SAG-AFTRA looks to unionize intimacy coordinators
2 months, 4 weeks ago

SAG-AFTRA looks to unionize intimacy coordinators

LA Times  

Intimacy coordinators join SAG-AFTRA members on strike on Oct. 25, 2023, in New York City. Actors’ union SAG-AFTRA is making a bid to represent intimacy coordinators employed by companies in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The move comes four years after SAG-AFTRA set rules for the use of intimacy coordinators on film sets in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Intimacy coordinators not only provide assistance in navigating these scenes but they also create a safety net for performers ensuring consent and protection throughout the entire process,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in a statement. The intimacy coordinator organizing committee said in a statement that being part of the union would “ensure the sustainability of our profession.” “Right now, intimacy coordinators work without any protections and without standardized wages or benefits,” the organizing committee said.

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Hollywood intimacy coordinators unanimously vote to unionize under SAG-AFTRA
1 month, 1 week ago

Hollywood intimacy coordinators unanimously vote to unionize under SAG-AFTRA

LA Times  

Intimacy coordinators have unanimously elected to unionize under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Intimacy coordinators are the professionals who help actors navigate scenes involving nudity, simulated sex and other sensitive scenarios on set. “In these sobering times with looming threats to environmental protections and women’s equality, it is refreshing to see the entertainment industry’s recognition …

SAG-AFTRA, video game companies resuming negotiations as actors’ strike continues
2 months, 1 week 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 …

SAG-AFTRA investigating Vincent Gallo’s alleged behavior during film auditions
11 months, 1 week ago

SAG-AFTRA investigating Vincent Gallo’s alleged behavior during film auditions

LA Times  

Performers union SAG-AFTRA has launched an investigation after multiple women reported complaints about actor Vincent Gallo’s alleged behavior during auditions for an upcoming film. A spokesperson for the filmmaker and Pacific Media Productions told Rolling Stone that a SAG-AFTRA intimacy coordinator was hired for production on the film, which was “carried out in a safe, protective and respectful environment.” “We …

Jennifer Aniston urged to be 'open' to intimacy coordinators and to help 'educate' those who may need extra support - after she sparked backlash by REFUSING guidance for steamy sex scene with Jon Hamm
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jennifer Aniston urged to be 'open' to intimacy coordinators and to help 'educate' those who may need extra support - after she sparked backlash by REFUSING guidance for steamy sex scene with Jon Hamm

Daily Mail  

Aniston revealed she turned down having an IC on The Morning Show Intimacy coordinators are urging Jennifer Aniston to be 'open' to the need for their support after she revealed she refused help during a steamy sex scene with Jon Hamm because she is 'old school.' Recent comments made by the likes of Friends actress Jennifer Aniston and Game of …

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

SAG-AFTRA releases draft contract as members vote
1 year, 1 month ago

SAG-AFTRA releases draft contract as members vote

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher speaks to striking members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union as they gathered outside the Main Bronson Gate of Paramount Studios during a rally. SAG-AFTRA has released the full draft agreement it reached with the major studios that ended the 118-day actors’ strike earlier this month. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists previously …

What’s in the SAG-AFTRA deal? Here’s what the union has to say, including about AI terms
1 year, 1 month 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 …

A 7% wage increase, new AI protections and other highlights from the SAG-AFTRA contract
1 year, 1 month ago

A 7% wage increase, new AI protections and other highlights from the SAG-AFTRA contract

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA members have suspended their strike as they await a vote on a tentative deal reached with the alliance representing major Hollywood studios and streamers. The guild’s negotiating committee said the contract would “enable SAG-AFTRA members from every category to build sustainable careers” and that “thousands of performers now and into the future will benefit from this work.” After the …

The actors strike is over – tentative deal reached with Hollywood studios
1 year, 1 month ago

The actors strike is over – tentative deal reached with Hollywood studios

Salon  

SAG-AFTRA has officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with film and TV studios, thus ending the longest actors strike in Hollywood history. The agreement includes major pay increases — which are significantly higher than the increases received by the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America, Variety reported — along with first-ever protections …

SAG-AFTRA and the studios just reached a deal to end the actors’ strike. What’s next?
1 year, 1 month ago

SAG-AFTRA and the studios just reached a deal to end the actors’ strike. What’s next?

