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... Read Full Story
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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... 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... 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... 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... Read Full Story
The main Hollywood actors union has rejected a final contract offer from major studios, raising the possibility of potentially damagin entertainment industry labor dispute. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) said in a statement it was dismissing an offer tabled by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) following a vote by its board of directors. SAG said its directors had voted 73 percent to 27 percent against the "take-it-or-leave-it" offer which had been issued by the... Read Full Story
The main Hollywood actors union has rejected a final contract offer from major studios, raising the possibility of potentially damagin entertainment industry labor dispute. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) said in a statement it was dismissing an offer tabled by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) following a vote by its board of directors. SAG said its directors had voted 73 percent to 27 percent against the "take-it-or-leave-it" offer which had been issued by the... Read Full Story
A large scale actors strike has been averted after the industry's largest union, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), agreed a deal with Hollywood Studios. The deal is largely the same as the last and final offer by Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major Hollywood studios and television networks, observers said. The actors have been working without a contract since June 30. The two sides have been at odds mainly over the amount actors should be paid when their... Read Full Story
A large scale actors strike has been averted after the industry's largest union, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), agreed a deal with Hollywood Studios. The deal is largely the same as the last and final offer by Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major Hollywood studios and television networks, observers said. The actors have been working without a contract since June 30. The two sides have been at odds mainly over the amount actors should be paid when their... Read Full Story
A large scale actors strike has been averted after the industry's largest union, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), agreed a deal with Hollywood Studios. The deal is largely the same as the last and final offer by Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major Hollywood studios and television networks, observers said. The actors have been working without a contract since June 30. The two sides have been at odds mainly over the amount actors should be paid when their... Read Full Story
