Chris Keyser and David Goodman, the veteran showrunners who steered the five-month Writers Guild of America strike last year, warned guild members on Sunday to stay vigilant in a fast-changing business landscape despite the gains of last year’s historic labor action.
“Though this strike is over, the fight goes on. If we take our eye off the ball, everything we gained can literally go away tomorrow,” Goodman told the crowd at the Writers Guild Awards at the Hollywood Palladium.
Goodman and Keyser served as co-chairs of the WGA’s negotiating commttee last year. The pair, both past presidents of the WGA West, were honored with the guild’s Morgan Cox Awards for dedicated service.
“Nothing is given to labor that it does not demand,” Keyser told the crowd.
Keyser said the long struggle of last year was the end result of a long period of getting the union to...
“Though this strike is over, the fight goes on. If we take our eye off the ball, everything we gained can literally go away tomorrow,” Goodman told the crowd at the Writers Guild Awards at the Hollywood Palladium.
Goodman and Keyser served as co-chairs of the WGA’s negotiating commttee last year. The pair, both past presidents of the WGA West, were honored with the guild’s Morgan Cox Awards for dedicated service.
“Nothing is given to labor that it does not demand,” Keyser told the crowd.
Keyser said the long struggle of last year was the end result of a long period of getting the union to...
- 4/15/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
The second episode of Files of the Unexplained explores the Ghosts of the Myrtles Plantation. There have been many unexplained occurrences in the Myrtle plantations to date, which many people are seeking answers to. It has become a tourist attraction for people who are intrigued by the paranormal activities. However, the plantations have a very sad history of slavery, which has to be better understood from the perspectives of the experts who have studied the house thoroughly. Is there any truth to the folklore revolving around the Myrtle plantation? Did the tourists really experience paranormal activities at the residence? Let’s find out!
Spoilers Ahead
What Is The History Behind The Myrtle Plantation?
Over the past 40 years, the Myrtle Plantation has been an area of curiosity for paranormal activities. The caretaker, Hester Eby, while showing around the Myrtles plantation, said that it was one of America’s most haunted homes that was located in St.
Spoilers Ahead
What Is The History Behind The Myrtle Plantation?
Over the past 40 years, the Myrtle Plantation has been an area of curiosity for paranormal activities. The caretaker, Hester Eby, while showing around the Myrtles plantation, said that it was one of America’s most haunted homes that was located in St.
- 4/3/2024
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
The Writers Guild of America East has named Sam Wheeler executive director after its previous staff leader announced his departure last fall.
Wheeler, currently the national executive director of the American Guild of Musical Artists, will start at the writers’ union on April 1. The union’s council announced the hire on Monday, saying that Wheeler’s appointment came after a “months-long search.”
“I am honored to join the Wgae as Executive Director,” Wheeler said in a statement. “I want to thank President Cullen, the Officers, and the Council for placing their trust in me. Wgae members have built a dynamic, member-led, fighting union and I am thrilled to be part of the work ahead.
Wheeler has held his current leadership position at the Agma, which represents staging staffers, singers and dancers in the fields of opera, ballet and choral performance, since 2022. He joined the union originally in 2019 as its eastern counsel,...
Wheeler, currently the national executive director of the American Guild of Musical Artists, will start at the writers’ union on April 1. The union’s council announced the hire on Monday, saying that Wheeler’s appointment came after a “months-long search.”
“I am honored to join the Wgae as Executive Director,” Wheeler said in a statement. “I want to thank President Cullen, the Officers, and the Council for placing their trust in me. Wgae members have built a dynamic, member-led, fighting union and I am thrilled to be part of the work ahead.
Wheeler has held his current leadership position at the Agma, which represents staging staffers, singers and dancers in the fields of opera, ballet and choral performance, since 2022. He joined the union originally in 2019 as its eastern counsel,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Night two of the Creative Arts Emmys got underway at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Night one saw “The Last of Us” dominate the night with eight wins. “The White Lotus” and “The Bear” won four apiece, with “Beef” going home with three.
The evening focused on competition, unscripted and documentary programs. Hulu’s “Welcome to Wrexham” dominated the evening with five wins. “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” took home four Emmys.
Stephanie Filo made history as the first editor to be nominated in a single year for three different shows and the first Black female editor to be nominated three times in a single year. She won the Emmy for picture editing for variety programming for HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” alongside fellow editors Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason.
Speaking backstage about working with Robin Thede and on a show with a predominantly female cast and crew,...
Night one saw “The Last of Us” dominate the night with eight wins. “The White Lotus” and “The Bear” won four apiece, with “Beef” going home with three.
The evening focused on competition, unscripted and documentary programs. Hulu’s “Welcome to Wrexham” dominated the evening with five wins. “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” took home four Emmys.
Stephanie Filo made history as the first editor to be nominated in a single year for three different shows and the first Black female editor to be nominated three times in a single year. She won the Emmy for picture editing for variety programming for HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” alongside fellow editors Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason.
Speaking backstage about working with Robin Thede and on a show with a predominantly female cast and crew,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Thousands of mourners converged on St. Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, Ireland, on Friday to pay their respects to the late Pogues frontman, Shane MacGowan. MacGowan died of complications from pneumonia on Nov. 30.
Those in attendance included Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Bob Geldof, and Ireland’s President, Michael D. Higgins, according to Sky News. MacGowan’s sister, Siobhan MacGowan, told the congregation that her brother’s veins had run “with Irish blood.”
Cave performed the Pogues song “A Rainy Night in Soho” at the service. His face looked emotional,...
Those in attendance included Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Bob Geldof, and Ireland’s President, Michael D. Higgins, according to Sky News. MacGowan’s sister, Siobhan MacGowan, told the congregation that her brother’s veins had run “with Irish blood.”
Cave performed the Pogues song “A Rainy Night in Soho” at the service. His face looked emotional,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Longtime Writers Guild of America West general counsel Tony Segall is retiring from the position, the union announced to members on Monday.
As Segall steps into an outside counsel role, in-house WGA West lawyer Sean Graham, currently the director of the union’s agency department, will ascend to the general counsel position. In addition, Jonah J. Lalas — a partner at the labor-focused firm Segall co-founded, Rothner, Segall & Greenstone — will join the union as an outside counsel after previously working on arbitrations for the union.
“I have been fortunate to work with and learn from Tony throughout my time at the Guild as he has played a role in every part of the Guild’s work, from organizing drives to public policy to negotiations,” WGA West executive director Ellen Stutzman said in the message to members on Monday. “We all owe Tony a great debt for the work he has done...
As Segall steps into an outside counsel role, in-house WGA West lawyer Sean Graham, currently the director of the union’s agency department, will ascend to the general counsel position. In addition, Jonah J. Lalas — a partner at the labor-focused firm Segall co-founded, Rothner, Segall & Greenstone — will join the union as an outside counsel after previously working on arbitrations for the union.
