As Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher reverse their decisions to return to their talk shows, Sherri Shepherd is gearing up for her return.
29.08.2023 - 22:13 / deadline.com
This is Day 120 of the WGA strike and Day 47 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Amid the heat in Los Angeles, the cast and crew members of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul hit the picket lines Tuesday at Sony Pictures Studios. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Betsy Brandt, Rhea Seehorn, Jesse Plemons and Matt Jones were among the stars seen strolling past the familiar rainbow in Culver City.
“Honestly, it just feels like it’s just beginning,” Paul told Deadline as the SAG-AFTRA strike approaches Day 50 on Friday. “It’s important for everyone out there to know we’re not going anywhere. … We’re fighting the good fight. We’re standing in solidarity with every SAG member out there, trying to make ends meet, put food on the table and do what we love.”
One of the key proposals from both SAG-AFTRA and the WGA, the latter of which remains a sticking point in negotiations with the AMPTP, is a success-based residual for projects created for streaming services.
Given that, since premiering in 2008, Breaking Bad has become one of the highest-rated TV series of all time, and Cranston reflected on being able to share in the success of the series and why SAG-AFTRA will continue to fight for an equivalent model in the streaming era.
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Creating content for streaming is “not becoming common as much as it is the standard,” the six-time Emmy winner said. “Broadcast is diminishing, year after year after year, and even if you do a broadcast show, your residual is going to be greatly cut. When we first started coming up in this business, a long time ago, we relied on residuals to be able to pay our bills. I mean, part of the equation of working was
As Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher reverse their decisions to return to their talk shows, Sherri Shepherd is gearing up for her return.
As word spread of contract talks resuming between the striking Writers Guild and the AMPTP, striking SAG-AFTRA members continued with their pickets on Friday morning outside film and television studio addresses in New York City.
As the SAG-AFTRA strike clocked its 62nd day, and the WGA’s 135th, the former held a massive solidarity march today from Netflix HQ on Van Ness Blvd to the Melrose gates of Paramount to juice guilds’ spirits with the entertainment industry work stoppage running past Labor Day.
Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake are putting rumours of a feud between them to rest.
Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and SZA lead the nominations.Swift went into the night with eight nominations, including Video Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Editing for ‘Anti-Hero’. She is also in the running for Artist Of The Year.SZA has got six nods in this year’s shortlist, while Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo and Sam Smith have earned five nominations each.Performances at the ceremony will come from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, Demi Lovato, Diddy, Doja Cat, Fall Out Boy, Karol G, Lil Wayne, Måneskin, Nicki Minaj, Sabrina Carpenter, Stray Kids, Tomorrow X Together and Anitta, and more.
This is Day 130 of the WGA strike and Day 57 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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This is Day 129 of the WGA strike and Day 56 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
This is Day 128 of the WGA strike and Day 55 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The audacity!
Aaron Paul is opening up about his thoughts on not getting paid for the streams Breaking Bad generates on Netflix.
This is Day 127 of the WGA strike and Day 54 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Comments Aaron Paul made to Entertainment Tonight Canada at a recent SAG-AFTRA rally are gaining traction on social media after the Emmy winner suggested he is not seeing any money from Netflix when it comes to “Breaking Bad” residuals. Paul starred opposite Bryan Cranston on all five seasons of the acclaimed AMC drama series. Netflix is credited with greatly boosting the show’s popularity after making the first three seasons available to stream before Season 4 started airing on AMC.
Lady Anne Glenconner – a close childhood friend of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Princess Margaret – has opened up on King Charles' childhood, revealing he was often kept away from his monarch mother as a youngster due to his poor health. Lady Anne maintains a solid connection with the King and still sees him regularly – a friendship which has lasted decades as Charles would often stay at Holkham Hall as a boy with the Earl and Countess of Leicester.
Breaking Bad’s success on Netflix.The actor joined his fellow Breaking Bad co-stars on the picket line last week (August 29) in support of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) strikes, where he spoke about the show’s popularity on the platform.“I don’t get a piece from Netflix on Breaking Bad to be totally honest and that’s insane to me,” Paul said (via Euronews). “I think a lot of these streamers know that they have been getting away with not paying people a fair wage and now it’s time to pony up.”Speaking outside Sony Pictures Studios, Bryan Cranston, who played Walter White in the series, said: “We’re not making [the studios and streamers] the enemy.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s friendship is one of Hollywood’s most precious relationships. They have been friends since childhood and probably wouldn’t be where they are in their careers without each other. They both grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where they first met as kids, living just two blocks away from each other.
Bob Odenkirk is feeling a bit left out.
Glen Powell teamed up with his “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Devotion” co-stars on Wednesday as they hit the picket lines outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California in support of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.
A swarm of Supernatural fans joined the picket line at Warner Bros. in Los Angeles on Thursday to catch a glimpse of series creator Eric Kripke as well as the cast and other writers who had reunited in solidarity with the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Breaking Bad cast members reunited on the picket line in support of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) strikes.Bryan Cranston (Walter White), Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman), Jesse Plemons (Todd Alquist), Betsy Brandt (Marie Schrader) and others were seen striking outside Sony Pictures Studios on Tuesday (August 29).Speaking to the crowd (via The Hollywood Reporter), Cranston said: “We’re not making [the studios and streamers] the enemy. They are not villains.