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The Screen Actors Guild has made permanent the status of interim national executive director David White.
Actor Ken Howard, a proponent of merging two actors unions for better negotiating clout, has been elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, the union said Thursday.
Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild voted to declare its opposition to the planned closure of an historic motion picture home where many well-known actors have spent their last days.
After a year of nasty infighting, members of the Screen Actors Guild decided by a large margin that the show must go on.
A group of Hollywood actors remains staunchly opposed to a proposed two-year deal with the major studios, and is gearing up to fight its ratification by members.
The Screen Actors Guild board of directors on Saturday rejected the "last, best and final offer" by Hollywood producers for a new contract.
A California judge on Thursday rejected a request to reinstate the ousted executive director of the Screen Actors Guild, a decision that ends a round of infighting and paves the way for renewed talks with movie studios.
The board of the Screen Actors Guild on Monday ousted the guild's chief negotiator and national executive director, Doug Allen.
"Slumdog Millionaire" continued its unlikely rise from low-budget underdog to the highest Hollywood heights, winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for best cast of a motion picture.
The Screen Actors Guild is going to press on with plans for a strike authorization vote, but needs to reassess when to send out ballots after the end of a contentious meeting that lasted nearly 30 hours, its president said Tuesday.
Nominees for the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild awards:
Citing division among its membership, the Screen Actors Guild delayed a vote that would authorize the union to call a strike and bring the entertainment business to a halt.
Delivering a rebuke to the leadership of the Screen Actors Guild, more than 130 actors signed a letter urging their colleagues to reject a strike-authorization vote in January.
The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator.
The Screen Actors Guild officially stands opposed to the California ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage.
A vote by the leaders of the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday has simultaneously ratcheted up negotiation efforts and the possibility of strike.
The Screen Actors Guild's negotiating committee voted Wednesday to support a strike authorization vote, a tactic meant to break stalled contract talks with Hollywood studios.
The Screen Actors Guild says back-channel talks are under way with Hollywood studios on a contract to replace the one that expired on June 30.
More than 30 actors dissatisfied with stalled contract talks said Wednesday they have joined to campaign for seats on the Screen Actors Guild's board of directors, a move that could eventually break the stalemate with Hollywood studios.
More than 30 actors dissatisfied with stalled contract talks said Wednesday they have joined to campaign for seats on the Screen Actors Guild's board of directors, a move that could eventually break the stalemate with Hollywood studios.
The Screen Actors Guild weighed bargaining strategies Friday after Hollywood producers warned a souring economy could cause them to reconsider their contract offer.
On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday.
George Clooney will cope. Brad and Angelina can live off . Reese Witherspoon won’t have to model at trade shows.
Hollywood producers sent the clearest sign yet on Monday that they won't lock out actors if negotiators don't settle on a labor contract before the current pact expires early Tuesday.
Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.
SAG board turns down studio offerBut SAG negotiators balked at the studios' demand that the union's contract expire in three years, rather than two years. Studio executives insist that a three-year contract is necessary to ensure stability.
California labor coalition asks state justices to overturn Prop. 8"It really does establish the potential for a slippery slope of taking away the rights of one group and then potentially the rights of another group and another group," Art Pulaski, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation, said during a teleconference wit …
Drama dims chances of SAG strikeWill they or won't they. That is the question...
US: The crisis in the Screen Actors Guild and the need for a new political perspectiveThe ongoing crisis in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) underscores the need for a new political perspective that takes as its starting-point a struggle against the conglomerates that operate the television networks and major film studios.
Newsvine - More than 130 A-list actors oppose strike voteHooray for these A-List actors.
Tina Fey Caps Stellar Year With SAG Nominations Actress Tina Fey capped a stellar year on Thursday when her television comedy "30 Rock" shared top billing at the Screen Actors Guild nominations, earning nods for best actress and the coveted best ensemble comedy cast.
A-list stars oppose strikeMore than 130 Hollywood stars including Oscar winners George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Morgan Freeman and Sally Field oppose a strike authorisation vote by the Screen Actors Guild.
Actors' Strike Threat Casts Shadow Over Oscars Even as Oscar organizers on Friday unveiled Hugh Jackman as the host of their gala film awards, the prospect of a U.S. actors strike was casting a long shadow over whether Hollywood's big show would go on as usual.
Screen Actors Guild Contract Impasse Could Lead to StrikeThe actors union is asking its members to vote whether or not to authorize a strike. . . . At issue is whether the actors guild, a notoriously fractious union, can persuade enough members to authorize its board to call a strike should negotiations fail.
Actors Union to Seek Strike Authorization The main union representing U.S. film and television actors said on Saturday it would seek a strike authorization vote by members after federal mediation failed to break a logjam in labor talks with major Hollywood studios.
US: Screen Actors leadership calls for federal mediatorThe Screen Actors Guild (SAG) held its annual national membership meeting at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday.
Lifetime achievement award for Darth VaderJames Earl Jones, whose booming voice gave the world the villainous Darth Vader in Star Wars, will receive the 2008 life achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.
Screen Actors Guild's negotiating committee calls for strike voteThe Screen Actors Guild's negotiating committee voted Wednesday to support a strike authorization vote, a tactic meant to break stalled contract talks with Hollywood studios.
US actors' union rejects pay dealUS acting union the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has put forward a fresh proposal over pay after rejecting the latest offer made by Hollywood studios.
No plans to strike, says SAG presidentThere's good news and bad news coming from the on-going talks between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Are you ready for another strike?Just when you thought you could sit back in your comfy chair and watch TV this fall, comes news that possible Screen Actor's Guild strike that has been talked about for weeks is very close to actually happening.
SAG rallies against AFTRA: Guild member encourage to vote down dealVariety reports: The SAG-AFTRA hatefest has shifted into high gear, with fighting on multiple fronts over the upcoming membership vote on AFTRA's primetime deal.
AMPTP Walks From SAG TalksThis is a virtual repeat of how the group representing the Big Media companies acted during bargaining with the WGA, including how the AMPTP and moguls pitted the directors guild against the writers guild. Only this time the AMPTP is manipulating actors versus actors.
AMPTP suspends negotiations with SAGRaise your hand if you saw this one coming. The prospects for another strike went up as negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) once again broke down, with the AMPTP moving to negotiations with AFTRA.
The Screen Actors Guild begins contract negotiations with the studiosHere we go again. We have barely healed from the wounds that the Writers Guild of America strike opened up late last year, now it's the Screen Actors Guild's turn to make us nervous about the television we watch.
US TV and film actors sever ties Unions representing TV and film actors in the US have abandoned their plans to work together in forthcoming contract negotiations with Hollywood studios.
The film and television writers' strike: the dead-end of the trade union perspectiveThe WSWS reports and comments:
SAG Show Is New Star of Awards TelecastsFor most of their first 13 years, the Screen Actors Guild Awards played little more than the role of a seat-filler. This year they might be the biggest star in town.
Writers' strike shutters high-dollar productionsThe writer is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists in Los Angeles.
Writers' Strike Starts to Hit ActorsStudios invoke 'force majeure' clause in contracts. Dozens of actors joined striking writers on the picket lines this week. They may also soon be joining scribes in not collecting a full paycheck.
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