LA Times  

Performers union SAG-AFTRA and the alliance representing the major Hollywood studios reached a tentative deal Wednesday to end the historic, 118-day actors’ strike. SAG-AFTRA’s national board will review the deal After it voted unanimously to approve the tentative agreement, the guild’s negotiating committee must now pass the deal along to SAG-AFTRA’s national board of directors. “There’s only a handful of …

SAG-AFTRA committee approves deal with studios to end historic strike
1 year, 1 month ago

SAG-AFTRA committee approves deal with studios to end historic strike

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee has approved a tentative deal with the major studios that would end a nearly four-month-long strike that has sidelined thousands of workers and hobbled much of Los Angeles’ signature entertainment industry. “We have arrived at a contract that will enable SAG-AFTRA members from every category to build sustainable careers,” the guild’s television and theatrical negotiation committee said …

Actors strike | Hollywood studios make offer to SAG-AFTRA, hoping to end 113-day strike
1 year, 1 month ago

Actors strike | Hollywood studios make offer to SAG-AFTRA, hoping to end 113-day strike

The Hindu  

Hollywood's major studios made an offer to Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on Friday that they hope will end the 113-day actors strike, reported Variety. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had earlier warned the actors union that if a settlement was not struck by the end of this week, the networks would be …

SAG-AFTRA and major studios delay bargaining session to Thursday
1 year, 1 month ago

SAG-AFTRA and major studios delay bargaining session to Thursday

LA Times  

Performers union SAG-AFTRA and the alliance representing the major Hollywood studios will meet Thursday in hopes of ending the 104-day actors’ strike that has shuttered film and TV production and dealt a severe blow to the entertainment industry. Remember — don’t believe anything you read in the press unless it comes directly from us.” Earlier this month, negotiations between the …

SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP to resume talks Tuesday as strike reaches 100 days
1 year, 2 months ago

SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP to resume talks Tuesday as strike reaches 100 days

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA members join the Writers Guild of America on the picket line outside Netflix in Los Angeles in July. SAG-AFTRA and the alliance representing major studios are scheduled to resume negotiations Tuesday, as the Hollywood actors’ strike reaches the 100-day milestone. The two sides said in a joint statement they would meet at SAG-AFTRA Plaza in Los Angeles with “several …

SAG-AFTRA and studios to meet for a second day in talks to resolve actors’ strike
1 year, 2 months ago

SAG-AFTRA and studios to meet for a second day in talks to resolve actors’ strike

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, white cap front, and the union’s national executive director and chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, left, greet picketers at Netflix in Los Angeles on July 14. But we’d rather be going back to work like everyone else.” In a joint statement Monday evening, SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf …

SAG-AFTRA and the studios to resume talks
1 year, 2 months ago

SAG-AFTRA and the studios to resume talks

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and others at a rally outside City Hall in New York on Aug 1. SAG-AFTRA, which represents 160,000 performers, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of the major entertainment companies, said in a joint statement that they will meet on Monday to discuss a new film and TV contract. …

SAG-AFTRA members vote to authorize strike against video game companies
1 year, 2 months ago

SAG-AFTRA members vote to authorize strike against video game companies

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA members voted overwhelmingly in favor of giving their leaders authority to strike against video game companies if they can’t reach a deal over a new contract, the union announced Monday. “After five rounds of bargaining, it has become abundantly clear that the video game companies aren’t willing to meaningfully engage on the critical issues: compensation undercut by inflation, unregulated …

SAG-AFTRA strikes: Every film and TV series that’s allowed to continue production under interim agreements
1 year, 4 months ago

SAG-AFTRA strikes: Every film and TV series that’s allowed to continue production under interim agreements

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Films 3-2 Pulldown, The, Charles Golding 47 Days, Reel Big Studios …

SAG-AFTRA moves to rein in controversial side deals with independent producers
1 year, 4 months ago

SAG-AFTRA moves to rein in controversial side deals with independent producers

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher faces a media scrum at her appearance at the Netflix picket line in Los Angeles in July. SAG-AFTRA is taking steps to restrict its approval of side agreements with independent producers after the union faced criticism that such deals undermine the efforts of Hollywood’s dual strikes. About 15% to 20% projects approved for interim agreements were …

How divided are SAG-AFTRA and the studios? Here’s what the two sides say
1 year, 5 months ago

How divided are SAG-AFTRA and the studios? Here’s what the two sides say

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA members take to the picket line outside Netflix in Los Angeles. SAG-AFTRA, the union representing Hollywood actors and other performers, has laid out its contract proposals — and what it said were the film and television studios’ responses — shedding more light on the impasse that led to its walkout last week. “After we agreed to their compressed bargaining …

