Shazam star Zachary Levi says criticism of SAG-AFTRA strike was taken ‘out of context’

1 month ago

The View’s Joy Behar walks back Elon Musk comments after saying he was ‘pro-apartheid’

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The View’s Joy Behar walks back Elon Musk comments after saying he was ‘pro-apartheid’

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Guy Pearce says he ‘wanted to punch snobby actress’ over ‘horrible attitude’

The Independent

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Severance creator debunks long-standing theory about the show

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Justin Baldoni claims he was ‘aggressively berated’ by Ryan Reynolds for ‘fat-shaming’ Blake Lively

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

MTV Hustle Controversy Explained: Rohan Cariappa YouTube Strike, Raftaar’s Reaction And Boat's Stand On Creators' Freedom

ABP News

New Delhi: The music reality show ‘MTV Hustle’ is now embroiled in a heated controversy, and the hashtag #ShameOnMTVHUSTLE is trending online. Here's a breakdown of what happened: Rohan Cariappa and the YouTube Strike The whole thing started when Rohan Cariappa, a comedian, said that his YouTube account was about to be deleted because of "50-plus strikes" on his videos …

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5 months ago

Zachary Levi leaves actor 'utterly heartbroken' following anti-vax remarks citing Gavin Creel's tragic death

Daily Mail

Zachary Levi was widely slammed after linking the COVID-19 vaccine to the recent death of Gavin Creel at 48, with fellow actor Norbert Leo Butz saying he was 'utterly heartbroken' by the move. Zachary Levi, 44, was widely slammed after linking the COVID-19 vaccine to the recent death of Gavin Creel at 48, with fellow actor Norbert Leo Butz saying …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

SAG-AFTRA, video game companies resuming negotiations as actors’ strike continues

LA Times

Striking video game actors walk the picket line in August outside the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. Performers union SAG-AFTRA and the major gaming companies are returning to the bargaining table for the first time since video game actors went on strike in July. Roughly 2,600 performers doing voice-over and motion-capture work in the video game industry have been on …

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6 months ago

Vanessa Feltz sends warning to Phillip Schofield as he announces TV comeback

The Independent

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6 months ago

Video game actors’ union calls for strike against ‘League of Legends’

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — “League of Legends” is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood’s actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the blockbuster online multiplayer game. The union said when Formosa learned it could not cancel the game, the company “secretly transferred the game to a shell company and sent out casting notices for …

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6 months ago

SAG-AFTRA calls strike against ‘League of Legends,’ the latest move in video game actors’ battle

LA Times

SAG-AFTRA has added “League of Legends” to its list of struck video games. SAG-AFTRA has added “League of Legends” to its list of struck video games in an effort to punish audio company Formosa Interactive for allegedly violating terms of the ongoing strike by video game actors. The union — which condemned Formosa’s alleged actions as “an appalling attempt to …

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6 months ago

Strictly star Nick Knowles shares health update after ‘painful’ arm injury

The Independent

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Spider-Verse producer calmly denies claim about final film that worried fans

The Independent

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Boys: Firecracker star asks fans for ‘boundaries’ after ‘uncomfortable’ experience at Comic-Con

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Video game actors’ strike: SAG-AFTRA says 80 games have agreed to its AI terms

LA Times

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced Thursday that the makers of 80 video games have agreed to the union’s proposed AI terms as the video game performers’ strike rages on. “The sheer volume of companies that have signed SAG-AFTRA agreements demonstrates how reasonable those protections are,” Sarah Elmaleh, chair of SAG-AFTRA’s video game negotiating committee, …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Video games: The SAG-AFTRA strike shows how A.I. is threatening the whole industry.

