also known …
Read More »Fran Drescher Gets Candid About the SAG Deal, AI, and Vaccine Mandates
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 …
Read More »'An Existential Threat': Actors Troubled by SAG's AI Deal With Hollywood
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 …
Read More »Fran Drescher Rebuffs 'Naysayers' Criticizing AI Provisions in New SAG Contract
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 …
Read More »SAG-AFTRA Reveals Details of Strike-Ending Deal With Hollywood Studios
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 …
Read More »SAG-AFTRA Chief Negotiator Breaks Down 'Robust' Strike-Ending Deal, AI Protections
After nearly four months on the picket lines and at the bargaining table, the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative deal with the Hollywood Studios, or the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), Wednesday evening. SAG-AFTRA leadership and its negotiating committee voted unanimously to approve the tentative agreement, …
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