SAG-AFTRA strike: Actors' walkout, their demand and AI. Everything you need to know
1 year, 5 months ago

SAG-AFTRA strike: Actors' walkout, their demand and AI. Everything you need to know

India Today  

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists strike has shaken the entertainment industry. The SAG-AFTRA strikes a bargain at the gap of every three years with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers which includes studios and streaming services such as Disney, Warner Bros and Netflix. READ | Hollywood studios wants to use AI replicas of actors …

Hollywood actors’ union SAG-AFTRA votes to strike. ‘We are the victims here.’
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood actors’ union SAG-AFTRA votes to strike. ‘We are the victims here.’

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA’s national board of directors on Thursday voted unanimously to approve a strike action by tens of thousands of Hollywood actors, widening the scope of labor unrest in an entertainment industry that is already facing numerous headwinds. “A strike is certainly not the outcome we hoped for as studios cannot operate without the performers that bring our TV shows and …

SAG-AFTRA and studios turn to federal mediator as strike threat looms
1 year, 5 months ago

SAG-AFTRA and studios turn to federal mediator as strike threat looms

LA Times  

Negotiators for SAG-AFTRA and the major studios have agreed to bring in a federal mediator to help resolve a bitter contract dispute, even as the union raised fresh doubts about whether a strike could be averted. “We will not be manipulated by this cynical ploy to engineer an extension when the companies have had more than enough time to make …

SAG-AFTRA prepares for a possible strike as contract talks continue
1 year, 5 months ago

SAG-AFTRA prepares for a possible strike as contract talks continue

LA Times  

Actress and activist Jane Fonda speaks outside Netflix headquarters in Hollywood last week to support writers on strike. Here are four reasons why If Hollywood studios and SAG-AFTRA cannot reach a deal by Friday night, actors may strike over their main film and TV contract for the first time since 1980. “SAG-AFTRA may soon call for a strike — a …

SAG-AFTRA agrees to extend negotiations with studios, averting a strike for now
1 year, 5 months ago

SAG-AFTRA agrees to extend negotiations with studios, averting a strike for now

LA Times  

Writers Guild of America members, with support from SAG-AFTRA, picket at Sony Studios in Culver City on May 9, 2023. SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s biggest union, has agreed to extend negotiations with the studios to allow more time for the two sides to hash out an agreement that could avert a second industry strike. “In order to exhaust every opportunity to achieve …

Actors’ strike ends: The SAG-AFTRA deal, what happened and what’s next
1 year, 5 months ago

Actors’ strike ends: The SAG-AFTRA deal, what happened and what’s next

LA Times  

In July, Hollywood’s actors joined writers on picket lines for the first time in 63 years. After nearly four months, the actors’ strike has ended after SAG-AFTRA’s leadership approved a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Nov. 8. Who was on strike? Members of of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio …

SAG-AFTRA members may go on strike soon. Here are four reasons why
1 year, 5 months ago

SAG-AFTRA members may go on strike soon. Here are four reasons why

LA Times  

Actress and activist Jane Fonda speaks during a “Striking 9 to 5” picket line in front of Netflix headquarters in Hollywood on June 29, 2023. It would mark the first time since 1960 that the major studios would face simultaneous strikes by actors and writers, who walked out May 2 in a dispute fueled mainly by streaming pay. That was …

SAG-AFTRA members approve strike authorization by overwhelming margin
1 year, 6 months ago

SAG-AFTRA members approve strike authorization by overwhelming margin

LA Times  

Picketers with the Writers Guild of America outside the Sunset Bronson Studios along Sunset Blvd. Members of SAG-AFTRA have voted to strike if they can’t reach a deal with studios over a new contract by June 30, underscoring widening labor tensions across Hollywood. “This strike authorization means we enter our negotiations from a position of strength, so that we can …

SAG-AFTRA seeks strike authorization even before talks with studios begin
1 year, 7 months ago

SAG-AFTRA seeks strike authorization even before talks with studios begin

LA Times  

In a sign of escalating labor relations in Hollywood, SAG-AFTRA is asking its 160,000 members to authorize a strike before it has even started contract negotiations with the major studios. The performers union said Wednesday night that its board had unanimously agreed to pursue a strike authorization vote, which would give union leaders the ability to stage a walkout if …

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