“I have been fortunate to work with and learn from Tony throughout my time at the Guild as he has played a role in every part of the Guild’s work, from organizing drives to public policy to negotiations,” WGA West executive director Ellen Stutzman said in the message to members on Monday. “We all owe Tony a great debt for the work he has done...
- 12/5/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the town flocked to picket lines during a historic 148-day writers strike and 118-day actors strike, moguls took a hit (looking at you, Bob Iger), stars made blunders (why, Drew Barrymore?) and others saw their stock rise (Lindsay Dougherty holds court next with the studios) …
Winners
Fran Drescher & Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
To be sure, SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating team faced its challenges in 2023, from growing impatience in the industry over the length of its bargaining process to celebrity resistance to the union’s restrictive Halloween strike rules. Ultimately, though, Drescher in particular ably combated some of the criticism (openly discussing the heart-shaped plushie she brought to negotiations) and the union won a wide-reaching contract.
Ellen Stutzman
The WGA West assistant executive director was thrust into the spotlight in February when the union’s usual chief negotiator, David Young, stepped out on medical leave. Stutzman was named to take his place in negotiations,...
Winners
Fran Drescher & Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
To be sure, SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating team faced its challenges in 2023, from growing impatience in the industry over the length of its bargaining process to celebrity resistance to the union’s restrictive Halloween strike rules. Ultimately, though, Drescher in particular ably combated some of the criticism (openly discussing the heart-shaped plushie she brought to negotiations) and the union won a wide-reaching contract.
Ellen Stutzman
The WGA West assistant executive director was thrust into the spotlight in February when the union’s usual chief negotiator, David Young, stepped out on medical leave. Stutzman was named to take his place in negotiations,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg, Gary Baum, Katie Kilkenny, Alex Weprin, Rick Porter, Caitlin Huston, Winston Cho and Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Young, the longtime executive director of the Writers Guild of America West, is stepping down, the guild announced on Friday.
Ellen Stutzman, who served as chief negotiator through its 148-day strike this year, will take over as executive director.
Young was initially expected to lead this year’s negotiations, but surprisingly took a medical leave in February, shortly before talks began.
“It has been an honor to work with and for writers,” Young said in a statement on Friday. “I’ve also been lucky to collaborate with the Guild’s staff, which is superb.”
Even though Young has been on leave since February, he was still consulting with the WGA behind the scenes, according to a source who spoke with him over the summer.
Several guild leaders issued statements in praise of Young’s tenure. Meredith Stiehm, the president of WGA West, called Young a “shrewd, creative strategist.” David Goodman,...
Ellen Stutzman, who served as chief negotiator through its 148-day strike this year, will take over as executive director.
Young was initially expected to lead this year’s negotiations, but surprisingly took a medical leave in February, shortly before talks began.
“It has been an honor to work with and for writers,” Young said in a statement on Friday. “I’ve also been lucky to collaborate with the Guild’s staff, which is superb.”
Even though Young has been on leave since February, he was still consulting with the WGA behind the scenes, according to a source who spoke with him over the summer.
Several guild leaders issued statements in praise of Young’s tenure. Meredith Stiehm, the president of WGA West, called Young a “shrewd, creative strategist.” David Goodman,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The David Young era is ending at the Writers Guild.
The WGA West Board of Directors told members in a letter today that the union’s longtime Executive Director, who has spearheaded multiple bargaining campaigns on behalf of the writers including the 2020 negotiations, is exiting when his contract expires. Ellen Stutzman, who served as Wgaw’s chief negotiator during its 148-day strike this year, has been promoted to the post.
Young went on medical leave in February, ahead of the Writers Guild strike, and 18-year Wgaw vet Stutzman was tapped to lead contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers.
Known for his bare-knuckle negotiating style, Young joined as the head of the guild’s organizing department in 2004 and was upped to Executive Director the following year. During a heated phone call in 2020, Young famously told WME partner Rick Rosen that he “should kick his ass” but...
The WGA West Board of Directors told members in a letter today that the union’s longtime Executive Director, who has spearheaded multiple bargaining campaigns on behalf of the writers including the 2020 negotiations, is exiting when his contract expires. Ellen Stutzman, who served as Wgaw’s chief negotiator during its 148-day strike this year, has been promoted to the post.
Young went on medical leave in February, ahead of the Writers Guild strike, and 18-year Wgaw vet Stutzman was tapped to lead contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers.
Known for his bare-knuckle negotiating style, Young joined as the head of the guild’s organizing department in 2004 and was upped to Executive Director the following year. During a heated phone call in 2020, Young famously told WME partner Rick Rosen that he “should kick his ass” but...
- 11/4/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
After 18 years at the top of the Writers Guild of America West, executive director David Young is departing. And the chief negotiator who led the union in its latest round of negotiations amid a historic strike — Ellen Stutzman — will take his place.
The WGA West board of directors announced the leadership transition to members on Friday. “Our membership owes David a great debt. His organizing experience and strategic acumen were essential to building the Guild into the fighting organization it is today,” the group stated in it message. Young will remain at the union through the remainder of his contract, but Stutzman’s promotion is effective immediately.
Young, who joined the union in 2004 as an organizing director and stepped into the executive director role a year later, led the union through a momentous period, including the 100-day strike in 2007-8 that tackled what was then called “new media” and the...
The WGA West board of directors announced the leadership transition to members on Friday. “Our membership owes David a great debt. His organizing experience and strategic acumen were essential to building the Guild into the fighting organization it is today,” the group stated in it message. Young will remain at the union through the remainder of his contract, but Stutzman’s promotion is effective immediately.
Young, who joined the union in 2004 as an organizing director and stepped into the executive director role a year later, led the union through a momentous period, including the 100-day strike in 2007-8 that tackled what was then called “new media” and the...
- 11/4/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ellen Stutzman, who served as chief negotiator during the strike, has been named the new director of WGA West, the guild’s President Meredith Stiehm announced on Friday. Outgoing veteran David Young has held the position since 2005.
“Ellen is a steady, calm force to be reckoned with, as we all witnessed these past five months as she led us to victory in the 2023 strike,” said Stiehm. “She is beloved by staff and members, and I have every confidence in her as she steps into this role. Writers could not be in better hands.”
“There’s nothing more important – that determines the outcome of things more – than the right person at the right time. Ellen was that for us. The exact right person at a tenuous moment,” said former Wgaw president and 2023 WGA Negotiating Committee co-chair Chris Keyser.
“The first, maybe most important, decision we all made in the course of...
“Ellen is a steady, calm force to be reckoned with, as we all witnessed these past five months as she led us to victory in the 2023 strike,” said Stiehm. “She is beloved by staff and members, and I have every confidence in her as she steps into this role. Writers could not be in better hands.”
