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Writers Guild West Censures Showrunner Over Facebook Post Using Lynching Image
The Writers Guild of America West issued a censure of showrunner Tim Doyle on Thursday after a committee of its members found that one of his Facebook posts was “conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the Guild and unfair dealing.” The union’s board of directors revealed in a statement sent to members that it had […]
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CBS Pays $3M-Plus in Settlement With Writers Guild West Over Labor Dispute
The Writers Guild of America West has negotiated a settlement with CBS over work that occurred after writers rooms were shut down on several shows that has awarded $3.05 million to 24 writers, union leaders informed members on Wednesday. According to a member message, the settlement resulted from an arbitration claim that the union filed […]
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As Hollywood Cuts Back, IATSE Members Size Up Pros and Cons of Their Tentative Deal With Studios
The last time West Coast IATSE crewmembers — including cinematographers, editors, costume designers and gaffers, among many other craftspeople — voted on a Basic Agreement contract deal, they narrowly rejected it in the popular vote. Amid an outcry over working conditions in 2021, 50.4 percent of voting members of IATSE’s West Coast Locals voted down […]
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Hollywood Crafts Unions to Studios: Don’t Hold Up Our Deal Due to Your “Poor Business Decisions”
At the end of their latest week of bargaining with Hollywood studios and streamers, the unions that make up the Hollywood Basic Crafts coalition struck a defiant tone. In a statement Wednesday, the labor groups said that major entertainment firms at the bargaining table during these talks “can and should respect” the workers that the […]
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Irish “Heiress” Who Conned Reality TV Producer Extradited to Northern Ireland
Marianne Smyth, the American whose elaborate con of a reality television producer was the subject of a 2020 Hollywood Reporter story, has been extradited to Northern Ireland to face trial over a separate alleged scam she ran there. Smyth was extradited on Tuesday, according to statements from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Police […]
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Inside the IATSE Basic Agreement Deal: New Streaming Residuals, More Safety Officers and AI Guardrails
Crew union IATSE is revealing more specifics of the tentative West Coast contract deal that it struck with Hollywood studios and streamers on Tuesday. In a summary of the three-year provisional agreement released over the weekend, the union detailed the wage increases, AI guardrails, safety provisions and health and pension funding mechanisms that it negotiated […]
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Writers and Actors Scramble to Keep Their Health Insurance in a Post-Strike Hollywood
In April, actor Miki Yamashita says she received a health diagnosis that requires surgery to remove non-cancerous tumors. That’s when the performer, who has appeared on Cobra Kai and voiced a character on The Lion Guard, began the race to attempt to qualify for her union’s health insurance plan by June 30. If she earned […]
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IATSE and Studios Reach Tentative Agreement on Area Standards Contract
Entertainment’s top crew union struck a tentative deal with Hollywood’s studios and streamers for a contract covering 23 Locals on Thursday, just two days after their West Coast peers did the same. IATSE announced in a message to its members that a three-year successor deal to its Area Standards Agreement has been reached with the […]
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IATSE Reaches Tentative Agreement on Basic Agreement With Studios and Streamers
On Tuesday night, the crew union IATSE reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract covering 13 West Coast Locals with Hollywood’s top studios and streamers. Leaders of the 13 West Coast Locals, who collectively represent around 50,000 crewmembers, disclosed the news to members on Tuesday night. IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture […]
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SAG-AFTRA Health Plan to Cover Infertility Treatment Starting in 2025
The SAG-AFTRA Health Plan will soon add infertility treatment benefits to its coverage, its board of trustees stated on Saturday. The 40-member board — equally comprised of representatives for management and the performers’ union — unanimously approved the change, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Starting that year, plan participants and spouses who […]
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A Climate-Focused Film Studio Takes Root in Ojai
Two llamas are bounding up a small hill in Ojai, drawn to the sounds of filmmaker Rebecca Tickell yelling in a high-pitched voice, “Rama! Yoda!” Tickell has in her hand a bucket full of feed, and the two shaggy, snow-colored mammals are ready to eat. “When the chickens got to an excessive number, they started […]
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iHeartMedia Workers Vote to Ratify First Union Contract
More than two years after negotiations began, iHeartMedia workers represented by the Writers Guild of America East have ratified their first labor contract. Ninety-nine percent of the 100-member group voted to ratify the contract in a recent vote, while one percent voted against. The WGA East represents writers, producers, editors and other people who work […]
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