By David Robb
19.05.2020 - 06:31 / deadline.com
By David Robb
Labor Editor
SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance, whose weekly “fireside chats” have offered messages of hope, generosity and dogged determination during the coronavirus shutdown, is cautioning against letting our guard down amid the reopening.”
I know that many of you are preparing for a few more months of continued safe-spacing in your homes,” he said tonight in his eighth video message to the union’s members. “Now, while that may not have been the timeline most of
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By Dave McNary
By Dave McNary
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been dealing with “unimaginable” levels of press intrusion, including having numerous drones flying above their Los Angeles home, it’s been reported.
Actress Alyssa Milano was criticized Saturday on Twitter after sharing a picture of herself and her family wearing coronavirus face masks and encouraging others to do the same -- but hers appeared to have holes in it, as it was crocheted. Milano posted a photo of herself in a car with her husband and two children, who were all wearing facial coverings.
By David Robb
By David Robb
SAG-AFTRA will require members to seek the union's approval before accepting new work amid health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdown measures begin to be eased.
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Channing Tatum celebrated his birthday on April 26. His daughter Evelyn who is 6 years old, has been going back and forth between Channing Tatum's house in LA and her mother Jenna Dewan. The former couple split two years ago in 2018 and ended their 9 year-long marriage. However, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan share joint custody of their daughter Evelyn and the latter had raised concerns over her safety due to which Channing Tatum got himself tested for COVID-19.
What’s a union to do about inadequate contract language when members are taking it on the chin? That’s the problem confronting SAG-AFTRA: some television studios are holding actors under contract on unpaid “hiatus” during the pandemic rather than paying them as per force majeure provisions. That’s because 2009 revisions to the SAG TV Agreement made the entire force majeure concept arguably optional.
By Dave McNary