SAG-AFTRA looks to unionize intimacy coordinators
Actors’ union SAG-AFTRA is making a bid to represent intimacy coordinators employed by companies in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.The Screen Actors…
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…
AB 2602: SAG-AFTRA celebrates passage of California AI bill
Performers union SAG-AFTRA is celebrating a key victory this week: the passage of a bill that would regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the…
Video game strike: SAG-AFTRA actors picket Warner Bros.
It was déjà vu in Burbank on Thursday as hundreds of striking video game actors carried picket signs and marched outside the Warner Bros. studio…
Video game actors strike explained: SAG-AFTRA takes a stand
Video game performers are officially on strike.The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called a walkout this week on behalf of roughly…
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…
New SAG-AFTRA contract ratified by members after strike
Members of performers union SAG-AFTRA have voted in favor of the contract that ended the actors’ strike, following a weeks-long ratification period that saw a…
SAG-AFTRA releases draft contract as members vote
SAG-AFTRA has released the full draft agreement it reached with the major studios that ended the 118-day actors’ strike earlier this month. The Screen Actors…
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…
Hollywood political donations expected after SAG-AFTRA strike ends with deal
Hollywood political donations, sharply stymied by this year’s drawn-out entertainment-industry strikes, are expected to spike now that the Screen Actors Guild has reached a tentative…
SAG-AFTRA board approves a landmark deal to end the strike
SAG-AFTRA’s national board of directors on Friday approved a tentative contract negotiated with the major studios earlier this week to end the nearly four-month long…
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 responds to studios’ ‘final’ offer
SAG-AFTRA has responded to what the alliance representing the major Hollywood studios characterized as its “last, best and final” offer to end the actors’ strike.…
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 talks start again as the window for a deal closes
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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…