“There’s nothing more important – that determines the outcome of things more – than the right person at the right time. Ellen was that for us. The exact right person at a tenuous moment,” said former Wgaw president and 2023 WGA Negotiating Committee co-chair Chris Keyser.
“The first, maybe most important, decision we all made in the course of...
- 11/4/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Several subsidiaries of Hollywood’s major crew union are preparing for the union’s next round of negotiations by implementing a contract captain system.
Several major Locals of IATSE — The Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700), the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) and IATSE Local 728 — are creating these teams, which task volunteer union members with communicating negotiations information to a group of their peers while also passing on member sentiment to leaders, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The groups are being formed in advance of IATSE’s Basic Agreement negotiations, which are expected to begin as early as March before the pact’s July 31, 2024 expiration date.
In a communication to members about its new “contract action team,” the Editors Guild stated, “We don’t expect the next round of negotiations to be easy; we know that we need to be prepared to fight for the contract we deserve.
Several major Locals of IATSE — The Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700), the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) and IATSE Local 728 — are creating these teams, which task volunteer union members with communicating negotiations information to a group of their peers while also passing on member sentiment to leaders, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The groups are being formed in advance of IATSE’s Basic Agreement negotiations, which are expected to begin as early as March before the pact’s July 31, 2024 expiration date.
In a communication to members about its new “contract action team,” the Editors Guild stated, “We don’t expect the next round of negotiations to be easy; we know that we need to be prepared to fight for the contract we deserve.
- 10/19/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Writers Guild of America, on the union’s first day after its historic 148-day strike, staged a “rock concert” — as one showrunner described it — Wednesday night at the Hollywood Palladium as the guild celebrated its leadership and solidarity while outlining the deal points in its tentative Minimum Basic Agreement to its membership.
The meeting opened with a minutes-long standing ovation for the negotiating committee and was followed by a video featuring scenes and interviews from the picket lines and from various rallies held throughout the past 148 days of the work stoppage.
WGA West President Meredith Stiehm opened the meeting with the “official” announcement that the guild had reached a tentative new three-year Minimum Basic Agreement after what was the union’s second-longest strike in its history. Her remarks were met with one standing ovation after another as she recognized each and every member of the WGA’s leadership, board...
The meeting opened with a minutes-long standing ovation for the negotiating committee and was followed by a video featuring scenes and interviews from the picket lines and from various rallies held throughout the past 148 days of the work stoppage.
WGA West President Meredith Stiehm opened the meeting with the “official” announcement that the guild had reached a tentative new three-year Minimum Basic Agreement after what was the union’s second-longest strike in its history. Her remarks were met with one standing ovation after another as she recognized each and every member of the WGA’s leadership, board...
- 9/28/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Writers Guild of America West’s former chief negotiator David Young has been pulling the strings on negotiations with the Hollywood studios, Hollywood showrunners said in a private text group.
According to a text shared on Friday night in a 500-member WhatsApp group of showrunners: “Turns out the WGA negotiating committee calls David and runs everything by him.”
The text went on to say that on Thursday night, the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had agreed to a deal — but Young told them to go back and “ask for those other two points and ‘squeeze their nuts the same way we did the agents.'”
The text continued, “That’s what happened and that’s who’s been behind the scenes this entire time, hence why it’s taking so long.”
The WGA did not respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Young left...
According to a text shared on Friday night in a 500-member WhatsApp group of showrunners: “Turns out the WGA negotiating committee calls David and runs everything by him.”
The text went on to say that on Thursday night, the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had agreed to a deal — but Young told them to go back and “ask for those other two points and ‘squeeze their nuts the same way we did the agents.'”
The text continued, “That’s what happened and that’s who’s been behind the scenes this entire time, hence why it’s taking so long.”
The WGA did not respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Young left...
- 9/23/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
On the West Coast, the chief negotiator for the striking Writers Guild of America, Ellen Stutzman, is more than a week into an existential battle between the 20,000 union members she represents and the movie and television studios that are, for now, not at the bargaining table.
On Wednesday in New York, her parents, Fred and Anne Stutzman, were marching in support of their daughter and her union cohorts. The Stutzmans, and an aunt, Mary Stutzman, walked a picket line outside Amazon’s offices in Manhattan in the middle of a throng of chanting, cowbell-banging fellow marchers.
Related: As You Wish: Mandy Patinkin Picket Sign Invokes ‘Princess Bride’ As He & Bob Odenkirk Support WGA Strike In New York
“Somebody has to represent the East Coast in her family,” Mary Stutzman said. “These guys traveled from Albany; I just came from uptown.”
Ellen Stutzman grew up in upstate New York and quickly...
On Wednesday in New York, her parents, Fred and Anne Stutzman, were marching in support of their daughter and her union cohorts. The Stutzmans, and an aunt, Mary Stutzman, walked a picket line outside Amazon’s offices in Manhattan in the middle of a throng of chanting, cowbell-banging fellow marchers.
Related: As You Wish: Mandy Patinkin Picket Sign Invokes ‘Princess Bride’ As He & Bob Odenkirk Support WGA Strike In New York
“Somebody has to represent the East Coast in her family,” Mary Stutzman said. “These guys traveled from Albany; I just came from uptown.”
Ellen Stutzman grew up in upstate New York and quickly...
- 5/11/2023
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Showrunners packed the WGA Theater on Saturday in Beverly Hills during an hours-long guild meeting designed to update the TV industry’s senior writer-producers on the state of the WGA’s strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The meeting came after the first week of the strike and as studios including Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount, among others, sent letters last week demanding that showrunners continue non-writing producing duties, in some cases in ways that could potentially cross the picket line. Disney’s letter, for example, told showrunners that in this capacity they “may… be required” to perform so-called “(a) through (h) services,” the performance of which is banned by the WGA’s strike rules.
“Everyone is so aligned and united [across the board],” said one longtime showrunner attending the meeting who noted during the WGA strike of 2007-08, the question of returning to work as a producer...
The meeting came after the first week of the strike and as studios including Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount, among others, sent letters last week demanding that showrunners continue non-writing producing duties, in some cases in ways that could potentially cross the picket line. Disney’s letter, for example, told showrunners that in this capacity they “may… be required” to perform so-called “(a) through (h) services,” the performance of which is banned by the WGA’s strike rules.
“Everyone is so aligned and united [across the board],” said one longtime showrunner attending the meeting who noted during the WGA strike of 2007-08, the question of returning to work as a producer...
- 5/6/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg and Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two days into the Writers Guild of America’s first strike in 15 years, union leadership gathered members for a “rowdy” and “raucous” meeting at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium on Wednesday night.
The venue, which previously was home to such events as the Academy Awards and Grammys, drew more than 1,800 WGA members who gathered to hear from leaders about what led to the breakdown in negotiations between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — and ended up becoming something of an inter-union solidarity rally, with representatives from six different entertainment unions in attendance. (The Shrine has a capacity of 6,300.)
