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SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s top companies are plowing ahead with negotiations. The performers’ union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers released a joint statement on Monday noting that they had just “met for a full day bargaining session” and would resume talks on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Monday marked the first time that the…
Robin Williams‘ daughter Zelda is speaking out against the use of artificial intelligence to recreate the sound of her father’s voice. “I am not an impartial voice in SAG’s fight against AI. I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad,” she wrote on…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have given unemployment benefits to workers on strike. Newsom said he rejected the bill, which was backed by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, because the fund that the state uses to pay unemployment benefits is projected to be nearly $20 billion by the…
Famed trumpet player and A&M Records co-founder Herb Alpert has donated $250,000 to the through the Herb Alpert Foundation and amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes. The donation — plus a matching gift bringing it to a total of $500,000 — was announced by the organization, formerly known as The Actors Fund, on Wednesday. “When artists…
With no end to the dual strikes on the horizon — speaking at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday, SAG-AFTRA national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said he saw no sign the major studios and streamers will willing to return to the negotiating table —the independent film industry is beginning to adjust to the possibility of…
In an election cycle that took place amid a historic strike, Fran Drescher has been re-elected SAG-AFTRA president. Meanwhile, Joely Fisher was re-elected the union’s secretary-treasurer. Drescher received 23,080 votes, over competitor Maya Gilbert-Dunbar’s 5,276 votes. Fisher received 19,777 votes, while challenger Pete Antico garnered 8,361 votes. The voter turnout was 22.84 percent. “I am…
SAG-AFTRA national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland sees no indication major Hollywood studios and streamers are headed back to the table anytime soon to end dual strikes in the entertainment industry. “Unfortunately, I don’t have anything to report they’re coming back to us. Today is day 57 for our strike, and, no, we don’t have any…
The actors’ union which is already striking Hollywood movie studios called for a second strike authorization on Friday for video game actors. “Here we go again! Now our Interactive (Video Game) Agreement is at a stalemate too. Once again we are facing employer greed and disrespect,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in a statement. The…
The ongoing Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes are beginning to hit Hollywood’s labor pool. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in figures released Friday, the film, TV and music industries shed 17,000 jobs last month. “Information employment changed little in August (-15,000),” the BLS wrote of the larger sector in which…
SAG-AFTRA is reiterating that it is giving the green light to actors to promote their projects with interim agreements at major fall film festivals. The union said in a statement on Thursday that it is encouraging members to do publicity for projects that have been granted union interim agreements at the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto…