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By Jonathan Handel, Digital Media Law Blog Voting on party lines, a sharply divided SAG board approved the tentative deal with the studios yesterday by a vote of about 53% to 47%. The deal now goes to the membership for ratification, with a bruising fight promised by the hardline MembershipFirst faction. Ratification is nonetheless expected, and will mark an end to an almost ten month Hollywood stalemate. Ballots will go out to the members in early May and will be due back three weeks later. The balloting material will be accompanied by both pro and con statements, and the fight over the deal will ... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Article-byline , Celebrity , ENTERTAINMENT , FILM / SAG Strike Could Shut Down Academy Awards and Oscars Night February 20, 2009 Oscars in Trouble: Actor’s Negotiations Break Down, ABC Offering Discount Ad Rates By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (RushPRnews/Hollywood Today) 2/20/09 — The Screen Actors Guild and studio chiefs broke off negotiations last night, just days before the Oscars. The producers said it was ‘the last and final offer,� mostly over Internet pay for the thespians and length of time on the new contract with the 120,000 actors. Producers insisted they could withdraw the deal within 60 days, though they ... Read Full Story

I just got back from the Shine Audiorium where I spent the day covering 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. I have much to share with you from my hours on the red carpet inrterviewing stars that included Holly Hunter, David Duchovny, Anthony Hopkins , Viola Davis, Melissa Leo and my favorite of the day: Cloris Leachman . It was an abolute ball. I'll have some of it posted later tonight and early tomorrow morning. But I'll start with a piece I wrote for DailyNews.com from my backstage perch which was right between the big photo are where the winners go after they walk ... Read Full Story

www.awardsandhonors.com - Who knows more about acting, make that great acting, than actors themselves?  That’s what makes the Screen Actors Guild Awards unique. The awards are voted on by actors and all of the awards are acting awards.The SAG Awards air Sunday night, simulcast on TNT and TBS at 8 PM Eastern Time and may be one of the most enjoyable awards shows. You won’t have to wait around watching awards for cinematographers, screenwriters, costume designers or any of the other non-acting categories.In SAG’s motion picture awards, Doubt led the way  with five nominations, including Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis, Amy Adams ... Read Full Story

Lets start this post with a WIN. Let me rephrase that... a predicted win! Sean Penn picked up the SAG Award for lead actor in a motion picture. The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were handed out Sunday evening. If you missed our predictions, see the Motion Picture picks here and the Primetime Television picks here . If we may, we'll also toot our own horn that Meryl Streep won for lead actress. Does this give her hope at the Oscar s ? Hopefully so. It was obvious Heath Ledger would win for supporting actor. And Kate Winslet won for supporting actress. For ... Read Full Story