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...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 03.04.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — "Slumdog Millionaire" continued its rags-to-riches march through Hollywood's awards season as its filmmaker, Danny Boyle, won the ...
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media
LA, as a municipality, is responsible for operating public access channels, and no cable company has the right to shut them down until the City has the opportunity to replace the channels.
Michael Russnow | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment
Thanks to the WGA strike, management now takes the artistic community seriously, but it couldn't have been accomplished without the support provided by the Screen Actors Guild.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment
I'm advised by a AMPTP spokesman that this offer tracks the AFTRA and DGA/WGA deals in terms of minimums, new media, and other provisions.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.01.2008 | Entertainment
Union disputes are underway because actors want to control their own images and avoid being overexposed. That also sounds sensible - until you consider the tens of thousands of clips already available online illegally.
Roger Wolfson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
The groundwork for the writers' strike started with something the town rarely notices: a routine, biannual WGA election.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Joel and Ethan Coen won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday for "No Country for Old Men," giving them th...
Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.24.2009 | Entertainment