Slate

Video game workers—whatever their job, employer, or status—have clearly had enough. They quickly earned recognition from parent company Microsoft, marking the first wall-to-wall effort to succeed at any of the Big Tech firm’s gaming studios. By Friday, gaming performers and voice actors represented by the Screen Actors Guild began a strike, affecting operations across 10 major gaming studios including Epic …

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8 months ago

Video game actors are on strike. Here’s what that means

LA Times

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, center, and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, left, the union’s national executive director and chief negotiator, picket outside Netflix in Los Angeles. Union leaders took the step after they could not reach an agreement on artificial intelligence terms while bargaining for a new contract with the top video game companies, including Activision, Electronic Arts, Insomniac and Blindlight. “We’re not …

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8 months ago

SAG-AFTRA goes on strike against the video game industry

The Hindu

Hollywood's video game performers announced they would go on strike, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections. Effective July 26 at 12:01 a.m. Today's vote to strike comes after more than a year and a half of negotiations without a deal.#VideoGameStrike#LevelUpTheContract#SagAftraStronghttps://t.co/8InNdB05k8 …

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8 months ago

After more than a year of negotiations, SAG-AFTRA video game performers are on strike

NPR

After more than a year of negotiations, SAG-AFTRA video game performers are on strike Union actors and performers in SAG-AFTRA declared a strike against video game firms over artificial intelligence. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: As of midnight, union voiceover actors, stunt performers and those whose motions are captured digitally stopped working for the major video game companies. DEL BARCO: Norris …

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8 months ago

Video game actors are now on strike. Here’s why

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s video game performers went on strike Friday after negotiations with game industry giants that began more than a year and a half ago came to a halt over artificial intelligence protections. The union says the unregulated use of AI poses “an equal or even greater threat” to performers in the video game industry than it does …

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8 months ago

Video game performers will go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s video game performers announced they would go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections. A spokesperson for the video game producers, Audrey Cooling, said the studios offered AI protections, but SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee said …

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8 months ago

Video game performers call strike against gaming companies

NPR

Video game performers call strike against gaming companies toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Actors and performers in the union SAG-AFTRA have declared a strike against video game companies. in video game development has become a central issue in negotiations: “We’re not going to consent to a contract that allows companies to abuse A.I. Sponsor Message SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan …

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8 months ago

Video game actors are going on strike after contract talks fail over AI terms

LA Times

Video game performers are going on strike for the second time in a decade. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator of performers union SAG-AFTRA, called a strike Thursday on behalf of thousands of video game actors covered by the Interactive Media Agreement. The Interactive Media Agreement — a contract covering roughly 2,600 performers who do voice-over and motion-capture …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Andy Samberg says he quit Saturday Night Live because he ‘hadn’t slept in seven years’

The Independent

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9 months ago

Hollywood’s video game actors want to avoid a strike. The sticking point in their talks? AI

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — For more than a year and a half, leaders of Hollywood’s actors union have been negotiating with video game companies over a new contract that covers the performers who bring their titles to life. “The fundamental issue is, at this moment, an unwillingness by this bargaining group to provide an equal level of protection from the dangers …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Jon Hamm says he was in ‘two minds’ about reprising Don Draper for Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop Tart movie ‘Unfrosted’

The Independent

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nickelodeon star Kel Mitchell says Dan Schneider yelled at him in a closet

The Independent

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Hollywood crew concerned over lack of jobs ever since strike ended: Report

Hindustan Times

Is Hollywood back to normal after the SAG AFTRA strike that ended on November 9? A new report by LA Times shares that several crew members are facing a touch scenario working in the entertainment industry as the work opportunities have dried up. What the report said The new report added a response by Diego Mariscal, a dolly grip who …

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10 months ago

Comedian calls for traumatic filming of TV rape scenes to end

The Independent

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10 months ago

Playing JK Rowling’s detective in Strike? My integrity sits fine with it, says Tom Burke

The Independent

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

SAG-AFTRA taps Nielsen for streaming data to enforce new contract

LA Times

The SAG-AFTRA strike won concessions from Netflix and others about sharing streaming viewership data. SAG-AFTRA has tapped audience measurement company Nielsen to provide streaming data that will inform how the performers union enforces certain terms of its new contract with the top studios. “New business models require new tools, and that’s why we’ve enlisted Nielsen,” said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about the ‘extreme left’ ruining comedy

The Independent

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11 months ago

Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval counter ‘Vanderpump’ co-star Rachel Leviss’ revenge-porn lawsuit

LA Times

“Vanderpump Rules” exes Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval fired back at former co-star Rachel Leviss, denying her allegations that they distributed sexually explicit videos without her consent. Last week, Madix and Sandoval filed separate responses in Los Angeles County Superior Court to Leviss’ February lawsuit, which accuses the former romantic partners of eavesdropping, revenge porn, invasion of privacy and “intentional …

