SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Praises Congress & President Biden For Reauthorizing Violence Against Women Act

With their commercials contracts set to expire tonight, SAG-AFTRA and the advertising industry’s Joint Policy Committee have agreed to extend them on a day-to-day basis to allow negotiations to continue.

E! News, "but you know when I first got divorced and I was in my early 40s, forget about it. I was like the animal let out of the zoo." Then, though, came a string of horrifically bad dates."I've been on dates with guys who we got into a fight about how we would raise this imaginary kid that we were never gonna have because we clearly were completely different people who would have different styles of parenting," she said.

The White House via President Joe Biden just sent Dr. Mehemet Oz a letter to demand his resignation from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, informing the 61-year-old if he did not resign by 6pm, he would be terminated. After receiving the letter, Dr. Oz. clapped back.

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s husband Patrick Johnson planted a sweet kiss on top of her head at the end of Day 3 of her confirmation hearing. Ketanji definitely may have needed some consoling after a day of being grilled by GOP senators. They pushed an agenda of claiming that she’s anti-Trump, insisted on hearing her thoughts on the Kavanaugh hearings and accused her of being too lenient in cases about child pornography. Tense words were exchanged between senators of both parties, leading to an explosive day in court. Ketanji wore her signature sapphire blue color as Patrick wrapped her up in his arms.

The Violence Against Women Act, reauthorized in the spending bill signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden, for the first time includes a grant program designed to aid LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Photo: iStock.

SAG-AFTRA is praising the passage Friday of the CROWN Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, HR 2116, would prohibit discrimination in education and employment based on a person’s texture or style of hair. Several states, including California and New York, already have such laws.

Angelina Jolie is observing a significant political moment in person.

Hillary Clinton, 74, and 12 others — including President Joe Biden, 74, and his son Hunter Biden, 52, as well as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, 43 — were sanctioned by Russian President Vladamir Putin, 69. And although Hillary has been extremely displeased with Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24, the former First Lady isn’t likely losing any sleep over Putin’s latest sanction — which bans them all from Russia and freezes any assets that they might have there.

SAG-AFTRA has accredited seven intimacy-coordinator training programs to help expand the pool of qualified intimacy coordinators, who serve as advocates and liaisons between actors and production in scenes involving nudity and simulated sex.

Intimacy coordinators are described by SAG-AFTRA as “an advocate, a liaison between actors and production, and a movement coach and/or choreographer in regard to nudity and simulated sex and other intimate scenes.” In the wake of the #MeToo movement in 2017, support quickly grew to make these coordinators a common part of all shoots to allow actors to feel more comfortable when shooting intimate scenes and prevent sexual misconduct and harassment on set. “We hear from actors every day how trained intimacy coordinators make them feel safer on set,”said Alicia Rodis, Lead Intimacy Coordinator at HBO, in a statement.

Kanye West. Kanye's new lawyer of less than a day did not object to the judge restoring Kim's single status.The "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star attended the hearing via a video call, TMZ reported, but Kanye was MIA, which was somewhat expected.

Salma Hayek was her usual stunning self at the SAG Awards over the weekend, but her evening was far from flawless. On March 1, the "House of Gucci" actress shared an Instagram video that showed her and Fran Drescher in the bathroom in the midst of a wardrobe snafu: Salma's glove somehow got stuck in Fran's dress!A post shared by Salma Hayek Pinault (@salmahayek)"It's stuck," the Oscar-nominated actress told Fran as another woman worked feverishly to get them unstuck."I can't even believe it," Fran said while the Instagram video was being recorded.

Crisis averted! While Salma Hayek looked perfect while presenting Michael Keaton with the SAG Award for Outstanding Male Actor, it turns out she narrowly avoided a major wardrobe malfunction just minutes before stepping on stage. 

What started as a quick hello in the bathroom turned into a legitimate catch-up session for Salma Hayek and Fran Drescher at the 2022 Screen Actors’ Guild Awards! Salma took to Instagram on March 1 to share a video of the encounter, which featured her sheer glove getting caught on one of the diamond embellishments on the neckline of Fran’s dress. Another woman had to delicately remove the fabric without ripping the glove, giving Salma and Fran a moment to chat as they were untangled from one another.