Universal Studios Group Chair Pearlena Igbokwe has said there is determination from all sides to find an “equitable” solution to the Hollywood labor strikes.
08.08.2023 - 22:41 / justjared.com
Billy Porter has revealed the tough reality of being an actor amid the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The 53-year-old actor, best known for his Emmy-winning role in Pose, says he has to sell his house due to the strikes happening in Hollywood.
Billy, who is also going through a divorce right now, chatted with the Evening Standard to promote his work producing the musical A Strange Loop, which is now playing on London’s West End.
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“In the late Fifties, early Sixties, when they structured a way for artists to be compensated properly through residual [payments], it allowed for the two percent of working actors — and there are 150,000 people in our union — who work consistently…” Billy said of the changing business model. “Then streaming came in. There’s no contract for it… And they don’t have to be transparent with the numbers — it’s not Nielsen ratings anymore… the streaming companies are notoriously opaque with their viewership figures. The business has evolved. So the contract has to evolve.”
Billy continued, “To hear Bob Iger say that our demands for a living wage are unrealistic? While he makes $78,000 a day?”
“I don’t have any words for it, but: f*** you. That’s not useful, so I’ve kept my mouth shut. I haven’t engaged because I’m so enraged. I’m glad I’ve been over here. But when I go back I will join the picket lines,” Billy said.
Billy revealed he’s not just a millionaire trying to get more millions. He revealed, “I have to sell my house… Because we’re on strike. And I don’t know when we’re gonna go back [to work]. The life of an artist, until you make f***-you money — which I haven’t made yet — is still cheque-to-cheque. I was supposed to be in a new movie, and on a new television show
Universal Studios Group Chair Pearlena Igbokwe has said there is determination from all sides to find an “equitable” solution to the Hollywood labor strikes.
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Billy Porter still has a bone to pick with Harry Styles and Anna Wintour for that Vogue cover!
Billy Porter is taking aim at Anna Wintour and Harry Styles following the cover of Vogue magazine where the “Watermelon Sugar” singer was featured wearing a dress.
Billy Porter is taking aim at Harry Styles once again.
Billy Porter still has a bone to pick with Harry Styles and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Evening Standard in London, Porter lightened the mood by humorously talking about the separation. “The whole world knows I’m getting a divorce. Y’all want to talk about my divorce and Ricky Martin’s at the same time?” Earlier this summer, Martin also announced that he and his husband of several years are going their separate ways.
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Billy Porter has said that he will have to sell his house due to the ongoing strikes in Hollywood.The actor, singer and stage star – known for TV series Pose, 2021’s Cinderella musical movie starring Camila Cabello and his Tony-winning Broadway career – said that that ongoing actors’ and writers’ strikes in Hollywood has created financial uncertainty.Porter said that he plans to “join the picket lines” upon his return to the US, adding in an interview with the Evening Standard that he was “enraged” by shortcomings relating to streaming and demands for a living wage. “I have to sell my house,” he said.“And I don’t know when we’re gonna go back [to work],” Porter added of the actors’ strike.
Billy Porter is one of the many working actors being affected by the ongoing Hollywood strikes.
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