“I’ve been around 25 years and have never seen all the unions this united or on the same page,” one showrunner who was in attendance told THR after hearing leaders from each of the guilds speak. “They are all getting variously screwed by these companies and they...
The venue, which previously was home to such events as the Academy Awards and Grammys, drew more than 1,800 WGA members who gathered to hear from leaders about what led to the breakdown in negotiations between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — and ended up becoming something of an inter-union solidarity rally, with representatives from six different entertainment unions in attendance. (The Shrine has a capacity of 6,300.)
“I’ve been around 25 years and have never seen all the unions this united or on the same page,” one showrunner who was in attendance told THR after hearing leaders from each of the guilds speak. “They are all getting variously screwed by these companies and they...
- 5/4/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg, Katie Kilkenny and Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article contains details from real life events that will likely spoil upcoming episodes of HBO’s White House Plumbers.
Having learned most of what I know about the Watergate scandal from Mad magazine, it took me a while to realize White House Plumbers is a satire. The five-part HBO series telling the true story of the secret unit inside President Richard M. Nixon’s White House begins with The New York Times, not necessarily renowned for its comedic prowess. The story got the paper labeled as scions of “liberal media,” another term seemingly rendered spoof by the stringent journalistic standards of the periodical. The White House Plumbers pulled out their tools to stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and hit a water main. It appears predestined they would get clogged at a place called the Watergate.
The limited series begins with a disclaimer warning none of the names...
Having learned most of what I know about the Watergate scandal from Mad magazine, it took me a while to realize White House Plumbers is a satire. The five-part HBO series telling the true story of the secret unit inside President Richard M. Nixon’s White House begins with The New York Times, not necessarily renowned for its comedic prowess. The story got the paper labeled as scions of “liberal media,” another term seemingly rendered spoof by the stringent journalistic standards of the periodical. The White House Plumbers pulled out their tools to stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and hit a water main. It appears predestined they would get clogged at a place called the Watergate.
The limited series begins with a disclaimer warning none of the names...
- 5/2/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Updated with latest: Talks between the WGA and AMPTP will continue on Wednesday. As Deadline revealed on Friday, the two sides were scheduling more conversations during their previously planned two-week break. This comes as the guild scheduled its strike authorization vote earlier this week after saying said the studios “failed to offer meaningful responses on the core economic issues in any of the WGA’s primary work areas” and admitted that they have made “small moves” towards an agreement.
Previous Exclusive, March 31 Pm: We might be getting somewhere after it emerged that the writers and studios could hold more talks over the next two weeks.
Deadline understands that there is a proposal in place for the two sides to potentially talk next Tuesday.
This is a significant step in the negotiations between the WGA and AMPTP as there was a planned two-week break starting from the end of today, with...
Previous Exclusive, March 31 Pm: We might be getting somewhere after it emerged that the writers and studios could hold more talks over the next two weeks.
Deadline understands that there is a proposal in place for the two sides to potentially talk next Tuesday.
This is a significant step in the negotiations between the WGA and AMPTP as there was a planned two-week break starting from the end of today, with...
- 4/5/2023
- by Peter White, Dominic Patten and David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Air, Renfield, Beef, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Murder Mystery 2.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves premiere
Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith, Hugh Grant, Daisy Head and co-directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley walked the carpet at Sunday’s L.A. premiere of their Dungeons & Dragons flick.
Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith, Daisy Head, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Regé-Jean Page and Jeremy Latcham Chris Pine, Paramount Pictures president and CEO Brian Robbins, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Air premiere
After first debuting at SXSW, Ben Affleck and his cast of Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina and Chris Tucker brought their Nike film to Los Angeles on Monday.
Marlon Wayans,...
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves premiere
Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith, Hugh Grant, Daisy Head and co-directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley walked the carpet at Sunday’s L.A. premiere of their Dungeons & Dragons flick.
Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith, Daisy Head, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Regé-Jean Page and Jeremy Latcham Chris Pine, Paramount Pictures president and CEO Brian Robbins, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Air premiere
After first debuting at SXSW, Ben Affleck and his cast of Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina and Chris Tucker brought their Nike film to Los Angeles on Monday.
Marlon Wayans,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Much like the beginning of a Congressional hearing on a hot potato political topic, expectations for the first day of talks between the WGA and AMPTP were high, but largely began with formalities.
The two sides came together in Sherman Oaks this morning around 11 a.m. as large swathes of the TV and film industry wondered what the outcome would be for the most highly anticipated contract talks in 15 years.
The first hour and half was dedicated to opening statements with both sides, the writers and the studios, laying out the story or narrative of their proposals, which were submitted last week.
Neither side is giving out full details, but sources suggest that the initial vibe from the room is that, despite all of the talk of a potential strike, a deal can be reached.
The initial conversations were described as “cordial” and “level-headed” with some highlighting a different negotiating style from Ellen Stutzman,...
The two sides came together in Sherman Oaks this morning around 11 a.m. as large swathes of the TV and film industry wondered what the outcome would be for the most highly anticipated contract talks in 15 years.
The first hour and half was dedicated to opening statements with both sides, the writers and the studios, laying out the story or narrative of their proposals, which were submitted last week.
Neither side is giving out full details, but sources suggest that the initial vibe from the room is that, despite all of the talk of a potential strike, a deal can be reached.
The initial conversations were described as “cordial” and “level-headed” with some highlighting a different negotiating style from Ellen Stutzman,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Peter White and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America’s members have spoken, and they are supporting their union’s objectives for the 2023 round of contract negotiations.
In a vote over the union’s “pattern of demands” this year — a list of general priorities leaders would like to address in its negotiations with studios and streamers — 98.4 percent of the union was in favor, while 1.6 percent voted against, with 5,643 members voting in total. These figures represent an uptick in member engagement and approval of priorities compared with the 2020 round of negotiations, when 3,336 members voted and 90.7 percent supported that year’s pattern of demands.
2023’s pattern of demands called out “mini-rooms,” use of excerpts without compensation and material written with the assistance of artificial intelligence as being in need of further regulation. The list also prioritized raising minimum compensation, setting standard rates for films, expanding span protection (which defends TV writers from seeing the value of...
In a vote over the union’s “pattern of demands” this year — a list of general priorities leaders would like to address in its negotiations with studios and streamers — 98.4 percent of the union was in favor, while 1.6 percent voted against, with 5,643 members voting in total. These figures represent an uptick in member engagement and approval of priorities compared with the 2020 round of negotiations, when 3,336 members voted and 90.7 percent supported that year’s pattern of demands.
2023’s pattern of demands called out “mini-rooms,” use of excerpts without compensation and material written with the assistance of artificial intelligence as being in need of further regulation. The list also prioritized raising minimum compensation, setting standard rates for films, expanding span protection (which defends TV writers from seeing the value of...
