The SAG-AFTRA strike is over. Here are 6 things actors got in the new contract.

[ad_1] The actors strike is over, with the union representing performers last week approving a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios. Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) characterized the deal as a big win, with the contract achieving significant breakthroughs on actors’ pay and putting guardrails on the…

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SAG-AFTRA reaches tentative agreement with Hollywood studios in a move to end nearly 4-month strike

[ad_1] The union representing film and television actors has struck a tentative deal with entertainment industry studios on a new labor contract, SAG-AFTRA announced Wednesday, moving the sides closer to ending what has been a contentious nearly four-month strike. “In a unanimous vote this afternoon, the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved a tentative agreement with the…

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SAG-AFTRA says it received

[ad_1] SAG-AFTRA says it received “final” contract offer from producers but strike continues – CBS News Watch CBS News SAG-AFTRA, the union representing thousands of actors, remains on strike despite receiving what it says is a “last, best and final” three-year contract offer from producers. But one observer tells CBS News that the use of…

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Bill Maher says

[ad_1] Citing the need “to bring people back to work,” comedian Bill Maher announced Wednesday that his HBO political talk show “Real Time” will return to the air, but without writers amid the ongoing strike, now in its fifth month.   “The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed…

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Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and others start podcast about Hollywood strikes together

[ad_1] Five of America’s most famous late-night comedy hosts are banding together to create a podcast to discuss the ins and outs of the ongoing Hollywood strikes, Spotify announced Tuesday. The limited series podcast, titled “Strike Force Five,” launched Wednesday and features the voices of Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John…

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