Sean Astin To Run For SAG-AFTRA President
The Lord of the Rings actor Sean Astin is seeking to replace SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher in the upcoming union election. Astin has submitted a bid to lead the 160,000-member ...
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California Lawmakers Pass Amendments To Film & TV Tax Credit Program; Newsom Signs Bill – Update
UPDATED: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has now signed the bill, saying in a statement from his office that it would “further strengthen the state’s commitment to film and television production.” ...
SAG-AFTRA Inks Tentative New Deal With Major Video Game Developers That Includes “Necessary A.I. Guardrails”
After more than 10 months on strike, SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative deal with the major video game companies. Specific terms of the new Interactive Media Agreement, which the union ...
IBEW Touts “Landmark” New Tentative Agreement With CBS
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the largest union representing CBS employees, has reached a new tentative agreement with the network that it calls a “landmark” deal with “one of ...
SAG-AFTRA’s ‘Here’s Looking At You L.A.’ & Mayor Karen Bass Push For State & Federal Tax Incentives To Get Hollywood Working Again
In a soiree intersection of media, labor and real politick, SAG-AFTRA wants to pull the home of Hollywood together to get Tinseltown working again. “Revitalizing California’s most recognizable industry isn’t ...
UK Actors Union Is “Industrial Action Ready” If Pact & Streamer Negotiations Collapse, Says Re-elected Gen Sec Paul Fleming
The re-elected General Secretary of UK actors union Equity has returned to the possibility of strike action if negotiations with UK producer trade body Pact and the streamers collapse. Speaking ...
Show Us The Money: When Can Productions Expect To Reap Benefits Of California’s Proposed $750M Film & TV Tax Credit Expansion?
Amid the swirl of the Trump administration’s nascent plans to “Make Hollywood Great Again,” California is on the verge of revamping its Film & TV Tax Credit Program in the ...
SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Says Union Open To “Advancing A Dialogue” With White House On U.S. Film Production After Trump Tariff Proposal
SAG-AFTRA‘s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is the first of the Hollywood labor leaders to speak out after President Donald Trump announced his plan to impose 100% tariffs on films made outside the ...
WGA East Decries Polygon’s Sale To Valnet & Fifth Round Of Layoffs Since November As “Self-Defeating” & “Short-Sighted”
The Writers Guild of America East did not mince its words when addressing the news that Vox Media had sold video game website Polygon, reportedly resulting in mass layoffs. Pointing ...
The Novels We’re Reading in May
This month, we’re immersing ourselves in novels that explore the personal and societal costs of ambition in two of the globe’s economic powerhouses: the Gulf and Singapore. Gulf: A Novel ...