- 3/7/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writers discussed their thoughts and concerns about their union’s upcoming negotiations — and its potential to trigger the entertainment industry’s first major strike in over 15 years — at the 2023 Writers Guild Awards ceremonies on Sunday night.
Nominees and winners alike discussed a potential work stoppage once the Writers Guild of America’s current contract with studios and streamers expires May 1 at the dual ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. In L.A., show host Janelle James got right to it in her opening monologue, joking that the ceremony was both an awards gathering and a “strike authorization vote,” and that if writers put down their pencils, they could “use any of that downtime to come up with movies starring Janelle James.” (If talks between studios and streamers and the union do break down after bargaining begins on March 20, the guild could call a strike authorization vote.)
Later in the West Coast ceremony,...
Nominees and winners alike discussed a potential work stoppage once the Writers Guild of America’s current contract with studios and streamers expires May 1 at the dual ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. In L.A., show host Janelle James got right to it in her opening monologue, joking that the ceremony was both an awards gathering and a “strike authorization vote,” and that if writers put down their pencils, they could “use any of that downtime to come up with movies starring Janelle James.” (If talks between studios and streamers and the union do break down after bargaining begins on March 20, the guild could call a strike authorization vote.)
Later in the West Coast ceremony,...
- 3/6/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meredith Stiehm, president of the WGA West, got right to the point in her remarks Sunday at the guild’s 2023 award ceremony. With contract negotiations less than two weeks aways, Stiehm rallied the troops about the need for solidarity, and she emphasized the guild’s role as serving as the “good sheriff” helping to tame the Wild West for writers.
The guild, Stiehm told the crowd at the Fairmont Century Plaza, is “walking around like Gary Cooper — low key but watchful, vigilent and a little swagger.” The guild is “looking to keep the peace” but is devoted to enforcing the rules established by its contracts. “The guild says there are rules, there are laws,” she said referring to a fight that the WGA recently settled over $42 million in residual payments owed to guild members.
“The guild with its superior stuff set that right and Netflix paid that $42 million,” she said.
The guild, Stiehm told the crowd at the Fairmont Century Plaza, is “walking around like Gary Cooper — low key but watchful, vigilent and a little swagger.” The guild is “looking to keep the peace” but is devoted to enforcing the rules established by its contracts. “The guild says there are rules, there are laws,” she said referring to a fight that the WGA recently settled over $42 million in residual payments owed to guild members.
“The guild with its superior stuff set that right and Netflix paid that $42 million,” she said.
- 3/6/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Meredith Stiehm, president of the WGA West, talked tough about the guild’s upcoming negotiations with the AMPTP in her speech Sunday at the WGA Awards.
She opened her remarks by referencing Robert Altman, who she said was called a “good sheriff in a bad town.”
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The WGA is now that good sheriff as it fights for a new deal for writers, she added. “We all know we kind of work in a bad town sometimes; there’s bullies, there’s schemers and people that aren’t on the level and...
She opened her remarks by referencing Robert Altman, who she said was called a “good sheriff in a bad town.”
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The WGA is now that good sheriff as it fights for a new deal for writers, she added. “We all know we kind of work in a bad town sometimes; there’s bullies, there’s schemers and people that aren’t on the level and...
- 3/6/2023
- by Peter White and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
There is a major change in the WGA negotiating team ahead of the March 20 start of talks with studios on a new contract. Wgaw Executive Director David Young, who has spearheaded multiple bargaining campaigns on behalf of the writers, is going on a medical leave of absence starting today, the guild’s leadership told members in an email this afternoon.
“Wgaw Assistant Executive Director Ellen Stutzman will serve as chief negotiator for the 2023 Mba negotiations,” the letter said. “Ellen has earned the confidence and full support of the Wgaw Board, Wgae Council, and the WGA Negotiating Committee. She will lead a staff with decades of experience negotiating and enforcing the Mba, and organizing and mobilizing members to support the Guilds’ contract campaigns.”
No additional information about Young’s condition or expected return day has been revealed but the guild’s officers wished him a full recovery on behalf of the entire membership.
“Wgaw Assistant Executive Director Ellen Stutzman will serve as chief negotiator for the 2023 Mba negotiations,” the letter said. “Ellen has earned the confidence and full support of the Wgaw Board, Wgae Council, and the WGA Negotiating Committee. She will lead a staff with decades of experience negotiating and enforcing the Mba, and organizing and mobilizing members to support the Guilds’ contract campaigns.”
No additional information about Young’s condition or expected return day has been revealed but the guild’s officers wished him a full recovery on behalf of the entire membership.
- 2/28/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
David Young, the chief negotiator for the Writers Guild of America, has bowed out of the negotiations on a new basic agreement due to a medical leave.
The WGA informed members Tuesday that Ellen Stutzman, the assistant executive director of the guild, will take over as chief negotiator.
The move comes just three weeks before the high-stakes negotiations are set to begin with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The current three-year contract is due to expire on May 1, and writers have been agitating for significant increases in wages and residuals and for measures to address “mini rooms.”
Young, the executive director of WGA West, has led every negotiation since 2007, when the union went on strike for 100 days. He has been a singular figure in the world of Hollywood labor. His aggressive reputation was cemented during the union’s agency campaign in August 2020, when he allegedly threatened to...
The WGA informed members Tuesday that Ellen Stutzman, the assistant executive director of the guild, will take over as chief negotiator.
The move comes just three weeks before the high-stakes negotiations are set to begin with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The current three-year contract is due to expire on May 1, and writers have been agitating for significant increases in wages and residuals and for measures to address “mini rooms.”
Young, the executive director of WGA West, has led every negotiation since 2007, when the union went on strike for 100 days. He has been a singular figure in the world of Hollywood labor. His aggressive reputation was cemented during the union’s agency campaign in August 2020, when he allegedly threatened to...
- 2/28/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
In a surprise development that could have major effects on upcoming talks, the Writers Guild announced that its assistant executive director Ellen Stutzman will take over as chief negotiator for the guild’s 2023 minimum basic agreement negotiations.
WGA West executive director David Young, who previously served in that role, is taking a medical leave of absence, the Guild told members Tuesday. “We know we speak for the entire Wgaw and Wgae memberships in wishing David a full recovery,” a host of guild leaders, including WGA West president Meredith Stiehm and WGA East president Michael Winship, said in a statement.
Stutzman, a 17-year veteran of the union, has been in the assistant executive director role since 2018 and has overseen the guild’s legal, agency, contracts, and research and public policy departments in that time. “As part of the executive staff, Ellen has played a key strategic role in the past three...
WGA West executive director David Young, who previously served in that role, is taking a medical leave of absence, the Guild told members Tuesday. “We know we speak for the entire Wgaw and Wgae memberships in wishing David a full recovery,” a host of guild leaders, including WGA West president Meredith Stiehm and WGA East president Michael Winship, said in a statement.