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1 year ago

Lakeith Stanfield: ‘As a black man, I don’t want to be on the front line every single day’

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Jonathan Majors sits down for first interview since guilty verdict

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Vanessa Feltz coeliac comments rise up ranks of most complained-about moments of 2023

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Performers criticise ‘complete disregard’ over AI complaints following Sag-Aftra deal

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Ellen Barkin says she was ‘thrown off’ SAG-AFTRA health insurance

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

SAG-AFTRA Hollywood actors formally end four month strike: Ratify three-year contract after industrial action brought Tinseltown to its knees

Daily Mail

Hollywood´s actors have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months, bringing an official finish to the labor strife that shook the entertainment industry for most of 2023. The approval of the three-year contract from the members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced Tuesday night by union …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Actors vote to approve deal that ended strike, bringing relief to union leaders and Hollywood

The Hindu

Hollywood's actors have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months, leaders announced Tuesday. “This contract is an enormous victory for working performers, and it marks the dawning of a new era for the industry,” the union said in a tweet announcing the results Tuesday evening. SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher told The Associated …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Actors vote to approve deal that ended strike, bringing relief to union leaders and Hollywood

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Actors vote to approve deal that ended strike, bringing relief to union leaders and Hollywood

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s actors have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months, bringing an official finish to the labor strife that shook the entertainment industry for most of 2023. “I’m very happy with the result,” Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s executive director and chief negotiator, told The Associated Press Tuesday night. “The AMPTP …

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1 year, 3 months ago

SAG-AFTRA members easily ratify new contract after actors’ strike

LA Times

Members of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA rally outside of Disney Studios in Burbank. Hollywood Inc. SAG-AFTRA releases draft contract as members vote SAG-AFTRA has released the full draft agreement it reached with the major studios that ended the 118-day actors’ strike earlier this month. “With this vote, the industry and the jobs it supports will be able to return in …

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1 year, 4 months ago

SAG-AFTRA leaders defend AI protections: ‘We achieved the best possible deal’

LA Times

SAG-AFTRA leaders are defending the artificial intelligence terms of their tentative deal with the major Hollywood studios in response to criticism from some members that the union did not secure enough protections for performers. And so that was the feeling of our negotiating committee who passed.” On Monday, the guild released an 18-page document summarizing the tentative deal, which states …

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1 year, 4 months ago

What’s in the SAG-AFTRA deal? Here’s what the union has to say, including about AI terms

LA Times

SAG-AFTRA has released a summary of its tentative agreement with the Hollywood studios. The employer also must get the performer’s permission to use the replica, “unless the photography or sound track remains substantially as scripted, performed and/or recorded.” The employer must pay the performer for the amount of days they would have been required to perform scenes featuring their digital …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Timothee Chalamet raps about his manhood before getting SPANKED by Kenan Thompson and a surprise drop-in from Alec Baldwin… as he hosts first SNL episode since actors strike ended

Daily Mail

Timothee Chalamet served as the host of the newest episode of Saturday Night Live. Front and center: Timothee Chalamet served as the host of the newest episode of Saturday Night Live Back to work: The 27-year-old actor headlined the fourth installment of the long-running sketch comedy show's 49th season, which happened to be the first episode of the program to …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Hollywood actors’ union approves deal with studios, ending strike

Al Jazeera

The deal brings an end to months-long halt in production, allowing thousands in film and TV to resume work. The board members from the Hollywood actors’ union have approved a deal with major studios, ending the months-long strikes that had halted the production of hundreds of films and television shows. On Thursday, the actors’ union said a preliminary deal had …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Tech Disrupted Hollywood. AI Almost Destroyed It

Wired

The thread was 10 tweets long—verbose by X standards—and 219 words, but there was just one word that stuck out. In the context of the rapid rise of generative AI, it’s worth reading in full: “We have achieved a deal of extraordinary scope that includes ‘above-pattern’ minimum compensation increases, unprecedented provisions for consent and compensation that will protect members from …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Actors Strike | Hollywood's labor stoppage is over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn't

The Hindu

Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happy-ever-after. There’s too much content and nobody seems to be able to make any profit from it,” says Jonathan Taplin, director emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and author of “The End of Reality: How Four …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Sag-Afra: What happens now the actors’ strike is over?

The Independent

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