SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA Inks Deal With Nielsen to Measure Streaming Content
SAG-AFTRA has cut a deal with the measurement and analytics firm Nielsen to be a third-party provider of streaming content measurement. The Nielsen data — from its Streaming Content Ratings service — will “complement first-party data from streaming platforms and serve as a consistent and comparable lens through which the performance of streaming titles across […]
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SAG-AFTRA Responds to Open Letter Calling for More Safety Protocols for Child Actors
SAG-AFTRA has responded to calls for additional safety protocols for child actors amid the revelations in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. Last month, former Amanda Show writer Jenny Kilgen, who is also featured in Investigation Discovery’s docuseries, wrote an open letter to the actors union, urging them to “take action to initiate and […]
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SAG-AFTRA Says There Is “No Room on Any Set for Disparaging Comments” in Response to ‘Tulsa King’ Allegations
Actors’ union SAG-AFTRA is weighing in on the allegations that Tulsa King star Sylvester Stallone allegedly mocked the appearance of background actors on set in Atlanta. When asked about the snowballing controversy, with one Tulsa King background actor speaking out Wednesday about comments he believes were directed at him, a union spokesperson said in a […]
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SAG-AFTRA Performers Ratify TV Animation Contracts
SAG-AFTRA members have ratified new three-year television animation contracts covering voice actors, the first to tackle the threat of artificial intelligence. In a ratification vote that ended on Friday, 95.52 percent of members voted to support the Television Animation Agreement and the Basic Cable Animation Agreement deal reached by union negotiators and 4.48 percent voted […]
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How Biden’s Labor Chief Is Thinking About AI’s Threat to Hollywood Workers
Attendees at the Screen Actors Guild Awards this year will not only be brushing shoulders with the stars of Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer and other awards hopefuls — but also a sitting member of President Biden’s cabinet. In a sign of the times in Hollywood, acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su will […]
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During the Strikes, Actors Got Financial Grants. Now It’s Tax Season and Some Are Scrambling
In 2023, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation became a lifeline for many actors, distributing emergency financial aid to those who were struggling to make ends’ meet amid their union’s 118-day strike. A host of the union’s starriest members — George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey, among others — donated millions to the […]
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Amid Tense Negotiations, SAG-AFTRA Expands Indie Video Games Coverage With New Contract
As SAG-AFTRA remains locked in tense negotiations with video game giants, the actors union has released a new contract designed to cover a larger number of indie and lower-budget gaming projects and create “pressure” in the bargaining room with major companies. The union’s new Tiered-Budget Independent Interactive Media Agreement, announced Wednesday, contains provisions — especially […]
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Halyna Hutchins’ Family Attorney Criticizes SAG-AFTRA’s Defense of Alec Baldwin: “The Case Will Be Decided on Its Merits”
An attorney for the family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said this week that SAG-AFTRA’s defense of Alec Baldwin amid new potential charges flies “in the face of common sense and the law.” Baldwin was indicted in the fatal shooting of Hutchins earlier this month, after a grand jury presented with a new investigation recommended […]
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SAG-AFTRA and White House Issue Statements on Taylor Swift AI Nudes: “We Have It in Our Power to Control These Technologies”
SAG-AFTRA issued a statement on Friday addressing the sexually explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift, which provoked intense backlash online earlier this week. Around the same time, the White House also released a statement on the issue. The actor’s union called the deepfake images “upsetting, harmful, and deeply concerning.” The images portrayed the singer in […]
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Vincent Gallo Accused of Making Sexually Explicit Comments in Auditions for Golden State Killer Movie
The Brown Bunny actor Vincent Gallo has been accused of making sexually explicit and threatening comments in auditions with actresses for an upcoming film in a new report in Rolling Stone. Two actresses who auditioned to play victim roles in The Policeman, a film starring Gallo as so-called “Golden State Killer” Joseph James DeAngelo, filed […]
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SAG-AFTRA, Replica Studios Introduce AI Voice Agreement
SAG-AFTRA and AI voice technology company Replica Studios introduced an AI voice agreement on the opening day of CES, where AI is a defining subject at the Las Vegas confab. According to SAG-AFTRA, the agreement allows its members to “safely explore new employment opportunities for their digital voice replicas with industry-leading protections tailored to AI […]
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Barbra Streisand Named Recipient of 2024 SAG Life Achievement Award
Barbra Streisand is set to receive the 2024 SAG Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will move to Netflix on Feb. 24. The award is presented annually to an actor who exhibits what the guild describes as the “finest ideals of the acting profession.” In Streisand’s case, it joins […]
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