Hollywood’s hot labor summer has brought near-historic solidarity among thousands of union members, who have banded together on sweaty picket lines around Los Angeles and New York. That is until SAG-AFTRA began granting permission to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, who is an executive producer on Noora Niasari’s debut film Shayda, will not be attending the pic’s August 12 closing-night screening at the Locarno Film Festival out of support […]
Getting paid $900,000 a year to manage artificial intelligence projects for Netflix would’ve been an eye-popping sum even before two of Hollywood’s major unions went on strike. But now that the Writers Guild of America […]
The 2023 Emmy Awards have been postponed due to the ongoing actors’ and writers’ strikes, The New York Times and Variety report. The ceremony was originally slated for September 18, and does not currently have […]
Keisha Zollar is no stranger to the picket line. She’d been on strike with the WGA for weeks before her second guild, SAG-AFTRA, joined the writers. “I’m [on] double strike,” Zollar tells The Times. “How […]
EXCLUSIVE: For those awards strategists wondering whether stars from indie U.S. films can promote at the fall film festival troika, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland says “We’re looking at that issue.” […]
For the first time in 60 years, writers and actors are on strike at the same time. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA are walking picket lines together as a result of the […]
As the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced a strike last week, joining the Writers Guild of America’s monthslong efforts to cease production work in order to negotiate […]
Disney’s upcoming horror comedy “Haunted Mansion” premiered Saturday with influencers and ghoulish costumed characters from the Disneyland theme-park attraction walking the red carpet instead of the film’s Hollywood stars. The live-action film — which stars […]
Sean Gunn wants Netflix executives to share the wealth with the actors they rely on. The “Gilmore Girls” star, who joined his fellow Hollywood workers on the picket line this week, told The Hollywood Reporter […]
It’s been quite a week for filmmaker Andrew Ahn. On Wednesday, his Hulu film Fire Island earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Television Movie, and on Thursday night at the opening of Outfest he received […]
Actors have joined writers, who have been on strike since May 2, on the picket lines. SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached an impasse Wednesday in negotiations […]
The 41st edition of Outfest is underway in Los Angeles after an opening night event dominated by talk of the actors strike. “Let’s also acknowledge the elephant in the room,” Outfest Executive Director Damien Navarro said […]
The U.S. film industry is now, for all intents and purposes, dead. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has announced that they will go on strike, joining the […]
With film and television actors potentially joining screenwriters by going on strike as soon as their union’s contract expires Wednesday at 11:59 p.m., debates about Hollywood’s future are escalating quickly. Figuring prominently in those debates […]
Stanley Tucci takes no issue with straight actors playing gay characters — as long as it’s done “the right way.” The Oscar-nominated actor waded into the debate surrounding LGBTQ+ casting on Sunday’s episode of BBC […]
Although he’s been in a heterosexual marriage for over a decade, Stanley Tucci has a bit of a reputation for playing gay characters. Speaking in a recent interview with BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs […]
EXCLUSIVE: With 54 hours to go before SAG-AFTRA’s current contract with the studios expires, both sides are considering extending negotiations until next week or slightly later. That extension could run until July 7, we are […]
No hard feelings, but if you’re a Method actor, Jennifer Lawrence wants nothing to do with you. In a recent appearance on “Hot Ones,” host Sean Evans asked Lawrence what it was like to work […]
The search for actor Julian Sands, who vanished five months ago on a hike in Southern California, will “continue in a limited capacity,” authorities said Monday after renewed attempts over the weekend yielded nothing. “Saturday’s […]