Sag Strike

SAG Rejects Latest Offer From Hollywood

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 07.11.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The Screen Actors Guild weighed bargaining strategies Friday after Hollywood producers warned a souring economy could cause them t...

Hollywood Studios Set August Deadline For SAG Contract

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 07.10.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The Screen Actors Guild rejected the latest contract offer from Hollywood studios on Thursday but claimed it was willing to negoti...

Hollywood Studios Set August Deadline As SAG Vows To Seek Better Deal

Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2008 | Entertainment


A day after the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) approved a deal with the major Hollywood studio for a three-contract, the ...

Screen Actors Guild: What's Next?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Hollywood's quiet today. Still, with the studios' "final offer" on the table, the natural question is, what happens next -- and will there be a strike?

What the World Needs Now is Patti Lupone

Alec Baldwin | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment


Alec Baldwin

Before I get into Obama, the SAG strike and renewable energy, I wanted to talk about Patti LuPone. Yeah. That's right. Patti LuPone.

Marxism in Hollywood

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.28.2008 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Marx posited that history repeats itself: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. This year seems proof of that with the SAG commercials contract expiring this fall.

SAG Talks Start Today

Jonathan Handel | Posted 04.15.2008 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Most movie and television production is currently scheduled to cease by mid- to late June, to avoid the risk of actors walking off set and shutting down on an active production.

The SAG Negotiations: Two Short Videos By German Actors Explain Why TV and Film Actors Have To Remain Vigilant

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.23.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

A better case could not be made for what's at stake for all of us who work in the American entertainment industry than a video produced by German actor Andreas Stenschke.

The SAG Negotiations: Why George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Others May Have Exercised a Faulty Strategy

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

The methods these well-intentioned actors have employed seem to be of a hurrying design that take the air out of the balloon of solidarity and play right into the hands of the AMPTP.

Writers Strike Primer: Special SAG Edition

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 01.05.2008 | Entertainment


Robert J. Elisberg

Actors have zero obligation to join the picket line -- none. That so many have is stunning. More would always be merrier, yet the numbers have grown as the strike has gone on.


 

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