Stutzman, a 17-year veteran of the union, has been in the assistant executive director role since 2018 and has overseen the guild’s legal, agency, contracts, and research and public policy departments in that time. “As part of the executive staff, Ellen has played a key strategic role in the past three...
- 2/28/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The WGA is planning a series of meetings with top tier showrunners this week as it looks to rally the troops and gain support ahead of its negotiations with the AMPTP.
Deadline understands that the guild, including leadership and executive director David Young, is holding two meetings with key showrunners in LA. The first meeting is being held at 8:30am on February 28 in Santa Monica, and the second get-together is scheduled for 7:30pm on March 2 at WGA headquarters on Fairfax. Both meetings are understood to be in-person with no virtual option.
This comes ahead of its general membership vote on March 7 over its Pattern of Demands, which were unveiled earlier today.
The meetings are expected to be very similar in format and presentation to the meetings here in LA and in NYC that the Guild had with the general memberships over the past few weeks.
“It sounds...
Deadline understands that the guild, including leadership and executive director David Young, is holding two meetings with key showrunners in LA. The first meeting is being held at 8:30am on February 28 in Santa Monica, and the second get-together is scheduled for 7:30pm on March 2 at WGA headquarters on Fairfax. Both meetings are understood to be in-person with no virtual option.
This comes ahead of its general membership vote on March 7 over its Pattern of Demands, which were unveiled earlier today.
The meetings are expected to be very similar in format and presentation to the meetings here in LA and in NYC that the Guild had with the general memberships over the past few weeks.
“It sounds...
- 2/28/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The WGA is gearing up for upcoming contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, arguably its most important in over a decade.
This has prompted a group of top writers to look back at the lessons learned from the 2007-08 writers’ strike to see what can be applied to this year’s talks.
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Angela Workman, writer of The Zookeeper’s Wife, Chap Taylor, consulting producer on The Blacklist, Holly Sorensen, creator of the Step Up TV series, Flint Wainess, consulting producer of The CW’s In The Dark,...
This has prompted a group of top writers to look back at the lessons learned from the 2007-08 writers’ strike to see what can be applied to this year’s talks.
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Angela Workman, writer of The Zookeeper’s Wife, Chap Taylor, consulting producer on The Blacklist, Holly Sorensen, creator of the Step Up TV series, Flint Wainess, consulting producer of The CW’s In The Dark,...
- 1/18/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Lee Marvin, Vera Miles and Bradford Dillman shine a military courtroom drama, a TV movie released as a theatrical feature five years later. It’s small-scale but effective, with strong performances and a reasonably credible storyline. Marvin’s Ryker is on trial for his life, with the entire U.S. Army convinced that he’s a traitor. Attorney Bradford Dillman stumbles in his defense — other officers catch him consorting with Ryker’s wife. It’s a treat for Lee Marvin fans, provided they don’t expect the action epic depicted on the posters.
Sergeant Ryker
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1968 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 85 min. / Street Date January 10, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: Lee Marvin, Bradford Dillman, Peter Graves, Vera Miles, Lloyd Nolan, Murray Hamilton, Norman Fell, Walter Brooke, Charles Aidman.
Cinematography: Walter Strenge
Production Designer:
Art Director: John J. Lloyd
Film Editor: Robert B. Warwick
Original Music: John Williams
Written by Seelef Lester,...
Sergeant Ryker
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1968 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 85 min. / Street Date January 10, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: Lee Marvin, Bradford Dillman, Peter Graves, Vera Miles, Lloyd Nolan, Murray Hamilton, Norman Fell, Walter Brooke, Charles Aidman.
Cinematography: Walter Strenge
Production Designer:
Art Director: John J. Lloyd
Film Editor: Robert B. Warwick
Original Music: John Williams
Written by Seelef Lester,...
- 12/31/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Landing on Sky’s U.K. arm as England’s cricketers enter the knockout phase of this winter’s T20 World Cup, Ashley Gething’s one-off documentary “The Greatest Game” benefits from innately dramatic raw material. Held at Lord’s in 2019, the one-day World Cup final between England and New Zealand was quickly framed by some experts as the most thrilling cricket game ever witnessed: a high-stakes encounter before a roaring full house at the sport’s spiritual home with an outcome that remained in doubt until the last ball of a so-called “superover” — rare and unusual occurrence that effectively serves as a tiebreak.
As commentators on the day remarked, it was fairy-tale stuff, a screenplay you couldn’t write for fear of being dismissed as a fantasist. Two evenly matched sides, all-rounder Ben Stokes’ last-gasp heroics, extraordinary strokes of luck and flashes of skill: they’re all here, compressed...
As commentators on the day remarked, it was fairy-tale stuff, a screenplay you couldn’t write for fear of being dismissed as a fantasist. Two evenly matched sides, all-rounder Ben Stokes’ last-gasp heroics, extraordinary strokes of luck and flashes of skill: they’re all here, compressed...
- 11/10/2022
- by Mike McCahill
- Variety Film + TV
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The Writers Guild of America has named its negotiating committee for the pivotal 2023 round of contract talks covering film and television projects, the first to occur since Covid-19 disrupted the last round of talks two years ago.
With WGA West executive director David Young serving as chief negotiator, the 2023 negotiating committee overseeing the WGA’s Basic Agreement will be co-chaired by former WGA West presidents David Goodman and Chris Keyser. Prominent Guild members including John August, Kay Cannon, Mike Schur, David Shore and Davis Simon will serve on the negotiating committee, as well as WGA West leaders Meredith Stiehm, Michele Mulroney and Betsy Thomas and WGA East leaders Michael Winship, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen and Christopher Kyle.
Other members of the committee include WGA West board members Adam Conover, Angelina Burnett, Robb Chavis, Travis Donnelly, Ashley Gable, Eric Haywood and Nicole Yorkin and WGA...
The Writers Guild of America has named its negotiating committee for the pivotal 2023 round of contract talks covering film and television projects, the first to occur since Covid-19 disrupted the last round of talks two years ago.
With WGA West executive director David Young serving as chief negotiator, the 2023 negotiating committee overseeing the WGA’s Basic Agreement will be co-chaired by former WGA West presidents David Goodman and Chris Keyser. Prominent Guild members including John August, Kay Cannon, Mike Schur, David Shore and Davis Simon will serve on the negotiating committee, as well as WGA West leaders Meredith Stiehm, Michele Mulroney and Betsy Thomas and WGA East leaders Michael Winship, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen and Christopher Kyle.
Other members of the committee include WGA West board members Adam Conover, Angelina Burnett, Robb Chavis, Travis Donnelly, Ashley Gable, Eric Haywood and Nicole Yorkin and WGA...
