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Happy Belated Daddy Day

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 06.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Changing Work Rules, Later Motherhood, Tony Randall, Breaking Entertainment News, New Later Fatherhood, Families and Work Institute, Birth Control, Dads Childcare, Father's Day, Birth Timing, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, Breaking Living News, Relationships, Work-Life Balance, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

While wishing Happy Daddy Day this weekend, let's take a minute to appreciate how much more involved in the lives of their kids dads are today.

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SAG Resolution Resolves Little for Film Business

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.12.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

With the SAG contract ratified, will the film business finally get back to normal? Unfortunately, no. Although we'll see a brief spike in production,...

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SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22%

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

In a stunning defeat for the hardline Membership First faction, SAG's TV/theatrical contract passed overwhelmingly, by a 78%-22% margin (almost 4 to 1...

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TV Series Pickups Favor AFTRA 5 to 1

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Several months ago, we learned that pilot season this year was 94% AFTRA (or 87% by some calculations), a complete 180 from its usual 90% SAG. That di...

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Produced By Conference a Success

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Producers, Breaking Entertainment News, Producers Guild, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

It's tough to get anything produced in Hollywood, and a conference is no exception. Two years in the making, the two-day Produced By Conference not on...

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"Where's Waldo" Movie Finds Home at Universal Studios

reuters.com | Posted 06.03.2009 | Home

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The studio has picked up the movie rights to the popular children's book series from Classic Media with the aim of making a live-action family film. ...

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SAG-AFTRA Ratify Advertising Agreement; SAG Townhall Features Fireworks

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

SAG and AFTRA announced yesterday that their combined paid-up membership, about 132,000 members, overwhelmingly ratified the contracts between the uni...

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SAG Executive Director: TV/Theatrical Deal Will Pass

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.20.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

David White heralded the proposed agreement between SAG and the studios as "a good deal with solid gains," and added that "Within the context of negotiations [lasting] over a year and an economy changed radically since 2008, it's a fantastic deal."

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SAG's Strange Voyage

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aftra, Sag, Amptp, Breaking Entertainment News, Labor, Screen Actors Guild Strike, Hollywood Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Where did the Screen Actors Guild go? After months of news, the guild fell off the radar screen. The quiet was deceptive however.

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SAG Hardliners' Picnic No Walk in the Park

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

SAG President Alan Rosenberg, who spoke at the picnic cum rally, predicted "a good chance" of defeat for the pending TV/theatrical deal, but that seems unlikely if MF can only attract a handful of members to an event in LA.

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SAG Hardliners: The Trojan Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.13.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

SAG's Hollywood branch, dominated by the hardline Membership First faction, has passed a motion forming a task force to explore "acquisition of actors...

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SAG TV/Theatrical Ballots Later Than Expected; SAG Litigation Continues; and More

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.29.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

The ballots for SAG's recently approved TV/theatrical contract won't be going out until mid to late May, a source tells me, several weeks later than t...

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SAG Board Approves Studio Deal

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.20.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

The Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors today voted to approve and recommend to members, new, two-year successor agreements to the 2005 Producer-Screen Actors Guild Codified Basic Agreement.

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SAG & Studios Agree to Tentative Deal

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Hanging over all of this are the twin factors of the economy and new media. The troubled economy will continue to harm the entertainment industry for some time to come.

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SAG Stalemate Update

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

The Screen Actors Guild stalemate grinds on. Variety says there are back-channel talks with studio heads, but it's hard to know whether talks are actu...

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Tax Day, Conor Oberst Style - Give to Charity, Give Away a Film

Marissa Moss | Posted 04.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mystic Valley Band, Donating to Charity, Taxes, Causecast, Conor Oberst, Breaking Entertainment News, Merge Records, Obama Election Day, Conor -Oberst -Outer- South, Outer South, Conor-Oberst-Obama, Conor Oberst Mexico, Entertainment News
Marissa Moss

Conor and I had a conversation back before the election about his activism, politics, and, of course, the music.

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SAG and the Studios: The Next Roadblocks

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Last year proved that time is not on SAG's side. Recall that the union's then-leadership wanted better terms in new media than the other Hollywood uni...

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SAG-AFTRA Ad Deal Done

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aftra, Sag, Breaking Entertainment News, Labor, Screen Actors Guild Strike, Hollywood Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Advertising, Commercials, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

SAG and AFTRA reached a deal with the advertising industry, retaining the compensation structure for broadcast network commercials, and resisting the industry's attempt to reduce pension and health contributions.

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Hollywood Crew Deal Ratified

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

As expected, the membership of IATSE, the union representing Hollywood crew members, ratified that organization's proposed contract with the studios y...

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Actors' Commercials Negotiations Deteriorate

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Though it gets less play than the stalled SAG TV/theatrical talks, SAG and AFTRA have been jointly negotiating for several weeks with the advertising industry over the commercials contract.

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Pilot Season 94% AFTRA

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

66 out of 70 TV pilots this year will be shot under AFTRA jurisdiction, reports the Hollywood Reporter today. That's 94% for AFTRA and only 6% for SAG...

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Artistically Challenged: How the Economic Crisis Impacts Artists

Ambria Miscia | Posted 03.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Breaking Entertainment News, Entertainment, Al Pacino, Economic Crisis, Annie Liebovitz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Julian Schnabel, Carrie Underwood, Economy, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Ambria Miscia

For many artists, I predict this recession will have no effect whatsoever -- after all, we've been living like vagabonds for years and have it down to a science!

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Hollywood Labor Roundup

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Directors Guild, Sag, Amptp, Breaking Entertainment News, Dga, Labor, Writers Guild Strike, Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild Strike, Hollywood Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Wga, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Keeping you up to date on miscellaneous goings-on in the world of Hollywood labor, here's what's happened in the last week or so: SAG Commercial...

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Leno's All Charged Up

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Breaking Entertainment News, Jay Leno, Labor, Writers Guild, Writers Guild Strike, Hollywood Strike, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Wga, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Leno's case is a political hot potato, because it pits the power of a Hollywood guild against the even greater power of one of its prominent members.

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SAG Rejects Studio Offer; Back to Stalemate

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sag, Amptp, Breaking Entertainment News, Labor, Screen Actors Guild Strike, Hollywood Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

By a vote of 73% to 27%, the Screen Actors Guild board of directors voted Saturday to reject the studios' most recent offer, which the studio alliance...

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