SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Details Union’s Coronavirus Response

Dennis Quaid is getting skewered online after giving an interview in which he said Donald Trump is “doing a good job” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and raised doubts about the severity of the situation in New York City.

The SAG-AFTRA Health Plan has cut 50% from the cost of premiums for the second quarter in response to the coronavirus crisis.

IATSE president Matthew Loeb has released a video detailing the union’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has idled most of the below-the-line union’s members.

Ben Higgins has found the one! The former "Bachelor" star got down on one knee over the weekend to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Jess Clarke.Taking to his Instagram late Monday night, the former reality contestant shared details of his backyard proposal amid the coronavirus pandemic. "From my first date in life to the moments in between they all led me to getting down on one knee in front of you @jessclarke_," Higgins captioned a series of photos from the proposal.

By David Robb

SAG-AFTRA has developed a program to provide dues relief for SAG-AFTRA members during the Covid-19 pandemic with an extension of the May 1 deadline.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a desperate request for US President Donald Trump during a phone call about the coronavirus pandemic - 'we need ventilators'.

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

Citing the coronavirus pandemic, SAG-AFTRA’s 80-member board of directors has delegated its authority to its 38-member executive committee.

An Arizona man has died and his wife also ended up in hospital after they ingested chloroquine phosphate - an aquarium cleaning product similar to drugs that have been named by President Trump as potential treatments for coronavirus infection.

Kirstie Alley is praising U.S. President Donald Trump for his response to the coronavirus outbreak.

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

The unions representing arts, media and entertainment are calling on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Congress to pass emergency relief legislation that both enhances and expands state unemployment benefits, and sends direct cash to the impacted workers they represent.

SAG-AFTRA’s national headquarters in Los Angeles has been closed due to minimize the risk of exposure to the coronavirus.

By David Robb

The Casting Society of America and SAG-AFTRA Foundation have united to schedule an online panel Friday at 5:30 p.m. PT.  As productions shut down and producers continue to look for talent, the partnership between CSA and SAG-AFTRA is an unprecedented one, but necessary as a response to the coronavirus pandemic.

By David Robb

In today’s film news roundup, a disaster fund for SAG-AFTRA members is launched, the Doc10 festival is postponed and the Miami Film Festival plans to present awards, even though the event was called off in the middle of the festival with 27 films still to screen.