- 11/7/2022
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The WGA East and WGA West have appointed the members of their negotiating committee for upcoming contract talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers – a showdown that could trigger the first writers strike since 2008. The guilds’ current contract expires May 1, 2023.
WGA West Executive Director David Young will serve as chief negotiator, with former WGA West presidents David A. Goodman and Chris Keyser serving as co-chairs. Patric M. Verrone, who was president of the WGA West during the 100-day writers’ strike of 2007-08, will be one of the 24 members of the negotiating committee.
In August, during the run-up to the WGA West’s board elections, several of the candidates who are now serving on the negotiating committee addressed a wide range of issues that could trigger a strike.
Angelina Burnett, who won a seat on the board and now serves on the negotiating committee, wrote in her campaign statement...
WGA West Executive Director David Young will serve as chief negotiator, with former WGA West presidents David A. Goodman and Chris Keyser serving as co-chairs. Patric M. Verrone, who was president of the WGA West during the 100-day writers’ strike of 2007-08, will be one of the 24 members of the negotiating committee.
In August, during the run-up to the WGA West’s board elections, several of the candidates who are now serving on the negotiating committee addressed a wide range of issues that could trigger a strike.
Angelina Burnett, who won a seat on the board and now serves on the negotiating committee, wrote in her campaign statement...
- 11/7/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America has tapped former presidents David Goodman and Chris Keyser to co-chair the guild’s negotiating committee, leading the fight on what are sure to be difficult bargaining with Hollywood’s major players in the first half of next year.
The WGA’s master contract covering most film and TV production is set to expire on May 1. With numerous economic issues and concerns about working conditions for middle-class writers, the negotiations are expected to be intense at a time when the TV and film sectors are in the throes of a messy transition to internet-delivered content on an increasingly on-demand basis.
Goodman, a showrunner known for his work with Seth MacFarlane on “Family Guy” and “The Orville,” is revered among WGA membership for successfully waging a three-year campaign against the top talent agencies that allowed the guild to ban the practice of agencies receiving packaging fees...
The WGA’s master contract covering most film and TV production is set to expire on May 1. With numerous economic issues and concerns about working conditions for middle-class writers, the negotiations are expected to be intense at a time when the TV and film sectors are in the throes of a messy transition to internet-delivered content on an increasingly on-demand basis.
Goodman, a showrunner known for his work with Seth MacFarlane on “Family Guy” and “The Orville,” is revered among WGA membership for successfully waging a three-year campaign against the top talent agencies that allowed the guild to ban the practice of agencies receiving packaging fees...
- 11/7/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
“Definition Please” director-writer Sujata Day will develop and write the next installment of the “American Pie” franchise for Universal 1440 Entertainment.
Based on Day’s original pitch, the upcoming “American Pie” film will feature a new take on the sex comedy franchise, which originally starred Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan and Chris Klein, among others.
Day made her directorial debut with 2020’s “Definition Please,” which won several accolades including for narrative feature film at Next Generation Indie Film Awards. She is also known for her role as CeCe in Issa Rae’s “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” and had a recurring role in HBO’s “Insecure.”
Day is repped by WME, Mosaic and Myman Greenspan. Plot details of the upcoming “American Pie” film are currently under wraps.
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Based on Day’s original pitch, the upcoming “American Pie” film will feature a new take on the sex comedy franchise, which originally starred Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan and Chris Klein, among others.
Day made her directorial debut with 2020’s “Definition Please,” which won several accolades including for narrative feature film at Next Generation Indie Film Awards. She is also known for her role as CeCe in Issa Rae’s “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” and had a recurring role in HBO’s “Insecure.”
Day is repped by WME, Mosaic and Myman Greenspan. Plot details of the upcoming “American Pie” film are currently under wraps.
Napa Valley Film Festival Returns With Film, Food and Wine Showcase
The Napa Valley Film Festival is returning to an...
- 9/29/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay, Michaela Zee, Selome Hailu and EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: SAG-AFTRA has collected more than 1 billion in dues and “agency fees” from its active members and financial core non-members since its founding 10 years ago with the merger of SAG and AFTRA, according financial reports the union files with the U.S. Department of Labor.
In a sign of their relative strengths at the time of their merger in 2012, the Screen Actors Guild had 129,092 active members and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists had 74,389 – many of whom were members of both unions. In the 10 months preceding the merger, SAG collected 43,873,668 in dues and AFTRA collected 26,824,853.
The entertainment industry’s largest union, SAG-AFTRA had a record 171,157 active dues-paying members as of April 30, 2022, the end of its last fiscal year. That’s up by nearly 6,000 members from the year before.
Even so, the 101.8 million in member dues and non-member “agency fees” it collected during the past year was down by more than 6 million from the prior year,...
In a sign of their relative strengths at the time of their merger in 2012, the Screen Actors Guild had 129,092 active members and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists had 74,389 – many of whom were members of both unions. In the 10 months preceding the merger, SAG collected 43,873,668 in dues and AFTRA collected 26,824,853.
The entertainment industry’s largest union, SAG-AFTRA had a record 171,157 active dues-paying members as of April 30, 2022, the end of its last fiscal year. That’s up by nearly 6,000 members from the year before.
Even so, the 101.8 million in member dues and non-member “agency fees” it collected during the past year was down by more than 6 million from the prior year,...
- 8/4/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to this review of Impact Wrestling’s biggest event of the year, Slammiversary… which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary as the event returns home to the Nashville Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tn. As always for pay per views, Spoilers lie ahead!
Countdown to Slammiversary: Match #1: Digital Media Championship – Rich Swann def. Brian Myers The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:
Myers hits a back suplex on the apron to gain the early advantage. Myers wears down Swann with a chin lock. Swann catches him in mid-air with a rolling clothesline to begin building momentum. Swann hits a series of kicks for two. Myers comes back with a spear for a near fall of his own. Myers spikes him with a Ddt but it’s not enough to keep Swann down. Swann connects with the 450 Splash to retain the Digital Media Championship and reclaim physical possession of his title!
Countdown to Slammiversary: Match #1: Digital Media Championship – Rich Swann def. Brian Myers The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:
Myers hits a back suplex on the apron to gain the early advantage. Myers wears down Swann with a chin lock. Swann catches him in mid-air with a rolling clothesline to begin building momentum. Swann hits a series of kicks for two. Myers comes back with a spear for a near fall of his own. Myers spikes him with a Ddt but it’s not enough to keep Swann down. Swann connects with the 450 Splash to retain the Digital Media Championship and reclaim physical possession of his title!
- 6/21/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
WME and the WGA have finally come to terms on a settlement that will allow WME to resume representing writers after a nearly two-year standoff with the guild. WME was the last agency holdout in the WGA’s campaign to reform the rules governing how talent agents represent union writers.
