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The WGA West is asking its members to prioritize the issues they would most like to be addressed at the guild's upcoming negotiations for a new film and TV contract. The current pact with management’s AMPTP – known as the Minimum Basic Agreement – expires on May 1. In a survey sent today to guild members, the union's…

Oscar winner Robert De Niro has been named the 56th recipient of the SAG Life Achievement Award. He will be presented the union’s top honor January 19, 2020 during the 26th annual SAG Awards that air live on TNT and TBS. The award is given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession.&#8221…

The Art Directors Guild said Tuesday that Jack Johnson, whose credits as an illustrator include Goonies and Edward Scissorhands, will receive the guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th annual ADG Awards. The ceremony is set for February 1 in the Wilshire Grand Ballroom at the InterContinental Los Angeles…

The editorial, video, design and photo staffs of Hearst Magazines' 24 brands have unionized with the WGA East. The magazines include Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics, Car & Driver, The Oprah Magazine, Seventeen, Elle, Woman's Day and many others. According to…

In the ongoing standoff between the WGA and talent agencies, writers are being sourced for projects through other writers and online, according to producers speaking at the Produced By: New York conference Saturday in New York. They said it's slower this way, but it's going. If we have a project, "We ask other writers…

The WGA has appointed the members to its negotiating committee in the run-up to its talks with management's Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for a new film and TV contract. See the list below. The current pact expires on May 1. No date has been set for the talks to begin, and it's not clear whether…

It was a night of reunions at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's fourth annual Patron of the Artists Awards – reunions of colleagues, activists and Friends in a gala celebration of actors and the many social causes they champion. Jennifer Aniston, Ava DuVernay, Mark Ruffalo and Greg Berlanti were the honorees, who were…

The Producers Guild of America said Friday that Oscar-winning actress and producer Octavia Spencer will be honored with the guild’s Visionary Award, which is given to producers “who share inspiring, uplifting stories that add unique value to society and culture.” The honor will be bestowed at the 31st annual PGA…

Courtney B. Vance has been named president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, succeeding JoBeth Williams, who will retire after 10 years in the post. The transition will take place at the Foundation's fourth annual Patron of the Artists Awards on Thursday at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los…

Disabled stuntwoman Leslie Hoffman has won another legal battle in her years-long fight with the Screen Actors Guild Pension Plan. A federal judge ruled that "the Plan abused its discretion" by denying her "a full and fair review" when it took away her disability pension and ordered her to repay $123,827 in benefits…

In its efforts to "divide and conquer" Hollywood's talent agencies while preparing for negotiations for a new film and TV contract, the WGA told its members today that it "continues to have useful discussions with several individual agencies. All of them have asked for confidentiality, and honoring those requests is…

The WGA is gearing up for what promises to be a contentious negotiation for a new film and TV contract amid its ongoing battle with Hollywood's talent agencies, which is now in its seventh month. The guild's current pact with management's AMPTP expires on May 1, and the WGA soon will be holding membership meetings to…