Gov. Newsom signs bills offering AI protections for actors
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law two bills that will give actors more protections over their digital likenesses, addressing concerns brought up during…
Video game actors’ strike: 80 games adopt SAG-AFTRA AI terms, union says
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced Thursday that 80 video games have agreed to the union’s proposed AI terms as…
SAG-AFTRA defends Alec Baldwin after ‘Rust’ criminal charge
Hollywood performers union SAG-AFTRA on Thursday said it is not an actor’s job to be a firearms expert, in a statement defending actor Alec Baldwin,…
SAG-AFTRA investigating ‘Policeman’ auditions, Vincent Gallo
Performers union SAG-AFTRA has launched an investigation after multiple women reported complaints about actor Vincent Gallo’s alleged behavior during auditions for an upcoming film. The…
Actors can start selling AI voice clones to game companies under this new deal
Recording new voice-overs without speaking a word: For a busy voice actor, it might sound like a dream — unless that actor is worried about…
SAG-AFTRA leaders defend AI terms in strike agreement
SAG-AFTRA leaders are defending the artificial intelligence terms of their tentative deal with the major Hollywood studios in response to criticism from some members that…
Kevin Bacon celebrates end of strike with ‘Footloose’ dance
Kevin Bacon has an extra spring in his step after SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios Wednesday to end the 118-day actors’ strike.…
The SAG-AFTRA strike is over. Few expect Hollywood to quickly bounce back
Six months after picket lines first formed outside iconic studio gates, Hollywood can finally return to work. Wednesday’s hard-fought tentative agreement on a new contract…
SAG-AFTRA, studios end actors’ strike with deal. What now?
Performers union SAG-AFTRA and the alliance representing the major Hollywood studios reached a tentative deal Wednesday to end the historic, 118-day actors’ strike. “It was…
Actors’ strike: SAG-AFTRA reviewing studios’ ‘final’ offer
SAG-AFTRA is taking time to review what the alliance representing the major Hollywood studios described as its “last, best and final offer” to end the…
Actors’ strike: SAG-AFTRA holds rally in L.A. amid talks
As more than a thousand striking actors and supporters united Wednesday at a massive rally in Los Angeles, the performers union, SAG-AFTRA, and the major…
SAG-AFTRA eases anti-costume Halloween edict for children
Attention SAG-AFTRA members: If your kids want to dress up as Barbie or a Super Mario Brother this Halloween, it’s officially fine. Following a fierce…
SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP to resume talks Tuesday; strike hits 100 days
SAG-AFTRA and the alliance representing major studios said Saturday they would resume negotiations next week, as the Hollywood actors’ strike reaches the 100-day milestone. The…
Fran Drescher facing challenges as actors’ strike hits 100 days
Last summer, Fran Drescher became one of America’s most formidable labor leaders. In taking 160,000 members of SAG-AFTRA on strike against the major Hollywood studios,…
US actors joined the writers’ strike two months ago today. Here are the TV shows and films affected because of it
It's been two months since US actors joined industrial action against Hollywood's biggest production houses.On July 14, SAG-AFTRA — the union that represents actors — joined the…