How the New DGA Deal Foreshadows WGA, SAG-AFTRA Talks

Hollywood’s creative guilds have been working overtime to keep residual checks going out to members during the coronavirus crisis.

Hitting close to home. Hoda Kotb was moved to tears after speaking with Drew Brees about the impact of COVID-19 on their mutually beloved New Orleans.

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris didn’t use to spend a lot of time in the house. More often, she could be found at the union’s Los Angeles headquarters, or around town with friends and family, at meetings or visiting the organization’s offices in New York or across the country.

By David Robb

Earlier this month, a contingent of journalists gathered inside Manhattan's Harman Store to hear tracks from Jamaican reggae superstar Chronixx's much-anticipated sophomore album, Dela Splash. Due in late spring on Chronixx's Soul Circle Music, Dela Splash follows the Grammy nominated Chronology, which debuted at No. 1 on the Reggae Albums chart in July 2017 and was followed by numerous high-profile performances for Chronixx and his band, Zincfence Redemption.

When singer-songwriter Alma-Sofia Miettinen was 16, she placed fifth in a 2013 season of the Finnish show Idols. She returned to school afterward, putting her musical ambitions on hold. A year later, though, one of the show’s judges, rapper Sini Sabotage, asked to tour and write together. Miettinen was all in, and officially started her career as ALMA.

Last night, HAIM kicked off their five-stop deli tour at Sarge's in New York City. Crammed into the decades-old Murray Hill pillar amid heaps of pastrami and bowls of matzoh ball soup, the sister act delivered a four-song acoustic set that brought together some of their older hits ("The Wire" and "Want You Back") and some newer cuts ("Summer Girl" and new single "The Steps.")

HAIM belted out a cover of Britney Spears’ “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman” during a performance at Sarge’s Delicatessen in New York Tuesday.

The Directors Guild of America’s board of directors unanimously approved a new three-year agreement reached several days earlier with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers, the DGA announced Saturday. The new pact features what the union described as "a nearly 50 percent increase in residuals" for work on streaming video platforms such as Netflix and Disney+, as well as healthy compensation gains that effectively equal or exceed three percent per year.

Corey Feldman is set to release a new documentary on Monday that will expose the names of Hollywood players who allegedly molested him as a teen.

Corey Feldman is set to release a new documentary on Monday that will expose the names of Hollywood players who allegedly molested him as a teen. “My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys” will also name the man who allegedly raped his late friend and former co-star Corey Haim, who died of pneumonia in 2010.

The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will begin talks March 23 on a new three-year theatrical and television agreement ahead of a May 1 contract expiration, the WGA disclosed Friday. Negotiators are expected to grapple with issues that include basic wage increases, residuals, and compensation, holds and exclusivity related to short seasons such as are common on streaming platforms.

Siblings Paris and Nicky Hilton were Thursday’s guests on Global‘s “The Talk , as the show continues its “Celebrity Siblings Week”.

Mischa Barton did not take kindly to the news that she will not be returning to for the reality show's second season, or that Caroline D'Amore will be taking her place. 

By Nellie Andreeva