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Anthony Bourdain Creates "Alternate Universe" Animated Web Series

Kim Mance | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment


Kim Mance

If you ever wondered what really goes on inside Anthony Bourdain's head, there's a new animated web-series giving the outspoken chef/writer even more room to vent.

Will Cameron Douglas Do More Prison Time Than Colombia's Top Drug Kingpin?

Anthony Papa | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment


Anthony Papa

It's time to end these draconian war on drugs laws and implement a sentencing structure that promotes fairness and justice.

Fixing the Residuals System

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.24.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

The residuals system is broken. It's expensive to administer and is an invitation to conflict as platforms such as new media evolve. Yet we need resid...

Happy Belated Daddy Day

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living


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.

SAG Resolution Resolves Little for Film Business

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment


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,...

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

reuters.com | Posted 07.04.2009 | Home


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. ...

SAG Executive Director: TV/Theatrical Deal Will Pass

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment


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."

SAG's Strange Voyage

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment


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.

SAG Hardliners' Picnic No Walk in the Park

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment


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.

SAG Hardliners: The Trojan Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment


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...

SAG Board Approves Studio Deal

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment


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.

SAG & Studios Agree to Tentative Deal

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment


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.

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

Marissa Moss | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment


Marissa Moss

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

SAG and the Studios: The Next Roadblocks

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.06.2009 | Entertainment


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...

SAG-AFTRA Ad Deal Done

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.02.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Actors' Commercials Negotiations Deteriorate

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.17.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Artistically Challenged: How the Economic Crisis Impacts Artists

Ambria Miscia | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment


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!

Leno's All Charged Up

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Is SAG Becoming Irrelevant?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

The Screen Actors Guild is besieged by bad news, and thanks to the misguided strategies of the previously-dominant hard-line faction, the union may be slipping towards irrelevance.

4 Essential Marketing and PR Elements of a Chick Flick

Kathy St. Fort | Posted 03.17.2009 | Entertainment


Kathy St. Fort

How many of those essential ingredients of the Chick Flick stew have been thrown in the Confessions of a Shopaholic pot?

SAG President's Appeal Denied

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.16.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Friday the 13th proved unlucky for SAG president Alan Rosenberg and his co-plaintiffs in their lawsuit against their own union.

SAG Board Re-Do Successful

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.12.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

The SAG Board met yesterday and re-affirmed actions already taken in writing two weeks earlier: the ouster of former National Executive Director Doug Allen and the replacement of the negotiating team.

WGA Awards Fete Slumdog, Milk, Mad Men, 30 Rock

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.10.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Writers are a more subdued bunch than actors, but the WGA Awards included a red carpet. Of course, the visiting actors attracted most of the attention.

Screen Actors Guild President Calls Actors "Frightened Little Children"

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.02.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

The chance of a strike is close to zero.

SAG Moderates File Document to Fire National Executive Director

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

The moderates on the SAG National Board today delivered a document to SAG headquarters that ousts Doug Allen as National Executive Director and dissolves the negotiating committee.