The WGA told members that the deal is in line with previous agreements with CAA, UTA and ICM, which aim to end conflicts of interest in writer representation. The deals preclude the agencies from holding 20% or more of a production company. A side letter agreement requires that WME divest its interest in Endeavor Content to that threshold by a date certain, and appoints a retired judge to oversee the process. The deal also imposes a similar restriction on Silver Lake Partners, Endeavor’s majority owner.
There’s speculation that Endeavor may seek to sell off about 81% of Endeavor Content in multiple slices to financial buyers,...
The WGA told members that the deal is in line with previous agreements with CAA, UTA and ICM, which aim to end conflicts of interest in writer representation. The deals preclude the agencies from holding 20% or more of a production company. A side letter agreement requires that WME divest its interest in Endeavor Content to that threshold by a date certain, and appoints a retired judge to oversee the process. The deal also imposes a similar restriction on Silver Lake Partners, Endeavor’s majority owner.
There’s speculation that Endeavor may seek to sell off about 81% of Endeavor Content in multiple slices to financial buyers,...
- 2/6/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Some things never change.
Amid Hollywood’s drastically altered landscape, one of the few constants has turned out to be this: the Writers Guild of America is likely going down to the wire at the negotiating table over a new contract.
Talks between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers launched six weeks ago on a remote basis due to the Covid-19 pandemic after two start dates were vacated. Representatives are facing a June 30 expiration of the current film and TV contract — and the lack of a deal has prompted worries among studios that a strike could be in the works if no agreement is reached.
Still, there’s been no public comment by the WGA during the past three weeks, notable because the guild was verbose about the negotiations up until then. As usual, the AMPTP has not commented. A source close to the WGA...
Amid Hollywood’s drastically altered landscape, one of the few constants has turned out to be this: the Writers Guild of America is likely going down to the wire at the negotiating table over a new contract.
Talks between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers launched six weeks ago on a remote basis due to the Covid-19 pandemic after two start dates were vacated. Representatives are facing a June 30 expiration of the current film and TV contract — and the lack of a deal has prompted worries among studios that a strike could be in the works if no agreement is reached.
Still, there’s been no public comment by the WGA during the past three weeks, notable because the guild was verbose about the negotiations up until then. As usual, the AMPTP has not commented. A source close to the WGA...
- 6/26/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The WGA and management’s AMPTP are set to begin negotiations for a new film and TV contract a week from Monday, but it’s unclear whether those talks will go on as scheduled amid the growing coronavirus pandemic.
In his latest message to the guild’s members, WGA West executive director David Young said that “We will contact you when there is an update regarding our discussions with the AMPTP about Mba negotiations.” From that, it’s unclear if he’s leaving the door open to postponing the negotiations until after the global pandemic abates. The WGA and the AMPTP both declined comment.
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In his latest message to the guild’s members, WGA West executive director David Young said that “We will contact you when there is an update regarding our discussions with the AMPTP about Mba negotiations.” From that, it’s unclear if he’s leaving the door open to postponing the negotiations until after the global pandemic abates. The WGA and the AMPTP both declined comment.
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The companies largely make...
- 3/13/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After a rocky start two weeks ago, today’s second round of talks between the WGA and the Ata for a new franchise agreement appears to have been more productive. “There was more dialogue and more substantive discussion than in the first meeting, so that was a step in the right direction,” said a source familiar with the negotiations. The source also noted that the two sides “agreed that many more substantive discussions need to happen.” No date, however, has been set for the next talks.
The WGA’s current franchise agreement with the Association of Talent Agents, which hasn’t been renegotiated in more than 40 years, is set to expire on April 6, after which the WGA could ask its members to abandon their agents if a deal isn’t reached.
The WGA’s main goals, as detailed in its proposals, would ban packaging deals and prohibit agencies from being involved in productions,...
The WGA’s current franchise agreement with the Association of Talent Agents, which hasn’t been renegotiated in more than 40 years, is set to expire on April 6, after which the WGA could ask its members to abandon their agents if a deal isn’t reached.
The WGA’s main goals, as detailed in its proposals, would ban packaging deals and prohibit agencies from being involved in productions,...
- 2/20/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The coming week will be a big one for Hollywood labor relations: The WGA and the Association of Talent Agents will resume talks on Tuesday for a new franchise agreement, and SAG-AFTRA will begin negotiations with the advertising industry on Wednesday for a new $1 billion-a-year commercials contract.
The unions’ current contracts expire within a week of each other: SAG-aftra’s on March 31 and the WGA’s on April 6. If they fail to reach agreements, the WGA could ask its members to abandon their agents, while SAG-aftra could launch a crippling strike against the ad industry.
The unions’ leaders have one thing in common going into their talks: Their members appear to be solidly behind them. But they’re taking starkly different approaches to their respective negotiations, with SAG-aftra in full “news blackout” mode and the WGA laying all of its cards on the table for everyone to see.
The unions’ current contracts expire within a week of each other: SAG-aftra’s on March 31 and the WGA’s on April 6. If they fail to reach agreements, the WGA could ask its members to abandon their agents, while SAG-aftra could launch a crippling strike against the ad industry.
The unions’ leaders have one thing in common going into their talks: Their members appear to be solidly behind them. But they’re taking starkly different approaches to their respective negotiations, with SAG-aftra in full “news blackout” mode and the WGA laying all of its cards on the table for everyone to see.
- 2/18/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Matthew Byrd Feb 13, 2020
The brilliant music of Sonic CD has led to a strange debate about localization.
For many, 1993’s Sonic CD represents the best and worst of Sega’s glory days. It’s a game that utilized the best technology available to deliver a fast, colorful, and ambitious experience that showcased Sega’s desire to do what “Nintendon’t.” Sadly, it was also a game that had the great misfortune of being available exclusively for the Sega CD, an “ambitious” CD add-on for the Genesis that promised to deliver more than the console ever could and is considered one of gaming’s more notable hardware failures.
Yet, the most fascinating thing about Sonic CD isn’t the way it so perfectly summarizes why Sega is arguably the most beloved console manufacturer that is no longer making video game consoles. No, the most fascinating thing about Sonic CD is...
The brilliant music of Sonic CD has led to a strange debate about localization.
For many, 1993’s Sonic CD represents the best and worst of Sega’s glory days. It’s a game that utilized the best technology available to deliver a fast, colorful, and ambitious experience that showcased Sega’s desire to do what “Nintendon’t.” Sadly, it was also a game that had the great misfortune of being available exclusively for the Sega CD, an “ambitious” CD add-on for the Genesis that promised to deliver more than the console ever could and is considered one of gaming’s more notable hardware failures.
Yet, the most fascinating thing about Sonic CD isn’t the way it so perfectly summarizes why Sega is arguably the most beloved console manufacturer that is no longer making video game consoles. No, the most fascinating thing about Sonic CD is...
- 9/14/2018
- Den of Geek
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